Best FreeSoftware
30 27 Dec2019-7Jan 2020
ThelatestfreeprogramfromNirSoftis
ausefultoolthatusesMediaTransferProtocol
(MTP)tosearchforfilesinsideanymobile
device(smartphoneortablet)that’s
connectedtoyourPCviaUSB.
MobileFileSearchdoesn’trequireinstallation
–justconnectyourdevice,runthesoftware
andchoosewhatyouwanttosearchfor,
eitherbyfilename,dateorothercriteria.
Ifyouhavemultipledevicesconnected,you
canpicktheoneyouwant.Onceyou’vefound
yourfile,youcanopenitwiththeprogramof
yourchoosing,orcopyordeleteit.
Seeourworkshoponpage56tofindout
howtouseMobileFileSearch.
Ifsomeoneyouknowishavingproblems
withtheir PC,you canuse TeamViewerto
logintoitremotely(withtheir permission)
andeither showthemwhat to do orfixit
yourself withoutneedingtophysicallybe
there.Youcan also usethe programto
access your owncomputerfromsomewhere
else anddragfiles to andfromit,hostonline
meetings,collaborate on documents in real
timeand muchmore.
Despite thebumpuptoversion 15,this
latest releaseofTeamViewerisn’tmassively
differenttothe previous one. Themost
significant changeis improvedaudio
transmission quality.
MicrosoftisduetostopsupportingWindows
7on14Januaryso,ifyouhaven’talready
upgradedyourPC,nowisthetimetotake
action.Youcanperformanin-placeupgrade
usingMicrosoft’sMediaCreationTool(bit.ly/
mct4 91 ),butifyouplantomovetoanew
Intel-poweredWindows 1 0PC,youcanuse
Laplink’sPCmoversoftwaretosimplifythe
processandtransferyourdata,settingsand
userprofiles.Thesoftwareusedtocost£ 21 ,
buthasbeenmadefreeforhomeusers.
Thisversiondoesn’ttransferapplications,
unfortunately,soyou’lleitherhavetoinstall
themmanuallyorupgradetothepaid-for
Professionaleditionfor£ 21.
MIGRATIONTOOL
PCmoverExpress
bit.ly/pcmove 491
Minrequirements:Windows 7 /8.1/1 0
Filesize: 272 MB
SEARCHTOOL
MobileFileSearch
http://www.nirsoft.net
Minrequirements:Windows 7 /8.1/1 0
Filesize: 8 5.6KB
REMOTE-ACCESSTOOL
TeamViewer 15
http://www.teamviewer.com
Minrequirements:Windows7/8.1/10
File size:25.2MB