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
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.
VMware Horizon deployments

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

  • VMware Horizon 8 version 2006 or later
  • VMware Horizon 7 version 7.13 or later
  • VMware Horizon Cloud Service - next-gen
  • Horizon Cloud in Microsoft Azure
Connection Server and Horizon Agent
Latest maintenance release of Horizon 7 version 7.13 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
  • VMware Blast
Network protocols
  • IPv4
  • IPv6

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