Citrix For Mac Os X
Applicable Products
- Receiver for Mac
Information
Apple released Mac OSX 10.10 on October 16th. Changes in Mac OSX 10.10 require changes in Citrix Receiver for full operation.
Citrix will release a tech preview release of Receiver for Mac 11.9 designed to support OSX 10.10.Users upgrading to OSX 10.10 who want to continue to use Receiver should install the Receiver for Mac 11.9 Tech Preview.
Apple released Mac OSX 10.10 on October 16th. Changes in Mac OSX 10.10 require changes in Citrix Receiver for full operation. Citrix will release a tech preview release of Receiver for Mac 11.9 designed to support OSX 10.10. Users upgrading to OSX 10.10 who want to continue to use Receiver should install the Receiver for Mac 11.9 Tech Preview. Version 20.8.0: Performance improvements - This release addresses several issues that help to improve overall performance and stability. MacOS version support - Citrix Workspace app 2008 for Mac is the last release that supports macOS versions High Sierra (10.13) and Mojave (10.14). Citrix Receiver Earlier Versions of Receiver for Mac Subscribe to RSS notifications of new downloads. Receiver for Mac. Receiver 12.8.1 for Mac. Receiver 12.7 for Mac. Receiver 12.6 for Mac. Receiver 12.5 for Mac. Receiver 12.4 for Mac.
How will existing users of Receiver 11.8.2 and XenApp and XenDesktop be impacted?Users may experience issues with unresponsive keyboard input while using Receiver or may not be able to connect through NetScaler Gateway.
As this is a major OSX update, the full extent of possible issues user may experience with Receiver for Mac 11.8.2 is unknown.
Reporting issues for tech preview
Tech preview is not supported by Citrix tech support. Users on Mac OSX 10.10 using the Receiver for Mac 11.9 – Tech Preview should report issues to the Tech Support Discussions Forum.
Additional Resources
CTX200212 - Keyboard Input Fails in Citrix Session from Receiver for Mac with OSX 10.9.5
Citrix Receiver allows for Citrix connections to be made from lots of different types of devices, including devices running Microsoft Windows OS, Android OS, Apple iOS and the various Linux OS families. Today I will be taking a quick look at installing Citrix Receiver on Mac OS X (10.13, aka High Sierra).
I could not find Citrix Receiver on the Apple App Store on my Mac, so I had to install it via a download from Citrix.
First load up your preferred web browser (I’ve tested with both Apple Safari and Google Chrome) and browse to https://www.citrix.co.uk/downloads/citrix-receiver/mac/
The current (as of May 9th 2018) download is Receiver version 12.9.1 and the download is dmg (disk mountable image) file that comes in at just under 50MB. Once downloaded and opened the dmg file should put a disk icon on your Mac desktop.
This contains a .pkg (package) file and a .app (application) file. The “Install Citrix Receiver” file does exactly as you would expect; it installs Citrix. Double click it to begin the installation. The “Uninstall Citrix Receiver” application uninstalls (removes) Citrix Receiver.
The installer warns that you are running an installation package; proceed only if you are the owner/admin of the device and want Citrix Receiver.
Once the installer has finished it will ask if you wish to keep the disk image and package or if you want to move it to the trash.
Personally I am a fan of keeping the original (source) installation files in case of issues later on (i.e. if I need to uninstall or reinstall a particular version of an application).
To “eject” (i.e. close) the disk image, right click it and choose Eject “Citrix Receiver”.
Citrix Workspace For Mac Os X 10.10.5
Now go back to your preferred web browser (again, I tested Apple Safari and Google Chrome) and navigate to your organisations Citrix portal web address.
Google Chrome gave me a warning about opening Citrix Receiver for the first time and asking if I wanted to associate a file (Citrix Receiver uses .ica files) with Citrix Receiver.
Again, only proceed with setting file associations, opening new applications or trusting a website to run a plug in if you are the owner/admin of the computer and trust the site!
Clicking “Open” and “Open Citrix Receiver Launcher” opened Citrix Receiver.
Apple Safari asked if I wanted to trust my organisation’s website to use the Citrix Receiver plug in.
Clicking “Trust” opened Citrix Receiver.
When Citrix Receiver has been installed on Mac OS X it places a Citrix Receiver icon in the system bar at the top of the screen:
This icon allows the user access to Receiver (if you want to access directly to a Citrix store front rather than via a web browser), Preferences (controlling what Citrix can access locally when in a Citrix session, clear the Citrix Receiver cache), the option to check for updates and an option to Quit (close) Receiver.
Citrix Receiver For Mac Os X 10.6.8
EDIT (OCT 2018): Receiver is now Workspace app; see https://geektechstuff.com/2018/10/11/citrix-receiver-becomes-citrix-workspace-app-october-2018/