Apple Remote Desktop Help
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## What's New in Apple Remote Desktop?

Apple Remote Desktop version 3.2 is an easy to use, powerful, open standards-based, desktop management software for all your networked Macs.

#### Version 3.2 includes this new feature:

| Adaptive Quality Codec Improve screen sharing performance when using slower network connections like DSL. Changing Observe Settings While Observing

#### Version 3.1 includes this new feature:

| Lights-Out Management Support Check status and view reports on which clients support lights-out management and whether they're available and configured for remote administration. You can start up, shut down, or restart computers using lights-out management. Starting Up a Computer Restarting a Computer Shutting Down a Computer

#### Version 3.0 includes these new features:

| AutoInstall You can install software on computers which aren't yet online. A Task Server that you designate checks for the client computer to come online and installs the package when it does. Installing Software on Offline Computers
| AppleScript and Automator Actions Automate your Remote Desktop work using AppleScript, an easy to use, powerful scripting language for Mac OS X. Script virtually any task available in Remote Desktop. Also, Remote Desktop now comes with a suite of Automator actions. Use Automator to ease your Remote Desktop workflow, saving complex tasks which can be run with a single click. Using AppleScript with Remote Desktop Using Automator with Remote Desktop
| Remote Spotlight Search Finding files on Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger or v10.5 Leopard clients couldn't be easier. Remote Desktop uses the built-in Mac OS X search tool, Spotlight, to interactively find anything you need on your Tiger client computers. Using Spotlight to Find Items
| Improved File Copy Robustness Remote Desktop now has much more robust file copies, including better error handling if a copy goes wrong. You can set the behavior of what to do if a client isn't responding to a broadcast copy. Copy Options
|  | Drag and Drop Copy to Control Windows Drag and Drop has now come to Remote Desktop Control windows. You can drag files and folders from your own desktop and copy them to a remote computer by just dropping them on the window during a client control session. Copying Using Drag and Drop
| Network Copy and Paste Share clipboard contents between administrator and client computers. You can copy clipboard content both to and from remote computers. Sharing Clipboards for Copy and Paste
| Privacy Screen Sometimes referred to as "curtain mode," this new feature allows you to control a remote computer without anyone at the remote site seeing what you're doing. You can prevent the client computer from seeing your control session. Hiding a User's Screen While Controlling
| User History Report Keep track of what users are logging in to client computers. Find out who was logged in and at what time using the User History Report. Generating a User History Report
| Application Usage Report Find out which applications are being used on client computers, and for how long. This is great for keeping track of software assets, and client use. Generating an Application Usage Report
| Remote Desktop Widget Observe a remote computer from your Dashboard—select any computer from your existing computer lists, and observe it in the Dashboard environment. Observing a Computer in the Dashboard
| System Status Indicators While observing several remote computers, you can get basic system status information quickly and easily at the observe screen. Viewing a Computer's System Status While at the Observe Window
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