Apple Remote Desktop 3 - Manual (Page 30)

30 Technology Overview
Apple Remote Desktop 3
Technical Specifications
Software Distribution
Package installation
• Install single or multiple packages remotely on a group of Mac OS X systems
• Install packages in .pkg and .mpkg formats
• Schedule for specific dates and times
• Detect whether a package requires a restart
• Restart computer upon completion of installation or at a later time
• Encrypt data stream
• Specify network bandwidth usage
File copy
• Copy single or multiple files and folders to a group of Mac OS X systems
• Copy single or multiple files and folders from a group of Mac OS X systems to
administrator computer
• Copy single or multiple files to predefined locations: same relative location, Applications
folder, current user’s Desktop folder, current user’s home directory, Fonts folder,
Preferences folder, System folder, top folder of the disk, or a specified path
• Schedule for specific dates and times
• Choose an action if an item already exists: ask what to do, replace the item, replace
if existing item is older, rename the existing item, rename the item being copied
• Set the permissions of the file once copied: inherit from destination folder, preserve
current owner or user, or specify user and group
• Encrypt data stream
• Specify network bandwidth usage