Reflector App Mirrors Your iDevice on your Mac or PC

As I began to build my blog I wanted to find a way to capture videos of my apps in use rather than limiting myself to only taking still screen shots on my iPad. I searched all over the web for an app that would allow me to capture video of my iPad in action and the only thing I kept find was instructions for jailbreaking my iPad. Not wanting to jailbreak my iPad I stumbled upon another option and that option is called the Reflector App.

Reflector App does not work with every iDevice so make sure your device meets the following requirements.

Requirements:

Reflector App lets you mirror your iDevice on your Mac or PC!

• An iPad 2 or later, running iOS 5 or later.
• If you want to mirror to Apple TV: An 2nd gen or 3rd gen Apple TV running software version 5 or later.
• If you want to mirror to a Mac: OS X Mountain Lion, a supported Mac, and an app to support mirroring.. Supported Macs are
• iMac (Mid 2011 or newer)
• Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer)
• MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer)
• MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer)
• Windows XP or greater operating system

The Reflector App allows you to view your iPad on your Mac or PC over WiFi as well as record your screen to create videos. Reflector App does have a free time trial, $12.99 for a full licence for one computer or you can purchase a Multi-Licence for up to 5 computers for $54.99. Reflector App can mirror your one or more iDevices on your Mac or PC screen allowing the user to create demos, do side-by-side comparisons or allow students to display their work on a computer screen or projector at the same time. You may be limited to the number of devices you can connect at once depending on the specs of your computer's CPU and the more devices you add the slower it will run.

The newer MacBooks and iPad can utilize AirPlay, a application that allows you to mirror your iPad to your television using Apple TV, but it only works if you have the Apple TV device. Some very rigid firewalls can block Apple TV, but Reflector App has still worked for me in those situations. Within the Reflector App program you can do some minor tweaking including the following. You can 1) Adjust the size of your iPad on your screen, 2) change the design of your iPad on your monitor to look like a black or white iPad or iPad Mini, 3) record your computer screen, 4) adjust the iPad's orientation on the screen, etc.

Reflector App is great for educators, graphic designers and programs who what to show a larger audience how an app functions on their iDevice. Just hook your computer up to a large television or projector will allow you to show your iPad screen to a large group of people.

The Pros and Cons of Reflector App for the Mac and PC...

Pros

Reflector App mirrors your iDevice without needing Apple TV!

1. Being able to share you iPad's screen with a larger audience for demonstration purposes makes Reflector App a very powerful educational and marketing tool.
2. Having the ability to record what you are doing on the iPad allows you to make iPad videos to create "How To" videos for students or clients (Reflector App is also great for someone who wants to make YouTube videos show his/her iPad in action).
3. The low cost and no yearly fees to use the application makes Reflector App incredibly good deal.

Cons

1. As of right now Reflector App does not have the capability to record audio so if you are making a "How To" video you will have to use another application to lay an audio track over your video recording.

Over all Reflector App does a great job of bringing your iPad screen to a much larger audience and unless you are willing to jailbreak your iPad it is the only game in town right now.

I give the Reflector App for the Mac and PC...

4 out of 5 stars for not having a audio recording option.