beautypg.com

Apple Remote Desktop (Administrator’s Guide) User Manual

Page 119

background image

Chapter 8

Administering Client Computers

119

To generate a Software Difference report:

1

Select a computer list in the Remote Desktop window.

2

Select one or more computers in the selected computer list.

3

Choose Report > Software Difference.

4

Select the software type you want to compare.
Selecting Applications compares all executable applications. You can limit which folder
on the administrator computer Remote Desktop uses to look for applications.
Selecting Fonts compares all fonts in /Library/Fonts/, /System/Library/Fonts/, and user
font directories.
Selecting Installed Packages compares all package receipts in /Library/Receipts/.

5

To search using new data, select Rebuild data for report.

6

Click Generate Report.
The newly generated report window appears.

Auditing Hardware

You can get a report about the hardware of any client computer. Hardware information
can be accessed using a number of different reports. Although some basic hardware
information can be found in the System Overview report, several more focused
hardware reports provide more detailed information.

To get a basic System Overview report:

1

Select a computer list in the Remote Desktop window.

2

Select one or more computers in the selected computer list.

3

Choose Report > System Overview.

4

Select or deselect hardware items as desired.

5

To search using new data, select Rebuild data for report.

6

Click Get Report.
The newly generated report window appears.

This manual is related to the following products: