Remote Helper for Mac
Mac Apps
Remote Helper for Mac is
the companion for the iOS app, Remote
Mouse and Keyboard. When used together, your iOS device can control
a Mac, a PC, an Apple TV or an iPad.
The features include:
- Control the cursor on a Mac and serve as a virtual mouse to select, double click or right click any element
- Enter text on a Mac from the iOS keyboard
- Media controls - mute, pause, volume up, volume down, next track, previous track. Works in multiple apps
- View your computer screen on your phone
- Issue system commands from your phone to your Mac - sleep, shut down, restart
- Launch any app on your Mac from your phone
- Use Siri on your phone to send commands to your Mac
- Run custom AppleScripts on your Mac from your phone. An example script is included that opens Netflix in the Chrome browser.
The Mac app is free to download, but it requires the iOS app to actually do anything. The iOS app has a lifetime purchase. The amount differs depending on where you are. Today in the US, it was $10. There is an option to subscribe on a month by month basis for $1.99 with a seven-day free trial.