You’ll gain access to Microsoft’s apps on your laptop, iPhone and iPad, as well as a limited number of licenses you can pass along to other members of your family. My take is that a subscription is a good investment.
Microsoft offers a 30-day Office 365 trial period, with access to the apps’ full capabilities. However, if you want to create new projects or edit files on the go using the apps, an Office 365 subscription is required. The iOS versions of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel are all free to download and can be used to view any compatible documents, slideshows or spreadsheets.
Remember when we talked about Microsoft Office? It’s not just for your Windows 10 PC-a whole suite of the company’s apps are available to download from the iTunes App Store. Best of all, just like on MacOS, iTunes for Windows is free.
With the app on your computer, you’ll be able to keep up with all of your TV season passes, and enjoy your Apple Music subscription as well as all of the movie rentals and podcasts that iTunes has to offer. But once you get past this, it’s smooth sailing…as much as it ever is with iTunes. The File and Edit menus are located in the app window instead of in a menu bar at the top of your screen, for example. While the app looks pretty much the same on Windows as it does in MacOS, recent Apple escapees may discover some UI differences that will give them pause. After transferring all the music, videos and podcasts you’ve downloaded from the iTunes Store during your years as a Mac user to your new laptop, you’ll be able to enjoy it all on your Windows 10 PC or transfer it to your iPad, iPhone or iPod. Instead, use iTunes for Windows to store and shuttle content from your computer to your iOS devices. You could just download all of your music, movies and apps over Wi-Fi, but that eats up the gigabytes available for use on most monthly broadband plans faster than poop moves through a goose. ITunes for Windows is free to download, making it a great way to keep all of your music, videos and apps in sync-just like it used to on your Mac. Here’s a screenshot of my iPad monitor setup using the RocketFish stand and running Firefox from my iPad.ITunes for Windows keeps you in sync Seamus Bellamy/IDG You now have the choice to control exclusively from the iPad or share from the main PC. Note: You should see this display mirrored on your iPad as well.
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iSSH is sophisticated terminal software that is capable of SSH and support VNC connections. The app I’ve been running for years now is iSSH. I haven’t researched extensively but I believe there are a number of solutions. An iPad running some VNC-capable software.I don’t really have a preference on VNC software, but you can check out RealVNC ( ) A computer (PC, Linux, or MAC) with some VNC server installed and a VNC viewer.What is a virtual monitor? Through the magic of VNC i can actually use all of my apps on my main Linux PC and at the same time add touch screen support! What do you need? It turns out this is possible AND very easy! Rather than invest in a 2nd monitor right now, I thought it would be pretty slick to use my iPad as a second “virtual” monitor. I use Ubuntu and natively use virtual workspaces, but still doesn’t give me the screen real estate that a 2nd monitor provides.
I’ve also used a handful of virtual desktop applications that let you create multiple desktops to organize apps into different windows, and have even experimented with Synergy.įor whatever reason, at home I’ve been primarily sticking with a single monitor.
I’ve usually done this using my 21″ monitor as the main screen, and my laptop display as the secondary. At various times, I’ve used multiple monitors at work to increase productivity. This is a quick blog post, but a very nifty trick.