Apple Remote Desktop User Guide
- Welcome
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- Control or observe one client computer
- Observe multiple client computers
- Use High Performance screen sharing
- Shortcuts in the multiple-client observe window
- Choose how to control and observe
- Share screens with client computers
- Send messages
- Set up a computer running VNC software
- View a VNC server’s additional displays
- View a computer’s system status while observing
- View a user’s account picture while observing
- Switch between full screen and in-window control
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- Administer computers
- Copy files
- Copy options
- Install files
- Upgrade software
- Manage files and apps
- Set preferences on client computers
- Sleep, shut down, log out, or restart a computer
- Lock or unlock a screen
- Edit client attributes
- Execute commands remotely
- Send UNIX command templates
- About networksetup
- About systemsetup
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- How reporting data is collected
- Search for files
- Create file reports
- Create computer usage reports
- Create hardware reports
- Create a network responsiveness report
- Get an Administration Settings report
- Use a Task Server to create reports
- Export reports
- Generate report data automatically
- Change report layout
- Report field definitions
- Copyright
Control/observe window in Remote Desktop
The control/observe window looks the same whether you’re controlling or observing a single client. To switch between controlling and observing, click in the top-left corner of the window.
![View of control/observe window](https://help.apple.com/assets/6362E31B5785744741100761/6362E31F5785744741100768/en_US/04ffaa7c941b7f76fdfba34cbd9a6333.png)
To resize the window, drag the resize control in the lower-right corner. For information about the controls in the window, see the table below.
Button | Description | ||||||||||
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![]() | Switch between controlling and observing the remote client. | ||||||||||
![]() | Share (or stop sharing) control of the keyboard, trackpad, or mouse. | ||||||||||
![]() | Lock or unlock the client screen. When the client screen is locked, a lock appears on it, but you can view the client desktop normally. | ||||||||||
![]() | Capture a picture of the client’s screen and save it to a file on the administrator computer at the selected image quality. |
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