Apple Remote Desktop 3 is the best way to manage the Mac computers on your network. Distribute software, provide real-time online help to end users, create detailed software and hardware reports, and automate your routine management tasks - all from your own Mac. This is the Unlimited Managed Systems edition. Top new features in Apple Remote Desktop 3
- Remote Spotlight search
- Remote Desktop widget
- Automator actions
- AutoInstall
- Remote drag and drop and copy and paste
- Curtain Mode
- Power Copy
- System Status Indicators
- User History and Application Usage reports
- Task Templates
What's in the Box
- Apple Remote Desktop 3 CD
- Getting started guide
- Electronic documentation
System Requirements
- Mac OS X v10.4.11 or v10.5.7 or later
- Ethernet (recommended), AirPort (802.11b/g/n), or IP over FireWire network connection
Overview
Software distribution
Installing software or updates to computers on your network has never been this easy. - Easily install one or more Apple-format packages on your computers.
- Configure Task Server* to perform package installation; even if target computers are offline, Task Server will copy and install packages once they become available on the network.
- Enjoy up to 11x faster copy performance compared to earlier versions of Apple Remote Desktop.
- Choose whether to encrypt network data when copying packages and files.
- Specify how much network bandwidth should be consumed by copy operations.
Asset management and reporting
Easily compile reports on application usage, user history, and software and hardware inventory. - Perform lightning-fast searches on networks of Mac computers with Remote Spotlight search.
- Gather more than 200 hardware attributes about networked Mac OS X systems.
- See reports on user logins and application use.
- Using Task Server, assemble inventory reports even from mobile systems not connected to the network.*
Remote administration
Simplify system configuration and management by automating time-consuming administrative tasks. - Perform over a dozen commands securely on remote Mac OS X systems, such as locking screens, sleep, wake, restart, and shutdown.
- Execute UNIX shell scripts or commands on your client systems.
- Set the startup disk of your remote computers to start from a NetBoot or NetInstall image.
Remote assistance
Provide complete technical assistance to all the computers on your network without ever leaving your desk. - Control your Mac computers or any Virtual Network Computing-enabled computers including Windows, Linux, or UNIX systems.
- Transfer files between Mac computers via Remote Drag and Drop, or copy and paste information between any two computers.
- View the new System Status Indicators for color-coded details on available disk space, memory, and CPU utilization.
- Prevent end users from viewing the screen while you control their systems to accomplish system management tasks with Curtain Mode.
- Use the Remote Desktop widget for instantaneous, at-a-glance views of remote computers.
Automation
Automate routine management tasks using Automator in Mac OS X. - Get started immediately with over 40 actions.
- Chain actions together to create powerful system administration workflows.
- Combine actions with other application actions to create end-to-end solutions.
- Save workflows as plug-ins to provide simple, customized interfaces to Apple Remote Desktop features.
*Task Server requires additional Unlimited Managed Systems license. For additional information about Remote Desktop 3.3 please visit Apple's site by clicking here.
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