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The most powerful way to view your documents on the go

Air Sharing for iPad

by Avatron Software, Inc.
Removed from the App Store

Air Sharing HD has all of the great connectivity features of GoodReader with the added benefit of a very Mac Finder-like user interface. It does not support VGA output but has its own killer feature: printing to any shared printer on your local Wi-Fi network. It was a very difficult decision not to recommend Air Sharing HD as Essential. Two areas that made up my mind were the relatively expensive price tag and difficulty connecting to FTP servers.

What is it about?

The most powerful way to view your documents on the go.

App Details

Version
3.5
Rating
(90)
Size
18Mb
Genre
Productivity Business
Last updated
April 3, 2010
Release date
April 3, 2010
More info

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App Store Description

The most powerful way to view your documents on the go.

—IMPORTANT NOTE—
This app runs only on the iPad. Want to run Air Sharing on your iPhone or iPod touch as well? Check out our new Universal edition, simply called Air Sharing.

"Air Sharing is one of our favorite iPhone apps, and it only gets better on the iPad's roomier screen. It lets you wirelessly mount your iPad as a drive on your computer so you can load it up with files. You can then view, share or print everything from PDFs to Excel documents. For anyone complaining about the lack of a file system on the iPad, this gives you one.… Highly recommended." — Gizmodo

"The best app for general-purpose printing is Air Sharing HD." — PCMac.com

“The combination of interface, feature set, and ease of use make it a great iPad app.” — AppAdvice.com
"A dream come true for mobile workers" — Macworld
"Most Useful App" — 2008 Best App Ever Awards
"Editor's Choice" — PCMag.com
"App of the Week" — Apple Inc.
"A fantastic file storage app" — iPhone Alley
"Editor's Pick. Score: 10/10" — App Craver

—OVERVIEW OF FEATURES—

Create a wireless hard disk
View documents
Many file formats supported
Email documents
Connect to your computer
Mount remote file servers
View and download email attachments
Perform advanced file operations
Print documents
Share files with other users

—FEATURE DETAILS—

CREATE A WIRELESS HARD DISK
Mount your iPad as a wireless drive on a Mac, Windows, or Linux computer (on the same Wi-Fi network), or connect from any web browser
Drag-drop files between your computer and Air Sharing HD
Host a powerful web server with WebDAV (just like the iDisk)
No special software required on your computer (except on Windows XP, which requires free NetDrive app)
Security: local passcode, remote access password, optional Public folder

VIEW DOCUMENTS
Text editor for plain text documents
Folder popup for jumping back to previously viewed folders
Advanced auto-detection of text-file character encoding, using linguistic analysis
Advanced PDF features:
-- Table of Contents
-- page thumbnails
-- Search
Very large images
Slide show
Bookmarks
Music player with Playlist interface

MANY FILE FORMATS SUPPORTED
iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote)
Microsoft Office
Safari web archive
HTML web page
PDF (even password-protected and large documents)
Adobe Illustrator (saved as PDF Compatible)
RTF and RTFD
Plain text (many character encodings)
Source code, with color-coded formatting
Movies, Audio, and Images

CONNECT TO YOUR COMPUTER
Mac OS X: just turn on Remote Login
Linux: enable SSH
Windows: download free Core FTP desktop app
Mac OS X found automatically via Bonjour

MOUNT REMOTE FILE SERVERS
WebDAV:
Dropbox, iKeepInCloud, FilesAnywhere (WebAdvanced), MyDisk.se, CloudMe, other WebDAV servers
SSL security available
Select MobileMe iDisks from your Contacts
FTP
SSH (SFTP)
Automatic local cache

VIEW AND DOWNLOAD EMAIL ATTACHMENTS
Presets for Gmail, MobileMe, AOL, and Hotmail
POP3 and IMAP access for other mail servers

PERFORM FILE OPERATIONS
Move, Copy, Paste, Duplicate, Rename, Select All, Delete, New Folder

Zip and Unzip
Browse zip archives without unzipping
Print (via Mac OS X 10.5+ or Linux with Printer Sharing)
Email attachments
Save and Get images to and from Photos
Download from URL (copy link from Safari, paste into Air Sharing)

PRINT DOCUMENTS
No special desktop software required; just turn on Printer Sharing (requires Mac OS X 10.5+ or Linux)
Prints most viewable formats

SHARE FILES WITH OTHER USERS
Auto-detects Air Sharing on other devices

COMPATIBILITY
WebDAV: A Wi-Fi network, and Mac OS X 10.4+, Windows (XP, Vista, 7), Linux, or any web browser
Avatron Print feature: Mac OS X 10.5+ or Linux on network
Connecting to Windows over SFTP: Free desktop software (Core FTP) required

—SUPPORT—

Please visit avatron.com/support.

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