Gorgeous iPad screen of 9.7 inches is very pleasant to work, but not all tasks can be solved with the help of this gadget. We have to turn to bulky (yes ...) devices on the similarity of Mac Book or iMac. But this does not mean that the iPad at this time will have a rest, or fall into the hands of his younger brother, son or daughter. Use the "pill" as an additional screen with a utility Air Display.
The application consists of two parts, an applet from the AppStore and set a pkg file that includes the settings panel, the video driver and uninstaller (2.7 MB). Driver installation will require a reboot Mac OS. Windows users can smoke on the sidelines and be nervous over nothing, version panes appear after a while. It only remains to add that the development of Air Display is engaged Avatron Software, best known for the program Air Sharing.
After installing the required component should go to "System Preferences" and select the iPad, which It will be used as a virtual screen, while at planshetnike must be running Air Display. The application has Russification, the control panel has a competent explanation of options used in Cyrillic.
The connection is through a wireless network. Alas, with some delay, that a bit annoying. Adding objects to the iPad screen by dragging any edge area the desktop, depending on the settings specified in "Monitor" System Preferences. When you are finished with the Air Display, to reconnect the user would have to open the "System again Settings "and select your iPad among the discovered devices, which can be considered a fairly serious shortcoming.
Unfortunately, WiFi bandwidth brings about changes in the work of the sub-screen, despite the fact that the image is not less than clearer than Apple Cinema, friezes (jerking) when moving windows are highly visible, despite the use of dynamic algorithms compression. For active manipulation of objects or viewing videos this solution is not appropriate, at least until the quality control function, used for example in the Remote Desktop.
Scope Air Display lies in the plane of display various additional menu. For example, it is quite convenient to bring to the small screen Adium contact list or move to the iPad panel Adjustments, editing photos in Aperture, the list goes on an inspector in the Pages window or download the file in Safari. Space does not happen a lot, in addition to all the windows on the second screen, you can communicate via the touch screen. The truth is lurking another serious drawback, after reconnecting, you may well lose CoverSutra window or ICQ client, as a function of "remembering" the situation there.
For a small number of settings and existing shortcomings, the price somewhat high on the application. Air Display is currently an interesting toy, which has nothing to do with the serious work.
application page in the AppStore (9.99 $)