Not to be too pedantic, but that's not the "client" part, that's the "server" part. The client, a.k.a. "Apple Remote Desktop", is available from the Apple Store and it will set you back 90$.bcassid wrote:The ARD "client" is built into macOS. It's one checkbox in System Preferences.
Although you can always get a VNC client for free and use that, since ARD is based on the VNC protocol. You'll lose the additional "goodies", like Software Distribution, Asset Management, etc., but you'll still be able to control an OSX-based computer [1]. You have two free options:
- the "Chicken of the VNC" (3rd party, little buggy, outdated, open-source), or
- the built-in "Screen Sharing" from "/System/Library/CoreServices/Applications/Screen Sharing.app". It's even registered with the system, so any vnc://localhost (or any other vnc:// link) will prompt you to open up "Screen Sharing.app". Can't beat that...
[1]: Hey, that just gave me an idea... I've never had a VirtualBox installation fail on my 10.13.x guinea-pig VM. I will try it with remote-controlling it and see what it comes up with.