Maccess

What is Maccess?

Maccess is an iPhone app that puts your Mac in your pocket. It turns your iPhone into a remote control for your Mac, offering a precision touchpad, full keyboard input, live screen mirroring, two-way file transfer, and an agentic AI assistant called Mackie. Setup takes three steps: install the app, add the Maccess Helper on your Mac, and pair the devices via passcode or QR code. Once paired over Wi-Fi, you can reach your Mac from anywhere — not just at home.

Who it's for

• The on-the-go professional — needs to grab files, check vitals, or run a quick command on their Mac while away from the desk.
• The multitasker — wants to search, launch, switch, and quit apps from their phone without touching the Mac.
• The AI-curious power user — wants to delegate tasks to an agentic assistant that can act on their Mac, with approval controls and project history.

Key features

Precision touchpad

Move, click, scroll, and right-click with natural iPhone gestures. The touchpad is tuned for responsiveness, so it feels close to using a real trackpad.

Live mirroring and file transfer

See your Mac's screen on your iPhone and interact with it directly — tap, scroll, and type in portrait or landscape. You can also send photos and documents to your Mac, or browse its folders and pull files back to your phone.

Mackie AI assistant

Talk to Mackie out loud or type a request, and it handles tasks on your Mac. You can dictate into any text field, send a photo or file along for context, and choose your AI brain — Maccess Cloud, Claude Code, Codex, or a local model on your Mac.

Terminal, automations, and projects

Send commands straight to your Mac's Terminal, save repeated steps as one-tap routines, keep work in separate projects, and approve changes before Mackie executes them. You can also lock, sleep, restart, or shut down your Mac and check battery, storage, and media playback at a glance.

What stands out

"Control. Anywhere."

Maccess isn't just a remote desktop tool — it's a full control plane for your Mac, with an agentic AI that can actually do work for you. The combination of live mirroring, file access, and Mackie's ability to run terminal commands and automations makes it feel like your Mac is genuinely in your pocket. The three-tier pricing (Free, Pro, Max) keeps the entry barrier low, while power users can scale up to multiple Macs, more AI tokens, and voice minutes.

Worth checking out if…

You're an iPhone user who wants real control over your Mac from anywhere, whether that's tweaking a setting, grabbing a file, or delegating a task to an AI agent. If you already rely on your Mac for work and want a faster way to interact with it remotely, Maccess is worth a look.