![]() If you have a jailbroken iPhone, iPad, iPad mini, or iPhone 5, then there is another App on Cydia also called AirServer. The ability to display several iOS devices at the same time, and stream their contents in real time is a great feature that even a real Apple TV doesn't have. If you have a movie on your iPhone 5, and you want to show it on your Mac bigger screen, and you don't have an Apple TV, then AirServer is the solution. It is pretty impressive.ĪirServer is probably the coolest application for your Mac after OSX mountain Lion. You can play audio from each iOS device independently, and in real time at the same time from all devices with almost no lag. The picture below shows two iPad mini, an iPhone 5, and an iPhone 4S all mirrored at the same time on my iMac desktop. You can mirror as many iOS devices as you want on your iMac. If you double click on the iPhone window on your Mac, you will go to the full screen mode. However, you can only view your iPhone screen, you can't control the iPhone from this window. ![]() You can then move this iPhone 5 mirrored window anywhere on your desktop, and you can resize it just like any OSX window. If you turn on the Mirroring button just like an Apple TV, your iPhone 5 will be mirrored on your iMac desktop as shown in the picture below. ![]() If you want to listen to the audio from your iPhone on your iMac, you would simply select the speaker button. You will see a monitor icon indicating mirroring, and another speaker icon indicating audio only. However, when Air Server is installed on your iMac, the iMac will also be shown as an available Apple TV in the list. When you double click your home button on your iPhone, and tap the AirPlay button, you would usually get any Apple TV's found in your wifi network. Just like an Apple TV, you can either output your audio from your iPhone 5 to your Mac, or you can choose to mirror your iPhone display on your Mac computer. However, I find it to be identical in performance to a real Apple TV. You can select to have AirServer to launch on startup.Īlso, the quality and the speed of your stream from your iPhone or iPad will depend on your wifi speed. Once it is installed, it will show up on your Mac menu. Your Mac will act as an Apple TV, and once you tap the AirPlay button on your iPhone 5, iPad, or any iOS device, the Mac computer will show up as a target as if it was an Apple TV.ĪirServer cost $10, and is worth every penny. It fills that gap giving you the ability to mirror your iPhone or iPad to your Mac. So with those great features and devices, you can stream or mirror your contents from your iOS device to your HDTV, but what if you want to stream or mirror your contents from your iPhone to your Apple computer? The Apple TV allows you to display your contents from any of your iOS devices to your HDTV using a feature called AirPlay.ĪirPlay is available on iOS starting with iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad 2, iPad 3, the New iPad 4, iPad mini, iPod touch, and finally on OSX Mountain Lion. One feature that you must have if you have multiple Apple devices such as an iPad, iPhone, and a Mac computer is an additional Apple TV unit. As you might know, AirPlay and the Apple TV are one of the most admirable features of the iOS and Apple ecosystem. AirServer is an OSX application that converts your Apple computer into an Apple TV.
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