There's a few other apps that I've looked at, but all have similar possible faults. So if there's actually any info going to Google from the RDP, that's a turn-off to me. If I used Google for all 3, then Google has a more complete profile of me which is much more "dangerous" than 3 separate, smaller, non-aggregated profiles. using Bing for Search, iCal for Calendar and Gmail for email spreads my info across 3 large companies that don't talk to each other. In any event, I've become an anti-Googlist over the last year due to privacy concerns and I go out of my way to avoid using Google and spread my personal information over other sources since it's aggregation of personal information that is the problem.
I'm not sure if they can see every packet or if the Google Talk protocol is just used to identify the IP address at initial connection. I've lost a lot of faith in Google since the Reader situation and anything that uses Google as a backend is suspect to me.Ĭ) Presumably Google will then know *something* about my RDP activities. Internet sometimes goes out on me and that shouldn't impact my ability to RDP over the same network.ī) Presumably if Google decides to pull a "Google Reader" then my $25 app becomes worthless.
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Since 99% of my usage is while I'm home, and my Mac Mini and iPad are on the same network, I should easily be able to control the Mini without an internet connection. My problem with using Google Talk to connect is:Ī) Presumably if I don't have internet, I can't connect. I haven't fully researched all apps, but it appears that a lot of them are actually using this protocol to connect so perhaps it's not limited to this app.
Unfortunately it uses "Google Talk" as the connection mechanism. They have regular, consistent updates which is great. "iTeleport" at $25 is the most expensive app. At that price, I like to see small updates every month to show me that the $15 is actually going to constant improvement. For a $15 app, I'd hate to think they are going to stop updating it. Unfortunately it hasn't been updated since November. "Jump Desktop" is highly rated at 4.5+ stars. Unfortunately it's rated 3.5 stars out of 5 and for a $10 app, I find that an unacceptable risk that the app might suck. "Screens" is an app that a lot of people on Ars like and have recommended. I'm obviously going to have to compromise on one or more to buy something, and am just listing those "negatives" to explain why my decision has been so hard in the past. The biggest turnoffs and problems to me historically have been price, user ratings, lack of consistent updates, subscription models, and use of Google Talk to connect. I'm going by the "if you build it them will come" philosophy where I will probably find new workflows and uses if I got one that worked.
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With an RDP app, theoretically I could fairly easily have made the change from my iPad remotely and emailed the PDF off. I could have actually used something like this recently when a coworker asked me to make a one-word change to a document that requires a special Mac program and then compile to PDF. I don't currently have that need, but in the future I might. I like the idea that I can use the heavy duty apps to control computers remotely for work purposes.
I've thought about getting an iPad control app so that when I'm too lazy to walk 10 feet to get the MBP, I can use the iPad. I use my MBP with Screen Sharing and it works perfectly.
My primary use is to control the headless Mini in my home, while I'm home, to control media. It's not a "need" but more of a "nice-to-have" and I want to finally pick one, regardless of price, and get it off my brain once and for good. I've been in the market for a VNC/RDP type app on my iPad for a while and everytime I start researching I get frustrated and give up.
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