![]() Apple’s new M1 processor is much faster than the low-power Intel processors in previous MacBook Airs, and its battery life is so good that you should almost never need to charge it during the day if you don’t want to. Screens 4 is a free upgrade on the App Store for existing users and $19.99 for new users.We recommend the basic $1,000 version of the MacBook Air, which has enough speed, memory, and storage for most day-to-day computer tasks. If you have ever wished you could interact with your Mac when you’re not home, or without getting off the couch, you won’t go wrong with Screens. ![]() With each succeeding release, Screens has smoothed the bumps out of both setup and interacting with a remote computer. Whether you are administering a Mac mini server thousands of miles from your home like Federico used to do, or helping a relative troubleshoot a problem on their home computer, Screens can handle the task. The action toolbar will appear and the options that are active will be highlighted and the inactive ones greyed out. Tap the action button in the lower right hand corner of an active screen. Screens also has a redesigned action toolbar to make it easier to tell which options have been activated. Entering Split View does, however, cut off the shortcut bar along the bottom of Screens, due to a bug in iOS that Apple will hopefully fix with iOS 10. Screens supports Split View on the iPad, which is handy when you are using Screens to refer to information on a Mac while you work on an iOS device, or copying things like text or images from your remote Mac and then pasting them into an iOS app with Screens’ clipboard sharing feature. You can organize saved screens into Groups and view them in Split View on iPads that support it. Once you’re logged into your remote Mac, you can enable Curtain Mode to prevent anyone who may be physically near your remote Mac from seeing what is on its screen while you are remotely connected. One of my favorite new features of Screens is that when you are presented with the login screen, you can long press the action button and Screens will auto-populate your password on your Mac and hit the return key for you, eliminating the need to type your login credentials on your iPhone or iPad. When you connect to a Mac using screen sharing, it requires you to type in your login password. Screens 4 is full of smart refinements that make it easier to use than ever. Once you install Screens Connect, set up a free account, and log in, connecting to your Mac with Screens is just as easy as if you were on the same network. The only difference is the one-time setup of Screens Connect, a System Preferences plugin that you need to install on each Mac to which you want to connect. I tap the plus button in Screens’ main view and choose the Mac I want to connect to from the list of computers it detects on the network.Ĭonnecting remotely when I’m not on my home network is nearly as simple. If I’m at home and my iPhone or iPad are on the same network as the Macs, making a connection is quick and simple. Screens makes it easy to deal with both Macs. It’s also my job to keep the iMac updated and to solve problems regardless of whether I’m home. I don’t often connect the mini to a screen. We also have a family iMac that’s primarily used by my kids. I have an old Mac mini for running scripts and other automated tasks that’s in my basement running headless. ![]() That’s as true today as it was in 2010, but with today’s release of Screens 4, connecting remotely to Macs, Windows PCs, and Linux PCs from an iOS device has never been more convenient and fast. Screens by Edovia has become the best VNC app I’ve ever run on my iPhone and iPad. Longtime readers of MacStories will know that Screens has been a favorite from the earliest days of the site when Federico declared that: Screens for iOS is a great example of an iOS app that has been at the top of its category for years and stayed there by not standing still.
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