Install View Client On Mac Os X - VMware View Manager 4.5 Installation Manual

If you plan to install View Client with Local Mode, verify that none of the following products is installed:
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VMware View Client, VMware Player, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, VMware Server.
Determine whether the person who uses the client device is allowed to access locally connected USB
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devices from a virtual desktop. If not, you must deselect the USB Redirection component that the wizard
presents.
If you plan to install the USB Redirection component, verify that the Windows Automatic Update feature
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is not turned off on the client computer.
Procedure
1 Log in to the client system as a user with administrator privileges.
2 Open a browser and enter the URL of the View Connection Server instance that provides access to the
virtual desktop.
Internet Explorer can determine whether an upgrade is available, whereas Firefox and Safari cannot. Also,
in the list of installers, Internet Explorer lists 32-bit installers if the client has a 32-bit system and lists 64-
bit installers if the client has a 64-bit system, whereas Firefox lists both 32-bit and 64-bit installers.
3 Follow the prompts on the Web page.
If the version available from View Connection Server is newer than that installed on the client device, you
can choose to upgrade. If the version is the same as that on the client device, View Portal starts the View
Client installed on the client computer.
If you have an older version of View Client and a smart card is required for client connections, an Internet
Explorer browser prompts you to insert your smart card before View Portal checks the version of your
existing View Client.
4 If Internet Explorer prompts you to insert a smart card, either insert the card or click Cancel.
Inserting a smart card and Cancel have the same effect.
What to do next
Connect to the View desktop. See
on page 90 or "Start View Client on Mac OS X,"

Install View Client on Mac OS X

End users open View Client to connect to virtual desktops from a Mac OS X physical machine. You install View
Client on Mac OS X client systems from a disk image file.
Prerequisites
Verify that the client system uses a supported operating system. See
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View Client and View Client with Local Mode,"
Verify that the Mac client system has Remote Desktop Connection version 2.0 or higher installed. The
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View Client disk image file includes a link to the Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac
download page.
Procedure
1 Log in to the client system.
2 On the client system, download the View Client disk image file from the VMware product page at
http://www.vmware.com/products/.
Select the
VMware-View-Client-4.5.
VMware, Inc.
"Start the Windows-Based View Client or View Client with Local Mode,"
on page 94.
on page 16.
disk image file, where xxxxxx is the build number.
x - xxxxxx .dmg
Chapter 9 Installing and Starting View Client
"Supported Operating Systems for
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