In the Appstore it says the download is $79. At the Apple Store online the boxed version is $299. What is the difference? Both say they are Apple Remote Desktop.
No functional difference at all other than the boxed copy coming with a disk and, to the negative, having restrictions on how many computers the admin app can be installed on. Why Apple still sells the boxed copy at such a high price baffles the rest of us as well.
Regards.
Do I have to pay $79 per computer or is it unlimited?
For personal use, you can install any app from the Mac App Store on all computers you own or control. For the full terms, look in the section titled "MAC APP STORE PRODUCT USAGE RULES" in the Terms of Sale:
http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/us/terms.html#SALE
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I'm visiting my mom. I often need to help her with her mac. I live 100 miles away.
If I buy Apple Remote Desktop now while I'm visiting her and install it on her iMac, what do I do when I get home to download it to my MacBook Pro computer and install it there?
Do not install ARD on her computer. The ARD Client is already part of Mac OS X. You install it on your computer and "control" her computer.
Before you leave, create a new user with "Admin" permissions. Then use that uname/password to authenticate from your MacBook Pro on ARD..
Steven Weinberg wrote:
I'm visiting my mom. I often need to help her with her mac. I live 100 miles away.
If I buy Apple Remote Desktop now while I'm visiting her and install it on her iMac, what do I do when I get home to download it to my MacBook Pro computer and install it there?
If To use ARD over the internet will most likely require you to configure your mom router to allow you to remotely connect to her computer. You'll also probable want to setup a subscription service like DYNdns to you can consitently find the correct IP address to connect to your moms computer.
OR you could use a program like iChat with screen sharing & voice chat (requires both of you to be on a recent mac, and your mom has to be there to allow you to conenct to her computer, and some times requires firewall configuration)
OR use a program like LogMeIn witch dosen't require you to configure your moms firewall and dosen't require a serivce like DYNdns. The regular vertion is free to use; the pro verion supports sound. Your mom dosen't have to be there to allow you to connect; but it dose require the computer to be on.
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