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?
Iphone is novel though, but does a pencil work?
In contrast, what I wanted (what this app does!) is to view and control my mac from my handheld device, initiated from the handheld device.
These apps all look similar and it makes it very difficult to search:
• Mac screen --> Handheld, as extended display = Sidecar
Use-case: I use my ipad as additional window space for the mac.
• Mac screen --> Handheld, as duplicate display = Sill, Sunshine+Moonlight
Use-case: I leave my desktop and continue watching what I had playing on it from my kitchen ipad.
• Handheld screen --> Mac = Airplay
Use-case: I play some media from my iphone on the mac screen.
• iPhone screen --> Mac, controlled from Mac = iPhone Mirroring
Use-case: I use my iphone-only apps from my mac, wirelessly
• iPad controls --> Mac, controlled from Mac = Universal Controls
Use-case: I use my ipad with my mac mouse+keyboard
Usually, trying to search for this type of app obnoxiously returns results for Airplay, and if you manage to filter it out, it's Sidecar — but it's not what I want!
I was surprised by how smooth it is.
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.
RealVNC did not work from iOS/iPadOS to macOS Golden Gate when I tried it relatively recently, although it may have been updated since. It's possible Apple changed something in their version of VNC's auth.
I used to recommend Screens (v4) when it was flat licensed, as it seemed to work well and was well designed in dealing with smaller screens and input differences. Now (v5) it's $5/month $30/year $200/lifetime, which I can't really justify for my casual use case.
At this point it almost feels intentional on Apple's part for not having a first party app, as if having one would be a tacit admission that iPads/iPhones are lesser than actual computers (although the logic does break down since they allow it on Macs).
IIRC they do support weird versions of screen sharing and remote control when on a Facetime call which is convoluted to say the least.
In the most recent beta, they added animations, and drag effects when reordering tabs in Safari: https://old.reddit.com/r/MacOSBeta/comments/1x656oc