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Apple Releases Remote Desktop 3

Apple announced the release of Apple Remote Desktop 3 today. The upgrade to the desktop-manangement software is now a universal application and comes with over 50 new features.

"With Apple Remote Desktop 3, we've delivered powerful innovations that make it even easier and more affordable to manage Macs," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing.


New features include Spotlight searches across multiple Tiger systems, Automator tasks for administrators, AutoInstall, System Status Indicators, Power Copy, Remote Drag and Drop and more.

The new version of Apple Remote Desktop is available now for $299 (10 systems) and $499 (unlimited).

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76 months ago
Looks good to me ;)

Universal, Tiger apps integration and remote OS updates great :)
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76 months ago
The Tour on apples site is ok


Does this show that final cut express is coming soon:rolleyes:
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76 months ago
So long as it's faster than before. Managing computers in one building was fine, anything across town or across the country was ridiculously slow. :rolleyes:
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76 months ago
Looks nice, doubt I'll need it just yet though.
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76 months ago
Nice to see the red-headed Aperture stepchildren are still left out. :rolleyes:
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76 months ago
So there's no new functionality in this thing, just a gooey ssh alternative. That's nice, I guess. Meh.
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76 months ago

Nice to see the red-headed Aperture stepchildren are still left out. :rolleyes:


They're probably waiting for the engineers to return from grief counselling after the arstechnica review was published.
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76 months ago
Spotlight searches across multiple desktops - sounds useful!
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76 months ago
Ah, so that's why the Apple Store was closed.

This answers that question, me thinks.
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76 months ago
This is a pretty exciting new version, with a lot of neat new features (autoinstall, curtain mode, remote drag and drop, and (my favorite) power copy, to name a few). However, there is one "feature" that may get overlooked, but that excites me the most - "brushed-metal-bgone"(tm). I'm glad Apple are consistently phasing brushed metal out. I believe the only Apple branded brushed metal programs left are Safari, Finder, iCal and iSync, major upgrades to which are generally made with or around the release of a new version of the OS itself.
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