10.5: Use Apple Remote Desktop 2.2 under 10.5

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Thu, Nov 15 2007 at 7:30AM PST • Contributed by: daleminter

If you are frustrated by Apple's insistence on upgrading your copy of Apple Remote Desktop to run on your 10.5 machine, do the following:

Install Apple Remote Desktop 2, then install the Apple Remote Desktop Updater to v2.2. Now run Applications » Remote Desktop and enter your serial number. Remote Desktop will now give you the message that it cannot install due to a newer version. In the Finder, navigate to:

/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteMangement

From the folder, delete (or move) the ARDAgent v3.X file. You can now run Remote Desktop 2.2 in 10.5 -- sweet!

[robg adds: I haven't tested this one, and there may be things that don't work properly using an older version of ARD in 10.5. Proceed at your own risk.]

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10.5: Use Apple Remote Desktop 2.2 under 10.5
Authored by: RickD on Thu, Nov 15 2007 at 10:43AM PST

I have tested this and it does indeed work. I had to temporarily shut off "Remote Management" under the Sharing preference in System Preferences. After you delete the ARDAgent(.app) file and then start ARD, it installs the v2.2 ARDAgent(.app) file in its place. You can then restart "Remote Management" if you like.

This is a great tip if you have ARD v2.2 and were suddenly hung out to dry.

10.5: Use Apple Remote Desktop 2.2 under 10.5
Authored by: jtnt on Fri, Feb 15 2008 at 5:58AM PST

Looks like you have to repeat the process of removing ARDAgent, running ARD, etc. again after the 10.5.2 update, but it works just the same.

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