Apple Remote Desktop - Viewing a User’s Account Picture While Observing

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Viewing a User’s Account Picture While Observing

Remote Desktop can display the user’s account picture and a user-created status
underneath the observed desktop.

The user’s account picture is their system login icon, so it might be either a picture
taken from an iSight camera, or a custom image selected in the Accounts pane of
System Preferences.

To view a user’s account picture:

1

Click View Options in the observe window’s toolbar.

2

Select Display Computer Information.

3

Select Account Picture.

4

Click Done.

Account picture

Select this to display the currently logged-in user’s account picture
under each observed desktop.

See “Viewing a User’s Account Picture While Observing” on page 96
for more information.

Computer status

Select this to add a colored status overview icon in the computer
information area.

See “Viewing a Computer’s System Status While at the Observe
Window” on page 97 for more information.

Use shapes for status

Select this to give a distinctive shape to the status overview icon in
the computer information area.

See “Viewing a Computer’s System Status While at the Observe
Window” on page 97 for more information.

Setting

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Chapter 7

Interacting with Users

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