Install 10 imac's at once?

[rp420]

Hi,
I just bought 10 15" imac's for my office. I already have a 15" imac set up with all the fonts and applications I need. It's set up exactly how the others should be. I dont want to manually copy the folders over for each mac. Is there a program like Syamntec's Ghost for OS X? I want to be able to deploy all the fonts, apps, and OS updates in one shot over the network.
Thanks in advanced
-Rob

 

[jimoblak]

Aside from copyright issues with copying the fonts and apps, ghosting apps may pose a functional problem. Many professional apps use network connections to make sure there are not two copies using the same serial number. If two computers detect each other with the same serial number, they will not run the application.

- - picklefish - -

 

[Ecaboodle]

As jimoblak says you are going to have issues with copyright doing that, unles you have 10 licences for everything.

If you can't fix it in 20 minutes call someone who can.

 

[rp420]

I have already purchased 10 licenses for photoshop and illustrator. The fonts are all legit as well

 

[jimoblak]

The issue still hangs on ghosting. If you ghost a Photoshop installation from one machine to the next, you are using the same serial number, regardless of whether you own multiple licenses on paper.

I was entertained by a college lab tech that thought she would save herself time by ghosting these applications on over a dozen workstations. She tested each Mac so that the next class would not have any problems - - but she only tested one computer at a time. When the class came in and everyone tried to start up the same serialized version of Photoshop at once, there was mayhem.

You may want to consider using VNC or Apple Remote Desktop to manage your Macs from one location. This can also help with applying periodic OS updates. ...and it isn't a bad way to keep an eye on employees that goof off during work hours.

- - picklefish - -