iPad 2 To PC With Only A Few Taps Of Your Touch Screen.
Many apps explore how an iPad could be used as a portal into and onto other computer platforms. LogMeln Ignition remote access software gives iPad that ability. I found LogMeln’s tag line “One touch access to all of your information,” to be almost spot on. After proper setup I was/am able to remotely access my computers with just two touches. Sending a tweet was my first test of the LogMeln interface. My first order of business was to send a tweet from my laptop using LogMein Ignition on my iPad. Though not an incredibly useful function on its own, it demonstrated the relative ease of using the remote solution. All in all, using the software is quite intuitive. I took to operating my Mac via my iPad quite quickly. I attribute any awkwardness, to the fact I was using a touch device to control an operating system and applications that were designed to be used with a mouse and physical keyboard.
One of the toughest tests for remote access software is system level administration of the target computer. My testing included the remote installation of software and remote rebooting/starting of the computer. Both tasks were amazing simple to accomplish using LogMeln. As long as you remember to set the target computer to auto login prior to restarting it, you will be able to log back into the remote machine once the restart has completed.
LogMeln Remote Restart
After testing the software I can honestly say that LogMeln Ignition for iPad runs solid and smooth. I did experience a pretty big bump in the road when I made changes to screen resolution while logged into my laptop. I learned the hard way that the resolution setting was for the target computer and not for the iPad app. The change messed up every window of every application on my Mac and it took quite a bit of work to put everything back the way I wanted it.
The only other minor bump came at the beginning of my journey when I was trying to get modifier keys like command and control to work. When I installed the LogMeln software on my Mac, it’s default keyboard mapping was set to PC. Not only was this a bit odd, but the solution was also less than intuitive. The resolution requires the Mac user to open LogMeln on the Mac, navigate to Options, open Preferences and ultimately select Alt=Command, Windows=Alt from the keyboard mapping menu… not at all Mac like.
In Conclusion, I am sure many iPad users will cringe at the high price tag. For the system administrator who remotely manages computers, it’s certainly well worth it. For me, it means I don’t need to purchase monitors for my Mac Mini servers. For the business traveller who left their presentation at home, it may save a customer.
Once you figure out how you would use LogMeln Ignition for iPad, you might find it well worth the price.
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