Apple Remote Desktop 3: Apple.Software, priced per administrator: $149 for up to 10 systems; $299 for unlimited systems (education prices) Designed to make managing an entire network as easy as managing a single Mac, this version's new features allow users to take advantage of Tiger capabilities and search across the entire network. A new Dashboard Widget Pronounced "wih-jit," for decades, the term has been a popular word for a generic "thing" when there is no real name for it. It is often used to describe examples of made-up products along with other fictitious names; for example, "10 widgets, 5 frabbits and 2 dingits. for easy access to remote units, 30 preprogrammed Automator actions for routine management tasks, and AutoInstall, which tracks upgrades to network units and automatically performs the install when a unit logs in, all combine to make a network manager's life easier. Schools might be particularly interested in a faster version of Power Copy, to push documents out to the network, Remote Drag and Drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. , allowing items to easily be moved from one network computer to another, and Application Usage and User History Reports to track software compliance and monitor the use of unauthorized applications. The application works with the Panther operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , the new Intel-based Macs, and supports VNC (Virtual Network Computing) Open source remote control software for accessing host computers from a variety of remote clients. A VNC "server" is the host being accessed, while the VNC "client" is the remote device doing the controlling and viewing. screen sharing screen sharing - Audiographic Teleconferencing . www.apple.com/remotedesktop [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Edited by Ann McClure |
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