macOS Client 2.0

Version 2.0.2

Release Date: January 2024

Fixes

• AAMAC-174 - Security update

• AAMAC-183 - Security update

  • Our thanks to Gaelan Steele for reporting this issue.

• AAMAC-184 - Security update

  • Our thanks to Gaelan Steele for reporting this issue.

• AAMAC-185 - Security update

  • Our thanks to Gaelan Steele for reporting this issue.

• AAMAC-186 - Security update

Version 2.0.1

Release Date: October 2023

Fixes

• AA-5085 - Security update.

  • Our thanks to Gaelan Steele for reporting this issue.

• AAMAC-167 - Security update.

  • Our thanks to Gaelan Steele for reporting this issue.

Version 2.0.0

Release Date: March 2023

Features

• Menu bar icon

  • The client now displays an icon in the menu bar when running

  • Instead of displaying a dialog the client shows a busy indicator icon in the menu bar when performing any of the following actions:

    • Starting up

      • Note: The show-initialization-splash setting is now ignored and is a no-op in 2.0.0 and above

    • Validating

    • Checking for self-updates

    • Downloading and installing third-party client updates

  • Clicking the menu bar icon displays a menu which shows the following:

    • When performing an action: the current action (e.g. “Validating…”)

      • Selecting this option will display a dialog showing the current operation (as was displayed pre-2.0)

    • The current client version

    • A ‘Quit’ option to close the client

      • The ‘Quit’ option is not available when the client is performing an action

  • A dialog will still be displayed when:

    • Launching an application

    • Applying a downloaded update

    • Running an update manually (by launching the updater application)

• Background third-party client updates

  • Updates for installed third-party clients configured to be pre-deployed are now applied in the background without displaying a dialog

    • The AppsAnywhere client checks for updates every 24 hours

    • If a third-party client is running when the update is attempted, it will be skipped and retried after 1 hour

    • If a third-party client update fails, a dialog is still displayed and the update is retried after 1 hour

  • If a third-party client is not configured to be pre-deployed or has not been installed/updated yet, it will be installed on-demand if an application that requires it is launched from AppsAnywhere

• Validation performance improvements

  • Hardware detection is now done once on the startup of the client instead of on each validation

• Updated branding

  • Company name and copyright information updated to “AppsAnywhere Ltd”

  • Application author updated to “AppsAnywhere”

  • Refreshed application icon design

• Updated install, configuration file and log file paths

  • Changed installation folder from Software2 to AppsAnywhere

    • < 2.0.0: /Applications/Software2

    • >= 2.0.0: Applications/AppsAnywhere

  • Configuration files have been moved to remove references to Software2

    • Admin configuration file:

      • < 2.0.0: /Library/Preferences/com.software2.appsanywhere.plist

      • >= 2.0.0: /Library/Preferences/com.appsanywhere.admin.plist

    • User configuration file

      • < 2.0.0: ~/Library/Preferences/com.software2.appsanywhere.plist

      • >= 2.0.0: ~/Library/Preferences/com.appsanywhere.user.plist

  • Log files are now suffixed with the new bundle identifier com.aa.uk (was com.s2.uk)

    • Main application: ~/Library/Logs/Software2/com.aa.uk.AppsAnywhere {date/time}.log

    • Updater: ~/Library/Logs/Software2/com.aa.uk.Updater {date/time}.log

    • Uninstaller: ~/Library/Logs/Software2/com.aa.uk.AppsAnywhereUninstall {date/time}.log

• Other Changes

  • Central API URL is now configurable (used for testing/development purposes only)

  • Improved updater and uninstaller application names

Fixes

• AAMAC-146 - VMware Horizon client broken when installed by AppsAnywhere client on macOS Ventura