Users Guide

View photos or videos on the computer
You can click or tap a photo or a video thumbnail to view it in full size. A group of options are displayed below the file.
● COPY TO PC—Copies the selected photos or videos to the matching folder types such as Pictures or Videos in the Alienware
Mobile Connect folder.
● SAVE AS—Enables you to browse and select a folder on your computer to save the file.
● DELETE—Deletes the selected photo or video from your phone.
● PROPERTIES—Displays additional information about the photo or video.
You can click or tap the three dots on the right for additional options.
● OPEN—Open the photo or video in the default graphics application on your computer.
● OPEN WITH...—Select a graphics application on your computer with which to open the photo or video.
● COPY—Copy the photo to the clipboard.
● SHARE—Share the files with other users or devices accessible from your computer.
Copy photos from iPhone to computer
Steps
1. Open the FILES tab.
2. Select the check box that is displayed at the upper-left corner of the thumbnail.
When you select the check box, you can select additional photos, and a group of options appear at the bottom of the tab.
3. Click or tap COPY TO PC at the bottom of the thumbnail.
NOTE: While the file is being copied, you can cancel the operation by clicking the small X that is displayed in place of the
COPY TO PC icon on the photo.
If you have selected multiple photos, a group of options are displayed at the bottom of the tab.
● COPY TO PC—Copies the selected photos to the default folder.
● SAVE AS—Enables you to browse and select a folder on your computer to save the files.
● DELETE—Deletes the selected photos from your phone.
A progress bar appears at the bottom of the tab, and a confirmation message is displayed once the files are copied. Select the file
name in the message to open the download folder. If the file cannot be copied, an error message is displayed.
Copy files from computer to iPhone
Steps
1. Click COPY TO PHONE in the FILES tab.
The File Explorer window is displayed.
2. Select the file that you want to copy.
A progress bar appears at the bottom of the tab, and a confirmation message is displayed once the files are copied. If the file is a
photo or video, it is copied to Alienware Mobile Connect album on your phone.
3. To view other copied file types such as PDFs, open the Alienware Mobile Connect app on your phone, and tap My Received
Files from the app menu.
The files that you have copied to your phone other than photos or videos, are also displayed under FILES > OTHER in the
Alienware Mobile Connect application on your computer.
Mirroring
Screen mirroring enables you to mirror your iPhone to your computer and control it with your keyboard, mouse, or touch screen using
Alienware Mobile Connect application. The phone screen is displayed in the MIRRORING tab, and in the MIRRORING widget on
the DASHBOARD. Your phone must be unlocked to use this feature. On iOS 14.x or later versions, if your phone gets locked, the
mirroring session gets disconnected. You can set the amount of time for which the phone remains unlocked while mirroring is taking
place, in the SETTINGS tab. The following icons are available in screen mirroring feature:
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