14 DAY TRIAL // The company headquartered in Cupertino, California developing the Mac operating system has released updates to “Apple Remote Desktop,” a utility made specifically for computer administrators responsible for large numbers of computers. The Apple Remote Desktop 3.3 Admin and Remote Desktop 3.3.1 Client updates are freely available for download here, on Softpedia.
Talking about About Apple Remote Desktop 3.3 Admin, the Mac maker discloses that, “The [...] update is recommended for all Apple Remote Desktop users and addresses several issues related to overall reliability and security.” In the same manner, the Apple Remote Desktop 3.3.1 Client addresses issues relating to reliability and security for Apple Remote Desktop clients.
Apple links both Support pages detailing the updates to a single additional technote deeper inside its Support section. The “About Apple Remote Desktop 3.3” web page describes Apple Remote Desktop version 3.3, a package that includes two updates, Apple explains.
“Apple Remote Desktop Client 3.3.1 updates the software that facilitates Remote Management (enabled in Sharing preferences, in System Preferences). Apple Remote Desktop Admin 3.3 updates the Remote Desktop application, which can be used to remotely administer Apple Remote Desktop clients.”
“Both packages are available as automatic Software Updates and as manual downloads,” the company further stresses. The new software requires either of the following operating systems: - Mac OS X v10.4.11; - Mac OS X Server v10.4.11; - Mac OS X v10.5.7 or later; - Mac OS X Server v10.5.7 or later. ... as well as Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) version 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.2.1, or 3.2.2 and an Ethernet (recommended), AirPort, or IP over FireWire network connection.
On the same Support page, Apple lists numerous under-the-hood changes and improvements, as well as more visible changes with the Remote Desktop software. Softpedia will be detailing those too, in a separate article.