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Ap ple Remote Deskt op 3 T echnology Over view November 2006.
2 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 C on t en ts Page 3 Introduction Desktop Management Made Easy What’ s New in Apple Remote Desktop 3 Page 6 Setting Up Apple Remote D esktop 3 Getting St.
3 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Desktop M anagement M ade Easy Every Mac computer is easy to use and simple to maintain—thanks to advanced Mac OS X feature s like Sof tware Update, powerful preference s, and built-in networking.
4 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 What’ s New in Apple Remote D esktop 3 Built to leverage the power ful capabilities in Mac OS X Tiger , the world’ s most advanced operating system, Apple Remote Desktop 3 o ff ers more than 50 new feature s for managing networked Mac OS X systems.
5 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 • Curtain Mode. When controlling a remote computer , administrators can now choose to block the remote user ’ s view of the desktop with a vir tual “ curtain.
6 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Client authentication T o manage a M ac OS X system using Apple Remote Desktop, administrators need to authenticate and receive authorization from the Apple Remote Desktop Client software—ensuring that only authorized users can control a computer or per form specified administrative tasks.
7 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Setting Up Client Computers After installing the administration sof tware, you need to install and enable the Apple Remote Desktop Client sof tware on the computers you wish to manage.
8 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 All Computers list. As you add computers to individual computer lists, the All Computers list is updated. Group . Use grou ps to organiz e your comp uter list s and tasks. Computer lists. T o help you organize computers, you can create as many computer lists as you need.
9 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Remote control of server systems Apple Remote Desktop 3 enables you to control Xserve systems as well as Mac compute rs from anywhere on your network— even from a vir tual private network from home.
1 0 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 T ask Progress with Sof tware Installation 1 5 6 2 3 4 1 3 4 5 2 Active T asks list. View all current and queued tasks. T ask progress. View the overall status of the task. Stop button. Halt the execution of the task.
1 1 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 T ask History Window 1 4 History . View a list of each day that tasks were executed, specifying how many days the list will display . Summary . View a list of tasks executed during that day . Double-click a task to redo.
1 2 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Custom install pack ages Apple Remote Desktop 3 includes the Apple P ackage Maker utility, making it easy to create custom install packages for installation of organization-specific sof tware.
1 3 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Installing Software Use the Install P ackages task pane to choose the sof tware you wish to distribute.
1 4 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Install Packages T ask Pane 1 3 4 7 2 8 9 1 3 4 5 2 List of packages. View list of packages (Apple .pkg or .mpkg format) to b e copied and installed on target computers. Add or remov e pack ages. Add or remove packages, or drag packages from the Finder onto the task window.
1 5 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Copy Items T ask Pane Items to copy . View a list of files, folders, and applications to be copied to target computers. Add or remov e items. Add or remove items, or drag items from the Finder onto the task window.
1 6 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Asset M anagemen t As an administrator or suppor t professional, you need to keep track of the configu - ration of Mac systems in your organization.
1 7 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Remote Spotlight Search 1 0 3 4 5 6 2 1 8 9 Search field. Enter search words in the Spotlight-powered search field. Filter locations. Filter locations to be searched on remote computers. Refine search options.
1 8 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Hardware Repor ts Hardware reports cover details on hard drives, network interfaces, memor y , USB and Fir eWire devices , and PCI cards.
1 9 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 System Overview Report with System O verview Result 1 0 7 1 2 3 9 6 8 4 5 System attribute selection. Collect and view information on more than 1 00 system attributes, organized by categories. Choose all the attributes of a categor y , or specify individual attributes within each categor y .
20 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Repor ting Using T ask Ser ver Y ou can use a computer other than the administrator computer to collect repor ting data on an automated basis.
2 1 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 File Search with File Search Result 1 0 1 1 1 4 5 6 2 9 Attribute selector . Choose from 1 6 file system search attributes: name, parent path, full pat.
22 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Remote A dministr ation New in Apple Remote Desktop 3, you can save task settings as templates in the T ask T emplate menu, making it easy to apply them at a later time.
23 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Remote Shell Scr ipts Thanks to the UNIX-based foundation of Mac OS X and a rich set of command-line tools, Apple R emote Desktop enables you to execute UNIX shell scripts and commands on multiple remote client systems and get feedback on their success or failure.
24 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Remote Boot Disk Selec tion Apple Remote Desktop 3 allows you to designate the startup disk of client systems from your own comput er .
25 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Remote Assistanc e With pow er ful scree n-sharin g and text-messa ging capabil ities , Apple Remot e Desktop 3 makes it easy to provide thorough technical assistance to the computer users in your organization.
26 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Remote Control 3 4 5 2 6 7 Remote computer . Control any Mac OS X screen or any VNC-enabled computer . T oggle control mode. T oggle between control mode and observe mode. T oggle keyboard and mouse control.
27 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 New in Apple Remote Desktop 3 are system status indicators (SSIs) that provide at-a-glance information about the computers in your network. Under each screen, you ’ll see the name of the computer , the name of the current user , and the user ’ s account picture.
28 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 A utoma tion Apple Remote Desktop 3 includes more than 30 Automator actions, making it quick and easy to accomplish time-consuming, repetitive manual tasks.
29 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 P roduct D etails P ackage Conten ts Apple Remote Desktop 3 includes the following: • Apple Remote Desktop 3 CD • Getting started guide • Electroni.
30 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 T echnical Specifications Software Distribution Package installation • Install single or multiple packages remotely on a group of Mac OS X systems • Install pack ages in .
3 1 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Asset M anagement Spotlight search • Search a remote computer , its star tup disk, or a specific folder , qualified using one or more of these metadata keywords: Kind, Last Opened, Last Modified, Created, Keywords, Color , Label, Name, Contents , and Size—and filtered for specific text.
32 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 • Storage: – Hardware: Drive Manufacturer , Drive Model, Drive Revision, Drive Pr otocol, Removable , Ser ial Number , Logical Unit Number , Detachab.
3 3 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Remote Administra tion Manage systems remotely • Sleep and wake one or more Mac OS X systems • Restart and shut down one or more Mac OS X systems; p.
34 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 Observe and control multiple screens of remote Mac or VNC-enabled computers simultaneously • View up to 50 screens in a single window • Adjust the nu.
35 T echnology Overview Apple Remote Desktop 3 1 Each T ask Server requires its own copy of Apple Remote Desktop 3. 2 Apple Remote Desktop Client sof tware version 1 . 2 or later is installed automatically when you install Mac OS X v1 0.3 or later on a client computer.
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