SidecarBridge
Encrypted Screen & Input
Free
SidecarBridge turns your iPhone or iPad into a private local viewer and remote-control surface for your Mac.
Pair once with the companion Mac app using its temporary 16-digit code or QR code. Reconnect with a saved trusted Mac over your local network or a nearby peer-to-peer link.
FEATURES
• Encrypted local sessions and remembered trusted devices
• Hardware-encoded Mac screen streaming with quality and frame-rate controls
• Touch and trackpad gestures for clicking, dragging and scrolling
• On-screen controls and physical keyboard support, including Chinese/English input
• Picture in Picture viewing where supported
• A dedicated Files & transfers tab with connection controls and visible progress
• Browse accessible Mac folders, see file/storage information, calculate folder sizes and download selected files or folders
• Send files and whole folders to your Mac; folder transfers use ZIP archives
PRIVACY AND REQUIREMENTS
Both devices need SidecarBridge. The Mac needs Screen Recording permission to share its display and Accessibility/event-posting permission for remote input. File access remains subject to macOS privacy permissions and sandbox grants. Sessions stay local or nearby; no cloud relay or user account is required.
SidecarBridge mirrors the Mac's main display, not a native extended display, and does not bypass Apple's security protections. This release focuses on Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Ratings & Reviews
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A cleaner Apple-device connection experience, focused on Mac, iPhone and iPad.
• Refined connection, Settings and Files & transfers screens
• Improved first-picture recovery and reconnection handling
• Mac-to-Mac viewing with full-screen controls
• Browse accessible Mac folders from iPad, view file/storage details and download whole folders as ZIPs
• File-transfer efficiency and keyboard/pointer improvements
Update the Mac and iPhone/iPad apps together for the complete 1.4 experience.
The developer, chienchung Yu, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Provider
- chienchung Yu
- Size
- 8.1 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Yao-Hsing Yu