[Casper] Capturing initial setup

Ted August taugust04.lists at gmail.com
Tue Jul 14 09:10:27 PDT 2009


Have you tried forcing the setup assistant on a computer that has  
Apple Remote Desktop configured and enabled?  Then you could take the  
screen shots from a remote computer running the ARD Admin software.

-- 
Ted August
Salve Regina University

On Jul 14, 2009, at 8:50 AM, Nichols, Jared wrote:

> Hi-
>
> I need to make some documentation for some new deployment  
> technicians.  Ideally, it would include screenshots as it will  
> involve using the migration assistant.  Is there any way to screen  
> capture the initial setup?  I tried the regular keyboard shortcuts  
> but got the error bong.  I assumed maybe it would store them in the  
> root account, but I guess not.  I next tried enabling screen  
> sharing, deleted .AppleSetupDone and tried again.  Alas, apparently  
> that service isn’t started at that point of the setup as my other  
> machine just sat there trying to connect.  Same thing with Casper  
> Remote
>
> Any ideas?  It’s not a show stopper, but it would be nice to have  
> those screen captures as the migration assistant that you run in the  
> Utilities folder is a bit different and I’d like it just the same :)
>
> Thanks
>
> j
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> Jared F. Nichols
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> Information Services Department
> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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