User manual
Table Of Contents
- Using VMware Horizon Client for Mac OS X
- Contents
- Using VMware Horizon Client for Mac OS X
- Setup and Installation
- System Requirements for Mac Clients
- System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
- Smart Card Authentication Requirements
- Supported Desktop Operating Systems
- Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client
- Install Horizon Client on Mac OS X
- Add Horizon Client to Your Dock
- Configuring Certificate Checking for End Users
- 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 Application Connections
- Connect to a Remote Desktop or Application
- Share Access to Local Folders and Drives
- Connecting to a Server at Horizon Client Launch
- Configure Horizon Client to Forget the Server User Name and Domain
- Hide the VMware Horizon Client Window
- Configure Horizon Client to Select a Smart Card Certificate
- Configure Keyboard Shortcut Mappings
- Configure Mouse Shortcut Mappings
- Configure Horizon Client Shortcuts
- Certificate Checking Modes for Horizon Client
- Searching for Desktops or Applications
- Select a Favorite Remote Desktop or Application
- Switch Desktops or Applications
- Log Off or Disconnect
- Autoconnect to a Remote Desktop
- Configure Reconnect Behavior for Remote Applications
- Removing a Server Shortcut from the Home Screen
- Reordering Shortcuts
- Using a Microsoft Windows Desktop or Application on a Mac
- Feature Support Matrix for Mac OS X
- Internationalization
- Monitors and Screen Resolution
- Connect USB Devices
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Copying and Pasting Text and Images
- Using Remote Applications
- Saving Documents in a Remote Application
- Printing from a Remote Desktop or Application
- PCoIP Client-Side Image Cache
- Troubleshooting Horizon Client
- Index
Using USB Printers
In an View environment, virtual printers and redirected USB printers can work together without conflict.
A USB printer is a printer that is attached to a USB port on the local client system. To send print jobs to a
USB printer, you can either use the USB redirection feature or use the virtual printing feature. USB printing
can sometimes be faster than virtual printing, depending on network conditions.
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You can use the USB redirection feature to attach a USB printer to a virtual USB port in the remote
desktop as long as the required drivers are also installed on the remote desktop.
If you use this redirection feature the printer is no longer logically attached to the physical USB port on
the client and this is why the USB printer does not appear in the list of local printers on the local client
machine. This also means that you can print to the USB printer from the remote desktop but not from
the local client machine.
In the remote desktop, redirected USB printers appear as <printer_name>.
For information about how to connect a USB printer, see “Connect USB Devices,” on page 43.
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On some clients, you can alternatively use the virtual printing feature to send print jobs to a USB
printer. If you use the virtual printing feature you can print to the USB printer from both the remote
desktop and the local client, and you do not need to install print drivers on the remote desktop.
PCoIP Client-Side Image Cache
PCoIP client-side image caching stores image content on the client to avoid retransmission. This feature
reduces bandwidth usage.
The PCoIP image cache captures spatial, as well as temporal, redundancy. For example, when you scroll
down through a PDF document, new content appears from the bottom of the window and the oldest content
disappears from the top of the window. All the other content remains constant and moves upward. The
PCoIP image cache is capable of detecting this spatial and temporal redundancy.
Because during scrolling, the display information sent to the client device is primarily a sequence of cache
indices, using the image cache saves a significant amount of bandwidth. This efficient scrolling has benefits
both on the LAN and over the WAN.
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On the LAN, where bandwidth is relatively unconstrained, using client-side image caching delivers
significant bandwidth savings.
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Over the WAN, to stay within the available bandwidth constraints, scrolling performance would be
degraded without client-side caching. Over the WAN, client-side caching saves bandwidth and ensure
a smooth, highly responsive scrolling experience.
With client-side caching, the client stores portions of the display that were previously transmitted. The cache
size is 250 MB.
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