Introduction
Apple Remote Desktop is designed for Mac OS X and to create a remote desktop management system, with more than 50 new features in software distribution, resource management and remote assistance and other aspects of performance stronger. Apple Remote Desktop provides a number of extraordinary performance features, including lightning-fast Spotlight complete searches across multiple Tiger systems; over 30 Automator actions to help you automate repetitive tasks; a Dashboard widget remotely detection tool, quickly and easily automatic updating software on mobile systems when there AutoInstall, can return to the network in a mobile system; system.
Performance
Update
install or update software on your network has never been so easy. For example, to install an existing package, whether Apple or a third party, you can use the Install Package to copy and install on your client computer. Moreover, it can support customized installation package. Apple Remote Desktop will alert your users to remotely upgrade the system, or even reboot the machine.
AutoInstall lets you manage software on a Task Server, Task Server will be responsible for distributing the packages installed on the client computer. You can even set the time you plan to install, in the most convenient management of your time. If you have a computer not on a network, Task Server will track it and automatically install the package when the system is online.
Automatic Control your Mac
Those time-consuming administrative tasks will become a past, thanks to the new features Automator actions in 3 Apple Remote Desktop. Want to use Automator actions, you just drag and drop a variety of actions to construct a workflow.
Apple Remote Desktop 3 contains 30 kinds of Automator actions, you can use them to set desktop pictures, Finder Preferences, Energy Saver preferences, default time zones.
no dial telephone
Screen Sharing feature of Apple Remote Desktop allow you to provide immediate help to remote users, saving each other time. If you do not want your management tasks to be seen, no problem, just open a new Curtain Mode function, you can prevent local users see their desktop. When you're updating a public display, it would be the perfect choice. You have full control system, and your work will be hidden.
running Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger hypervisor can also be monitored and accessed computers under their control with Remote Desktop widget tools. If you need to move files or folders on a computer, the latest easy to use drag and drop remote (Remote Drag-and-Drop) copy function makes the job simple exception. You can also copy between local and remote systems, and paste - with no additional steps.
reporting responsibilities
The new Remote Spotlight search feature full advantage of Mac OS X Tiger one of the most powerful features. You can perform ultra-fast, user-specified searches on remote client systems. File search results can be copied to the management system for reporting purposes.
Not only that, Apple Remote Desktop can also be easily compiled about using the software, report history, catalog and other content. Hardware report collection more than 200 kinds of networked Mac OS X system properties, and the software reports information gathered 16 kinds of file system attributes. Inventory reports even not connected to the mobile system on the network collected by, and the results will be stored in the included SQL database for future quick access.
Remote Spotlight search
in Apple Remote Desktop 3 new Remote Spotlight search feature uses Mac OS X Tiger's Spotlight technology in innovative, capable of running Mac OS X v10.4 perform lightning-fast search or updated version of the remote client systems. A summary of each client's results will be displayed at the same time to quickly update the search results delivered. You can view the details of the results, and even refine the search by the other qualifiers. Search results can be displayed on the client system, it can also be copied back to your administrator system, or deleted.
Automator action
You can use Apple or third-party action makes Apple Remote Desktop 3 can perform tasks automatically, you can build your own workflow, and then preserved for future use. To help you get started, Apple Remote Desktop 3, built more than 30 Automator actions. You can use a single, it can also be combined to simplify the task of those operations occur frequently, make it more efficient.
Are AutoInstall
tired of manually tracking system when online, in order to update the software? I really would like to thank AutoInstall feature in 3 Apple Remote Desktop, because it is, you will be able to arrange and carry out the installation of software on remote, mobile or offline systems. By setting the software when the computer back on the network, Apple Remote Desktop will automatically update the system.
Curtain Mode
If you do not want end users to see your moves, Curtain Mode is the best choice. It allows you to prevent others from seeing your actions through a virtual curtain, while retaining full control of the screen. This is the ideal choice for those who work in the public system.
Remote drag
A very simple and intuitive way to transfer files and folders between computers. That's what Apple Remote Desktop 3 Remote drag and drop feature, when you move data between your computer and a remote computer, it is able to ensure highly accurate operation. Not only that, you can also copy between systems, paste various information.
Power Copy
Apple Remote Desktop 3 in the new file copy engine capable of supporting 64-bit file size, network bandwidth limits and optional encryption of the data stream. Power Copy lets you copy the network faster than the previous version of Apple Remote Desktop 11 times.
System Status Indicators
When you want to view the status of your computer on the network, no more than the simple choice of system status indicators. These indicators give you the name of the computer, the current user's name and their account picture. Color indicator shows the status of each computer, you can also choose different shapes to represent each state. As long as a hit, you can get details of the startup disk usage, memory utilization and CPU utilization.
Software Reports
You can ensure compliance with all your software license agreement is essential. But it is also a time-consuming work. However, we need not the case. Because the new software usage reports will tell you the details, such as which software is used on the remote system, including the number of starts, time and performer's name.
Smart Computer List
Smart PC allows you to list in a well known way to track each computer. You can set up a set of rules based on 11 kinds of property - Any conform to the rules you set your computer will automatically be added to this list. For example, you can create a smart computer list to keep track of all your running Mac OS X v10.4 computers, or all equipped with 512 MB Mac mini computer memory.
User History Reports
Do you know who is using your network do? Apple Remote Desktop knows it can with the new user history report tracks it all for you. These reports will set out in detail the information you want, including who is using a computer, whenever they log out when they are, and how they access information on this computer.
task template
Apple Remote Desktop 3 lets you save frequently used tasks as task templates for reuse in your time of need. To help get you started, Apple Remote Desktop 3, built more than 30 UNIX scripting examples to help you set a series of tasks templates, including setting desktop pictures, time zone settings and energy-saving settings.