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What Is Apple Remote Desktop?
Apple Remote Desktop is easy-to-use, powerful, desktop management software for
all your networked Macs. System administrators can remotely control and congure
systems, install software, oer interactive onscreen help to end users, and assemble
software and hardware reports for an entire Mac network.
You can use Apple Remote Desktop to:
Manage client computers and maintain, update, and distribute software Â
Collect more than 200 system-information attributes for any Mac on your network Â
Store the results in an SQL database and view the information using any of several Â
hardware or software reports
Control and manage multiple computer systems simultaneously, making shutdown, Â
restart, and sending UNIX commands fast and easy
Provide help and remote assistance to users when they encounter problems Â
Interact with users by sending text messages, observing and controlling users’ Â
screens, and sharing their screens with other client users
Apple Remote Desktop is an ideal tool for managing Macs in business and
education. It reduces costs and improves productivity by letting you perform routine
management tasks on all your Macs simultaneously. It can even serve as a virtual
Keyboard-Video-Mouse (KVM) solution, by letting you remotely control any Mac on the
network or observe all of them simultaneously.
Apple Remote Desktop can also be used by educators to facilitate instruction in
computer labs or one-on-one learning initiatives. Used in a classroom, Apple Remote
Desktop enhances the learning experience and lets teachers monitor and control
students’ computers.
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