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A quick demo of Air Display

Posted: October 31st, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Everyday Apps | Tags: , , | 25 Comments »


www.macformat.co.uk Air Display is a new app for the iPad that lets you use the iPad’s screen as an extended desktop for your Mac. (Windows support is coming, but it’s Mac-only as we shot this.) Watch the video for a quick demo and our first impressions! (Oh, and as the commenters below pointed out, we completely forgot to mention the fact that the iPad’s touchscreen is active, so you can drag your Mac windows around on the iPad with your finger! It can be tricky to get the accuracy right for such small interface elements as, say, the close icon at the top left of a window, but it’s not impossible.)

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25 Comments on “A quick demo of Air Display”

  1. 1 simon762321 said at 6:19 am on October 31st, 2011:

    Fucking Adds – Fuck Chev

  2. 2 kitlarson said at 6:25 am on October 31st, 2011:

    can u use the touch screen on the ipad while in that mode?

  3. 3 Killer91109 said at 6:37 am on October 31st, 2011:

    Okay, so I just bought this app but have NO CLUE on how to set it up for PC. I followed the instructions on-screen but I connect to my device, and nothing happens.

  4. 4 arwerbed said at 7:16 am on October 31st, 2011:

    This is an amazing app!! I just discovered it!

  5. 5 TheCireMC said at 7:55 am on October 31st, 2011:

    @headrc Yes, you can. At least that what i have read in reviews

  6. 6 headrc said at 8:18 am on October 31st, 2011:

    Could you use this with a Mac Pro with two displays on the Mac Pro …meaning the Ipad would be a third display?

  7. 7 kcn0113 said at 8:39 am on October 31st, 2011:

    Your accent is awesome!!!

  8. 8 SkinTheSunFallAsleep said at 9:29 am on October 31st, 2011:

    @MacFormatUK it works according to the router? uhh well it says that you need to plug it in for the thing to recognize the ipad lol

  9. 9 pinoyALLmotorEVOIXMR said at 10:22 am on October 31st, 2011:

    @mathieuemi666 I was thinking of getting the desktop ones. Even though they’re more compact than…those “other” computers…, I live in apartment and they’re really not that portable :/ thought they are compact. Someday when we move to a bigger apartment or a house I’ll take your advice. I used the desktop back in High School in media using Final Cut Pro. It’s amazing.

  10. 10 mathieuemi666 said at 10:34 am on October 31st, 2011:

    @pinoyALLmotorEVOIXMR You’d better look at Apple website for this.
    The regular (most affordable Mac) MacBook (white) are made of plastic and Pro are made of one piece of aluminium. They use processor a bit faster but you won’t notice in normal usage. For perfomance, look at desktop computers (iMac, MacPro) or expensive options on 15” and larger screen MBP

  11. 11 mathieuemi666 said at 10:55 am on October 31st, 2011:

    Too bad we can’t use it with USB (probably Apple fault)
    Wireless connection means instability, it will be slow, battery won’t least a long time, but that’s a good “backup” idea/replacement for a second screen I think, or multi screen on the go!
    And below 20” displays are very cheap these days.

  12. 12 dk215 said at 11:18 am on October 31st, 2011:

    @MacFormatUK Why a router? Doesn’t it work just between two AirPort devices w/o a router?

  13. 13 ergerq said at 11:30 am on October 31st, 2011:

    @rhrossiter this is NOT the app you’ll want, this is in between mac and ipad, to display your ipad stuff on your HDTV you’ll want an apple TV, and the latest ios installed on your ipad. once u’ve installed the latest ios, it will do the rest itself, when watching a video, watching images, listening to a song, an icon will appear on the screen and you can select, it will probably say Ipad and apple TV, select Apple TV and the images, video or audio vill appear on your TV. this is called airplay

  14. 14 cjracer1000 said at 11:44 am on October 31st, 2011:

    @pinoyALLmotorEVOIXMR Oh yeah dude no problem!

  15. 15 pinoyALLmotorEVOIXMR said at 12:05 pm on October 31st, 2011:

    @cjracer1000 oooh alright I’ll swing by the Apple store. It comes with smaller ones too it comes in 3 different sizes I think. But the white one is only one size. That’s true it might perform better and faster but thanks dude for the infos

  16. 16 cjracer1000 said at 1:05 pm on October 31st, 2011:

    @pinoyALLmotorEVOIXMR I’m not 100% sure, but you can check apple’s website for more info! All I know is that the macbook pro comes in larger sizes( I think) and it has a better processor, video card, and (maybe) a higher resolution screen.

  17. 17 pinoyALLmotorEVOIXMR said at 1:53 pm on October 31st, 2011:

    @cjracer1000 yeah I have a Mac…it’s the white one. What’s the difference between MacBook Pro and this regular Mac anyways? (sorry I’m new at it and lovin it)

  18. 18 cjracer1000 said at 2:51 pm on October 31st, 2011:

    @pinoyALLmotorEVOIXMR No problem! Pros are overpowered anyways. If you have a mac, you’re not going to be using all of the power.

  19. 19 pinoyALLmotorEVOIXMR said at 2:57 pm on October 31st, 2011:

    @cjracer1000 sweet!! thanks dude. I always feel down thinking MacBook Pros have more advantage than ordinary MacBook

  20. 20 cjracer1000 said at 3:32 pm on October 31st, 2011:

    @pinoyALLmotorEVOIXMR Mac, PC, and linux. Any Mac!

  21. 21 pinoyALLmotorEVOIXMR said at 4:26 pm on October 31st, 2011:

    it only works for Pros or any MacBook?

  22. 22 rhrossiter said at 5:03 pm on October 31st, 2011:

    @ergerq Help! I need this to work between a large HDTV monitor and my ipad, will this do it? I want to be able use teh ipad to show others on a monitor how to do things on video. Is this the app?

  23. 23 ilovefishers said at 5:13 pm on October 31st, 2011:

    it works on my iphone 2g and iphone 4 VERY NICE! cant wait for my ipad!

  24. 24 7u6e said at 5:36 pm on October 31st, 2011:

    Applе suсks, information 100%

  25. 25 7u6e said at 6:13 pm on October 31st, 2011:

    Apple sucks, information 100%

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