If you choose to copy out to many client computers simultaneously, Remote Desktop uses network multicasts to send the files. If there is a significant number of multicast networking errors, Remote Desktop tries to copy individually to each client computer.

Copy Options

Each time you copy an item to a remote computer, you have the chance to customize the operation to allow fine-grained control of the location and file owner of the copied file, the network bandwidth used, and what to do in case of failure or duplicate files.

Copy Destination Locations

There are several preset destinations available in the “Place Items In” destination pop- up menu, including the Applications folder. If you do not see the destination you want, you can specify a full pathname.

Owner and Group for Copied File

By default, the copied files inherit the owner and group of the enclosing destination folder. For additional flexibility, you have several options for handing file ownership. You can:

ÂPreserve current owner

ÂSet the owner to the current console user

ÂSpecify user and group

Encryption

You can encrypt the copy transport stream to protect the data sent across the network. By selecting the “Encrypt network data” option, you exchange performance for security. This option is also available in the Install Packages dialog.

Copy Failure Handling

By default, if a single computer fails to get the copied file, the copy operation continues to all participating computers. However, there may be times when you want a copy operation to stop if one of the copies fails. You can choose to cancel the entire copy operation if one participating computer reports a failure. This option is also available in the Install Packages dialog.

Network Bandwidth Limits

File copies are done at the maximum sustainable rate for the network. This allows Apple Remote Desktop to use all the resources at its disposal to quickly and efficiently finish the copy. Depending on what else is being done on the network, you may want to explicitly limit the copy data transfer rate. You can set an approximate maximum data rate in kilobytes per second for file copies. This option is also available in the Install Packages dialog.

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