This Stupidly Useful Free Little App Let’s You Control Your Mac With Your iPhone

Sill is a free, open source app that puts a Mac window, or your whole desktop, on your iPhone or iPad, so you can check on a stalled download, a render or a backup without leaving the sofa. There’s no account and no server in the middle, just a small host app on your Mac and a viewer on your phone.

In this video I look at how it works over wifi, what it’s like on an iPhone screen, where it gives up (anything fiddly or precise), and how to reach your Mac away from home using a mesh VPN such as Tailscale. You’ll need an Apple silicon Mac on macOS 14 or later, and iOS or iPadOS 17 or later.

Sill for Mac: https://getsill.app/
Sill for iPhone and iPad: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6816359860

Chapters
00:00 – Intro
01:08 – The Small Print
02:05 – Just Press the Button
03:10 – Walkthrough
06:42 – Conclusion
07:39 – Outro