Usually, an iOS device shows up as a camera within Windows so you are very limited using just Windows built-in programs. This is one of the advantages over using iTunes since I would always have to transfer all of the photos over and using a Mac, it’s actually quite hard to transfer photos across from a Mac to an iOS device. I found when transferring across photos, the photos are stored within the camera roll of the iPad. Within the app, The iPad didn’t show up with the correct icon and used the icon of an what seemed like an iPhone 6 or 6S. I was required to trust the computer since these 2 devices had never been connected before. I first connected my iPad Air 2 to test out the functionality. It just doesn’t feel very Apple at all and they are slacking in their software which is one of the main reasons why people get Apple devices. It just feels like this version of iTunes has the same interface that Mac did many years ago. I had forgotten how bad the interface on Windows was for iTunes after becoming accustomed to iTunes on the Mac for the last 5 years. Therefore, you will have to factor in the size of iTunes within your overall software package especially if you are on a limited internet connection or have limited hard drive storage. So, once I installed iTunes on my Windows PC, I then opened the program up once again. When I installed MobiMover, I found that it actually requires you to have iTunes downloaded which is very confusing since it is pitching itself as an alternative to iTunes for the backup and sync features that it offers. I did find some of the English and grammar used on their site being questionable however this shouldn’t be too much of an issue since its unlikely you will be on the site for a long time. The website has a live chat allowing users that have paid for the pro service to get technical support so this will be much better than waiting on a phone tree, this is also where you would ask about pre-purchase questions. However, if you do need this technical support then it’s always available. I personally don’t know how many people will go for this as the target audience is the tech-savvy bunch so won’t really need this. You can purchase a “Pro” version of the freeware which realistically is more of a technical service as the only benefits that can be seen on the chart online are the lifetime upgrades of the program alongside technical support. Then I guess the main selling feature of this free piece of software is the fact that you can customise which files you are transferring across since I always install these programs and take so many photos which I need to urgently go through and purge so this gives me a chance to do so. The iPads supported are the iPad Mini 2 and newer, alongside the iPad Air and newer. As for the iPhone side, the 4S or newer should be covered. The minimum specs for your Windows computer are that it must be running Windows 7 or newer, this means if you bought your computer in the last 9 years or so, you should be covered. The software also allows you to just use your Windows PC as an interface to clone to a new device, I feel this feature may be redundant with the new Quick Start available on devices running iOS 11 which does this all wirelessly so adding extra steps for connecting the 2 devices to a computer and then transferring data doesn’t benefit consumers whatsoever. Whilst MobiMover allows you to export more specific files and folders as well as allowing you to specify where you would like to store these which is handy if you wanted to save your photos or files from your device on cloud storage or on an external drive. iTunes also does this but instead of copying across files individually, it just copies the entire device. MobiMover 3.0 is 34.1MB in size when downloaded so not a huge file overall.ĮaseUS has allowed for the program to be able to create a backup of your iOS device onto your PC. Therefore, the link we will be attaching will be from the US site. The program is for some reason only available on the US site for now as the UK one completely lacks the data transfer set of programs. Thanks for EaseUS for allowing us to bring you content on their software however they have had no influence in the review. EaseUS has brought out a completely free software to tackle this. Transferring data from a Mac to an iOS device has always been much easier than the transfer between iOS and a Windows computer.
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