System Requirements for Mac Clients

The Mac on which you install Horizon Client, and the peripherals it uses, must meet certain system requirements.

• Mac models

  Any 64-bit Intel-based Mac

  Apple ARM-based Mac

• Memory

  At least 4 GB of RAM

• Operating systems

  • macOS Big Sur (11)
  • macOS Monterey (12)
  • macOS Ventura (13)

• Smart card authentication

  See Smart Card Authentication Requirements.

• Touch ID authentication

  See Touch ID Authentication Requirements.

• Horizon deployments

  Horizon Client for Mac requires the latest maintenance release of one of the following deployment types:

  • Horizon 8 version 2006 or later
  • Horizon Cloud Service - next-gen
  • Horizon Cloud in Microsoft Azure

• Connection Server and Horizon Agent

  Latest maintenance release of Horizon 8 version 2006 and later releases.

  If client systems connect from outside the corporate firewall, use a Unified Access Gateway appliance so that client systems do not require a VPN connection. If your company has an internal wireless network to provide routable access to remote desktops that devices can use, you do not need to set up Unified Access Gateway or a VPN connection.

• Display protocols

  • PCoIP
  • Blast

• Network protocols

  • IPv4
  • IPv6 For information about using Horizon in an IPv6 environment, see the Horizon Installation and Upgrade document.