Found Footage: Here, File File! lets you access your Mac's files

When using your iPhone to access your files, you really have two options. First, some apps let you copy files to your phone for later viewing. In the second option, a service such as Dropbox or MobileMe allow you to access a subset of your files. However, none of these options cure I-completely-forgot-to-grab-the-sales-presentation-before-leaving-itis.

Here, File File! wants to make it incredibly easy for you to access any file from anywhere. By using a small application running on your Mac, HFF is able to do just that. The app provides user authentication and SSL encryption, as well as content-on-demand to prevent any eavesdropping on your file-access activities.

While the app isn't available yet, you can get a good idea of how it will work in the video above. In the video you can see how HFF will allow you to view all of your folders and connected volumes, as well as the files within them. This even includes the ability to stream movies and music. Furthermore, you can attach a file to an email and send it to someone else, or for particularly large files you can send a unique, randomly-generated download link via email.

According to the developers of Here, File File!, the app will be available in January for your downloading pleasure. Until then you can peep the video or sign up to be notified when HFF is released.

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Source: http://www.herefilefile.com/

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arne

whats that music in the clip? thanks!

December 08 2009 at 4:50 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jonas.helland

When you want to stream movie-files, I assume that they will have to be converted for iPhone beforehand. Does anyone know? Would be great if there was an app that were able to do the conversion on the fly. Shouldn't be that hard to make with a little help from ffmpeg.

December 07 2009 at 7:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Shaun Murray

You could also use Nokia's free Ovi Files service - http://files.ovi.com/

It works on any phone with a browser, Macs, PCs. It lets you store files online even if your Mac is switched off.

Nokia's Ovi services pretty much duplicate all of MobileMe but are entirely free.

Many routers have 'Wake on LAN' already. My Draytek Vigor 2800 does. I can log into the router's web page over the internet and tell it to wake up a computer on my home ethernet LAN. As long as you've set your Mac up to wake for network access as Tom wrote you're good to go.

December 07 2009 at 4:24 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Lars

One of the dark arts I never was able to master is how to wake up my sleeping Mac (behind a router but not even directly connected) so until I succeed in that, this would require my Mac to never sleep?

Hmm... Anyone have some tips or reading material specific to nudging a Mac from its slumber?

December 06 2009 at 8:48 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Tom

I also hate the fact that my mac must be awake for these kinds of features. Now, there is a solution with Snow Leopard: if you have MobileMe, you can register that account with your Airport or Time Capsule. Next, if you enable "Wake for network access" in your Energy Settings, it will do just that: awake when you need your mac.

It seems to work fine: both my home iMac and Time Capsule are visible when I am working on my MacBook Pro at work. I can access them perfectly using Back to my mac.

The requirements are very specific: recent mac hardware, mobileme, snow leopard and a mac router. But at least you can be 'green' :-)

December 06 2009 at 11:16 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Zeph

Discover already does this, albeit not as elegantly or as robustly. But it's available for free now on the App Store.

December 05 2009 at 10:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

maraklov

Looks so clean, Apple should think about buying these guys out and calling it "Back To My Mac" App. Definitely makes for a better name.

December 05 2009 at 5:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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julian

agree with you.
back to my mac on the iphone would be awesome.

December 05 2009 at 7:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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