Hi, I have ordered a new MacBook Pro to more or less replace my older Santa Rosa based MacBook Pro ( the Graphics subsystem is becoming unreliable ).
The older mbp also has a spotlight problem, scanning the disk causes spotlight to crash. ( Apple told me the problem was probably some corrupt files, but could not suggest any way to narrow the problem). Since spotlight does not work, time machine based backups are out the window. Anyway, I like Apple Remote Desktop and I used the Mac App store to install a copy on the old machine. The question is: how can I get ARD installed on the new machine? I am afraid that using the Migration Assistant might propagate the corruption that exists on the old machine. When I check the Mac App store on my other Macs for ARD, the store wants eighty dollars for a download ;( Any suggestions on how I can get ARD installed on the new machine when it arrives? Does anyone understand how the Mac App store works? I can update Xcode on a couple of my macs but the old mbp refuses to download any Xcode updates ( it tells me use the original download machine ). So far I have been finding one of my machines that will let me download the Xcode installer and then moving it to the other machine to do the install…Seems clumsy. Jerry _______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
