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Re: Remote Desktop Client Update

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From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Remote Desktop Client Update
Date 31 Jan 2015 14:29:26 GMT
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On 2015-01-31, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2015.01.30 13:11 , Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2015-01-30, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>>> On 2015.01.30 13:02 , Neill Massello wrote:
>>>> Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> While updating iTunes to 12.1 it appears I seem to have hit "update all"
>>>>> and gotten "Remote Desktop Client Update" as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> AFAIK I've never had Remote Desktop client.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is no such animal in the Apps folders (~ or /) following the update.
>>>>
>>>> /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app
>>>
>>> Okay, I see that ... and that there's been stuff there since at least
>>> Sept 2014.
>>>
>>> Is that always there as an agent to respond to Remote Desktop management
>>> app?
>>
>> That's why it's in CoreServices. It's ben there since at least 10.6,
>> possibly longer.
>>
>> What are you worried about, exactly?
>
> Just wondering why an app I don't use was being updated.  It wasn't 
> clear which "end" of the software was being installed.

It's not an app. It's core OS libraries and frameworks related to RD,
which may or may not be shared with other parts of the OS.

> So, to be clear, it's the client end and not Remote Desktop itself?

It's shared libraries.

> If I delete it will the heavens crash?

Why would you delete it, considering it has been part of Mac OS X since
at least 10.6? It's likely security and other updates to the core
operating system libraries and frameworks. If it ain't broke...

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Remote Desktop Client Update Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-01-30 12:28 -0500
  Re: Remote Desktop Client Update nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-01-30 11:02 -0700
    Re: Remote Desktop Client Update Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-01-30 13:07 -0500
      Re: Remote Desktop Client Update Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-30 18:11 +0000
        Re: Remote Desktop Client Update Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-01-31 08:46 -0500
          Re: Remote Desktop Client Update Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-31 14:29 +0000
            Re: Remote Desktop Client Update Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-01-31 10:52 -0500
              Re: Remote Desktop Client Update Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-31 16:01 +0000
                Re: Remote Desktop Client Update Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-01-31 18:50 -0500
                Re: Remote Desktop Client Update Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-01 01:06 +0000
                Re: Remote Desktop Client Update Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-01 09:46 -0500
    Re: Remote Desktop Client Update David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-01-30 17:02 -0600
      Re: Remote Desktop Client Update nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-01-30 18:13 -0700
        Re: Remote Desktop Client Update Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-31 01:30 +0000

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