Apple Remote Desktop with real-time screen sharing is the ideal desktop management solution for education, businesses, and professionals on the go. It gives you the power to manage Mac systems from anywhere on your network or remotely across the Internet. It can reduce administrative costs and enhance productivity in any environment. Apple Remote Desktop enables a teacher to keep an eye on all the computer screens in a classroom or lab, distribute software upgrades, perform group demos, and provide online assistance with real-time text communications for students needing individual attention. In a business environment, Apple Remote Desktop can reduce administration costs and enhance productivity throughout your company. It includes tools system administrators can use to assist users with problems, distribute software, and efficiently manage Macintosh systems ? all from a central location, and over both wired and wireless networks. With Apple Remote Desktop you can reduce downtime and let people be more productive.
First time launching it I went full screen view and then both screens went blue and I had to force quit. I restarted imac and display settings were changed and the network settings had changed big time. Took me 20 minutes to get my machine and network back working again. Beware this product!
Summary
Works great to manage our Mac clients and servers
pderby
Pros
Easy to use, stable, allows copy/paste between admin and client machines, allows remote installs.
Cons
None in my environment
Summary
It destabilizes Microsoft for Mac Office programs
askdrdan
Pros
Compatibility highly overrated
Cons
The Apple Remote Desktop Client Update 3.5.2 destabilizes all Microsoft Office for Mac programs. Apple won't fix it and Microsoft won't fix it....Great!