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Getting started

AirMouse has two halves: the app on your iPhone and a small free app on the computer. Five minutes from nothing to a working trackpad.

What you need

  • An iPhone with iOS 17 or later.
  • A computer running macOS 13 or later, Windows 10 or 11, or Linux.
  • Both on the same Wi-Fi or wired network.

Three steps

  1. Install the computer app. Download it from the download page. On a Mac, drag it into Applications and open it. On Windows, run the installer. On Linux, unpack it and run ./airmouse-server. Details for each system are in Installing the computer app.
  2. Open AirMouse on the iPhone. The computer appears in the list by itself. Tap it.
  3. Click Allow on the computer. A box asks whether to trust the phone. That is the whole of pairing, and it never asks again.

Nobody at the computer? It opens a pairing page in its own browser with a 4-digit code and a QR code. Scan it from the phone or type the code. See Pairing.

Where to go next

TrackpadMoving, clicking, scrolling and dragging.GesturesThe eight gestures, and what each does on your system.KeyboardLive typing, compose mode and the keys a phone lacks.MacrosButtons that run several steps, and profiles per app.ClipboardText and pictures between phone and computer.PresentingYour phone as the slide clicker.