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Specification Sheet
Apple Remote Desktop 2
Features
Easy setup
Use the new Setup Assistant to configure the • Use network scanners to discover enabled
Mac systems you want to manage. You can computers on the local network, across a range
complete the whole process, including setting of network addresses, by network address lookup,
access privileges and preferences, right from or file import
your desk. • Organize computers into lists by model, location,
or department
• View lists of running, queued, and completed tasks
• Schedule tasks for a specified date and time
• Edit saved tasks and rerun them with different
parameters
• Make common Apple Remote Desktop tasks
available to non-administrator users
• Enable client systems to authenticate and authorize
access using directory services groups
Software distribution
Install software on any number of remote • Install single or multiple packages in .pkg and
Mac OS X systems without interrupting .mpkg formats
the user or requiring user interaction. • Specify multiple packages for consecutive installation
• Create custom packages using the Apple Package
Maker utility
• Enable systems to restart automatically after
installation is complete
• Copy self-contained applications, files, or folders
to a specified location in the client’s hard drive
Asset management
Manage your organization’s resources more • Conduct software audits using powerful file search
efficiently using powerful reporting features. and software version reports
Hardware and software reports cover more than • Assess hardware capabilities based on details about
200 system attributes. Results are stored in a hard drives, network interfaces, memory, connected
standards-based SQL database. devices, and PCI cards
• Customize report views by selecting attributes,
sorting data, and filtering data
• Print reports, save reports as PDFs, or export reports
to comma- or tab-delimited text files for use in
other programs
• Generate custom reports using third-party
SQL-aware tools
• Store profiles of portable systems, even when the
systems are offline
• Configure client systems to update and send
hardware and software information on a regular
schedule or only as needed
Remote administration
Configure and control one or many Mac OS X • Sleep, wake, restart, or shut down systems; allow
systems from anywhere on the network. You can users to save work before restart or shutdown
choose from more than a dozen commands. • Open files, open applications, or empty Trash files
for all users
• Send UNIX commands to a group of Mac OS X sys
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tems; execute as the current user or specified user
• Use command-line tools to set Network, Energy
Saver, and Date & Time system preferences
• Set the startup disk to a NetBoot or Network Install
image or to a specified partition of the local hard
drive; optionally restart computers after setting a
new startup disk
• Rename computers; append a unique number
for each computer when multiple computers are
selected
• Upgrade Apple Remote Desktop Agent software or
change agent settings*; save settings as a package
to apply at a later date
Apple Remote Desktop 2 gives you all the
tools you need to manage Mac computers
on your network—whether you’re distribut-
ing software, providing online assistance,
or collecting hardware and software asset
information.
Install one or more .pkg and .mpkg packages
on target computers.
Enter multiple UNIX commands or type in a
UNIX shell script to be executed on target
computers. Two command-line tools—
systemsetup and networksetup—are also
included, enabling you to configure the
Network, Energy Saver, and Date & Time
system preferences of remote computers.