REMOTEDOCK
Your Mac, from anywhere. Directly.
RemoteDock lets you see and use your Mac from your iPhone or iPad. Live sessions go straight between your own devices, encrypted end to end: no new account, and no servers of ours in between.
RemoteDock for Mac
RemoteDock comes in two parts: RemoteDock on your iPhone or iPad, from the App Store, and RemoteDock for Mac on the Mac you want to reach. RemoteDock for Mac is free, for macOS 14.4 or later on Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
When it has downloaded, open RemoteDock.zip, then RemoteDock.dmg, and drag RemoteDock to Applications. Version 0.1.0.
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Setting up
- Download RemoteDock for Mac from this page, drag it to Applications, and open it.
- Follow its checklist: let it run in the background, turn on the power helper, and allow Screen Recording and Accessibility when your Mac asks.
- On your iPhone or iPad, open RemoteDock, tap Set up my Mac, and choose your Mac. When both show the same code, click Allow on the Mac.
What’s free, and what isn’t
RemoteDock for Mac is free. On your iPhone or iPad, everything is free on the same Wi-Fi as your Mac. Away from it, your first 3 connections are free; after that, a one-time purchase unlocks connecting from away for good. There’s no subscription. Locking, sleeping or restarting your Mac, and seeing a picture of its screen, stay free from anywhere.
RemoteDock only offers the purchase when your Mac can be reached from where you are. If you bought it before (on another device, or before deleting the app), tap Away from home in My Macs, then Restore Purchase. It belongs to your Apple Account, so it works on all your devices. Apple handles the payment.
My iPhone can’t find my Mac
- Make sure the Mac is on and RemoteDock is set up: click its icon in the menu bar, and it says Ready.
- At home, both should be on the same Wi-Fi, and RemoteDock needs Local Network on your iPhone: Settings > Apps > RemoteDock > Local Network.
- Away from home, both need to be signed in to the same Apple Account with iCloud on.
- If RemoteDock says your iPhone isn’t paired anymore, tap + in My Macs and pair it again. Your Mac shows there as Already added.
It works at home but not away
Open RemoteDock’s menu on the Mac. It says whether it works away from home, and if not, what to change on your router (usually turning on UPnP). You can still lock, sleep or restart your Mac, and see a picture of its screen, from anywhere.
Does my Mac stay awake?
Plugged in, yes, even with the lid closed (while Stay ready with the lid closed is on). The display still turns off and locks as usual. On battery, only if you turn on Stay reachable on battery, and only while the battery is above 30%. A Mac that gets very hot may still go to sleep.
While Stay ready with the lid closed is on (in RemoteDock’s menu), a plugged-in Mac doesn’t go to sleep at all, even if you choose Sleep at the Mac. You can still put it to sleep from your iPhone. Turn the switch off to let the Mac sleep as usual.
Getting files from your Mac
In a session, tap the folder button and choose Your Mac’s Files. Tap a file to get it, then Save. Open a folder and tap the send button to put a file from your iPhone there. The same button has Send Photos and Send a File.
To open any folder on your Mac from your iPhone without your Mac asking about each one, open RemoteDock’s menu on the Mac and click Open Settings next to Your files. System Settings opens; turn on RemoteDock under Full Disk Access (if your Mac offers to quit and reopen RemoteDock, let it). You only do this once.
Privacy mode
In a session, tap … and turn on Privacy Mode. The Mac’s screen goes black, its speakers go quiet, and its own keyboard, mouse and trackpad stop until you turn it off or the session ends. You still see and control everything from your iPhone, and the Mac’s sound plays there instead.
When you connect from away from home, Privacy Mode turns on by itself. Turn it off in the same menu if someone at the Mac needs it. Someone at the Mac can also press Control-Option-Command-Esc to get the keyboard and mouse back.
Using your iPhone’s microphone on your Mac
In a session, tap … and turn on Use This iPhone’s Microphone. Your Mac then hears your iPhone’s microphone like one plugged into it, in any app: a call, voice typing, a voice message. When you turn it off or the session ends, your Mac goes back to the input it used before. It needs Power helper turned on in RemoteDock’s menu on the Mac.
Unlocking your Mac
If your Mac is at its lock screen when you connect, RemoteDock can type your Mac’s password for you. The first time, it asks for the password; after that, Face ID (or Touch ID, or your passcode) is enough. To make it forget the password, tap … in a session and choose Forget Mac Password.
Letting someone help you (Guest Mode)
Open RemoteDock on your Mac and click Get an ID (under “Let someone connect to this Mac”). Your Mac shows a 9-digit ID; give it only to someone you trust. They open RemoteDock on their iPhone or iPad, tap Connect with an ID and enter it. Your Mac then asks you to allow them, shows the same 6-digit code as their screen, and lets you choose what they may do. The ID is new each time, and stops working when they leave, when you lock your Mac, or after 10 minutes if nobody connects.
After a restart
If your Mac asks for its password when it starts up (for example with FileVault), someone needs to type it at the Mac before you can connect again.
Removing RemoteDock from a Mac
Turn off Stay ready with the lid closed in RemoteDock’s menu. Then open System Settings › General › Login Items & Extensions, turn off RemoteDock, and drag RemoteDock from Applications to the Trash. If your Mac still won’t sleep with the lid closed afterwards, run sudo pmset -a disablesleep 0 in Terminal. If you used your iPhone’s microphone on the Mac, also drag RemoteDockMicrophone.driver from the folder /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL to the Trash.
Need help? Email info@avi-web.com. Include your iPhone and Mac system versions and what happened. Please don’t send passwords or pictures of private screens.
Privacy policy for RemoteDock
Last updated: October 1, 2026. This policy applies to RemoteDock for iPhone and iPad, its Home Screen widget, and RemoteDock for Mac, provided by Hevel Iagudaev / AVI-WEB.
We don’t collect your data
RemoteDock doesn’t collect any data about you. We don’t run servers for it, and nothing you do in RemoteDock is sent to us. No analytics, no ads, no third-party tracking.
Your screen and input
During a session, your Mac’s screen, sound, and what you type or click go directly between your own devices, encrypted end to end. They never pass through a server of ours or anyone else’s.
iCloud
When your iPhone isn’t on the same network as your Mac, it sends a short connection request through your own iCloud account (the private database that only your devices can read). Each request is also encrypted so that only your Mac can open it, and it’s deleted once it’s been answered. Your Mac also keeps a small status note there (whether it’s ready, its battery and power, whether the lid is closed or the screen is locked, and its macOS version), so your iPhone can show it. A picture of the screen, if you ask for one, travels the same way and is deleted afterwards.
Guest mode
In versions of RemoteDock that have it, guest mode lets someone you choose connect to your Mac for a while, for help or support. It’s off unless you turn it on, and it turns itself off afterwards. Your Mac asks you before a guest connects, shows the same code as the guest’s screen so you know who is asking, and lets you choose what they can do. A guest you allow files reaches only what’s in your Desktop, Documents and Downloads folders. The session itself goes directly between the two devices, encrypted end to end, like any other.
To find each other, the two devices use RemoteDock’s shared part of iCloud (a public database every copy of RemoteDock can read). While guest mode is on, your Mac keeps a small card there under the ID it shows you, which is a new one each time. The card holds keys (long random numbers) made just for that time, and a random address for requests. It doesn’t hold your Mac’s name or its own keys, and it’s removed when guest mode goes off. Requests and answers pass through the same place, encrypted so that only the two devices can open them, and they’re deleted afterwards.
What we, or anyone else reading that database, can see is that some Mac is in guest mode under an ID, and when encrypted messages were posted and how big they are. iCloud also labels each of these with a number that stands for the Apple Account that made it. That number doesn’t say who you are, but it’s the same number each time.
On your devices
Each device keeps its own keys and the list of devices you approved in its keychain. Your iPhone also remembers your Mac’s network address so it can wake it. If you have RemoteDock unlock your Mac for you, your Mac’s password is kept in your iPhone’s keychain: on that device only, never in iCloud or a backup, and readable only after Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode. It goes to your Mac over the encrypted session only to be typed at its lock screen. Choose Forget Mac Password in a session’s … menu, remove the Mac, or delete the app, and it’s gone. Files you send to your Mac are saved in the folder you choose, or in its Downloads folder. Files you get from your Mac wait in RemoteDock on your iPhone until you save them, and are deleted when the session ends.
Permissions
- Local Network finds your Mac on your Wi-Fi and connects to it.
- Face ID confirms it’s you before connecting, seeing a picture of your Mac’s screen, or locking, sleeping or restarting your Mac. Your face data never leaves the device.
- Microphone (iPhone or iPad): only while you turn on Use This iPhone’s Microphone in a session. Your voice goes straight to your Mac, encrypted like the rest of the session. It’s never recorded or kept.
- Screen Recording and Accessibility (Mac): so RemoteDock can show your screen and play its sound, move the pointer and type for you. They’re used only during sessions you start and when you ask for a picture of the screen.
- Full Disk Access (Mac, if you turn it on): so the folders you browse from your iPhone open without your Mac asking about each one. RemoteDock only reads what you open or send.
- RemoteDock never uses your camera.
Purchases
Apple processes the one-time purchase under its own privacy policy. RemoteDock asks Apple’s App Store whether it has been bought, and keeps a count of the free connections you’ve used in the keychain on your device. RemoteDock doesn’t receive your payment details.
Support correspondence
If you email us, we receive the information you choose to include and use it only to respond to your request. For privacy questions, contact info@avi-web.com.
This website
This policy describes the app, not browsing activity on this website. Website cookies and services are covered by the AVI-WEB website privacy policy.
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