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The long waited XenApp Plugin and Dazzle for Mac OS X has been released to the general public!
Mac users can access their hosted applications from their desktop or a web interface with the new XenApp Plugin for Mac.
You will find new in this release, Citrix Dazzle - an easy way to choose exactly which applications you need, when you need it - apps, your desktop, or any IT delivered service. Simply browse or search for the app or IT service you need. Users decide the folders that appear in their Applications folder. Simply click to create, then drag and drop any app or IT service.
Here's a list of new features:
- Dazzle - is provided to enable users to browse, select and launch applications from a native Mac UI.
- Improved Multi-monitor support.
- Browser plug-in - enables Web Interface to determine the plug-in installed in the system and offer to upgrade if appropriate. Also, no more .ica files in the downloads folder!
- System preferences - plug-in preferences are now set via a system preferences pane.
- Cleartype remoting.
Install instructions:
If you are currently running version 10 of the Mac ICA Client, you can upgrade to the latest build by just running the new installer.
Downloads:
Comments (33)
Aug 12
Anonymous says:
Awesome! It's great not needing to log into the web interface anymore ...Awesome! It's great not needing to log into the web interface anymore to launch apps!
Aug 12
Anonymous says:
Is there Merchandizing server support for this client?Is there Merchandizing server support for this client?
Aug 12
Anonymous says:
No, this is a standalone release. Support for Merchanise server will come later ...No, this is a standalone release. Support for Merchanise server will come later on.
Best,
Gus
Aug 12
Claudio Rodrigues says:
Thank Lord. No more .ica files??? Finally!!! In a way too bad I may...Thank Lord. No more .ica files??? Finally!!!
In a way too bad I may be switching back to Windows. Certain things on OSX/iLife apps are simply becoming unbearable for me.
Will keep it there using BootCamp but using Windows 7 probably most of the time.
Cheers Gus!
Aug 12
Anonymous says:
Saaweeeet!! Does the online plugin have the optional functionality to wo...Saaweeeet!! Does the online plugin have the optional functionality to work like the PNA Agent on the PC? I.E pass-though authentication and provisioning of apps directly integrated to the DOC. I get the use case for dazzle(self service), although In some cases I would like to tell the users which apps they have. It seems like all the functionality is there, I can drag an ICON from the dazzle folder to my DOC and it works fine. Perhaps I'm just missing something about provisioning of the apps? Are there updates for the AMC to accommodate for the new plugin?
Thanks in advance.
Aug 12
Gus Pinto says:
Dazzle connects to XenApp Services, formally known as PNAgent Site, so in short,...Dazzle connects to XenApp Services, formally known as PNAgent Site, so in short, Yes Dazzle adds the missing functionality of PNAgent to Mac devices, but far more advanced and tightly integrated into the operating system.
hope this answers your question.
best,
Gus
Aug 12
Anonymous says:
Great to see this new release. I do have some quesions however about connecting:...Great to see this new release. I do have some quesions however about connecting:
Another issue is that I don't get the correct keyboard layout in published apps and desktops. My Mac is configured for a Belgian keyboard but I get a US keyboard in remote sessions. Everything works perfectly from my Windows clients. Is there some configuration setting I am missing? (Note: the version 10 client has the same issue)
Thanks
Aug 13
Anonymous says:
Same problem here with Dazzle thru CSG. Keeps telling me the server doesn'...Same problem here with Dazzle thru CSG. Keeps telling me the server doesn't support https, but if I use the XenApp Receiver from a Windows box I can connect to my apps from CSG, put icons on the start menu, etc.
Aug 14
Arne Johannesen says:
I get the same, internally it works great, but connecting from outsite using ser...I get the same, internally it works great, but connecting from outsite using server "https://...." I get the error "An error has occurred. BadConfigurationFile". Web browser access still work fine. Please help!
Aug 12
Anonymous says:
Great, having been hanging out for this integration into the OSX environment sin...Great, having been hanging out for this integration into the OSX environment since I switched from Windows as my primary OS.
I am having a problem connecting my remote site however, I keep getting the message "The server does not support secure (HTTPS) connections". Now it definatly does, we have Xenapp 11 plug-ins for Windows connecting from everywhere and the web interface works just fine also.
We are running secure gateway in normal mode, the only thing I can think of is we are running Xenapp 4.5 rather than 5. Is there any compatability requirements we need to know?
Cheers and keep up the good work!
Aug 13
Simon Mulrain says:
It removed the custom ICA file editor. Whilst I like the new features and appl...It removed the custom ICA file editor.
Whilst I like the new features and applaud the lack of ICA file downloading, I really need to have custom ICA files!
Can we have this as a standalone please?
Aug 13
Thomas Berger says:
Hi Simon, I'd recommend you having a look at the Citrix ICA File Creator (CTX11...Hi Simon,
I'd recommend you having a look at the Citrix ICA File Creator (CTX113472 - http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX113472), which should address your needs.
Regards,
Thomas
Aug 24
Anonymous says:
that's great, but how about a version for Mac users?that's great, but how about a version for Mac users?
Aug 13
Joel Donaldson says:
Much better client. The plug registers kind of funny though in Safari. Why doe...Much better client. The plug registers kind of funny though in Safari. Why does it say Quicktime Movie for description?
Also why doesn't Dazzle pass through the kerberos ticket from AD to the PNAgent/XenApp Services site? Kind of annoying to have to put in credentials there.
Citrix online plug-in
Simple plug-in that handles Citrix connection files — from file "CitrixICAClientPlugIn.plugin".
MIME Type Description Extensions
application/x-ica QuickTime Movie ica,asp,jsp,xps,aspx
Aug 14
Anonymous says:
I can't find anything in the Admin guide that mentions what authentication types...I can't find anything in the Admin guide that mentions what authentication types are supported with this new Mac client. Is this going to be similar to the iPhone Receiver, where you can only use RSA SecurID authentication if you have an Access Gateway? Right now we can't use the iPhone app because with our plain Secure Gateway, because the RSA logon is not supported.
Aug 18
Rich Holmes says:
If I try and access my Secure Gateway XenApp Services site using my iPhone or Wi...If I try and access my Secure Gateway XenApp Services site using my iPhone or Windows PC it works fine. When I try and configure it using the Mac plug-in I get "Unable to Connect to Server. The Server Does Not Support Secure (HTTPS) Connections. Contact Your Helpdesk For Assistance". What am I missing? I configured it with the full path right to the xml file (https://servername/Citrix/PNAgent/config.xml) like I did for my iPhone and Windows PCs and I tried just the FQDN (https://servername). Any/all help is greatly appreciated.
Aug 19
Dennis Huijsman says:
Same issue here, CSG with ssl works fine with iPhone, and desktop receiver embed...Same issue here, CSG with ssl works fine with iPhone, and desktop receiver embedded, only using FQDN without full path to config file. On mac Safari/Firefox the plugin works great without issues. But Dazzle get me dizzy tried FQDN en full path to config file. Is it a certificate issue I'm using Thawte? Must the root CA be in a certain place just like the linux receiver? Can't be cause Dazzle is more integrated in the OS as stated above, I can see my CA stated in the System Roots KeyChain.
anyone on spot? would be great!
Aug 19
Gus Pinto says:
Hi Everyone. I really wish I could take all the support questions here, it's har...Hi Everyone. I really wish I could take all the support questions here, it's hard for me to keep track of them on the blogs. I'd recommend using the support forums. I know all our support folks would be more than capable to help you.
If you feel the your issue has been neglected, please don't hesitate to drop me an email gus@citrix.com and I will do my best to get someone in support to help.
best,
gus
Aug 20
Anonymous says:
Hi All, I have figured out the problems in that the first is that the client ap...Hi All,
I have figured out the problems in that the first is that the client appears to be not reading the config.xml properly. It doesn't appear to be reading the variable [SERVER_AND_PATH] so if that gets changed to the full server name and path (for example server.com.au/CITRIX/PNAgent) then that allows the enumeration. This has to be changed in the file path (eg. c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\CITRIX\PNAgent\conf), you can't use the AMC to change it as it changes the xml code back to [SERVER_AND_PATH].
The second problem is the Dazzle client doesn't want to use the secure gateway so in the webinterface.conf (same place as the config.xml) there is a ClientAddressMap=,Normal. This needs to be changed to ClientAddressMap=,SG
Also to the end of this I've added the lines:
DisablePNAgentLocalConfigCheck=Off
PNAgentMaxRequestBytes=8360
My suggestion would be to create a second site for the Mac clients in the short term. So in the Dazzle server address you have to define the full config.xml path:
eg. https://server.com/CITRIX/PNAgent1/config.xml
Incidentally, this is how we used to get around the pnagent not working through the secure gateway before the version 11 client in Windows.
See how you all go,
Damien Simmons
Aug 20
Anonymous says:
ah crap, by the looks the web site likes to format the asterix symbol. so the bo...ah crap, by the looks the web site likes to format the asterix symbol. so the bold lines are
ClientAddressMap=*,Normal. This needs to be changed to ClientAddressMap=*,SG
Aug 21
Anonymous says:
I also had to replace all the "http:" entries with "https:" in the config.xml si...I also had to replace all the "http:" entries with "https:" in the config.xml since only 443 is allowed through the firewall. Now I can connect and add apps, but when I launch them I get "Connection to server ... failed. Error Number 51".
Thoughts?
Aug 21
Rich Holmes says:
If anyone runs into this it was a session reliability error in SG3. Here's the ...If anyone runs into this it was a session reliability error in SG3. Here's the hotfix:
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX110111
Aug 25
Anonymous says:
You state better multimonitor support. however it seems to be the same, It won't...You state better multimonitor support. however it seems to be the same, It won't let you drag the window to the next screen past the point where the dragging mouse cursor hits the edge of the primary screen.
If anyone knows a work-around for this that would be great to know.
Sep 15
Anonymous says:
I am really disappointed with this Citrix Dazzle thing, I upgraded to this clien...I am really disappointed with this Citrix Dazzle thing, I upgraded to this client from Mac Client 10, now I cannot launch any Hosted Applications from my company. I removed Citrix Dazzle and attempted to reinstall the older v10 client and still apps will not launch.
How can I back out the changes made by Citrix Dazzle so that I can use a client that works?
Sep 16
Anonymous says:
I was having problems too but with window behavior with Mac vers. 11.0. I found ...I was having problems too but with window behavior with Mac vers. 11.0. I found these instructions and a link to v 10.00.603 at this site. Multiple files need to be uninstalled. I don't understand why Citrix removed all traces of Mac Client v10.0 from their site before version 11 had time to mature, rather annoying. Sorry Gus, but otherwise the continued Mac support and updates are appreciated.
http://www.threevillagecsd.org/Assets/WMHS_Documents/ATTENTION_MAC_USERS8.28.09.pdf
Sep 20
Anonymous says:
This new Dazzle client does not work with my companies Citrix App gateway. Just ...This new Dazzle client does not work with my companies Citrix App gateway. Just says it cannot find the configuration file or some such stupid error.
My companies Citrix server requires two factor authentication and is configured to serve ica files, which the new client niether wants nor understands.
I really cannot believe that a company as large as Citrix has completely changed the citrix client functionality on Mac and offered zero backward compatibility and offered no possibility to download the V10 client. My company employs 160,000 people and is not in a position to act like a bunch of cowboys and just upgrade stuff because Citrix decided to change functionality.
Oh. And the V10 client doesnt work on Safari 4 under 10.6, only works with Firefox.
Sep 21
Anonymous says:
I completely agree. The new plugin version 11.0.0 does not work for Mac OS 10.6,...I completely agree. The new plugin version 11.0.0 does not work for Mac OS 10.6,
and it's unbelievable that Citrix would just pull the client completely
and replace it with something unproven, without any indication
of how the new thing even relates to the old one.
If anyone has a Version 10 package of the client for Mac OS 10.5 or later lying around, PLEASE make it available
by emailing it to anno@ieee.org.
Thanks so much,
Anno
Sep 23
Anonymous says:
It's not broken the safari plugin is 32bit.. so now safari is defaulting to 64bi...It's not broken the safari plugin is 32bit.. so now safari is defaulting to 64bit mode your citrix plugin won't work you need to switch it back to open in 32bit mode.
I'm also disappointed by dazzle not working w/o you having to do major work.
Sep 23
Anonymous says:
There's a few other apps forums that suggest ways of getting 32bit things t...There's a few other apps forums that suggest ways of getting 32bit things to work with 10.6 (SL).
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2133724&tstart=1\\
I've haven't tried using Dazzle.
After following all the '32bit' changes in the above post, I manged to get the Citrix IA client to run, connect to my organisations enterprise system.
The IP connection attempts to initialise - but finally 'breaks'.
I'd also be very interested in working out how to get this last bit to work.
Regards,
AJ_NEWMAN
Sep 29
Anonymous says:
dazzle version 11 for mac os x 10.6 works fine just tried, however for some reas...dazzle version 11 for mac os x 10.6 works fine just tried, however for some reason it only works with firefox tried it with safari but safari opens my apps in the java client. again conforming dazzle v.11 works on 10.6 using firefox
Oct 09
Bob Bair says:
Two things. 1. I'm seeing many talk about it not supporting Safari. ...Two things.
1. I'm seeing many talk about it not supporting Safari. That is the only browser our SSL VPN supports for Macs. I don't want to fall back to the Java client, it's terribly unreliable.
2. The Admin documentation says nothing about the differences between the Mac online client and the Mac Web online client. I know the name makes me jump to obvious conclusions, but it really should be documented which is for what. I have no idea what is supported on that Web version.
Oct 31
Anonymous says:
Very disappointed with this app and its ability to connect to my work citrix ins...Very disappointed with this app and its ability to connect to my work citrix install. The web plug in for Firefox and Safari don't work because the ICA files don't launch or work - just nothing at all. Then Dazzle keeps saying there is no server, or that it couldn't connect.
I went back to Citrix ICA client version 10 and everything works fine. This promised a lot but delivered nothing for me. So frustrating that not even the web plugin works. I could cope if it was just Dazzle, although I would love all the promised functionality.
Is that the IT department to blame for not being configured for mac or Citrix and Dazzle for being just pretty ordinary apps?
Oct 31
Anonymous says:
Very disappointed with this app and its ability to connect to my work citrix ins...Very disappointed with this app and its ability to connect to my work citrix install. The web plug in for Firefox and Safari don't work because the ICA files don't launch or work - just nothing at all. Then Dazzle keeps saying there is no server, or that it couldn't connect.
I went back to Citrix ICA client version 10 and everything works fine. This promised a lot but delivered nothing for me. So frustrating that not even the web plugin works. I could cope if it was just Dazzle, although I would love all the promised functionality.
Is that the IT department to blame for not being configured for mac or Citrix and Dazzle for being just pretty ordinary apps?
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