| Assimilator is designed for situations where you wish to make a large number of
Macintoshes look virtually identical. Typically this is in an educational
laboratory situation but Assimilator has other uses, such as setting up newly
purchased Macs, testing software or setting up demo machines.
When Assimilator runs on a laboratory Macintosh it will mount an AppleShare
file server and then make the hard disk look virtually identical to a
pre-specified source folder on the server. It does this by comparing each file
in the source folder to the corresponding file on the destination hard disk. If
the file on the destination is missing, or has been changed, then it is thrown
away (into the Trash) and a new copy of the file is copied down from the source.
Any extraneous items on the destination are also thrown away. Finally aliases,
icon positions, folder views, Finder flags and so forth are all set to match
those in the source folder. This entire process is known as assimilation.
A 499 USD Assimilator license covers use of Assimilator on an
unlimited number of Macs within a single organisation. There is no
demo available, however we offer a 30 day money back refund if you
cannot get Assimilator working to your satisfaction.
For more information about how Assimilator works refer to the PDF manual.
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