Studio Display - Citrix Receiver/Workspace

[Fmoots]

Does anyone who owns a studio display use it for remote login to window via Citrix Receiever?
I’m wondering if this scales ok with the 5k resolution and allows HiDPi?

I use Citrix daily to login to work I’m very interested in getting a studio display, but just want to make sure it will scale correctly.
I noticed they added this recently in version 2206:

“Support for high DPI monitors [Technical preview]​

Citrix Workspace app for Mac is now compatible with high DPI monitors with resolution greater than 4K. On desktop sessions, apps, text, images, and other graphical elements appear in a size that can be viewed comfortably on these high-resolution monitors.”


Just wondering if anyone has managed to test this?

Thanks

 

[southerndoc]

I have no problem with either the official version or the current tech preview version that's M1-native.

 

[Fmoots]

Thanks for for confirming. When in windows, is the comparible real estate like a 27 inch 1440p monitor (but with HiDPi and so ‘retina’ quality?)
Thanks

 

[southerndoc]

It's not 4K that's for sure, but I have no issue reading things. I use Citrix Workspace to access my healthcare systems EMR (Epic). So I'm not using it for high-resolution stuff. Just text with graphics.

 

[xraydoc]

Thanks for for confirming. When in windows, is the comparible real estate like a 27 inch 1440p monitor (but with HiDPi and so ‘retina’ quality?)
Thanks

I use a 32" 4K display with a "looks like 3008 x 1692" scaled resolution on the macOS side. When I'm using what I believe to be the most up to date Apple Silicon-native version of Citrix, fonts on the remote session look decent. Not quite as sharp as on the Mac side of things, but reasonable. I don't have remote desktop access on Citrix -- just app level access -- so I can't tell you what the Windows server thinks my resolution is set to. But a full screen session of Epic looks acceptable and gives me more room for sure than 1920x1080 like on work machines, so Citrix at least thinks it's on a bigger display.

Edit: Citrix (Universal) version 22.04.0
Not sure if this is the most up to date or not, but it's M1 native and works, so good enough for me.

 

[southerndoc]

I use a 32" 4K display with a "looks like 3008 x 1692" scaled resolution on the macOS side. When I'm using what I believe to be the most up to date Apple Silicon-native version of Citrix, fonts on the remote session look decent. Not quite as sharp as on the Mac side of things, but reasonable. I don't have remote desktop access on Citrix -- just app level access -- so I can't tell you what the Windows server thinks my resolution is set to. But a full screen session of Epic looks acceptable and gives me more room for sure than 1920x1080 like on work machines, so Citrix at least thinks it's on a bigger display.

Edit: Citrix (Universal) version 22.04.0
Not sure if this is the most up to date or not, but it's M1 native and works, so good enough for me.

That's the one I'm using. If you use the check for update feature in Citrix, it will install a non-Apple Silicon version.

Not sure when they will release another Universal version. May just go official next.

 

[Fmoots]

Thanks, I’ve been debating whether to go studio display or dual 27 or 32 inch displays.
Do you notice any performance penalty when running a 4K display on "looks like 3008 x 1692" scaled resolution? And if not, are you running an M1?

 

[satcomer]

I use a 32" 4K display with a "looks like 3008 x 1692" scaled resolution on the macOS side. When I'm using what I believe to be the most up to date Apple Silicon-native version of Citrix, fonts on the remote session look decent. Not quite as sharp as on the Mac side of things, but reasonable. I don't have remote desktop access on Citrix -- just app level access -- so I can't tell you what the Windows server thinks my resolution is set to. But a full screen session of Epic looks acceptable and gives me more room for sure than 1920x1080 like on work machines, so Citrix at least thinks it's on a bigger display.

Edit: Citrix (Universal) version 22.04.0
Not sure if this is the most up to date or not, but it's M1 native and works, so good enough for me.

Did hold down the option key and some apps use the shift key to get better choices!

 

[xraydoc]

Did hold down the option key and some apps use the shift key to get better choices!

I'm very satisfied with 3008x1692. 2560x1440 isn't enough space and a little big at 32".

 

[xraydoc]

Thanks, I’ve been debating whether to go studio display or dual 27 or 32 inch displays.
Do you notice any performance penalty when running a 4K display on "looks like 3008 x 1692" scaled resolution? And if not, are you running an M1?

No decernable performance hit at all. Running on an M1 MacBook Air.