This article written speaks on how a person can use Windows Desktop Applications on his iPad. Even though a lots of other articles have been written on it but this article is unique as it uses Parallels Access to bring the Windows Apps to be used on your iPad.
Thanks to the huge collection of apps from Apple's App Store an iPad can do most of what average computer users want to do. But sometimes there's a special Windows PC program that does something not possible on an iPad.
The newly updated Parallels Access lets users run specialized piece Windows software from an iPad, iPad mini or iPhone. The program stays on the Windows PC, which runs the Parallels Access client. The user controls the PC to run the special application while away from the computer.
Parallels Access lets iPad users control their Windows desktop apps.
Take a look at our other uses for Parallels Access including .
To get started, sign up for an account with Parallels. This is the company that produces Parallels Desktop, the software that runs Windows, or other operating systems, on a Mac. Parallels Access costs $19.99/year with a one month free trial.
The subscriber installs the Windows PC client app on up to five computers. It also works on a Mac. You can also install an iOS or Android app on an unlimited number of tablets or smartphones. The service also works with Parallels Desktop, so users can run programs installed inside a virtual version of OSX or Windows running inside Parallels Desktop, which loads on the Mac.
Parallels Access presents the software installed on the computer like they're iPad apps, with their icons in the same iOS-style grid.
Here's the company's demo video that shows using Parallels Access on an iPad controlling Mac programs. It works the same way with Windows.
Download the client software for the Windows PC and run it.
Get the Windows client software from Parallels after signing up for the account. Install it, log into the program, and set it to always run. Do this from within the Parallels Access client running on Windows by clicking on the Advanced tab (see below).
We recommend selecting Log in automatically. and Start Parallels Access when I log in to Windows.
Get the free Parallels Access app from the iPad App Store. Log in and the app will show the computers set up in the previous step.
The main window shows all computers running the Parallels Access client software.
Tap on the computer running the app you want to control on the iPad and it will connect, so long as the computer is running the client software and is connected to the Internet. A grid of icons will show up that. It looks a lot like the iPad's home screen. Tap on a program icon to run it.
Parallels Access shows a grid of software icons that looks like the iPad home screen.
The app lets users add or remove program icons to the app's home screen. Tap on Edit in the upper right corner.
Edit the programs that show up on the home screen by tapping Edit in the upper right.
Go through the list and tap on the slider icon to change which programs show up in the Parallels Access main screen. A program icon will show up if the slider looks red. Tap to turn programs on or off and then tap on Done in the upper right corner of the dialog box. The Add button only adds programs, while Edit lets users both add and remove.
Tap on the Files button in the upper left to see the files on the remote Windows PC.
Parallels Access also lets users access the files on the Windows computer. Tap on the Files button in the upper left corner of Parallels Access home screen. A simple file explorer shows up with folders and drives listed along the right, and the files and folders in each folder or drive showing on the right, just like Finder on a Mac or Explorer on Windows.
To manipulate the files on the Windows computer tap on the Edit button in the upper right. A menu appears along the left. Tap a file to select it and then use the menu to .
Parallels Access users can move files around, and even edit them, by using the Open with command.
Here's some of the best use case scenarios for Parallels Access.
If $20/year seems like too much for this app, consider the free Teamviewer, which non-business users for can install and run for free. LogMeIn now charges more than Parallels Access. Neither of these solutions present the programs installed on the computer in the nice layout that mimics the iPad user-interface. This simplicity and elegance makes the programs low price a good value. Now if only they'd make a ChromeOS version of the client software.
Written by:
Anubhav Sachan
www.anubhavsachan.tk