Apple Remote Desktop User Guide
- Welcome
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- Control or observe one client computer
- Observe multiple client computers
- Shortcuts in the multiple-client observe window
- Choose how to control and observe
- Share screens with client computers
- Send messages
- Set up a computer running VNC software
- View a VNC server’s additional displays
- View a computer’s system status while observing
- View a user’s account picture while observing
- Switch between full screen and in-window control
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- Administer computers
- Copy files
- Copy options
- Install files
- Upgrade software
- Manage files and apps
- Set preferences on client computers
- Sleep, shut down, log out, or restart a computer
- Lock or unlock a screen
- Edit client attributes
- Execute commands remotely
- Send UNIX command templates
- About networksetup
- About systemsetup
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- How reporting data is collected
- Search for files
- Create file reports
- Create computer usage reports
- Create hardware reports
- Create a network responsiveness report
- Get an Administration Settings report
- Use a Task Server to create reports
- Export reports
- Generate report data automatically
- Change report layout
- Report field definitions
- Copyright
Remote Desktop connection status
The Remote Desktop status icon appears in the menu bar of each Remote Desktop client. The status icon has several states, depending on the status of the client computer.
Icon | Description | ||||||||||
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 | Not active Remote Desktop is installed but isn’t currently running on the client computer. | ||||||||||
 | Ready Remote Desktop is installed and running on the client. | ||||||||||
 | Administered Remote Desktop is installed and running on the client computer, the administrator is actively observing or controlling, and the client is set to indicate when it is being observed. | ||||||||||
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