Apple has just released the new version of it’s MacOS operating systems called Mountain Lion and of course the VMware View Client for Mac 1.5 is already compatible with it. A new function in Mountain Lion verifies the identity of a software developer and checks if a packet is signed. This is called Gatekeeper. You can directly download the 1.5 client from this page: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_view_clients/1_0.

Image source: http://blogs.vmware.com/.a/6a00d8341c328153ef016768be9dda970b-650wi

Link: http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2012/07/vmware-view-client-for-mac-is-ready-for-os-x-mountain-lion.html

I’ve just updated my View Client for MacOS to the newest version 1.5 which is available for one week now. During the update sequence I ran into an issue (something with plist.string could not be replaced) where the client couldn’t be installed. The way to get around is easy. First uninstall the old View Client, then install the new version.