When prompted to AppsAnywhere, please choose to install your AppsAnywhere clients by clicking Let's go! If you have used the AppsAnywhere service before and all relevant clients are installed, you can choose the second option. |
When you choose to download and install your new AppsAnywhere client, you will be prompted to download the client installer. Once downloaded, launch and install the client and accept all defaults. Once the client has been installed, click 'Done' on your AppsAnywhere screen. Please note, you may need to restart your browser and/or computer to complete installation and then you may log into the AppsAnywhere service. |
From the AppsAnywhere applications page, choose your application from the list available and click launch. This will download and virtually set up the software on your machine which can then be accessed from the Teaching & Learning folder that will appear in your start menu. Applications can also be launched from within the player window. Depending on your browser settings you may be asked to confirm that you wish to open the application file. Tick the box to do this automatically from now on, click ok and the application will be added into your player. |
Before using, please ensure that Microsoft Remote Desktop is installed from the Apple AppStore. To use AppsAnywhere, continue to the AppsAnywhere webpage in UCD Connect and log in using your UCD credentials. Once logged in, the system will detect that you are using a non-windows device and it will automatically offer a list of applications available to mac users. | |
Other Remote Desktop clients | You may already have a Remote Desktop product installed on your mac, Microsoft Office often comes with a remote desktop client as part of its installation. In this case, you MUST still install the correct Microsoft Remote Desktop from the Apple AppStore. |
Once Microsoft Remote Desktop is installed, from the AppsAnywhere applications page, choose your application from the available list and click Launch. Your web browser will then download the application package for you to use. To run your application, double click the downloaded package and this will cause Microsoft Remote Desktop (versions previous to v10) to open, you may be asked to log in using your UCD credentials and to nominate a folder on your hard drive to share with the application so that you may save your work locally. |
Microsoft Remote Desktop will then connect to the UCD servers and will proceed to launch your application. If you are using Microsoft Remote Desktop v8, you will be asked to nominate a folder that will be be shared with the application being run remotely. This folder should be where you intend to store any files that you will be working on within the application. Please note that different applications will take different lengths of time to open, please allow sufficient time for your application to fully launch. If your application does not fully launch after the system logs you in the first time, please run the dmg file for your application again. | |
Microsoft Remote Desktop v10 | If you are using Remote Desktop v10, you must nominate your shared folder before attempting to connect to AppsAnywhere. To enable this, open Microsoft Remote Desktop v10. Click on Microsoft Remote Desktop (top left corner) and choose Preferences. Under the General tab, select a folder on your hard drive under the option for 'If folder redirection is enabled for Managed Resources or RDP files, redirect : ' This will then be the folder on your hard drive that will be visible to applications used under AppsAnywhere. |
Not connecting properly? | If you are properly attached to UCD Eduroam Wireless or UCD Wired network while on campus and you have installed the correct Microsoft Remote Desktop but you are still not connecting correctly - check that the correct Microsoft Remote Desktop client (with the red icon) is being used to launch your .RDP applicaiton file. If you have a second remote desktop client installed, your mac may be using it by default. You MUST use the correct Microsoft Remote Desktop client with your Application Jukebox .RDP application files to connect correctly to the system. If you would like help getting this set up on your laptop, please contact the Daedalus IT Drop in centre where staff are on hand to go through the setup on your machine. |
Important! Although your application will appear to be running on your local Mac, it is actually running on UCD servers. It is very important that you ensure that all files are saved to your local hard drive for future access. The Microsoft Remote Desktop system is set up to automatically see the nominated shared directory on your local hard drive to allow you to work with your own files. To access this space from within the Open.. and Save As.. dialog boxes within the applications, depending on the application, click on Network, tsclient, tsclienthome or click the down arrow beside the Save in: folder and look for a similarly named folder. You may now save your files or find your files to open within the application. |