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