![]() I wish there was a way to trigger a single tap as the default command to navigate, as seen in most apps on the iOS platform. Whilst tapping on a folder will simply select it, double-tapping on it or hitting the blue arrow icon will navigate the filesystem. The workflow implemented by the developers in this browsing section is effortless and intuitive in the way it lets you create, delete and move items with a very few taps. I found the refresh button to come in handy when remotely browsing the Dropbox folder on my iMac, which was waiting for changes coming from my MacBook Pro. An action button in the upper right corner allows you to create a new folder, sort items, cancel your selection, and refresh. Clearly, LogMeIn set out to create a full-featured, yet lightweight, mobile Finder that retains most of the functionalities from the desktop. Along the bottom, a toolbar contains information such as available space and selected items, as well as buttons to open, copy, move, rename or delete a file. You can switch between the main screen, local files and remote computers at any time with a couple of taps.Īs you connect to a computer, LogMeIn will open your home folder (or root, I can’t really tell what’s the default initial path) and list all the folders inside it. Tapping on the file transfer icon opens a new page in LogMeIn – the interface here is very similar to how Safari displays pages on the iPad. While you can refer to Cody’s initial review to know more about how remote screen control works in LogMeIn, I’d like to focus on the new file transfer functionality. Once LogMeIn is up and running on the desktop (constantly communicating with the cloud to monitor your Mac’s status) and installed on your iOS device of choice (I use it more extensively on the iPad than the iPhone), all your available computers will be listed in the app’s main screen. Best of all, once you spend your 30 bucks to purchase LogMeIn Ignition in the App Store, screensharing and file transfer will be offered as free services with no need to buy an additional LogMeIn Pro subscription. Rather, I’ve been intrigued by LogMeIn “file transfer” option added in version 2.0, which aims at offering users a simple way to copy and move files across computers and iOS devices using LogMeIn’s desktop companion. Edovia’s elegant and simple solution to remotely connect to a Mac’s screen has incredibly useful, reliable and easy to configure for me, so I won’t switch over to LogMeIn as far as screensharing is concerned. It’s a matter of a personal preference, and you can read more in my Screens review. LogMeIn comes with VNC functionalities, but I will keep on using Screens for that. ![]() Recently, however, I decided to take LogMeIn Ignition for a spin, and I was surprised to find out the new features introduced in the latest update are exactly what I was looking for. That’s what Cody did, whilst I settled with Screens as my go-to app for displaying my Mac’s desktop on iOS devices. In fact, in spite of popular apps like Edovia Screens and iTeleport allowing users to remotely access their computers’ screens, thousands of users installed LogMeIn’s software for the iPhone (and later, iPad) on day one and never thought of going back to another app. Reviewed a couple of times in the past by our editor Cody Fink, LogMeIn Ignition for iOS has been around for a while in the App Store.
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