Filed under: Developer, Found Footage, iPhone
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.
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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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sylg said 4:53PM on 12-05-2009
look pretty neat ! spotlight feature seem cool. can't wait to try it out. especially since i always forget/lost usb key.
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FortNinety said 5:02PM on 12-05-2009
Seems almost too good to be true!
My only gripe is the name. Dear God is it awful.
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Bionic Cat said 5:52PM on 12-05-2009
Looks nifty, but also doesn't look much different, functionally speaking, from FarFinder, which has been around for some time, has a web interface for accessing files wherever you are, as well as from your iPhone with a native app, all of which work well. Worth a look for those who are interested: http://flyingmac.com/farfinder/
Cheers,
Stephen
Xof said 6:43PM on 12-05-2009
Exactly was I was going to say... I've been using FarFinder for a while and LOVE it!
DJFriar said 12:19AM on 12-07-2009
I'm also confused how this differs from FarFinder, which I use daily.
maraklov said 6:05PM on 12-05-2009
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.
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julian said 7:12PM on 12-05-2009
agree with you.
back to my mac on the iphone would be awesome.
Zeph said 10:17PM on 12-05-2009
Discover already does this, albeit not as elegantly or as robustly. But it's available for free now on the App Store.
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Lars said 8:48AM on 12-06-2009
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?
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Tom said 11:17AM on 12-06-2009
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' :-)
Shaun said 4:32AM on 12-07-2009
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.
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jonas.helland said 7:34AM on 12-07-2009
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.
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arne said 4:50AM on 12-08-2009
whats that music in the clip? thanks!
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