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1 Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.6 Jun 19, 2017 Citrix Receiver for Mac provides users with self-service access to resources published on XenApp or XenDesktop servers. Citrix Receiver for Mac combines ease of deployment and use, and offers quick, secure access to hosted applications and desktops. You can download the latest release from the Citrix Receiver for Mac download page Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. P.1 2 What's new Jun 19, 2017 What's new in 12.6 Auto-update Auto-update provides automatic updates for Citrix Receiver for Mac and the HDX Real Time Optimization Pack without the need to download updates manually. Auto-update gives you automatic access to the latest version of Citrix Receiver with all the newest features and most up-to-date fixes and security updates. By default, auto-update is set to enabled and checks for updates daily.

When an update is available, Citrix Receiver notifies users to accept the download and install the updates. You can set auto-update to any of the following options: Notify me when updates are available Do not notify me when updates are available Leave updates up to my administrator Auto-update can be configured on both Citrix Receiver for Mac and StoreFront. In Citrix Receiver for Mac, configure autoupdate by using the Pref erences dialog. You can configure auto-update using StoreFront only when you add or refresh a StoreFront account. Citrix Receiver for Mac automatically detects the auto-update client configuration and notifies you. For information about configuring auto-update in Citrix Receiver for Mac, see Configuring auto-update. Thinwire 32-bit cursor support Citrix Receiver for Mac now supports 32-bit cursors in Thinwire.

In previous versions of Citrix Receiver for Mac, if a 32-bit cursor is used in the VDA, the transparent portion of the cursor appeared as black. With this release of Citrix Receiver for Mac, cursors now work as intended.

Joint Server Certif icate Validation Policy Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.5 and later introduced a new, stricter, validation policy for server certificates, which might affect session launches. For more information, see Knowledge Center article CTX and the Secure Communications documentation page Citrix Systems, Inc.

All rights reserved. P.2 3 Fixed issues Jun 19, 2017 Fixed issues in Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.6 Compared to: Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.5 Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.6 contains all fixes that were included in Versions 12, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, and 12.5 plus the following, new fixes: When sharing screens using WebEx, a black window might appear on the shared screen. RFMAC-689, #LC6462 After screen sharing is stopped when using WebEx, the application might not appear in the foreground of the desktop. RFMAC-690, #LC6255 On macos Sierra, the Shift-Insert keystroke pair might not work. RFMAC-696 After minimizing WebEx, the application might display incorrectly when attempting to view it again. RFMAC-742, #LC6840 When launching an application with Citrix Receiver using Google Chrome, the Starting Application window might not appear.

RFMAC-744 When running a virtual machine, XenDesktop sessions might appear as a black screen. RFMAC-808 After an application has launched, the loading popup still appears. Clicking Cancel in the popup causes Citrix Receiver to exit unexpectedly.

RFMAC-832, #LC7682 When using server-to-client URL redirection, URLs containing a 'one-time access token' may launch with the token already expired. RFMAC-856 Apps and desktops might not launch when using Safari on macos Sierra public beta or macos High Sierra Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. P.3 4 Developer Preview builds. RFMAC-869 Fixed issues in Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.5 Compared to: Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.4 Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.5 contains all fixes that were included in Versions 12, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 and 12.4 plus the following, new fixes: When using smart cards to log on to a Remote Desktop Client, occasionally a No Certificates found on card error appears. RFMAC-432, #650298 Store detection fails when the server responds by using a non-utf-8 response. RFMAC-565 When starting a SAML application, an Invalid Request error might occur.

RFMAC-598, #LC6558 ReceiverHelper might exit unexpectedly. The issue occurs when CEIPRegistry.json contains an invalid JSON. RFMAC-639 Launching a published application from Launchpad or Finder when logged out of Citrix Receiver fails and the following error message appears: Cannot connect. Unable to communicate with Authentication Manager service.

RFMAC-648 Fixed issues in Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.4 Compared to: Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.3 Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.4 contains all fixes that were included in Versions 12, 12.1, 12.2, and 12.3 plus the following, new fixes: Citrix Viewer does not send the correct keyboard layout to the server. #581829 When using Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.1, resizing and swapping hosted desktops might not work when using split view. #604943 When using multiple displays in a configuration where the primary display is on the bottom, the Citrix Receiver for Mac Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. P.4 5 published application windows may flicker.

#652254 Users might not be able to edit or save a file on a network drive when using published applications. #660657 When saving a file on a network drive, the VDA session might get disconnected. #660661 When using an external keyboard either in a VDA session or a published application, the Insert key does not work. #660669 Printers that are prevented from appearing in a session are still present and available.

#667462 Fixed issues in Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.3 Compared to: Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.2 Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.3 contains all fixes that were included in Versions 12, 12.1, and 12.2, plus the following, new fix: If Citrix Receiver for Mac is configured to use a proxy server, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connections can fail. #640652 Fixed issues in Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.2 Compared to: Citrix Receiver for Mac Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.2 contains all fixes that were included in Versions 12, 12.1, and, plus the following, new fixes: Fixed an issue on German/Austrian keyboards where the ALT key was not released after typing Alt-l. #LC3796 Resolved an issue where server-to-client content redirection would fail if the URL being redirected contained non-ascii characters.

#LC4470 This release resolved an issue where an HDX app window could display drawing artifacts after minimizing and maximizing Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

P.5 6 #LC4668 Resolved an issue where smart card pass-through authentication could fail. #LC4907 Resolved an issue where audio remoted to the server from a microphone could sound very choppy. #LC5157 Resolved an issue where the Ctrl-Tab keyboard combination was not passed to active desktop sessions. #LC5367 Fixed an issue where the session keyboard mapping could be incorrect when reconnecting to an existing session. #LC5395 Fixed an issue where smart cards were inaccessible to a Microsoft Remote Desktop Client running inside an HDX session. #LC5454 This release fixed an issue where sessions would fail to connect if user certificate authentication was configured on NetScaler Gateway. #LC5455 Resolved an issue where Receiver for Mac would launch a session in full screen mode if the ScreenPercent parameter was specified in the ICA file.

#605353 Fixed an issue that caused Receiver for Mac to crash if a session was disconnected while a webcam was remoted to an active session. #612051 This release fixed an issue where Receiver or Mac would not use the system proxy configuration when downloading certificate revocation lists. #638176 Fixed issues in Citrix Receiver for Mac Compared to: Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.1 Citrix Receiver for Mac contains all fixes that were included in Versions 12 and 12.1, plus the following, new fixes: Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. P.6 7 Resolved a problem when a Receiver for Mac session failed when connecting through a Cisco ASA 9.32 SSL VPN. #LC3887 Resolved an issue where a session would crash when launching an app or desktop whose name started with an character.

#LC4296 Fixed an issue where sessions would disconnect resulting in an error message indicating that 'The remote SSL peer sent a bad MAC Alert.' #LC4367 Fixed a problem where IPV6 connections to NetScaler Gateway would fail. #LC4512 Fixed an issue where attempting to enter a single Japanese or Simplified Chinese character would result in no character being displayed in the session desktop.

#603635 Fixed issues in Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.1 Compared to: Citrix Receiver for Mac 12 Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.1 contains all fixes that were included in Version 12, plus the following, new fixes: Fixed an issue where if you are using the VPN support built into OS X, Citrix Receiver sometimes wasn't able to connect to a configured account while the VPN was active. Fixed an issue in OS X El Capitan, where sessions displayed abnormally when put them in Split View. #582397 Fixed an issue where beacon detection failed when you tried to connect externally through an F5 proxy. #582885 Fixed an issue where keyboard shortcuts configured in System Preferences weren't applied in the session. #583033 Fixed an issue with the '+' keyboard signals in Citrix Receiver for Mac and 12, which caused the viewer to crash.

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P.7 8 Fixed an issue after launching one app Citrix Receiver asks for authentication for another app. #592460 Fixed an issue on desktop sessions, where the Ctrl-Q keyboard combination would not pass through correctly.

#600601 Fixed issues in Citrix Receiver for Mac 12 This release resolves a number of issues related to smart card integration. Some issues remain and will continue to be investigated. Other issues fixed in this release: An incorrect message was shown on the Credential Dialog Window in Japanese environments (' デモアカウントにログオンしてください ', meaning 'Please log on to Demo Account'). This message should have read 'Please log on to My Virtual Desktop.' #LC2682 Mounting multiple Receiver disk images simultaneously could result in the wrong installer being launched. #551605 OS X proxy bypass entries in CIDR notation were ignored. #564250 Only the first 256 characters of the OS X bypass list are used.

#567089 An internal beacon false positive check could fail for certain ISPs who have installed DNS error redirection software from Barefruit. #572456 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. P.8 9 Known issues Jun 19, 2017 Known issues in Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.5 The following known issues have been observed in this release: When using a proxy connection, communication over EDT fails. #664725, RFMAC-464 Citrix Viewer might exit unexpectedly on macos while disconnecting a desktop from the menu bar.

The issue also occurs if Use All Screen In Full Screen mode is selected while the desktop session is logged off. RFMAC-618 Known issues in Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.4 The following known issues have been observed in this release: When using a proxy connection, communication over Enlightened Data Transport (EDT) fails. #664725 When using NetScaler Gateway configured for EDT with VDA version 7.11 or earlier, the connection to TCP fails because the fallback mechanism to TCP does not work. #665617 Known issues in Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.3 The following known issues have been observed in this release: When a proxy server is configured on a user device, auto-client reconnection might fail with a VDA for Desktop OS. #659683 In an IPV6 environment, attempts to launch a session with Secure Socket Layer (SSL) enabled might fail.

#659700 Known issues in Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.2 The following known issues have been observed in this release: Receiver may hang if multiple, concurrent sessions are running simultaneously while redirecting smart cards. #511140 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. P.9 10 Users may not be able to use the OS X Split View feature with HDX apps windows. #637963 When redirecting a USB CD/DVD drive with Generic USB Redirection, the drive may be ejected. #645484 Some USB devices may not work in a session if the USB Optimization policy is set to Capture. #649082 In some cases, the new USB device notification screen may be incorrectly displayed if a USB device is connected during the auto client reconnection process.

#649714 Users may be prompted with a keychain prompt when connecting to an account after upgrading to Receiver for Mac #649885 On systems running Mac OS X 10.9, smart cards may be inaccessible to the Microsoft Remote Desktop Client running inside an HDX session. #650298 Keystrokes made during the session reliability reconnection process may not be replayed once the session has reconnected. #652154 Known issues in Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.1 The following known issues have been observed in this release: Resizing a desktop window while the Windows logon message is displayed can make the session inoperative. #525833 You might see an error message after launching a virtual desktop from Chrome. #564961 Viewer is not sending correct keyboard layout to server, which can cause keyboard mapping issues. #581829 Citrix Systems, Inc.

All rights reserved. P.10 11 When smooth roaming a session to an OS X (El Capitan) machine, the session may not reconnect successfully. Use the 'Refresh Apps' menu command to reconnect to the session again if it fails the first time. #601542 Known issues in Citrix Receiver for Mac 12 The following known issues have been observed in this release: If a published Command Prompt is minimized when you disconnect from a session, the Command Prompt might not reappear when reconnected.

#411702 HDX apps might turn black. If this happens, drag applications and close them by clicking where the close button should be located. #426991 Users with computers running OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) might see overlap on the string log on and down icon on the Receiver user interface. Users can click Log on or the user name string instead of the down icon if this occurs.

#504302 In a multiple monitor configuration, seamless apps might move to the primary display when any display is reconfigured. #506532 Changing the viewer to full screen while the DirectX or OpenGL application is running might cause the cursor to disappear. #510745 SSL SDK might incorrectly flags a certificate chain as expired if multiple certificates are installed with some certificates being expired. Deleting expired certificates from the Keychain Access will fix this problem. #511574 When server language is set to traditional Chinese, users might not be able to input ' or ' within a session. #511877 Moving the cursor does not change Lync status from Away to Available if the status change was due to the user being idle.

Users must manually change the status to Available if this happens. #512074 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

P.11 12 Application names viewed on Receiver might not reflect updates on the Broker and StoreFront if the user subscribed to the apps before the updates occurred. Users can delete and resubscribe to the app if this occurs. #515097 Resizing a desktop window when a Windows logon message is displayed might make session inoperative. #525833 Sessions fail to launch when using a Gemalto.NET card smart card to authenticate to XenDesktop 5.6.

#550781 When using a PIV smart card, Receiver fails to reconnect to a XenDesktop 5.6 session. #550986 When using OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) and upgrading Receiver 11.9 or to Receiver 12.0, launching Receiver might cause both a new version of Receiver and an older version of Receiver to open. #552496 When using Google Chrome browser for OS X, double clicking the ICA file on the download bar might cause multiple ICA files to launch causing an error message. #564961 Users might not be able to change expired passwords when logging into a WI PNA account. #568394 The lower end of the XenDesktop toolbar button might get cropped out when user go into full-screen mode during a video call session. #570480 On OS X El Capitan (10.11), virtual desktops and apps don't display normally in Split View. #582397 In OS X Yosemite (10.10), the upgrade version of Safari might block Receiver as a pop-up window.

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Enabling pop-ups windows for Apps/Desktops to open will fix the issue Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. P.12 13 System requirements Jun 19, 2017 Supported Operating Systems Citrix Receiver for Mac supports the following operating systems: macos Sierra (10.12) Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11) Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) Note Mac OS X releases prior to Mac OS X Yosemite are not supported.

Compatible Citrix Products Citrix Receiver for Mac is compatible with all currently supported versions of the following Citrix products. For information about the Citrix product lifecycle, and to find out when Citrix stops supporting specific versions of products, see the Citrix Product Lifecycle Matrix. Compatible browsers Citrix Receiver for Mac is compatible with the following browsers: Safari 7.0 (and later) Mozilla Firefox 22.x (and later) Google Chrome 28.x (and later) Hardware Requirements MB of free disk space A working network or Internet connection to connect to servers Web Interface: Web Interface 5.4 for Windows with XenApp Services (also known as PNAgent Services) sites, for access to applications natively from Citrix Receiver for Mac rather than from a web browser. To deploy Citrix Receiver for Mac: Citrix Receiver for Web 2.1, 2.5 and 2.6 Citrix Web Interface 5.4 StoreFront: StoreFront 2.x or higher for access to applications natively from Citrix Receiver for Mac or from web browser. Connectivity If users are running Citrix Receiver for Mac on OS X El Capitan and having trouble connecting, upgrade the NetScaler Gateway plugin. For more information, see the article NetScaler Gateway Plug-in v3.1.4 for Mac OS X (El Capitan Support) on the Citrix downloads page Citrix Systems, Inc.

All rights reserved. 27 Use and remove USB devices Users can connect a USB device before or after starting a virtual session. When using Citrix Receiver for Mac, the following apply: Devices connected after a session starts immediately appear in the USB menu of the Desktop Viewer.

If a USB device is not redirecting properly, sometimes you can resolve the problem by waiting to connect the device until after the virtual session has started. To avoid data loss, use the Windows Saf e removal menu before removing the USB device.

Configuring Enlightened Data Transport (EDT) By default, EDT is enabled in Citrix Receiver for Mac. Citrix Receiver for Mac reads the EDT settings as set in the default.ica file and applies it accordingly. To disable EDT, run the following command in a terminal: defaults write com.citrix.receiver.nomas HDXOverUDPAllowed -bool NO Configure session reliability and auto client reconnect Session reliability keeps sessions active and on the user s screen when network connectivity is interrupted. Users continue to see the application they are using until network connectivity resumes. With session reliability, the session remains active on the server.

To indicate that connectivity is lost, the user s display freezes until connectivity resumes on the other side of the tunnel. The user continues to access the display during the interruption and can resume interacting with the application when the network connection is restored. Session Reliability reconnects users without reauthentication prompts. Important Citrix Receiver for Mac users cannot override the server setting. You can use session reliability with Transport Layer Securuty (TLS).

Note T LS encrypts only the data sent between the user device and NetScaler Gateway Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. P.27 28 Using session reliability policies The session reliability connections policy setting allows or prevents session reliability.

The session reliability timeout policy setting has a default of 180 seconds, or three minutes. Though you can extend the amount of time session reliability keeps a session open, this feature is designed to be convenient to the user and it does not, therefore, prompt the user for reauthentication.

Tip As you extend the amount of time a session is kept open, chances increase that a user may get distracted and walk away from the user device, potentially leaving the session accessible to unauthorized users. Incoming session reliability connections use port 2598, unless you change the port number defined in the session reliability port number policy setting. If you do not want users to be able to reconnect to interrupted sessions without having to reauthenticate, use the Auto Client Reconnect feature. You can configure the Auto client reconnect authentication policy setting to prompt users to reauthenticate when reconnecting to interrupted sessions. If you use both session reliability and auto client reconnect, the two features work in sequence.

Session reliability closes, or disconnects, the user session after the amount of time you specify in the Session reliability timeout policy setting. After that, the auto client reconnect policy settings take effect, attempting to reconnect the user to the disconnected session Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 30 Configuring session reliability timeout By default, session reliability timeout is set to 180 seconds. Note: Session reliability timeout policy can be configured only with XenApp/XenDesktop 7.11 and above.

To modify session reliability timeout: 1. Launch Citrix Studio. Open the Session reliability timeout policy. Edit the timeout value.

Configuring auto client reconnection By default, auto client reconnection is enabled. To disable auto client reconnection: 1. Launch Citrix Studio.

Open the Auto client reconnect policy Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Set the policy to Prohibited. Configuring Auto client reconnection timeout By default, Auto client reconnection timeout is set to 120 seconds. Note: Auto client reconnect timeout policy can be configured only with XenApp/XenDesktop 7.11 and later. To modify auto client reconnect timeout: 1.

Launch Citrix Studio. Open the Auto client reconnect policy. Edit the timeout value. Limitations: On a Terminal Server VDA, Citrix Receiver for Mac uses 120 seconds as timeout value irrespective of the user settings. Configuring the Reconnect user interf ace transparency level The Session User Interface is displayed during a session reliability and auto client reconnect attempts. The transparency level of the user interface can be modified using Studio policy Citrix Systems, Inc.

All rights reserved. P.31 32 By default, Reconnect UI transparency is set to 80%.

To modify Reconnect user interface transparency level: 1. Launch Citrix Studio.

Open the Reconnect UI transparency level policy. Edit the value. Auto client reconnect and session reliability interaction Mobility challenges associated with switching between various access points, network disruptions and display timeouts related to latency create challenging environments when trying to maintain link integrity for active Citrix Receiver sessions. To resolve this issue, Citrix enhanced session reliability and auto reconnection technologies present in this version of Receiver for Mac. Auto client reconnection, along with session reliability, allows users to automatically reconnect to their Citrix Receiver sessions after recovering from network disruptions.

These features, enabled by policies in Citrix Studio, can be used to vastly improve the user experience. Note Auto client reconnection and session reliability timeout values can be modified using the def ault.ica file in StoreFront. Auto client reconnection Auto client reconnection can be enabled or disabled using Citrix Studio policies. By default, this feature is enabled. For information about modifying this policy, see the auto client reconnection section earlier in this article.

Use the default.ica file in StoreFront to modify the connection timeout for AutoClientReconnect; by default, this timeout is set to 120 seconds (or two minutes ). Setting Example Def ault TransportReconnectRetryMaxTimeSeconds TransportReconnectRetryMaxTimeSeconds= Session reliability Session reliability can be enabled or disabled using Citrix Studio policies. By default, this feature is enabled. Use the def ault.ica file in StoreFront to modify the connection timeout for session reliability; by default, this timeout is set to 180 seconds (or three minutes). Setting Example Def ault SessionReliabilityTTL SessionReliabilityTTL= Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

33 How auto client reconnection and session reliability works When auto client reconnection and session reliability are enabled for a Citrix Receiver for Mac, consider the following: A session window is greyed out when a reconnection is in progress; a countdown timer displays the amount of time remaining before the session is reconnected. Once a session is timed out, it is disconnected. By default, the reconnect countdown timer notification starts at 5 minutes; this time value represents the combined default values for each of the timers (auto client reconnection and session reliability), 2 and 3 minutes respectively.

The image below illustrates the countdown timer notification which appears in the upper right portion of the session interface: Tip You can alter the greyscale brightness used for an inactive session using a command prompt. For example, defaults write com.citrix.receiver.nomas NetDisruptBrightness 80. By default, this value is set to 80. T he maximum value cannot exceed 100 (indicates a transparent window) and the minimum value can be set to 0 (a fully blacked out screen). Users are notified when a session successfully reconnects (or when a session is disconnected). This notification appears in the upper right portion of the session interface: Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

34 A session window which is under auto client reconnect and session reliability control provides an informational message indicating the state of the session connection. Click Cancel Reconnection to move back to an active session Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. P.34 35 Configuring CEIP CEIP is scheduled to collect and securely upload data to Citrix at an interval of 7 days by default.

You can change your participation in CEIP anytime using the Citrix Receiver for Mac Security Pref erences screen. Tip When CEIP is disabled, minimal information containing only the installed Citrix Receiver for Mac version is uploaded; this happens only once. T his minimal information is valuable to Citrix because it provides the distribution of different versions used by customers.

T his happens only once as soon as CEIP is disabled. To disable CEIP, or to forego participation: 1. In the Pref erences window, select Security and Privacy. Select the Privacy tab. Change the appropriate radio button. For example, to disable CEIP, click 'No, Thanks.'

Click OK Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 36 Configure your application delivery When delivering applications with XenDesktop or XenApp, consider the following options to enhance the experience for your users when they access their applications: Web access mode Without any configuration, Citrix Receiver for Mac provides web access mode: browser-based access to applications and desktops. Users simply open a browser to a Receiver for Web or Web Interface site and select and use the applications that they want.

In web access mode, no app shortcuts are placed in the App Folder on your user's device. Self-service mode By adding a StoreFront account to Citrix Receiver for Mac or configuring Citrix Receiver for Mac to point to a StoreFront site, you can configure self-service mode, which enables your users to subscribe to applications through Citrix Receiver for Mac. This enhanced user experience is similar to that of a mobile app store. In self-service mode you can configure mandatory, auto-provisioned, and featured app keyword settings as needed. When one of your users selects an application, a shortcut to that application is placed in the App Folder on the user device Citrix Systems, Inc.

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All rights reserved. P.36 37 When accessing a StoreFront 3.0 site, your users see the Citrix Receiver for MacTech Preview user experience.

For more information about the Citrix Receiver for Mac Tech Preview user experience, see Receiver and StoreFront 3.0 Technology Preview. When publishing applications on your XenApp farms, to enhance the experience for users accessing those applications through StoreFront stores, ensure that you include meaningful descriptions for published applications.

The descriptions are visible to your users through Citrix Receiver for Mac. Configure self-service mode As mentioned previously, by adding a StoreFront account to Citrix Receiver for Mac or configuring Citrix Receiver for Mac to point to a StoreFront site, you can configure self-service mode, which allows users to subscribe to applications from the Citrix Receiver for Mac user interface. This enhanced user experience is similar to that of a mobile app store. In self service mode you can configure mandatory, auto-provisioned and featured app keyword settings as needed. To automatically subscribe all users of a store to an application, append the string KEYWORDS:Auto to the description you provide when you publish the application in XenApp. When users log on to the store, the application is automatically provisioned without the need for users to manually subscribe to the application.

To advertise applications to users or make commonly used applications easier to find by listing them in the Citrix Receiver for Mac Featured list, append the string KEYWORDS:Featured to the application description. For more information, see the StoreFront documentation. If the Web Interface of your XenApp deployment does not have a XenApp Services site, create a site. The name of the site and how you create the site depends on the version of the Web Interface you have installed. For more information, see the Web Interface documentation.

Configure StoreFront With StoreFront, the stores you create consist of services that provide authentication and resource delivery infrastructure for Citrix Receiver for Mac. Create stores that enumerate and aggregate desktops and applications from XenDesktop sites and XenApp farms, making these resources available to users. Install and configure StoreFront. For more information, see the StoreFront documentation. Note: For administrators who need more control, Citrix provides a template you can use to create a download site for Citrix Receiver for Mac. Configure stores for CloudGateway just as you would for other XenApp and XenDesktop applications. No special configuration is needed for Citrix Receiver for Mac.

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For more information, see Configuring Stores in the StoreFront documentation. Provide users with account information After installation, you must provide users with the account information they need to access their hosted applications and desktops. You can provide this information by: Configuring -based account discovery Providing users with a provisioning file Providing users with an auto-generated setup URL Providing users with account information to enter manually Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. P.37 38 Configuring -based account discovery You can configure Citrix Receiver for Mac to use -based account discovery. When configured, users enter their address rather than a server URL during initial Citrix Receiver for Mac installation and configuration. Citrix Receiver for Mac determines the NetScaler Gateway, or StoreFront server associated with the address based on Domain Name System (DNS) Service (SRV) records and then prompts the user to log on to access their hosted applications and desktops.

To configure your DNS server to support -based discovery, see the topic Configuring -based Account Discovery in the StoreFront documentation. To configure NetScaler Gateway to accept user connections by using an address to discover the StoreFront, NetScaler Gateway, see Connecting to StoreFront by Using -Based Discovery in the NetScaler Gateway documentation. Provide users with a provisioning file You can use StoreFront to create provisioning files containing connection details for accounts. You make these files available to your users to enable them to configure Receiver automatically. After installing Citrix Receiver for Mac, users simply open the file to configure Citrix Receiver for Mac.

If you configure Receiver for Web sites, users can also obtain Citrix Receiver for Mac provisioning files from those sites. For more information, see the StoreFront documentation. Provide users with an auto-generated setup URL You can use the Citrix Receiver for Mac Setup URL Generator to create a URL containing account information. After installing Citrix Receiver for Mac, users simply click on the URL to configure their account and access their resources.

Use the utility to configure settings for accounts and or post that information to all your users at once. Provide users with account information to enter manually If providing users with account details to enter manually, ensure you distribute the following information to enable them to connect to their hosted and desktops successfully: The URL for the StoreFront store or XenApp Services site hosting resources; for example: For access using NetScaler Gateway: the NetScaler Gateway address, product edition, and required authentication method For more information about configuring NetScaler Gateway, see the NetScaler Gateway documentation. When a user enters the details for a new account, Receiver attempts to verify the connection. If successful, Citrix Receiver for Mac prompts the user to log on to the account.

Configuring auto-update Configuring using the graphical user interface An individual user can override the auto-update setting using the Pref erences dialog. This is a per-user configuration and Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. P.38 39 the settings apply only to the current user Go to the Preferences dialog in Citrix Receiver for Mac. In the Advanced pane, click Auto Update. The auto-update dialog appears.

Select one of the following options: Yes, notify me No, don't notify me Use administrator specified settings 4. Close the dialog box to save the changes. Configuring Auto-update using StoreFront Administrators can configure Auto-update using StoreFront. Citrix Receiver only uses this configuration for users who have selected Use administrator specified settings. To manually configure it, follow the steps below Use a text editor to open the web.config file. The default location is C: inetpub wwwroot Citrix Roaming web.config Locate the user account element in the file (Store is the account name of your deployment) For example: Before the tag, navigate to the properties of that user account: 3. Add the auto-update tag after tag.

Auto-update-check This determines that Citrix Receiver can detect if updates are available. Valid values: Auto Use this option to get notifications when updates are available. Manual Use this option to not get any notification when updates are available. Users need to check manually for updates by selecting Check f or Updates. Disabled Use this option to disable Auto-update. Auto-update-deferupdate-count This determines the number of times the end user will be notified to upgrade before they are forced to update to the latest version of Citrix Receiver. By default, this value is 7.

Valid values: -1 The end user will always have the option of getting reminded later when an update is available Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. P.39 40 0 End user will be forced to update to the latest version of Citrix Receiver as soon as the update is available. Positive integer End user will be reminded this many number of times before being forced to update.

Citrix recommends not to set this value higher than 7. Auto-update-rollout-priority This determines how quickly a device will see that an update is available. Valid values: Auto The auto-update system will decide when available updates are rolled out to users.

Fast Available updates will be rolled out to users on high priority as determined by Citrix Receiver. Medium Available updates will be rolled out to users on medium priority as determined by Citrix Receiver. Slow Available updates will be rolled out to users on low priority as determined by Citrix Receiver Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. P.40 41 Optimizing your Citrix Receiver for Mac environment Jun 19, 2017 You can optimize your Citrix Receiver for Mac environment as follows: Reconnecting users automatically Restarting desktops Providing session reliability Providing continuity for roaming users Mapping client devices Mapping client drives Mapping client COM ports Reconnecting users automatically Users can be disconnected from their sessions because of unreliable networks, highly variable network latency, or range limitations of wireless devices. With the auto-client reconnection feature, Citrix Receiver for Mac can detect unintended disconnections of ICA sessions and reconnect users to the affected sessions automatically. When this feature is enabled on the server, users do not have to reconnect manually to continue working.

Citrix Receiver for Mac attempts to reconnect to the session until there is a successful reconnection or the user cancels the reconnection attempts. If user authentication is required, a dialog box requesting credentials appears to a user during automatic reconnection. Automatic reconnection does not occur if users exit applications without logging off. You configure auto-client reconnect using policy settings on the server.

For more information see the XenApp and XenDesktop documentation. Restarting desktops Users can restart a virtual desktop if it fails to start, takes too long to connect to, or becomes corrupted. You configure this feature in XenDesktop. The contextual menu item Restart is available on all of the desktops that users subscribe to, and on users' App page. The menu item is disabled if restart is not enabled for the desktop.

When the user chooses Restart, Citrix Receiver for Mac shuts down the desktop and then starts it. Important Make users aware that restarting desktops can result in data loss. Providing session reliability With the Session Reliability feature, users continue to see hosted application and desktop windows if the connection experiences an interruption. For example, wireless users entering a tunnel may lose their connection when they enter the tunnel and regain it when they emerge on the other side.

During such interruptions, the session reliability feature enables the session window to remain displayed while the connection is being restored. You can configure your system to display a warning dialog box to users when the connection is unavailable Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. P.41 42 You configure Session Reliability using policy settings on the server.

For more information about session reliability and Receiver interaction, refer to this document about ensuring the highest quality of service and reliability. For additional information specific to policies, see Auto Client Reconnect Policy settings and Session reliability policy settings. Tip Citrix Receiver for Mac users cannot override the server settings for Session Reliability.

Important If Session Reliability is enabled, the default port used for session communication switches from 1494 to Providing continuity for roaming users Workspace control lets desktops and applications follow users as they move between devices. This enables, for example, clinicians in hospitals to move from workstation to workstation without having to restart their desktops and applications on each device. Policies and client drive mappings change appropriately when you move to a new user device. Policies and mappings are applied according to the user device where you are currently logged on to the session. For example, if a health care worker logs off from a user device in the emergency room of a hospital and then logs on to a workstation in the hospital s X-ray laboratory, the policies, printer mappings, and client drive mappings appropriate for the session in the X-ray laboratory go into effect for the session as soon as the user logs on to the user device in the X-ray laboratory. To configure workspace control settings 1.

Click the down arrow icon in the Citrix Receiver for Mac window and choose Pref erences. Click General tab.

Choose one of the following: Reconnect apps when I start Receiver. Allows users to reconnect to disconnected apps when they start Receiver. Reconnect apps when I start or refresh apps. Allows users to reconnect to disconnected apps either when they start apps or when they select Refresh Apps from the Citrix Receiver menu. Mapping client devices Citrix Receiver for Mac maps local drives and devices automatically so that they are available from within a session.

If enabled on the server, client device mapping allows a remote application or desktop running on the server to access devices attached to the local user device. You can: Access local drives, COM ports, and printers Hear audio (system sounds and audio files) played from the session Note Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. P.42 43 Client audio mapping and client printer mapping do not require any configuration on the user device.

Mapping client drives Client drive mapping allows you to access local drives on the user device, for example, CD-ROM drives, DVDs, and USB memory sticks, during sessions. When a server is configured to allow client drive mapping, users can access their locally stored files, work with them during sessions, and then save them either on a local drive or on a drive on the server. Citrix Receiver for Mac monitors the directories in which hardware devices such as CD-ROMs, DVDs and USB memory sticks are typically mounted on the user device and automatically maps any new ones that appear during a session to the next available drive letter on the server. You can configure the level of read and write access for mapped drives using Citrix Receiver for Mac preferences. To configure read and write access for mapped drives 1. On the Citrix Receiver for Mac home page, click the down arrow icon, and then click Pref erences. Click Devices.

Select the level of read and write access for mapped drives from the following options: Read and Write Read only No access Ask me each time 4. Log off from any open sessions and reconnect to apply the changes. Mapping client COM ports Client COM port mapping allows devices attached to the COM ports of the user device to be used during sessions.

These mappings can be used like any other network mappings. Macintosh serial ports do not provide all the control signal lines that are used by Windows applications. The DSR (Data Set Ready), DCD (Device Carrier Detect), RI (Ring Indicator), and RTS (Request To Send) lines are not provided. Windows applications that rely on these signals for hardware handshaking and flow control may not work. The Macintosh implementation of serial communications relies on CTS (Clear To Send) and DTR (Data Terminal Ready) lines for input and output hardware handshaking only.

To map client COM ports 1. On the Citrix Receiver for Mac home page, click the down arrow icon, and then click Pref erences. Click Devices.

Select the COM port you want to map, from the Mapped COM Ports list. This is the virtual COM port that is displayed in the session, not the physical port on the local machine. Select the device to associate with the virtual COM port from the Device pop-up menu. Start Citrix Receiver for Mac and log on to a server. Run a command prompt. At the prompt, type net use comx: client comz: where x is the number of the COM port on the server (ports 1 through 9 are available for mapping) and z is the number of the client COM port (ports 1 through 4 are available) Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

To confirm the mapping, type net use at the prompt. A list of mapped drives, LPT ports, and mapped COM ports is displayed Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.