|  | Setting Preferences for the Apple Remote Desktop (ARD)Application

In Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) preferences, you can select a number of options that effect how the administration application interacts with client computers.

- Choose Remote Desktop > Preferences.

In the General pane, you can set:

- What double-clicking a client computer does (Get Info, Control, Observe, Text Chat)
- Whether to automatically open task progress in a separate window
- Whether to accept messages from client users
- Whether to use relative dates in reports (Yesterday, instead of month/day/year)
- Whether to allow control of the computer while Remote Desktop is active
- What warnings may appear when quitting the application
- A new master password
- A new serial number

In the Control/Observe pane, you can set:

- Whether control of the mouse and keyboard is shared with the client computer when the client is controlled
- Whether a remote screen is shown at its actual size in a window or if it shrinks to fit the window
- Whether remote screens are shown in color or black and white
- How many computers can be observed on one page
- Image quality for observing multiple screens

In the Data Collection pane, you can set:

- Where the saved data for reports resides
- Whether other ARDadministrators can access your local report database

In the Restricted Access pane, you can set:

- Which features of Remote Desktop are available to non-administrator users

  See Limiting Features in the Administrator Application.