If you’re looking for a quick and simple way to get a complete backup of your device’s photos with a minimum of fuss, iDevice Manager does the job. We set it to download every photo and video from our device and it happily worked away until they were all present and correct on our PC’s hard drive. However, all this can be (just about) forgiven if you concentrate on what iDevice Manager actually does. The interface is ugly, unwieldy and doesn’t behave the way you’d expect it to. Launch iDevice Manager with your iOS device connected to a USB port on your PC, and you could be forgiven for thinking that you’ve taken a step back in time. iDevice Manager Review | bit.ly/idm455 I 4/5 Air Transfer takes all the fuss out of the process by providing a handy wireless ‘holding area’ for each device to send and receive files from the other. Getting files and photos from your iOS device to your PC should be a simple task, but iTunes makes it a chore. There’s also an in-app purchase of £1.99 but it isn’t particularly clear what this buys you. How it can be improved:Īir Transfer works beautifully but design-wise it’s a little rough around the edges and could do with some aesthetic attention to make it look the part. The service doesn’t do much else but – so what? The single biggest headache in managing an iPhone or iPad without iTunes is transferring files, and this simple, ingenious tool does it wirelessly and with aplomb. Uploading files to iOS devices works just as well: the files appear in the app automatically and, from there, you can tap the Share button to send the file to the appropriate app. If you select more than one, the files are zipped up and sent as a package to your downloads folder. From there, you can download it as you would any other file. The connection refreshes every 14 seconds, so if you export an image from your phone to the app, for example, it appears in the connected PC’s browser within seconds. You then just drag and drop files to it from your PC, or import items such as photos and videos from your iOS device. When you first load Air Transfer, the holding area is empty. Once you’ve got the Wi-Fi sorted out and have installed the app, simply type the IP address from the app into the address bar of a browser on your PC.Ī web page opens, creating a kind of synced holding area between the two devices. The only caveat is that your devices have to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network, but this is only a problem if your PC is connected to your router via an Ethernet cable. What could be a better replacement for iTunes and its bloated, resource- gobbling bulk than a service that you don’t even have to install on your PC? If all you want to do is transfer files back and forth between your PC and iOS device, this simple app is an absolute boon.
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