Pane: VNC Remote Desktop

Pane turns your iPhone and iPad into a remote desktop for your Macs. It speaks VNC, the protocol behind macOS Screen Sharing, so there is nothing to install on the Mac: turn on Screen Sharing in System Settings and you are in.

What you need: a Mac with Screen Sharing on. Away from home, Pane Relay on the Mac, Tailscale or any VPN. No account, no subscription, no time limit.

YOUR MACS, ONE TAP AWAY Saved Macs show up on the home screen with their status. Resume where you left off, wake a sleeping Mac, and see what is online at a glance. Nothing to configure.

TYPE A NAME, YOU'RE IN Pane finds Macs on your network with Bonjour, resolves the address as you type and picks sensible defaults. Pair with Pane Relay on the Mac and it is reachable from anywhere; Tailscale addresses work too.

THE DECK: FULL CONTROL, ⌘ INCLUDED On iPhone the deck sits beside or under the screen: a trackpad, ⌘ ⌥ ⌃ ⇧, esc, fn and the keyboard. Tap a modifier once and it stays held for the next key. Drive the pointer from the trackpad or touch the screen directly, hop between every display of a multi-monitor Mac, pinch to zoom, and share the clipboard both ways. With Pane Relay, Mission Control, App Exposé and the Spaces are buttons.

ONE WINDOW AT A TIME With Pane Relay on the Mac, pick a window and Pane shows just that one, resized to your iPhone so text arrives at 1:1. Switch windows from the strip; the whole screen is one tap away.

YOUR LOGINS STAY ON DEVICE Usernames and passwords are encrypted in your device's Keychain and unlocked with Face ID or Touch ID. Pane connects straight to your Mac: no account, no cloud in between.

Pane works with any VNC server, but it is built for the Mac.