Using VNC to Connect Heterogenous OSs to ARD
Due to the number of VNC distributions it is not possible to cover all of them. This section is meant to introduce you to the basic concepts of running VNC on the Windows platform so you can use any of...
View Article5 Tips and Tricks with Apple Remote Desktop
HOW TO… 1. Create a new user on remote machines. There are several ways to create new users across multiple machines with ARD, including running niutil. But because the Send UNIX Command is not...
View ArticleUsing Defaults in OS X
The defaults terminal command in MacOS X allows you to add/change settings for applications which use the system’s standard XML based preferences file format. A perfect example of this is adding items...
View ArticleRunning Software Updates Remotely Using ARD
Setting up your server as a Software Update Server is recommended. As long as SUS services has been enabled on the server, use the “Unix” button in ARD to trigger and install updates. Multiple...
View Articleserveradmin in OS X
Mac OS X Server is a strange beast. It has the ability to cause you to think it’s the greatest thing in the world in that you can do all kinds of complicated stuff quickly through a nice GUI. It can...
View ArticleFinal Cut Issues On Intel Xserve’s
This is the result of our testing of using Intel Xserve’s with Final Cut Pro: Also, in my testing the final result of the Intel Xserve VGA boot is this: -If you power it on without a monitor attached...
View ArticleLeopard: Get buttons from ARD for Screen Sharing
Screen Sharing is a great enhancement to Leopard. The ability to control other Macs isn’t only available through third party applications any more. However, many administrators who are used to using...
View ArticleCreate Mobile Accounts From Local Accounts in 10.4 and 10.5
This setup can be performed locally or remotely via Apple Remote Desktop 1. Have the user change the local password to the network password via the System preferences, if this step is skipped , add the...
View ArticleStarting (and restarting) Retrospect Clients From the Command Line
Port scan the system to see if port 497 is up. Send Unix Command(this very often does not work for me) : exec SystemStarter stop RetroClient # then exec SystemStarter start RetroClient If the above...
View ArticleUsing cmpindex4 to Fix Kerio Status and Index Files
Installation This is a BASH(shell) script deployed on a few select client systems, it is not installed by default. To use it you must upload the script to the server using any method available such as...
View Article[ DNS ] Setting hostnames based on PTR
Xsan 2 will use the hostname to connect to a client, normally this is set correctly but due to some caching issues I had to manually set this via ARD the other day. Enjoy the quick code: scutil --set...
View ArticleMigrating the Apple Remote Desktop Database
Whenever dealing with data migrations, is always important to get a good handle on what data you need to transfer, and the purpose that it serves toward the operation of the program: some elements may...
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Spin passwords using Apple Remote Desktop
We routinely need to change our administrative passwords on multiple computers as part of our security policy. Since we already have remote access to many of our Mac OS X computers through Apple Remote...
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Enroll Existing 10.8 Machines In Profile Manager (or another MDM) Using Apple...
Since we can now do less and less with MCX, we need to rely on Profile Manager for user and machine-specific management inside of OD. This is very easy if you are re-imaging all of your machines (using...
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