Apple released Remote Desktop 3.2 Update

Apple released Remote Desktop 3.2 Update, Client and Administration software. Install the Admin software first.

Apple Remote Desktop allows one to manage the Mac computers on a network. One can distribute software, provide real-time online help to end users, create detailed software and hardware reports, and automate routine management tasks, all without leaving one's desk.

Apple Remote Desktop 3.2 offers numerous improvements, including:

Software distribution

• Improved reliability of Copy Item tasks
  

Asset management

• Using relative dates in reporting windows now changes to exact dates
  

Remote control

• Open Application task now launches applications on Intel based clients
  

Remote assistance

• Accented European characters are now mapped correctly
  
• Control/Observe windows that are resized by users now retain their dimensions
  
• Includes Adaptive Quality CODEC to improve screen sharing performance when using slower network connections such as DSL.
  

Other

• Improved reliability with slow responding DNS servers
  
• Restoring a minimized Apple Remote Desktop from the Dock now behaves correctly
  
• OS Version column in computer lists now correctly identifies computers running Mac OS X 10.4.10
  
• Support for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard's Remote Management settings in
• Create Client Installer and Change Client Settings task
  
• Support for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard's Remote Management settings in kickstart
  
• Stop button in task windows now prevents unintentional duplicate tasks from being launched
  
• Better performance with lists that contain a large number of client computers.

[Bill Fox]