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Use your iOS device as a second monitor for your Mac. Commercial ($9.99)
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Air Display (iOS) consists of two components: the iOS app, which costs $9.99, and the Mac support files (free to download, but useless without the iOS app). 'Download Now' links you to the support files, to purchase Air Display click the Buy link.
Air Display (iOS) lets you position your iPad next to your computer, drag windows onto it, and interact with those windows as you would on any other computer display.
Air Display's performance is extremely responsive, employing a clever dynamic compression algorithm. On a typical Wi-Fi network, mouse cursor refreshes are
Air Display (iOS) lets you position your iPad next to your computer, drag windows onto it, and interact with those windows as you would on any other computer display.
Air Display's performance is extremely responsive, employing a clever dynamic compression algorithm. On a typical Wi-Fi network, mouse cursor refreshes are
What's New
Version 1.6:
- With the new iPad's Retina display running at 2048x1536, Air Display would be able to display a relatively large OS X desktop, but at very small size. But Avatron has been working to make Air Display compatible with the high-resolution "HiDPI" mode that has been quietly built into OS X. Apple has kept the HiDPI feature hidden by default due to an absence of any Macs with ultra high-resolution "Retina" displays that could use it to significant effect.
Version 1.6:
- With the new iPad's Retina display running at 2048x1536, Air Display would be able to display a relatively large OS X desktop, but at very small size. But Avatron has been working to make Air Display compatible with the high-resolution "HiDPI" mode that has been quietly built into OS X. Apple has kept the HiDPI feature hidden by default due to an absence of any Macs with ultra more...
Requirements
- Intel
- Mac OS X 10.6 or later
- iOS device
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Air Display (iOS) consists of two components: the iOS app, which costs $9.99, and the Mac support files (free to download, but useless without the iOS app). 'Download Now' links you to the support files, to purchase Air Display click the Buy link.
Air Display (iOS) lets you position your iPad next to your computer, drag windows onto it, and interact with those windows as you would on any other computer display.
Air Display's performance is extremely responsive, employing a clever dynamic compression algorithm. On a typical Wi-Fi network, mouse cursor refreshes are indistinguishable from a wired mouse.
Air Display works in both landscape and portrait configurations. Just rotate your screen, and it automatically reconfigures.
Air Display makes a laptop much more useful. Adding the iPad's 1024×768 display nearly doubles the screen area of a netbook or laptop.
Air Display (iOS) lets you position your iPad next to your computer, drag windows onto it, and interact with those windows as you would on any other computer display.
Air Display's performance is extremely responsive, employing a clever dynamic compression algorithm. On a typical Wi-Fi network, mouse cursor refreshes are indistinguishable from a wired mouse.
Air Display works in both landscape and portrait configurations. Just rotate your screen, and it automatically reconfigures.
Air Display makes a laptop much more useful. Adding the iPad's 1024×768 display nearly doubles the screen area of a netbook or laptop.
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Jetfiredx reviewed on 03 Apr 2012
- Much better performance than VNC. The frame rate even using the retina support1 is smooth enough to pan and zoom around a scene in Blender giving me a nice (and cheap!) tool to get a better way to experience my creations.
- Easy to setup and connect. It really couldn't be much simpler once the apps are installed than selecting your device from the menu to connect to.
- More than mirroring. Because the device is seen by the OS as a second monitor I can keep my system set to its normal resolution with my main application windows open and have just the one window I need placed on the iPhone's screen for viewing. (And when you drag a window onto the iPhone's screen and see what Mac OS looks like at that high of DPI the idea of a MacBook with a retina display is a bit mind blowing.)
I haven't messed with the touch input yet so I can't comment on its usefulness or responsiveness. However the virtual keyboard (including ALT, CTRL, CMD, etc...) was very responsive but is exhibiting a bug with sending two chars for each key press. (Press 'e' and get 'ee' on the Mac...) But this brings me to another point and that is that the developer is very responsive to comments and feedback on the site forums and is obviously interested in making this a tool to do what users need from it.
For the price and the features I am really happy with it. I know my use is a special case but if you need some more screen space that you aren't going to be gaming on how can you go wrong for $9.99?
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