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Enabling or Restarting Apple Remote Desktop RemotelyRevisionas of Thursday, 28 May 2026 at 13:06 UTC
The following grant access to all users. This is useful if you’ve mistakenly restricted access to a few and have locked yourself out.
For ARD versions below 3.2
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart \
-activate -configure -access -on -restart -agent -privs -all
For ARD versions above 3.2
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart \
-configure -allowAccessFor -allUsers -privs -all