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# Enabling a Task Notification Script

When a task completes, Remote Desktop can run a script that you create. This script is for all completed tasks, and it must be a shell script. There is a default notification script provided, which you can customize for your needs. The script must be a shell script, but you can use various other scripting environments like AppleScripts with the osascript command.

1. Make sure you are logged in as an administrator user.
2. Open Remote Desktop.
3. Choose Remote Desktop > Preferences.
4. Click the Tasks button.
5. Select "Enable task notification script."
6. Choose the location of the script.

   The default notification script is located at /Library/Application Support/Apple/Remote Desktop/Notify.

7. Close the Preferences window.

See also:

- Getting Active Task Status
- Using the Task Feedback Display
- Stopping a Currently Running Task
- Getting Completed Task History
- Saving a Task for Later Use
- Creating and Using Task Templates
- Editing a Saved Task