About VMware Horizon Client for Mac
You can use VMware® Horizon™ Client for Mac to connect to and use remote desktops and published applications from a Mac.
Add Horizon Client to the Dock
You can add Horizon Client to the Dock on the Mac client system.
Allowing Access to macOS Accessibility Features
If the client system is running macOS Mojave (10.14), you must grant Horizon Client access to the system's accessibility features for optimal performance of the keyboard and mouse inside remote desktops and published applications.
Set the Certificate Checking Mode
Server certificate checking occurs for connections between Horizon Client and a server. A certificate is a digital form of identification, similar to a passport or a driver's license. Your system administrator might ask you to set the certificate checking mode in Horizon Client to make sure that you can successfully connect to a server. At some companies, an administrator might set the certificate checking mode and prevent you from changing it in Horizon Client.
Configure Horizon Client to Select a Smart Card Certificate
You can configure a Horizon Client setting to select a local certificate, or the certificate on a smart card, when you connect to a server. If you do not configure this setting, you must manually select a certificate.
Connect to a Remote Desktop or Published Application
To connect to a remote desktop or published application, you must provide the name of a server and supply credentials for your user account.
If you disconnect from a remote desktop without logging off, applications in the remote desktop might remain open. You can also disconnect from a server and leave published applications running.
After you have finished using a remote desktop or published application, you can disconnect from the server.
Share Access to Local Folders and Drives with Client Drive Redirection
With the client drive redirection feature, you can share folders and drives on the local client system with remote desktops and published applications.
Using the URL Content Redirection Feature
A Horizon administrator can configure URL links that you click inside a remote desktop or published application to open in the default browser on the local client system. The URL link might be to a web page, a phone number, an email address, or another type of link. This feature is called URL Content Redirection.
Open a Recent Remote Desktop or Published Application
You can open recent remote desktops and published applications in Horizon Client.
Using a Touch Bar with Server, Desktop, and Application Connections
If the Mac has a Touch Bar, you can use the Touch Bar to add a server, disconnect from a server, or connect to a recent remote desktop or published application. This feature requires macOS Sierra (10.12) or later.
Configure Horizon Client to Forget the Server User Name and Domain
By default, Horizon Client stores the user name and domain that you enter when you log in to a server. For increased security, you can configure Horizon Client so that it never remembers the server user name and domain.
Hide the VMware Horizon Client Window
You can hide the VMware Horizon Client window after you open a remote desktop or published application.
Connecting to a Server When Horizon Client Starts
After you connect to a server for the first time, Horizon Client connects automatically to that server the next time you start Horizon Client.
Autoconnect to a Remote Desktop
You can configure a server to open a particular remote desktop when you connect to that server. You cannot configure a server to open a published application.
Searching for Remote Desktops and Published Applications
After you connect to a server, the available remote desktops and published applications on that server appear in the desktop and application selection window. You can search for a particular remote desktop or published application by typing in the window.
Select a Favorite Remote Desktop or Published Application
You can select favorite remote desktops and published applications. Shortcuts for favorite items are identified by a star and appear on the Favorites tab. Favorite items are saved after you log off from the server.
Switch Remote Desktops or Published Applications
If you are connected to a remote desktop, you can switch to another remote desktop. You can also connect to a published application while you are connected to a remote desktop.
Using a Touch Bar with Remote Desktops and Published Applications
You can use a Touch Bar to interact with remote desktops and published applications.
You can reorder server, remote desktop, and published application shortcuts.
You can drag server, remote desktop, and published application shortcuts and Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs).
Removing a Server Shortcut from the Home Window
After you connect to a server, Horizon Client saves a server shortcut to the Home window.
Copying and Pasting Text and Images
By default, you can copy and paste from the client system to a remote desktop or published application. You can also copy and paste from a remote desktop or published application to the client system, or between two remote desktops or published applications, if a Horizon administrator enables these features.
The drag and drop feature works differently depending on how a Horizon administrator configures the feature.
Printing From a Remote Desktop or Published Application
With the VMware Integrated Printing feature, you can print to a network printer or a locally attached printer from a remote desktop or published application.
Use USB Redirection to Connect USB Devices
With the USB redirection feature, you can use locally attached USB devices, such as thumb flash drives, in a remote desktop or published application.
You can use many Mac functions with published applications.
Create Keyboard Shortcut Mappings
You can customize how remote desktops and published applications interpret Apple keyboard shortcuts by creating keyboard shortcut mappings.
Keyboard Input Source Language Synchronization
When you connect to a remote desktop, the keyboard input source language on the client system is synchronized in the remote desktop.
Modify the Horizon Client Mouse Shortcut Mappings
You can configure a single-button Apple mouse to send a right-click and a middle-click to remote desktops and published applications. You can modify, enable, or disable the default mouse shortcut mappings. You cannot create mouse shortcut mappings, or delete the default mouse shortcut mappings.
Modify the Horizon Client Shortcuts for Windows Actions
Horizon Client includes preconfigured shortcut mappings for common Windows actions, including Toggle Full Screen, Quit, Hide Application, Cycle Through Windows, and Cycle Through Windows in Reverse. It also includes a preconfigured shortcut mapping for Toggle Exclusive Mode. You can enable or disable the default shortcuts. You cannot create shortcuts or delete the default shortcuts.
Monitors and Screen Resolution
When you use the VMware Blast display protocol or the PCoIP display protocol, you can extend a remote desktop to multiple monitors. If you have a Mac with Retina Display, you can see the remote desktop in full resolution.
Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
With the Real-Time Audio-Video feature, you can use the local client system's webcam or microphone in a remote desktop or published application. Real-Time Audio-Video is compatible with standard conferencing applications and browser-based video applications. It supports standard webcams, audio USB devices, and analog audio input.
Sharing Remote Desktop Sessions
With the Session Collaboration feature, you can invite other users to join an existing remote desktop session. A remote desktop session that is shared in this way is called a collaborative session. The user that shares a session with another user is called the session owner, and the user that joins a shared session is called a session collaborator.
You can configure Horizon Client to look for and install updates each time it starts. You can also look for and install updates manually.
Troubleshooting Horizon Client
You can solve most problems with Horizon Client by restarting or resetting remote desktops or published applications, or by reinstalling Horizon Client.
Getting Started
Before you can log in and connect to a remote desktop or published application, a system administrator at your company must set up your user account. If Horizon Client prompts you for a server name and domain, your system administrator must tell you the server name to type and the domain to select.
Connect to a Remote Desktop or Published Application
To connect to a remote desktop or published application, you must provide the name of a server and supply credentials for your user account.
Add Horizon Client to the Dock
You can add Horizon Client to the Dock on the Mac client system.