How to backup ARD database/settings/etc

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How to backup ARD database/settings/etc

I'm about to test Boot Camp on my one-and-only iMac (others are in classrooms and I can't trash them) and would like to know how to backup my ARD database, its settings, and the scripts, etc, that I have created in ARD before testing Boot Camp.

How do I completely backup (and restore) ARD?

Intel iMac 20", Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Jun 24, 2008 8:29 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 30, 2008 12:59 PM in response to Homercycles

In your home folder Library/Preferences/ you want to back up

com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist

(To verify that this is the file, try making a change to your ARD Admin setup, say create a new list, and note that the file changes its date modified.)

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Homercycles Author

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Jul 1, 2008 4:45 PM in response to Pete Curtner

That file (for me) is only 4KB and seems only to hold my serial number and a few other things. No sign of each iMac I have listed or my tasks. Is there any way to back those up, too?

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Homercycles Author

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Jul 1, 2008 5:07 PM in response to Pete Curtner

I was looking at the root folder before. The one in my home folder is much bigger. Thanks. Problem sorted now.

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Homercycles Author

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Jul 1, 2008 5:36 PM in response to Pete Curtner

Do you think I could install ARD on my Leopard disk instead of Tiger, copy the root and home folder plist files for ARD, and it would still work after the move to the new operating system?

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