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# Setting Preferences for the Remote Desktop Administrator Application

In Remote Desktop preferences, you can select options that affect how the administrator 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 show the client idle time
- Whether to accept messages from client users
- What warnings may appear when quitting the application
- A new serial number

In the Control & Observe pane, you can set:

- Whether a remote screen is shown in a window or a full screen
- 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

In the Task Server pane, you can set:

- Whether Remote desktop is using another computer as a Task Server, or whether this copy of Remote Desktop is being used as a Task Server
- Whether other Apple Remote Desktop administrators can access your local Task Server
- Whether clients collect user and application tracking data
- A saved template for scheduling client reporting policies

In the Labels pane, you can set:

- Label colors and text for labeling computers

In the Tasks pane, you can set:

- Whether to automatically change focus to the active task
- Whether to execute a notification script on task completion
- Limits on History list contents and time until removed

In the Security pane, you can set:

- Whether to allow control of the computer while Remote Desktop is active
- The default encryption preference for control and observe sessions
- The default encryption preference for Copy Items and Install Packages tasks
- Which features of Remote Desktop are available to nonadministrator users

  See Apple Remote Desktop Nonadministrator Access.

- A new Remote Desktop application password