Peter Link
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Q: remote desktop 3.72 updater in App Store

I just updated to Yosemite and the App Store is showing an update for Apple Remote Desktop (administrator) 3.72. That's the version I'm already running. Clicking on update brings up a message saying it's already installed. I bought this software before the App Store and it's been updated regularly but now I can't get rid of the update entry in the App Store. (I know, sounds confusing.) I tried dragging the application to the Trash and reinstalling but it remembers all the other installed files and won't let me update it. I dragged the application back from the trash and at least it runs. Has anyone seen this since upgrading to Yosemite? Is there a way to use my current serial number with an App Store version? Thanks.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 17, 2014 7:07 AM

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  • by Peter Link,

    Peter Link Peter Link Oct 21, 2014 10:57 AM in response to Jay-Boogie
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    Oct 21, 2014 10:57 AM in response to Jay-Boogie

    Good, hopefully you'll get a rejection from ADC saying it's a duplicate. The more they hear the sooner it will get fixed (hopefully).

  • by Joel Hakam,

    Joel Hakam Joel Hakam Oct 21, 2014 12:12 PM in response to Peter Link
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    Oct 21, 2014 12:12 PM in response to Peter Link

    Apple support got back to me this morning and I was told that this will not get fixed until the next system update.  If even then.

  • by Tuxtla,

    Tuxtla Tuxtla Oct 21, 2014 12:19 PM in response to Joel Hakam
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    Oct 21, 2014 12:19 PM in response to Joel Hakam

    A bit lame on Apple's part. But good to know something at least.

     

    Thanks for the update.

  • by Jay-Boogie,

    Jay-Boogie Jay-Boogie Oct 21, 2014 3:27 PM in response to Joel Hakam
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    Oct 21, 2014 3:27 PM in response to Joel Hakam

    Thanks Joel, that answer is horrible from Apple.

     

    What do we do in the mean time? lol

  • by Joel Hakam,

    Joel Hakam Joel Hakam Oct 21, 2014 3:36 PM in response to Jay-Boogie
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    Oct 21, 2014 3:36 PM in response to Jay-Boogie

    For me, for the moment,  it is not a game changer.  For others it might be.  Who knows maybe they will come out with a security update that fixes it.

  • by Peter Link,

    Peter Link Peter Link Oct 21, 2014 3:37 PM in response to Jay-Boogie
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    Oct 21, 2014 3:37 PM in response to Jay-Boogie

    It's been a few years since I've dealt directly with an Apple site service manager or regional sales rep (government) so the only thing I can suggest is for those who are using ARD in medium to large installations to make sure they voice their complaints to their Apple representatives. Once in a while I was able to get something done. Apple still lists ARD on the App Store so it has to be a supported application. Unfortunately, only 84 people reviewed it so Apple might not see it as even being an application they want to keep. This might not matter because I bet most installations use a DVD copy to get past the AppleID issues. (I bought mine before the App Store was created.) I imagine MDM systems might be able to do everything ARD can do but I'm tired of depending on third-party software to manage Mac hardware. I'll try and see if my old Apple sales rep is still around and see if he can find a better answer.

  • by jhpreleude,

    jhpreleude jhpreleude Oct 23, 2014 6:57 PM in response to Peter Link
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    Oct 23, 2014 6:57 PM in response to Peter Link

    Solved (for me at least)

    I just tried three things in sequence to address another issue and found the Remote Desktop is no longer being offered as an update in the App Store.

    If there has been no change Apple's end then it must have been one (or some combination) of what I tried.

    Tracking some other issues I noticed a whole lot of wakeup_report.diag entries in the console. Not to mention logs (yes actual diadnostic logs as opposed to console entries) for every app I usually have loaded. At least one, if not more PER DAY for the last five days.

    The excessive wakeups seems to be a "feature" as yet unresolved sprinkled all over the forums and one poster suggested...

    Reset SMC

    Shut down

    Safe boot

    Shut down

    Reset PRAM.

    Set power options to defaults.

     

    So with nothing to lose I did the above (haven't got 'round to last step yet.)

    On rebooting after the PRAM reset I ended up in recovery mode (guess I lingered too long on the cmd-R combination of the PRAM sequence).

    I then selected my normal startup disk and restarted and everything went as expected.

    I then noticed TWO updates waiting in the App Store. Thinking one was Remote Desktop I figured there was a legitimate update waiting so I launched the store.

    NO Remote Desktop! The two updates were legitimate.

     

    As I said, I do not know if Apple have done something their end, but if not then one or more of the steps above solved the errant Remote Desktop update issue for me.

  • by John Dunsmore,

    John Dunsmore John Dunsmore Oct 23, 2014 7:53 PM in response to jhpreleude
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    Oct 23, 2014 7:53 PM in response to jhpreleude

    Just noticed this in my appstore.log -- Dont know if anyone who still has a bug report ticket open could add it if it has any relevance..

     

    Oct 17 00:21:40 hw016241.config com.apple.WebKit.WebContent[9074] <Critical>: FRJSSoftwareProduct: Loading receipt for (null) at /Applications/Remote Desktop.app took 0.00 seconds

    Oct 17 00:21:40 hw016241.config com.apple.WebKit.WebContent[9074] <Critical>: FRJSSoftwareProduct: Loading receipt for com.apple.RemoteDesktop at /Applications/Remote Desktop.app took 0.00 seconds

  • by Tuxtla,

    Tuxtla Tuxtla Oct 23, 2014 9:06 PM in response to jhpreleude
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    Oct 23, 2014 9:06 PM in response to jhpreleude

    Thanks for the info...

     

    Tried it all. No love.  Maybe soon.

  • by Jay-Boogie,

    Jay-Boogie Jay-Boogie Oct 24, 2014 9:07 AM in response to Tuxtla
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    Oct 24, 2014 9:07 AM in response to Tuxtla

    Just heard back, mine is a duplicate of bug 18459002.

     

    Hopefully this gets resolved in the first set of updates.

  • by Peter Link,

    Peter Link Peter Link Oct 24, 2014 10:19 AM in response to Jay-Boogie
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    Oct 24, 2014 10:19 AM in response to Jay-Boogie

    This means they are working on more than one bug report. Yours was 18723353 but mine was 18701223 and a duplicate of 18616782. I really wish we had access to the other bug reports to see why they figure our reports were duplicates of different originals.

  • by jhpreleude,

    jhpreleude jhpreleude Oct 26, 2014 7:11 PM in response to jhpreleude
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    Oct 26, 2014 7:11 PM in response to jhpreleude

    False Positive.

    It seems my "solution" was temporary.

    I needed to do a hard reboot due to my screen being black after supposedly waking from sleep.

    Once I got back in the bogus update appeared once more.

    Darn

  • by kevin_,

    kevin_ kevin_ Oct 30, 2014 8:48 AM in response to jhpreleude
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    Oct 30, 2014 8:48 AM in response to jhpreleude

    Hi all, 

     

    Here is a permanent fix.

     

    1. Download the 3.7.2 ARD update from http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1733

     

    2. Mount the ARD disk image that downloads.

     

    3. Run the following commands in the Terminal

     

          sudo pkgutil --expand /Volumes/Apple\ Remote\ Desktop\ 3.7.2\ Admin\ Update/RemoteDesktopAdmin372.pkg ~/Desktop/ARD

          sudo pkgutil --flatten ~/Desktop/ARD/RemoteDesktopAdmin372.pkg ~/Desktop/RemoteDesktopAdmin.pkg

     

    4. Run the RemoteDesktopAdmin.pkg now located on your Desktop

     

    5. Restart your Mac

     

    6. Launch ARD, and enter in the serial number if requested.

  • by Jay-Boogie,

    Jay-Boogie Jay-Boogie Oct 30, 2014 9:16 AM in response to kevin_
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    Oct 30, 2014 9:16 AM in response to kevin_

    That did it for me!!!

     

    Thanks Kevin!

  • by Peter Link,

    Peter Link Peter Link Oct 30, 2014 9:24 AM in response to kevin_
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    Oct 30, 2014 9:24 AM in response to kevin_

    kevin, what was this supposed to fix? I had uninstalled my ARD to get rid of the updater issue but reinstalled from ver3 DVD, then used your technique and got it to install the 3.7.2 update so my system is as up to date as it can be. The App Store showed an update for ARD and after clicking on update it still shows that it's already up to date. My remote desktop client is at ver3.8 so it didn't try and mess with that. I can use ARD, which is good, but the software update still won't go away.

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