Apple Remote Desktop 3 is the best way to manage the Macs 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.
Software distribution
Installing software or updates to computers on your network has never been this
easy.
Easily install one or more Apple format packages to 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 network.
Enjoy up to 11x faster copy performance compared to earlier version 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.
Asset management and reporting
Easily compile reports on application usage, user history, and software and hardware
inventory, with Apple Remote Desktop.
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 consume 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
Network Install image.
Remote assistance
Simplify system configuration and management by automating time consuming administrative
tasks.
Control your Macs or any Virtual Network Computing enabled computers including
Windows, Linux, or UNIX systems.
Transfer files between Macs via Remote Drag and Drop, or copy/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 system to accomplish
system management tasks with new curtain mode.
Use the Remote Desktop widget for instantaneous, at a glance views of remote
computers.
Automation
Automate routine management tasks using Mac OS X Tiger\'s Automator.
Get started immediately with over 30 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 plugins to provide simple, customized interfaces to Apple
Remote Desktop features.
System Requirements
Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later; some features require Mac OS X v10.4
Ethernet (recommended), Airport (802.11b/g), or IP over FireWire network
connection