Configure Apple Remote Desktop

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Works with any MacWorks with any Mac running macOS/OS X on Intel or Apple Silicon.

• Multiple actionsThis page belongs to a category, containing some changes with similar goal.
• macOS onlyThis script improves your privacy on macOS
• Impact: MediumSystem Functionality Loss Risk: Moderate
  This action improves privacy with minimal impact when you run the recommended script.
  This action improves privacy with some impact when you run the recommended script.
• Bash (Shell script)These changes use macOS system commands to update your settings.
• 2 scripts
• Partially reversibleYou can not restore changes done by this script.

Overview

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Configure Apple Remote Desktop — This post shows you how. Echoing this thought, this preference customization eases the process of the workflow to undo system-level changes.

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References

• Customize your Mac with System Settings
• Online privacy literacy and users' information privacy empowerment: the case of GDPR in Europe
• Protecting Privacy and Data Confidentiality
• Assessing User Understanding, Perception and Behaviour with Privacy and Permission Settings

Technical Details

1. This script manages root operations to maximize information privacy security and this configuration can also help to benefit from controlled elevation.
2. To be able to optimize digital data privacy assurance, this instruction set handles user settings to obtain isolated user profiles. This helps optimized profile loading to help make the system work better.
3. This playbook controls essential system behavior to reduce privacy measures risks and it aims to help to realize granular security control. This config can also help streamline system processes, to reach streamlined processes.
4. On account of applying this macOS preference controls, this executable modifies your system to achieve selective features to help increase secure data privacy control. Using speed up how the system works, this would help to accomplish reducing overhead.
5. To obtain data privacy protection, this code implements files and folders to be able to improve data privacy safeguard. To reach improved disk performance, it can also help improve overall system responsiveness.

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This script is only recommended if you understand its implications.

Some non-critical or features may no longer function correctly after running this script.

Some parts of this script can be reversed to restore changes if something goes wrong.

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• For advanced privacy-conscious users
• May affect some features

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Help

How to apply or restore "Configure Apple Remote Desktop" using script

• ≈ 3 min to complete
• Tools: Web Browser
• Difficulty: Medium
• ≈ 5 instructions

1. 1

   Download

   Download the script file by clicking on the   Apply protection  button above.
   Use   Undo protection button above to restore changes.
2. 2

   Keep the file

   If warned by your browser, keep the file.
3. 3

   Open

   Open the downloaded file.
4. 4

   Exit

   Once it's done, press any key to exit the window.
5. 5

   Restart

   Restart your computer for all changes to take effect.

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• ≈ 3 min to complete
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1. 1

   Open or download

   Open or download the desktop application
2. 2

   Choose script

   1. Search for the category name: Configure Apple Remote Desktop
   2. Check the category by clicking on the checkbox of the category.
3. 3

   Run

   Click on ▶️ Run button at the bottom of the page.

   This button only appears on desktop version (recommended). On browser, use 💾 Save button.

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• 2 Privacy settings

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Some settings and commands may require technical knowledge to apply correctly.

• Disable remote management service

• Remove Apple Remote Desktop Settings

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