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| Time | This lesson takes about 1 hour to complete. |
| Goals | Deploy and update Mac OS X in an organization |
| Gather system and software information from Mac OS X systems using Apple Remote Desktop | |
| Update Mac OS X using Apple Remote Desktop | |
| Use Radmind to keep Mac OS X systems updated | |
| Manage the download and distribution of Apple-provided software updates |
For system administrators, it would be ideal to simply deploy Mac OS X to the variety of computers you support and expect that everything will work every time, all the time, forever. Because this is not the case, you need to consider the lifecycle of your deployment.