"Everything on your Mac now fits in your pocket."
iGet Mobile is a personal web server that allows you to access the contents of your Mac from wherever you happen to be.
It gives your Mac an easy-to-use web interface, and was designed specifically to work well on the iPhone. (It also works with other devices, including Windows PCs.)
Unlike a typical web server, which allows many people to access information in the form of web pages, iGet Mobile's built-in web server is designed for just one user: you. It isn't designed to serve web pages, but rather to host a personal web application that gives you an alternate interface for accessing all the stuff on your Mac.
Using this web-based interface, you can do things like:
- connect back to your Mac via the Internet
- browse all your Mac's files, folders, hard disks, and even network disks
- view files in the browser
- download items to your client device, optionally compressing them first
- have a file converted to a more standard file format, such as PDF, for compatibility
- convert a large image file to a smaller size, for quicker access
- have a file emailed to you or to anybody else, directly from your Mac back at home
The notion of having information exist "in the cloud" and be accessible everywhere, via the Internet, is a compelling one. With iGet Mobile, your Mac becomes your own personal "cloud" and you can access your personal archive of documents, images, and other files, wherever you happen to be.
The best way to see how all this fits together is with a real-world example, which is covered in the next section.