MiniRemote

Your Mac. From anywhere.

The remote desktop for Mac, iPhone and iPad. Retina-sharp, no account, and ready for your AI agent.

Download for MacConnect your AI agent

Free on your home network · macOS 14 or later · iPhone & iPad app

A remote Mac's desktop full screen on a MacBook Pro in MiniRemoteMiniRemote on iPad Pro in Split View next to Notes, showing a remote MacMiniRemote on iPhone in landscape, showing a remote MacA Mac mini

  • 60 fps

    Smooth scrolling, video and moving windows.

  • 2×

    Retina pixels on Retina screens, at your window's exact size.

  • 0

    Accounts to create. A Host ID and a password are all it takes.

  • Free

    On your home network, with as many viewers as you like.

Remote access from anywherePro

Home, office, airport. Same Mac.

Open MiniRemote and your Mac is right there, without port forwarding, a VPN or router settings.

Your Mac miniAt home

San Francisco

Coworking space · Office Wi-Fi

Connected
  • San Francisco
  • New York
  • São Paulo
  • Cape Town
  • Dubai
  • Tokyo
  • Sydney

  • Direct when it can be

    Your devices connect straight to each other for the fastest picture.

  • Relayed when it can't

    Networks that block direct connections go through our encrypted relay.

  • From every device

    Reach the same Mac from a Mac, an iPhone or an iPad.

AI agentsPro

Hand your Mac to your AI.

Ask Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor or LM Studio to get something done. It sees the screen, clicks, types and reports back, on a screen of its own, so it never takes over yours.

  • A screen made for AI. MiniRemote gives your agent a virtual screen of its own.

  • Plain words, real clicks. No scripts to write. Ask the way you'd ask a colleague.

  • Locked like everything else. Every agent session uses your Mac's Host ID, password and encryption.

Codex

iPhone & iPad

Your Mac, in your pocket.

The free viewer puts your whole Mac desktop on iPhone and iPad. Tap it like a touchscreen, or glide the pointer like a trackpad.

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  • Keyboard on cue

    Tap a text field on the Mac and the keyboard pops up.

  • Touch or trackpad

    Tap where you want to click, or glide the pointer.

  • Pinch to zoom

    Get close to small text with two fingers.

  • Made for iPad

    Magic Keyboard, mouse, Split View and Stage Manager.

Dynamic Display

Shaped to every screen you own.

MacBook, iPad or iPhone: the remote desktop takes the shape of the screen in front of you. No black bars, no stretched pixels.

A remote Mac's desktop full screen on a MacBook Pro in MiniRemote

Fits your MacBook, Retina-sharp, no black bars

Retina quality

Text you can actually read.

MiniRemote streams at the exact size of your window instead of scaling a fixed picture, so code, spreadsheets and small print stay crisp.

A remote Mac showing Apple's Mac laptops page in Safari, streamed by MiniRemote
Typical remote desktopMiniRemote

Drag the divider, or use the arrow keys.

  • 60 fps

    Smooth scrolling, video and moving windows.

  • 1:1

    Streams at your window's exact size.

  • Adaptive

    Keeps the picture flowing on slower networks.

Headless Mac mini

No monitor. No dummy plug. No problem.

Tuck your Mac mini in a closet, under the TV or in a rack. When you connect, MiniRemote gives it a Retina screen of its own, sized to your window.

A Mac mini
Mac mini on the shelf
No monitorNo dummy plug
A remote Mac's desktop full screen on a MacBook Pro in MiniRemoteVirtual display · Retina

Everyday details

The little things. Done right.

Your MacBook⌘C
Mac mini⌘V
“Q3 numbers look great…”screenshot.pngProject.zip · 48 MB

Copy and Paste Between Macs: Text, Images and Whole Files

Copy on one Mac, paste on the other. Files and folders up to 60 MB come along too, in both directions.

Hear Your Mac: Full Sound Streaming

Music, videos and alerts play where you are. Mute with one click.
⌘Tab⌘Space⌃←
ENDEFRHR→ the right characters, every time

Every Shortcut Works, on Any Keyboard Language

⌘ shortcuts go straight to the remote Mac, and you get the right characters even when the two Macs use different keyboard layouts.
Match This Window
Built-in Retina Display
Studio Display

Switch Between All Your Mac's Screens

Pick any display connected to the remote Mac, or a screen made to fit your window.
€1,280.00
5×

Zoom In on Tiny Text, Up to 5×

Pinch or slide to zoom in on small print, and the zoomed view follows your pointer.
Mac miniDirect
Notes
9:41
Notes
Friday
Listening…

Talk, and Your Remote Mac Types

Tap the mic and speak. Your words appear on the remote Mac as you say them, from a Mac, iPhone or iPad.
Mac miniDirect
Pages
9:41
Proposal.pages
Reconnecting…
Wi-Fi

Drops Happen. MiniRemote Reconnects by Itself.

Lose Wi-Fi for a moment or switch apps on your iPhone, and MiniRemote picks up again on its own, keeping your last screen in view while it reconnects.
Mac miniOnline
MacBook ProOnline
Mac StudioOffline

Your Macs Show Up Automatically

Macs on your network appear by themselves, with a dot that shows which ones are online.
Mobile data limitMbit/s
361020
6 Mbit/s ≈ 2.7 GB per hour

Save Mobile Data on 5G and Hotspots

Cap the picture's data use on iPhone and iPad, so remote work doesn't eat your plan.
Mac miniDirect
Match This Window
Studio Display — 2560×1440

Windows

Trip to Lisbon — Safari
Shopping list — Notes
zsh — Terminal

Show Just One Window, Not the Whole Screen

Pick one of your Mac's windows from the display menu and see only that window, menus and sheets included. It stays in front and follows when you move or resize it.
Mac miniDirect
Finder
9:41
Search apps on Mac mini

Running

Safari
Notes

Applications

Calendar
Music
Terminal

Open Any App on Your Mac

The Apps button lists your Mac's apps, running ones first, with search. Pick one to open it, or bring it to the front, from a Mac, iPhone or iPad.
Arrow
Text
Link
Resize

See the Real Mac Pointer, Not a Generic Arrow

The pointer changes shape just like on the Mac: a text cursor over text, a hand over links, arrows on window edges.
MacFree
iPhoneFree
iPadFree

Free Viewer Apps for Mac, iPhone and iPad

The apps you connect from never cost a thing. Use as many Macs, iPhones and iPads as you like.
FinderFileEdit9:41
ID482 915 307
Password451 236

Remote devices

Mac mini at home
MacBook Pro
Add new device

Lives in Your Menu Bar. Always One Click Away.

No Dock icon, no clutter. Your Host ID and your Macs sit in one small menu at the top of the screen.
Settings
Open MiniRemote at login
Start the server when MiniRemote opens
Keep this Mac awake for MiniRemote

Set It Once. It Starts With Your Mac.

MiniRemote opens at login, starts sharing by itself and keeps your Mac awake, so it's ready whenever you need it.
AsleepAwake

Wakes Up a Sleeping Mac Screen

Connect and the Mac's display wakes up, then stays on while you work. No more black screens.
Trackpad
Touch

Touch or Trackpad: Control It Your Way

On iPhone and iPad, tap right where you want to click, or glide the pointer like on a trackpad. Switch any time.
Screenshot saved to Desktop

Screenshot the Remote Mac in One Click

Click the camera in the Mac viewer's toolbar to save the remote screen as a full-resolution PNG, however far you've zoomed in.
Save toDesktop
Same Folder as macOS Screenshots
Choose Folder…
Show in Finder

Saved Where Your Screenshots Already Go

Screenshots and recordings land in the folder macOS uses for its own, or in any folder you pick in Settings.
Mac miniDirectRecording 0:42
Keynote
9:41
Launch.key
Screen Recording of Mac mini.mov

Record the Remote Screen, Pointer and Sound Included

Hit record in the Mac viewer and get a movie of the remote Mac, with its pointer and its sound, ready to share.

Private and secure

A Host ID and a password. That's it.

No email, no sign-up, no profile to manage. Three steps and you're on your Mac.

  1. Step 1

    Open MiniRemote on the Mac you want to reach.

    Its menu shows the Mac's Host ID and password.

    ID
    482 915 307
    Password
    451 236
  2. Step 2

    Type them on your other Mac, iPhone or iPad.

    Just once. MiniRemote remembers the Mac for next time.

  3. Step 3

    You're in. Encrypted.

    Every connection is encrypted, direct or through our relay, and repeated wrong passwords are locked out.

    Connected to Mac mini

Pricing

One price per Mac. Viewers are always free.

Start free on your own network. Go Pro to reach your Macs from anywhere, by the year, by the month, or once for life.

  • Free

    $0

    For Macs on your own network.

    • Unlimited viewers (Mac, iPhone, iPad)
    • Connections from the same network
    • Full remote control, sound and clipboard
    Download free

  • Pro

    Most popular

    $39.99/ year

    Reach your Macs from anywhere. Or $4.99 a month.

    • One key for up to 3 Macs
    • Unlimited viewers
    • Connections from anywhere (direct or relayed)
    • AI agents via MCP
    • Everything in Free
    Get Pro yearly

  • Lifetime

    $119one-time

    Pro forever, no subscription.

    • Everything in Pro
    • One key for up to 3 Macs
    • Pay once, keep it
    Get Lifetime

Prices in USD; tax is added at checkout. Your license key arrives by email: enter it in MiniRemote's Settings on the Mac you control.

Questions? Answers.

  • Yes. Install the free MiniRemote viewer on your iPhone or iPad, add your Mac with its Host ID and password, and tap to connect. Use touch or trackpad mode, and the keyboard pops up when you tap a text field on the Mac.

  • Yes, on your own network: control your Mac from any number of Macs, iPhones and iPads at no cost. Pro adds connections from anywhere and AI agents, on up to 3 Macs per key. The viewer apps are always free.

  • Yes. MiniRemote never asks for an email or a sign-up. Each Mac has a Host ID and a password, and that is all you need to connect.

  • No. When you connect, MiniRemote gives the Mac mini its own screen, sized to your window and Retina-sharp, so you don't need a monitor or a dummy plug.

  • Yes, with Pro. MiniRemote includes an MCP server that Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, LM Studio and other MCP clients can use to see the screen, click, type and open apps. The agent gets its own screen, so it doesn't take over yours.

  • Yes. Pick a window from the display menu and MiniRemote shows only that window, with its menus and sheets, on your Mac, iPhone or iPad. The Apps button opens any app on the remote Mac, or brings it to the front. Both work on every plan.

  • Every connection is encrypted and protected by the Mac's password, and repeated wrong passwords are locked out. Your devices connect directly whenever possible; when they can't, the encrypted traffic passes through our relay.

  • Yes. MiniRemote works over 5G, 4G and hotspots, and the iPhone and iPad app lets you limit video data to save your plan.

  • Yes. Copy text, an image, a file or a folder on one Mac and paste it on the other. Files up to 60 MB travel through the shared clipboard, in both directions.

  • The Mac you control needs macOS 14 Sonoma or later. You can connect from a Mac with macOS 14 or later, or from an iPhone or iPad with iOS 17 or later.

Your Mac is one click away.

Download MiniRemote free, open it from the menu bar, and reach your Mac from your MacBook, iPhone or iPad in minutes.

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