Use your iPhone as a remote for your Mac.

Arrow keys, trackpad and keyboard, over Bluetooth. No Wi-Fi setup, no accounts. Get started →

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Coming sooniPhone app

See It in Action

Trackpad

Moving the Mac cursor from the iPhone, clicking a movie and opening its right-click menu — Move the cursor with one finger. Tap to click (double- and triple-tap work too), and two-finger tap to right-click.

Scrolling a web page, dragging a folder and switching desktops from the iPhone — Scroll with two fingers and the page glides on. Long-press, then move, to drag. Swipe with three fingers to switch desktops, open Mission Control or show all windows of an app.

Floating Remote

Opening the D-pad from the iPhone's top bar to skip through a Mac video and pause it — The Remote and Keyboard buttons sit in the top bar; drag either one out to float it anywhere, or back to dock it. Tap Remote for a big D-pad: arrow keys for slides, menus and videos (hold one to repeat it), Space in the center, play/pause and track buttons, plus brightness and volume.

Keyboard

Spotlight

Features

Arrow keys and play/pause: control videos and presentations without leaving your seat.
Floating Remote and Keyboard: two buttons docked in the top bar; drag one out to place it anywhere on the screen, or back to dock it. Tap Remote for the D-pad, Keyboard to type.
Trackpad: move the cursor; tap to click, two-finger tap to right-click.
Gestures: two-finger scroll with momentum, long-press to drag, and three-finger swipe for desktops and Mission Control.
Keyboard: tap the keyboard button and type; the words appear on your Mac as you type.
Any language and emoji: type in any script, emoji included.
Spotlight: opens Spotlight on your Mac by sending ⌘ Space, then type your search from the iPhone. Results appear on your iPhone as you type (view only). Press go to open the top result, or tap outside to cancel. A custom Spotlight shortcut isn't supported.
Direct and encrypted: connects over Bluetooth, with no Wi-Fi setup or accounts.
Free: no ads, no tracking, no in-app purchases.

Support

Installation

iPhone

The iPhone app will be on the App Store soon.

Mac

Download LazyRemote.dmg.
Open LazyRemote.dmg.
Drag LazyRemote into the Applications folder.

Quickstart

On your Mac, open LazyRemote.
When macOS asks for Bluetooth access, select Allow.
Make sure that the LazyRemote icon comes into view in the menu bar.
Click the LazyRemote icon.
Select Open Accessibility Settings….
Set LazyRemote to on.
On your iPhone, open LazyRemote.
When iOS asks for Bluetooth access, select Allow.
On your Mac, click the LazyRemote icon in the menu bar.
Select Allow followed by the name of your iPhone.
Make sure that the iPhone shows the name of your Mac with a green dot.
Use the trackpad to control your Mac. To type, tap the keyboard button in the top bar and start typing; the text appears on your Mac as you go.

Troubleshooting

Buttons do nothing on the Mac

LazyRemote needs Accessibility access to send key presses and clicks. Open System Settings › Privacy & Security › Accessibility and make sure LazyRemote is on. If it already is, turn it off and on again, then restart LazyRemote.

The iPhone can't find the Mac

Make sure Bluetooth is on for both devices, and that both apps have Bluetooth permission (iPhone: Settings › LazyRemote; Mac: System Settings › Privacy & Security › Bluetooth).
Make sure LazyRemote is running and enabled in the Mac menu bar.
On the iPhone, tap the … menu and select Reconnect.

The connection is refused after reinstalling

For security, LazyRemote refuses a Mac or iPhone whose identity has changed. Only after verifying the intended device, select Forget Mac in the iPhone's … menu, select Remove next to the iPhone in the Mac menu bar, and then pair again.

Contact

Report a problem or ask a question at github.com/ibrahimaltay/lazy-remote-for-desktop/issues.