Panevue

Your Mac on iPad and iPhone.
In real time.

Not a picture that stutters along. Your Mac's screen, sharp and smooth, in the exact shape of your device, with a mouse and keyboard that respond right away.

iPadOS and iOS 26 · Panevue for Mac requires macOS 26

Panevue on iPad: a Mac desktop full screen, with a presentation and a code editor
Panevue on iPhone: the same Mac reshaped to the iPhone screen

Get the highlights.

Made to fit

A display made
for your screen.

Panevue can create a display on your Mac with the exact pixels and proportions of your iPad or iPhone. Every pixel used, nothing stretched, no black bars.

iPad in landscape with the Mac desktop filling the screen

Follows the window.

Turn your device, put Panevue next to another app or resize it: your Mac reshapes on its own, as soon as the size holds.

Mirror or extend.

Fit the whole Mac to your device, or add an extra desktop next to the Mac's own, like Sidecar.

Leaves no trace.

When you disconnect, the display disappears and your Mac goes back the way it was.

iPhone Duo

Open it. Close it.
Still your Mac.

Open iPhone Duo and your Mac grows with the screen. Close it and your Mac fits the cover screen. No reconnection, no waiting.

iPhone Duo open, with the Mac on the inner screen
Open
iPhone Duo closed, with the Mac on the cover screen
Closed
Speed

Fast enough
to forget it.

With Panevue for Mac your screen streams as hardware-encoded HEVC in full color, tuned for latency, not for movies. Text stays as crisp as on the Mac itself.

60fpsSmooth scrolling, windows and video at your Mac's full resolution.
~21msFrom capture to the decoded picture.1
4:4:4Full color resolution. No smeared colored text, no fringes on thin lines.

Two encoders at once.

On Macs with Max and Ultra chips the screen is split between both video engines, for even lower latency.

Repairs, doesn't restart.

Error correction rebuilds lost packets on the spot, and a lost frame is refreshed from one your device already has.

Built for real networks.

Paced sending keeps Wi‑Fi, mobile networks and Tailscale from dropping bursts, and the stream changes network without a pause.

At home and away

All your Macs,
one tap away.

The Macs on your network show up on their own, with a live preview of each screen. With Tailscale you connect from anywhere, encrypted, with nothing to set up on your router.

  • Finds them for you. Bonjour for Macs, and a quick look around your Wi‑Fi for VNC servers that don't announce themselves.
  • Picks the fastest way. Local network and Tailscale are tried together; the first to answer wins.
  • Wakes it up. Mac asleep? Panevue can wake it from the network before connecting.
The list of Macs on iPad, with previews and Tailscale addresses
Input

Touch, trackpad
or keyboard.

Use your Mac the way that suits the moment, from a quick tap on the couch to a full day with Magic Keyboard.

Every Mac key, right there.

A bar of Mac keys above the keyboard: Esc, Tab, Control, Option, Command, arrows and function keys. Write or dictate with autocorrect, then send it all.

The on-screen keyboard with the bar of Mac keys

Gestures you already know.

Tap to click, two fingers to right-click and scroll, pinch to zoom. Or turn on trackpad mode and move the pointer like on a MacBook.

The list of gestures on iPad

And everything
else you need.

Magic Keyboard and trackpad

Pointer capture, smooth scrolling and every Mac shortcut, even the ones iPadOS keeps for itself.

Shared clipboard

Text and images, both ways.

Files

Send files to your Mac and receive them back, up to 4 GB, encrypted.

Mac sound

Hear your Mac on your device, with low latency.

Picture in Picture

Keep your Mac in a floating window while you use other apps.

External display

Your Mac goes on the big screen, your iPad becomes its trackpad.

Privacy curtain

Black out your Mac's screens for anyone near it while you use it from afar.

Multiple displays

Pick which display to see, and open several Macs side by side with Stage Manager.

Live Activity

The session's status on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.

Privacy

Private
by design.

Panevue has no servers and doesn't need an account. With Panevue for Mac your screen travels directly from your Mac to your device, encrypted end to end, and nothing about you is collected.

Paired with a code.

The first time, your Mac and your device show the same 6-digit code, and you confirm it on both. Approving on the Mac alone isn't enough.

Encrypted end to end.

Video, keyboard, clipboard and files are encrypted with ChaCha20‑Poly1305, with keys only your two devices know.

No data collected.

No analytics, no tracking, no accounts. Read the privacy policy.

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Panevue for Mac

A small app in your menu bar.

It shares your screen with your iPad and iPhone in real time. It lives in the menu bar, with no Dock icon, and can start on its own when you log in.

  • See what's happening. Who's connected, frame rate, data and quality, at a glance.
  • You stay in charge. Allow or stop connections with one switch, disconnect a device, manage paired devices.
  • Stays awake while you work. Your Mac's screen doesn't sleep while your device is connected.
Download for Mac Free · macOS 26 or later
Not just Macs

Works without the Mac app, too.

Panevue connects to macOS Screen Sharing and to any VNC server on Windows, Linux and Raspberry Pi.

  • Your Mac account. Sign in with Apple's own authentication, or with a VNC password.
  • The right modifier keys. Command stays Command on a Mac, or becomes Control on Windows and Linux.
  • Real time with the Mac app. HEVC 4:4:4 streaming, sound and files need Panevue for Mac.
A Mac desktop on iPad

Up and running
in a minute.

Install Panevue for Mac.

Open it, and allow Screen Recording and Accessibility when your Mac asks.

Get Panevue on your iPad or iPhone.

On the same network, your Mac shows up on its own.

Confirm the code.

Check that it's the same on both screens. Next time, it just connects.

Get Panevue.

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Panevue for iPad and iPhone

Your Mac, or any VNC computer, on your device.

On its way to the App Store.

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Panevue for Mac

Shares your Mac in real time with Panevue on your iPad and iPhone. Free.

iPad

iPadOS 26 or later.

iPhone and iPhone Duo

iOS 26 or later.

Mac

macOS 26 or later for real-time streaming. Any Mac with Screen Sharing for VNC.

Questions? Answers.

Do I need the Mac app?

No. Panevue works with macOS Screen Sharing (turn it on in System Settings › General › Sharing) and with any VNC server. The Mac app adds real-time streaming in HEVC 4:4:4, sound, files, the display made for your device and everything else that needs your Mac's help.

Can I connect when I'm away from home?

Yes, with Tailscale. Install it on your Mac and on your device with the same account and turn it on: Panevue finds your Mac and tries your home network and Tailscale together, using whichever answers first. Nothing to set up on your router.

My Mac doesn't show up.

Make sure Panevue for Mac is running (look for it in the menu bar) and that connections are allowed in its menu. Your device and your Mac need to be on the same network, or both on Tailscale. Also check that Panevue may use the local network, in Settings › Privacy & Security › Local Network.

Panevue can't wake my Mac.

On your Mac, turn on "Wake for network access" in System Settings › Energy, or Battery › Options on a laptop (Panevue for Mac's menu tells you if it's on). A sleeping Mac can only be woken from the same network, not through Tailscale.

The screen is black or the mouse doesn't move.

Panevue for Mac needs Screen Recording to see the screen and Accessibility to move the mouse and type. Allow both in System Settings › Privacy & Security; the app's menu shows what's missing.

Something else?

Write to support@panevue.com. Tell us your device, your Mac and what happened, and we'll get back to you.