| The recently released Citrix ICA Client 6.30 for OS 10.X is Citrixs first native 10.X Macintosh client. While it functions very similarly to the 6.20 client, both installation and configuration are slightly different. The first step to install the Citrix ICA Client 6.30 for the Macintosh is to aquire the appropriate archive. It is recommended to download the software directly from Citrix to ensure the most current release. If downloaded, the file will come as a disk image format, or referred to as a .dmg file.  
1. Double click on the .dmg file to extract a disk image which is then mounted onto the desktop as an accessible drive as seen above.
2. The contents of the mounted drive will reveal a folder titled Citrix ICA Client. Copy this folder to your desired location. In the following image, the folder is copied into the Applications folder. 
That concludes the installation procedure for the Citrix ICA Client for the Macintosh. It is safe to close the folders opened from the mounted drive, select the mounted drive icon, and from the pull down menu, select eject to dismount it. The .dmg file can be stored for future use, or eliminated if it is unneeded.
The Citrix ICA Client for the Macintosh OS X functions on the same principal that the OS 9 compatible client version 6.2 operates. Both clients allow you to use the Citrix ICA Client Editor tool to create a connection file which, when executed, initiate a connection to the desired server using the Citrix ICA Client application. While they both operate similarly, the OS X Client Editor looks slightly different, but works much the same. 1. Begin configuring the connection to the Citrix server by opening the Citrix ICA Client folder, and launching the Citrix ICA Client Editor. 
2. The editor can be seen below. The first page of the editor contains the server or published application name, as well as the Network Protocol settings used to connect with the application. This combined screen cuts down on time typically required to create a connection file. 
3. After setting the Network Protocol options, if necessary, click on Browse to enumerate your servers or published applications. 
4. Pick your desired server or published application. At this point, enough information has been configured to actually make a connection, however, we will go through the remaining screens to indicate where additional options can be configured. 5. Clicking on the Security tab you are presented with the following screen. 
6. Here you can select your level of encryption, the address of a proxy server for client side connections through a compatible proxy server, and set the Firewall Settings for connecting to servers that traverse a server side firewall. (note that many of these features are new to the Citrix ICA Client for Macintosh in version 6.30) 
7. In the Firewall Settings dialog box, you can change various settings such as the Use Alternate Address and the type of proxy server the client is connecting through. 8. Additionally, if your Macintosh client is connecting to a server secured by Secure Gateway for MetaFrame services, you can configure the gateway address here. 9. The next tab, titled Connection Properties allows you to set features such as sound quality, compression, and resource mapping. It is here that you can modify Speedscreen Latency Reduction options. 
10. The Window tab allows you to configure the window size, and number of colors. 
11. When you are through selecting the options, you can either try connecting or saving your changes to a connection file. To connect, simply select Connect. Otherwise, select Save to store your options in a configuration file. 
12. After providing a title for the connection file, select the destination. In the previous example, it is shown that the connection file will be titled Desktop and will be saved to the Desktop as seen below. 
13. Double click on Desktop to launch a connection to the server. If you connect, Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured the Citrix ICA Client 6.3 for the Macintosh. 19. Microsoft Terminal Services Licensing Microsoft Terminal Services requires user licenses and as I am by no way an expert on Microsoft licensing I did want to supply you with a bit of base knowledge on the subject. I highly recommend you get with a certified Microsoft partner to verify you are in compliance. |