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The next time you connect to a remote desktop and start a new call, the desktop uses the preferred webcam
or microphone that you congured, if it is available. If the preferred webcam or microphone is not available,
the remote desktop can use another available webcam or microphone.
Copying and Pasting Text and Images
By default, you can copy and paste text from the local client system to a remote desktop or application. If a
Horizon administrator enables the feature, you can also copy and paste text from a remote desktop or
application to the client system or between two remote desktops or applications.
Supported le formats include text, images, and RTF (Rich Text Format). Some restrictions apply.
A Horizon administrator can congure the ability to copy and paste by conguring group policy seings
that pertain to Horizon Agent. Depending on the Horizon server and agent version, an administrator might
also be able to use group policies to restrict clipboard formats during copy and paste operations or use
Smart Policies to control the copy and paste behavior in remote desktops. For more information, see the
Conguring Remote Desktop Features in Horizon 7 document.
If you are copying formaed text, some of the data is text and some of the data is formaing information. If
you copy a large amount of formaed text or text and an image, when you aempt to paste the text and
image, you might see some or all the plain text but no formaing or image. The reason is that the three types
of data is sometimes stored separately. For example, depending on the type of document you are copying
from, images might be stored as images or as RTF data.
If the text and RTF data together use less than maximum clipboard size, the formaed text is pasted. Often
the RTF data cannot be truncated, so that if the text and formaing use more than the maximum clipboard
size amount, the RTF data is discarded, and plain text is pasted.
If you are unable to paste all the formaed text and images you selected in one operation, you might need to
copy and paste smaller amounts in each operation.
You cannot copy and paste les between a remote desktop and the le system on the local client computer.
Configuring the Client Clipboard Memory Size
You can congure the client clipboard memory size by creating a le named config in the %HomeDir
%/Library/Preferences/VMware Horizon View/ directory on the Mac client system.
To set the client clipboard memory size, add the following parameter to the config le.
mksvchan.clipboardSize=value
value is the client clipboard memory size in kilobytes. You can specify a minimum value of 512 kilobytes and
a maximum value of 16384 kilobytes. If you specify 0 or do not specify a value, the default client clipboard
memory size is 8192 kilobytes (8 MB).
A large clipboard memory size can negatively aect performance, depending on your network. VMware
recommends that you do not set the clipboard memory size to a value greater than 16 MB.
Using Remote Applications
You can use many Mac functions with remote applications.
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When you run a remote application, its icon appears in the Dock. You can maximize a minimized
remote application by clicking its icon in the Dock.
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You can keep, open, and quit a remote application from its context menu in the Dock. If you select Keep
in Dock, the remote application icon remains in the Dock, even after you close all application windows.
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You can open a remote application by clicking its icon in the Dock.
VMware Horizon Client for Mac Installation and Setup Guide
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