Type2Phone

Use your Mac as keyboard for iOS devices

Mac App Store

Initial Pairing Instructions

  • Enable Bluetooth on your Mac
  • Set Bluetooth on your Mac to be discoverable
  • On your iPhone / iPad, go to Settings > General > Bluetooth
  • Enable Bluetooth on your iPhone
  • Tap the name of the Mac to start the pairing procedure

For future uses you may initiate the connection from the "Click here to connect" button in Type2Phone.

General Troubleshooting

When attempting to pair, your iOS device may not list your Mac or indicate that it is incompatible. The workaround is as follows:

  • If the Mac is listed with a blue arrow, tap that arrow and select "Forget this device".
  • Disable Bluetooth on the Mac
  • Reenable Bluetooth on the Mac
  • Set Bluetooth on the Mac to be discoverable
  • Launch Type2Phone
  • Now restart your iPhone / iPad
  • On your iPhone / iPad, go to Settings > General > Bluetooth
  • Enable Bluetooth on your iPhone
  • Tap the name of the Mac to start the pairing procedure

If this convoluted procedure is needed, it is needed only once during initial pairing. Future connections are initiated from the Type2Phone software.

I Get the Wrong Letters

  • Click settings button in the toolbar of the Type2Phone window
  • Make sure the selected keyboard layout matches your active keyboard layout on the iOS device

How May I Copy-Paste from the Mac to the iOS Device?

  • Copy text as you usually would
  • Return to Type2Phone, hit cmd-shift-v

May I Copy Images from the Mac to the iOS Device?

Sorry, keyboards cannot pass on images to the iOS

How can I Copy-Paste within an iOS Application?

Usual shortcuts work as expected:

  • shift-arrows to select text
  • cmd-c to copy it
  • cmd-v to paste it