Apple Remote Desktop - Enabling a Task Notification Script

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Enabling a Task Notification Script

When a task completes, Remote Desktop can run a script that you create. This script is
for all completed tasks, and it must be a shell script. There is a default notification script
provided, which you can customize for your needs. The script must be a shell script, but
you can use various other scripting environments like AppleScripts with the

osascript

command.

To enable a task notification script:

1

Make sure you are logged in as an administrator user.

2

Open Remote Desktop.

3

Choose Remote Desktop > Preferences.

4

Click the Tasks button.

5

Select “Enable task notification script.”

6

Choose the location of the script.

The default notification script is located at /Library/Application Support/Apple/Remote
Desktop/Notify.

7

Close the Preferences window.

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