Transfer a Remote Desktop 3.2 setup from Mac to Mac

Apr 10, '08 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: jjbyers

If you've ever wanted to copy an Apple Remote Desktop setup from one machine to another, you need to move a number of files. Open Terminal, and run the following commands -- modify the username and machinename settings as necessary for your environment. Note that the lines that start with ### are explanatory; don't type those...

### Copy database to remote machine:
sudo scp -Epr /var/db/RemoteManagement root@machinename:/var/db

### Copy /Library prefs
sudo scp -Ep /Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist root@machinename:/Library/Preferences

### Copy home dir prefs
sudo scp -E /Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist username@machinename:~/Library/Preferences

### Copy home dir Application Support Remote Desktop dir
sudo scp -Er /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Remote Desktop username@machinename:'~/LIbrary/Application Support'
Note that this should preserve passwords as well. This Apple article was used to come up with this solution.

[robg adds: I haven't tested this one.]

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