Remote Desktop allows you to observe multiple clients on the same screen, cycling through the list of observed computers. This allows you to monitor many screens without having to select each one individually.

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Dealing With Many Client Screens

When observing a single client, you can see the client window at full size, or scaled it to fit the observe window. To switch between the full size and fitting to the window, click the Fit to Window button, just as you would in a control window.

If you’re observing more clients than you’ve chosen to fit on one screen, you can cycle through multiple pages by clicking the Previous or Next button.

Cycle Pages: Use these buttons to manually switch to the previous or next page of screens.

Getting More Information on Observed Clients

There is a computer information area beneath each of the observed desktops. It’s automatically disabled when the administrator is viewing more computers than the computer information area is able to show effectively (a threshhold of about 220 pixels across). This could happen if:

Âthe initial selection of computers is too great for the window size

Chapter 7 Interacting with Users

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Apple 3 manual Dealing With Many Client Screens, Getting More Information on Observed Clients