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- VMware Horizon Client for Mac Installation and Setup Guide
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- VMware Horizon Client for Mac Installation and Setup Guide
- Setup and Installation
- System Requirements for Mac Clients
- System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
- Smart Card Authentication Requirements
- Touch ID Authentication Requirements
- Requirements for Using URL Content Redirection
- Requirements for Using Skype for Business with Horizon Client
- Requirements for the Session Collaboration Feature
- Supported Desktop Operating Systems
- Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client
- Install Horizon Client on Mac
- Upgrade Horizon Client Online
- Add Horizon Client to the Dock
- Setting the Certificate Checking Mode in Horizon Client
- Configure Advanced TLS/SSL Options
- Configuring Log File Collection Values
- Configure VMware Blast Options
- Horizon Client Data Collected by VMware
- Using URIs to Configure Horizon Client
- Managing Remote Desktop and Published Application Connections
- Configure Horizon Client to Select a Smart Card Certificate
- Connect to a Remote Desktop or Application
- Share Access to Local Folders and Drives with Client Drive Redirection
- Clicking URL Links That Open Outside of Horizon Client
- Open a Recent Remote Desktop or Application
- Using a Touch Bar with Server, Desktop, and Application Connections
- Connecting to a Server When Horizon Client Starts
- Configure Horizon Client to Forget the Server User Name and Domain
- Hide the VMware Horizon Client Window
- Create Keyboard Shortcut Mappings
- Modify the Horizon Client Mouse Shortcut Mappings
- Modify the Horizon Client Shortcuts for Windows Actions
- Searching for Desktops or Applications
- Select a Favorite Remote Desktop or Application
- Switch Remote Desktops or Published Applications
- Log Off or Disconnect
- Autoconnect to a Remote Desktop
- Configure Reconnect Behavior for Remote Applications
- Removing a Server Shortcut From the Home Window
- Reordering Shortcuts
- Using Drag and Drop with Shortcuts and URIs
- Using a Microsoft Windows Desktop or Application on a Mac
- Feature Support Matrix for Mac
- Internationalization
- Monitors and Screen Resolution
- Using Exclusive Mode
- Use USB Redirection to Connect USB Devices
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Using the Session Collaboration Feature
- Copying and Pasting Text and Images
- Dragging and Dropping Text and Images
- Using Published Applications
- Saving Documents in a Published Application
- Using a Touch Bar with Remote Desktops and Applications
- Printing from a Remote Desktop or Published Application
- PCoIP Client-Side Image Cache
- Troubleshooting Horizon Client
When You Can Use a Webcam
If a Horizon administrator has configured the Real-Time Audio-Video feature, and if you use the VMware
Blast display protocol or the PCoIP display protocol, a webcam that is built-in or connected to the local
client computer can be used on a remote desktop. You can use the webcam in conferencing applications
such as Skype, Webex, or Google Hangouts.
During the setup of an application such as Skype, Webex, or Google Hangouts on the remote desktop,
you can choose input and output devices from menus in the application. For virtual machine desktops,
you can choose VMware Virtual Microphone and VMware Virtual Webcam. For published desktops, you
can choose Remote Audio Device and VMware Virtual Webcam.
With many applications, however, this feature will just work, and selecting an input device is not
necessary.
If the webcam is currently being used by the local client computer, it can be used by the remote desktop
simultaneously. Also, if the webcam is being used by the remote desktop, it can be used by the local
client computer at the same time.
Note If you are using a USB webcam, do not connect it from the Connection > USB menu in
Horizon Client. To do so routes the device through USB redirection and the performance will be unusable
for video chat.
If more than one webcam is connected to the local client computer, you can configure a preferred
webcam to use on remote desktops.
Select a Default Microphone on a Mac Client System
If you have multiple microphones on the client system, only one microphone is used on the remote
desktop. You can use System Preferences on the client system to specify which microphone is the default
microphone on the remote desktop.
With the Real-Time Audio-Video feature, audio input devices and audio output devices work without
requiring the use of USB redirection, and the amount of network bandwidth required is greatly reduced.
Analog audio input devices are also supported.
This procedure describes how to choose a microphone from the user interface of the client system.
Administrators can also configure a preferred microphone by using the Mac defaults system. See
Configure a Preferred Webcam or Microphone on a Mac Client System.
Important If you are using a USB microphone, do not connect it from the Connection > USB menu in
Horizon Client. To do so routes the device through USB redirection and the device cannot use the Real-
Time Audio-Video feature.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have a USB microphone or another type of microphone installed and operational on
the client system.
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