Review: Apple Remote Desktop 3
- Article 18 of 89
- MacFormat, June 2006
Manage your Macs as if by magic with Apple Remote Desktop 3
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Indeed, the whole application has had a Tiger makeover, complete with Mail/iTunes interface. This extends to Smart Lists of computers, although the selection criteria are quite limited: we'd have liked to have seen support for things like computer status (sleeping, online, etc), whether there are particular applications installed, their network connection type, whether the machine is a portable and so on.
Overall, though, this is a solid, robust upgrade to ARD. Apple is being a little cheeky - as always - by not offering an upgrade discount, but ARD 3 remains a compelling choice for ARD 2 users, nevertheless. There are still some flaws in the software: anyone with a mixed platform environment or with a range of pre-OS X 10.3 Macs is going to have to look for additional management tools; Apple could do a better of job of working with third-party installers; and some of the new reports are too basic to be of much use. But the more Macs you have, particularly ones equipped with Tiger, the more ARD is going to be a necessity as well as a luxury.
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