# Connect to WorkSpaces Applications on macOS client
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After the WorkSpaces Applications client for macOS is installed on your PC, you can use it to connect to WorkSpaces Applications. 

**Topics**
+ [WorkSpaces Applications macOS Client Connection Mode](client-application-mac-connection-modes-user.md)
+ [Connect to WorkSpaces Applications](client-application-mac-how-to-connect-user.md)

# WorkSpaces Applications macOS Client Connection Mode
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The WorkSpaces Applications macOS client supports two connection modes: *Classic mode* and *Desktop view*. Your administrator will set up the connection mode for you. 

**Classic mode**

When you use classic application mode, you work with remote streaming applications in the WorkSpaces Applications session window. If your administrator has made more than one application available to you, you can open multiple applications during your session. All applications that you open are displayed in the same WorkSpaces Applications session window. 

When you connect to WorkSpaces Applications in classic mode, the WorkSpaces Applications Application Launcher window opens and displays the list of applications that are available for you to stream. When you open a streaming application in this mode, the Application Launcher window closes, and the application opens in the WorkSpaces Applications session window.

**Desktop view**

When you connect to WorkSpaces Applications and choose **Desktop view**, WorkSpaces Applications provides a standard Windows desktop view for your streaming session. The icons of applications that are available for you to stream appear on the Windows desktop. In addition, the WorkSpaces Applications toolbar, which enables you to configure settings for your streaming session, appears in the top left area of your streaming session window.

# Connect to WorkSpaces Applications
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Follow these steps to connect to WorkSpaces Applications and start an application streaming session.

1. If your administrator requires you to sign in first through your organization's sign-in page, complete the tasks in this step, then proceed to step 3.

   If your administrator doesn't require you to sign in through your organization's sign-in page, skip the tasks in this step and proceed to step 2.

   1. Navigate to your organizational sign-in page and enter your domain credentials when prompted.

   1. After you sign in, you are redirected to the WorkSpaces Applications Application Manager catalog page, which displays one or more applications that are available for your WorkSpaces Applications streaming session. **Desktop View** is also available, if enabled by your administrator.

   1. Choose an application or, if available, **Desktop View**.

1. If your administrator doesn't require you to sign in first through your organization's sign-in page, complete the following steps to start the WorkSpaces Applications client:

   1. On your local computer where the WorkSpaces Applications client is installed, choose **Amazon WorkSpaces Applications** to start the WorkSpaces Applications client.

   1. Do either of the following:
      + If the client sign-in page is prepopulated with a web address (URL), choose **Connect**. You will be redirected to the system's default web browser for authentication before transitioning into the streaming session in the macOS client. 
      + If the client sign-in page is not prepopulated with a URL, enter the URL that your WorkSpaces Applications administrator provided for WorkSpaces Applications, and then choose **Connect**. You might also be redirected to the system's default web browser for authentication before transitioning into the streaming session in the macOS client. If you don't know the URL, contact your administrator.

   1. After a few moments, the WorkSpaces Applications Application Manager catalog page opens, displaying one or more applications that are available for your WorkSpaces Applications streaming session. **Desktop View** is also available, if enabled by your administrator.

   1. Choose an application or, if available, **Desktop View**.

1. Depending on the authentication settings that your WorkSpaces Applications administrator enabled, after you choose an application or **Desktop View**, you might be prompted to enter your Active Directory domain credentials to sign in to your WorkSpaces Applications session. If this is the case, enter your Active Directory domain password, and then choose **Password sign in**.