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Restoring a Mac from another Mac using Disk Utility
Follow these steps to copy the contents of a hard drive from one Mac onto the hard drive of another.

1. Connect both Macs using a firewire cable.

2. Boot the Mac that you want to copy **to** by holding down the T key. When you see a yellow firewire symbol on its screen, you may release the T key.

3. On the Mac you want to copy **from,** open Disk Utility under the folders Applications > Utlities.

4. Click on the **Restore** tab.

5. Drag the Hard Drive icon from computer on which Disk Utility is running from into the **Source** field.

6. Drag the Hard Drive icon from the computer you want to copy to into the **Destination** field.

7. Click on Erase Disk if you'd like to erase the contents of the drive you're copying to.

8. Click **Restore**.

**Remote Desktop Installation Instructions**

 * Follow these steps to configure your computers for use with Apple Remote Desktop.**
 * Create a School Administrator Account: This must be done on both the computers you will be controlling with Remote Desktop, and the computers on which you will be running the Remote Desktop Admin Software.
 * Create a School Administrator Account: This must be done on both the computers you will be controlling with Remote Desktop, and the computers on which you will be running the Remote Desktop Admin Software.

There should already be a district tech administrator account on any OS X based computer in your school. On each machine you'd like to control with Remote Desktop, though, we __must__ create an tech administrator account specifically for your //school//, and configure it to allow access by Apple Remote Desktop. Here are the steps:

1. Log in as Teacher

2. Click on the Apple Menu in the upper left of your screen and click on System Preferences

3. Click on Accounts

4. You //may// have to click on the lock in the lower left. OS X will then prompt you for a username and password. Log in as Teacher again. This will allow you to change the user account settings.

5. Click on the "+" to create a new account. In the "name field" type the name of your school, followed by an uderscore character "_" followed by "admin." For example "hydepark_admin.)

6. Choose a password that you won't have trouble remembering, but that won't be too obvious to students.

7. Click on the "Allow user to administer this computer" check box.

8. Click on "Create Account"

9. Email this new username and password to eyoung2@boston.k12.ma.us

10. Enabling the Remote Desktop Admin software to connect to client computers through your new school administrator account.

11. Log in under your school adminstrator account.

12. Click on the Apple Menu in the upper left of your screen and click on System Preferences

13. Click on Sharing

14. Make sure that Apple Remote Desktop is checked off.

15. Click on Apple Remote Desktop to select it.

16. Click on Access Privileges. A new dialog box will appear.

17. Click on the check box next to your school admin account.

18. Click on the check boxes next to the following items to make sure that they are checked:

Generate Reports Open and Quit Applications Change Settings Delete and replace items Send text messages Restart and Shut Down Copy items Observe, and then Control. Do not check "Show when being observed." You may also enter additional information in the four "info fields" at the bottom of the window if you'd like.

Installing Remote Desktop**

1. Insert the Apple Remote Desktop CD into your CD Drive

2. Double click on the disk icon to open it, and then double click on "RemoteDesktop.mpkg.

3. The "Install Remote Desktop" installation program will start. When the prompt that reads "This package contains a program that determines if the software can be installed. Are you sure you want to continue?" appears, click Continue.

4. Click "Continue" when the "Software License Agreement" screen appears.

5, Click on the Mac HD, when the "Select a Destination" window appears. Click on continue. Click Install.

6. Type in your school administrator account password and click on continue. Apple Remote Desktop 2.2 should now successfully install onto your hard drive.

Starting Remote Desktop**

1. Log into your school admin account.

2. After installation, the remote desktop software can be found in your Applications folder.

3. Double click the Remote Desktop Icon to launch the application

4. Now, enter the following serial number to activate Apple Remote Desktop: xard-020-000-n-lyu-rmg-rfw-dal-ttt-iec-d This serial number is good until June 30, 2006.

5. After successfully entering the serial number, you will be prompted to create a password. This password should be the same as the password for your school administrator account.

6. If the Apple Remote Desktop fails to start, click on the Apple Menu and then Software Update.

7. At this point you may install all available updates, but to save time, you may want only to check the box next to Remote Desktop Admin Update.

8. When the update is completed, launch Apple Remote Desktop again. A window will appear prompting you for access to keychain items. Click on Change All. The application should now launch successfully.