With its state-of-the-art software distribution features, Apple Remote Desktop 2 lets you remotely install new software on any number of your networked Macs without interrupting the client systems or requiring any interaction. It also lets you create custom install packages - containing company-specific software or files, for example - and enables you to schedule your distributions, so you can set it to perform your installations durings those times when network traffic is at its lowest.Using remote shell scripts, you can set Network, Energy Saver and Date and Time system preferences. Shut down, restart or sleep any Mac in your network without getting up from your desk, as well as lock screens or empty Trash. You can also choose the startup disk you want your Macs to boot from - either their local hard drives or a network-server-based NetBoot disk. Execute UNIX shell scripts or commands on any number of your client systems at once. This gives you even more power over your Mac OS X client computers.