Any window from your Mac, on your iPhone and iPad

(github.com)

67 points | by chanana 2 hours ago

3 comments

  • alin23 1 hour ago
    Brilliant! So much faster and seamless than VNC. Already helped me two times today.

    This is the first time I discover an app through a Youtube video recommendation. I was watching The Rest Is Science when this 1 minute video appeared on the right side with 230k views about a macOS app?? It got me curious for sure.

    Claude got really good at making demo videos with Hyperframes apparently. Just did my own this week for Cling (https://lowtechguys.com/cling) and Clop (https://lowtechguys.com/clop) and users are already appreciating that they can discover app features through easy to digest video snippets.

    Most people don't read the website copy at all unfortunately so I had to adapt. But I would never have the patience to do that in After Effects.

    • bredren 28 minutes ago
      I wanted to look at your videos but they aren’t playing on my phone. Maybe it is noir? I would suggest embedding YouTube.

      It has all the expected controls.

  • gumby 2 hours ago
    Apple supports this already on the ipad by making the ipad another screen for your mac (I think it’s called sidecar?) and still use pencil, mouse, keyboard etc.

    Iphone is novel though, but does a pencil work?

    • jasonjmcghee 2 hours ago
      My guess is this is meant to be a no friction VNC (though it doesn't seem to be using VNC). So you can be away from home and remote in.

      There are VNC clients on iphone / ipad - but generally it's whole desktop.

      RealVNC is the name brand but it's not exactly a good experience. "Screens 5" looks like a better alternative.

    • jscheel 1 hour ago
      individual windows and touch are not supported by sidecar, afaik
      • gumby 23 minutes ago
        I use touch and pen (useful for the zoom whiteboard) though I guess some gestures were not supported until 27 — guess I never used those ones!
      • GeekyBear 1 hour ago
        Touch support was added this year.

        https://support.apple.com/en-us/102597

      • thewhitetulip 15 minutes ago
        Also you need to be on the same apple id on every device for it to work
  • Surac 58 minutes ago
    Is a windows support planed? Seeing a windows window on iPad and control it with touch\pen