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Apple Remote Desktop Admin

Apple Remote Desktop Admin - 3.1

remote control to manage Macs

All Time: (3.2)
Version 3.1: (2.0)
Selected Version: 3.1
Release Date: 2006-11-16
License: Update
Downloads (version 3.1): 9,405
Downloads (all versions): 116,389
Price: $499.00

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Product Description:

Apple Remote Desktop with real-time screen sharing is the ideal desktop management solution for education, businesses, and professionals on the go. It gives you the power to manage Mac systems from anywhere on your network or remotely across the Internet. It can reduce administrative costs and enhance productivity in any environment. Apple Remote Desktop enables a teacher to keep an eye on all the computer screens in a classroom or lab, distribute software upgrades, perform group demos, and provide online assistance with real-time text communications for students needing individual attention. In a business environment, Apple Remote Desktop can reduce administration costs and enhance productivity throughout your company. It includes tools system administrators can use to assist users with problems, distribute software, and efficiently manage Macintosh systems ? all from a central location, and over both wired and wireless networks. With Apple Remote Desktop you can reduce downtime and let people be more productive.

What's new in this version:

The 3.1 update is recommended for all users and addresses numerous issues related to overall reliability, usability and compatibility. It includes specific fixes for:
  • remote lights out management of Xserve
  • scanning computers on the local network
  • installation of software meta-packages
  • authentication when using directory services
  • execution of AppleScript and Automator workflows
  • compatibility with third party VNC viewers and servers

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher

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Feedback Summary:

Version 3.1:
Overall Rating: (2.0) Features: (4.0) Support: (3.0)
Ease of Use: (4.0) Quality / Stability: (1.0) Price: (3.0)
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Apple Remote Desktop Admin ReviewFantastic update - Version: 3.3, 8/20/2009 10:00PM PST

(3 of 3 users found this comment useful)

mekanik1_dotmac
Apple has finally brought ARD up to speed with this update.

Everything is fast. Window behavior has been fixed, windows stay in the background if they reconnect, instead of popping up and stealing focus. The network scanning happens in seconds, not minutes.

I couldn't be happier with this update. It really feels like a whole new application.
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Apple Remote Desktop Admin ReviewIt's a mess and apparently forgotten by Apple - Version: 3.2.2, 5/28/2009 11:52AM PST

(1 of 3 users found this comment useful)

adavey
It now hangs intermittently and crashes at start-up. Little to no mention of this in Apple's "support" area. Plenty of problems in Discussion Groups, however.

If updating a system with Migration assistant, it breaks the Remote Desktop Admin with no way to fix it.
There is no real "uninstall" feature to help facilitate clean re-installs.
The new screen sharing feature in the OS does me little good for reports and mass installs.

buggerd buggered buggered
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Apple Remote Desktop Admin CommentaryPlease help! Please fix... Remote Desktop Crashes/Hangs - Version: 3.2.2, 9/18/2008 05:15PM PST

(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)

JoelDC80
Hi all,

I have been using Apple Remote Desktop just over a month to observe, update and control Macs at a School Network.
I've just recently (yesterday) installed the update 3.2.2 from Apple and these are the symptoms found:
Crashes
Hangs
Slow

When I look at the Activity Monitor, it appears that Remote Desktop is 'Not Responding'- this happens when I click on 'Scan' on the side panel.
We have over 400 computers school wide. Again, it has been working very well and was very pleased with being able to update a room and monitor get reports etc etc... but now, after the update it just crashes.
Also, I have 'Workgroup Manager' installed and this appears to have been affected also... when I launch the app, I get the spinning wheel of death- before it was lightning fast

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling ARD only to receive an error that it needed to be updated.

Is there a way to revert back to the previous version of ARD without having to update?


Thanks

JoelDC
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