Apple Remote Desktop (or ARD) is a program developed by Apple to allow system administrators to remotely access and manage Macs.
Features[]
Features include the ability to shutdown and restart machines, install software and file, run commands, control computers, and lock out users (with a curtain). Administrators can build command sets in Automator to run specific tasks in a predictable manner.
Version history[]
- Version 1.0 was released in 2002 for Mac OS X 10.1 and required clients to be running Mac OS 8.1 or later.[1]
- Version 2.0, released in July 2004, required Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later on all systems.
- Version 2.2, released on April 29, 2005, added support for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger).
- Version 3.0, released on April 11, 2006, was the first Universal binary with support for Intel processors.
- Version 3.2, released on October 17, 2007, added support for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
- Version 3.4, released on December 23, 2010, was the first release through the Mac App Store.
- Version 3.5, released on July 20, 2011, added support for Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion).
- Version 3.5.2, released on June 11, 2012, added support for Macs with Retina displays.
- Version 3.7, released on October 22, 2013, added support for OS X 10.9 (Mavericks).
- Version 3.8, released on January 27, 2015, added support for OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) and OS X 10.11 (El Capitan).
- Version 3.9, released on February 21, 2017, added a compatibility mode to communicate with users of ARD on an operating system as old as Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion).
- Version 3.9.3, released on October 7, 2019, added support for Dark Mode, introduced in macOS Mojave (10.14).
- Version 3.9.4, released on November 17, 2020, added support for macOS Big Sur (10.15) and Apple Silicon. However, recent versions have been criticized for deteriorating reliability and usability.
References[]
- ↑ Apple Remote Desktop by Jonathan A. Oski, Macworld (2002-07-31)
External links[]
- Apple Remote Desktop at Apple (archived 2002-12-07)
- Apple Remote Desktop at Wikipedia