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Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs

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Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> In message <d8l4ruFs5doU4@mid.individual.net> 
>   Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> On 2015-10-19, Jack Shown <jackshown@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Each member of my family has a Mac and, of course, they all come to me
>>> for assitance.  I admit that I have not kept my set of tools up to
>>> date.  What specific tools do you all recommend and, if possible,
>>> please provide a recommended source.
> 
>> Just off the tip of my brain before I head out the door:
> 
>> Apple Remote Desktop
>> <https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-remote-desktop/id409907375?mt=12>
> 
> I used to use ARD quite alot, but I have found that Screen Sharing
> works well most of the time. and Screen Sharing has the advantage of
> always being there.

Screen sharing is fine, but doesn't offer nearly as many management
features. Pick the best tool for the job.

You only need ARD installed on the machine(s) you use to manage the rest.
It doesn't need to be installed on each client. And installing it is simple
anyway.

> I'd add Crashplan, if you have a computer with space and a decent
> connection. Setup Crashplan on their machines to backup to your machine
> just the important things (~/Pictures ~/Documents ~/Desktop, for
> example). This when, when they completely screw up, you have their most
> important things available to recover.
> 
> Best part, for machine to machine backups, it's entirely free.
> 
> <http://www.code42.com/crashplan/>

No thanks. It's written in Java which opens you up to even more security
vulnerabilities, and is buggy as hell in my experience. Almost any other
backup tool is better IMO.

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JR 

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Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Jack Shown <jackshown@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 11:21 -0700
  Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-19 14:24 -0400
  Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-19 21:15 +0000
    Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-20 11:24 +0000
      Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-10-20 10:46 -0400
      Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-20 14:59 +0000
        Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-10-21 04:40 +1300
          Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-20 16:10 +0000
        Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-21 00:37 +0000
  Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Jack Shown <jackshown@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 17:39 -0700
    Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-19 20:40 -0400
      Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-10-19 19:51 -0700
    Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-10-19 22:49 -0400
    Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-20 18:27 +1300
    Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-20 11:25 +0000

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