DuoDeck 1.2.2

DuoDeck Host 1.2.2

Connect without Wi‑Fi from the home window.

What changed

• Without Wi‑Fi. A switch in the home window lets your iPhone or iPad connect to this Mac directly, for example when the Mac is on your iPhone’s hotspot or there is no shared network. The newest DuoDeck for iPhone and iPad looks for it by itself when it finds no Mac on the network. Leave it off at home: a direct link can add a little lag.
• See what you're sharing. While a window streams, the home window shows a live preview of it, refreshed every couple of seconds from the same pictures DuoDeck already takes for your devices. Nothing extra is captured, and nothing shows while the Mac is locked.
• Fewer words. The state in one word, your Mac's name, and one short line. Switch descriptions moved into tooltips, and each device is listed once with a plain date.
• Live numbers stay: frames per second, delay and connection beside each device.

Pairing, streaming and settings work as in 1.2.1, and paired devices stay paired.

Connect your devices

Install DuoDeck Host on a Mac running macOS 14 or later, then allow Screen Recording and Accessibility from its home window. Choose Pair iPhone or iPad….

On your iPhone or iPad, open DuoDeck and choose Macs › Add Mac. Scan the Mac's code, or enter its address and 12-digit code, then tap Pair Mac.

The Mac companion supports Intel and Apple silicon. No DuoDeck account or subscription is required.

DuoDeck builds on the Apache 2.0 licensed Sill engine. Original attribution and license are retained.

DuoDeck 1.2.1

DuoDeck Host 1.2.1

Less to read, more to see.

What changed

• See what you're sharing. While a window streams, the home window shows a live preview of it, refreshed every couple of seconds from the same pictures DuoDeck already takes for your devices. Nothing extra is captured, and nothing shows while the Mac is locked.
• Fewer words. The state in one word, your Mac's name, and one short line. Switch descriptions moved into tooltips, and each device is listed once with a plain date.
• Live numbers stay: frames per second, delay and connection beside each device.

Pairing, streaming and settings work as in 1.2.0, and paired devices stay paired.

Connect your devices

Install DuoDeck Host on a Mac running macOS 14 or later, then allow Screen Recording and Accessibility from its home window. Choose Pair iPhone or iPad….

On your iPhone or iPad, open DuoDeck and choose Macs › Add Mac. Scan the Mac's code, or enter its address and 12-digit code, then tap Pair Mac.

The Mac companion supports Intel and Apple silicon. No DuoDeck account or subscription is required.

DuoDeck builds on the Apache 2.0 licensed Sill engine. Original attribution and license are retained.

DuoDeck 1.2.0

DuoDeck Host 1.2.0

A new home window: large, calm and plainly a Mac app.

What changed

• A real window. DuoDeck Host opens to a large window, most of your screen the first time. It can go full screen and remembers its size.
• What matters, in large type. The left side says the state in one word (Ready, Streaming) and shows the one thing that matters now: how to connect your first device, the device it is waiting for, or what is streaming with frames per second, delay, round trip and connection as big figures.
• Controls on the side. A quiet sidebar holds the picture menu, Fit windows to the device, Sound, Clipboard, Away from home, and your paired devices with when each last connected.
• No decoration. Plain window background, standard switches and menus, no gradients or coloured overlays. On macOS 26 the main buttons use Liquid Glass.

Pairing, streaming and settings work as in 1.1.9, and paired devices stay paired.

Connect your devices

Install DuoDeck Host on a Mac running macOS 14 or later, then allow Screen Recording and Accessibility from its home window. Choose Pair iPhone or iPad….

On your iPhone or iPad, open DuoDeck and choose Macs › Add Mac. Scan the Mac's code, or enter its address and 12-digit code, then tap Pair Mac.

The Mac companion supports Intel and Apple silicon. No DuoDeck account or subscription is required.

DuoDeck builds on the Apache 2.0 licensed Sill engine. Original attribution and license are retained.

DuoDeck 1.1.9

DuoDeck Host 1.1.9

The home window gets a look of its own, while staying a Mac app.

What changed

• Not a settings page. The home window now opens with your Mac's state in large type ("Ready", "Streaming"), over a very soft wash of DuoDeck's colours that drifts slowly (and stays still with Reduce Motion).
• Frosted cards. Now, Streaming and Paired devices sit on translucent cards with a tinted symbol for each line, and the standard Mac switches and menus inside them. On macOS 26 the main buttons use Liquid Glass.
• Everything from 1.1.8 is still there: what is streaming and to whom with live numbers, the picture menu, Fit windows to the device, Sound, Clipboard, Away from home, and your paired devices.

Pairing, streaming and settings work as in 1.1.8, and paired devices stay paired.

Connect your devices

Install DuoDeck Host on a Mac running macOS 14 or later, then allow Screen Recording and Accessibility from its home window. Choose Pair iPhone or iPad….

On your iPhone or iPad, open DuoDeck and choose Macs › Add Mac. Scan the Mac's code, or enter its address and 12-digit code, then tap Pair Mac.

The Mac companion supports Intel and Apple silicon. No DuoDeck account or subscription is required.

DuoDeck builds on the Apache 2.0 licensed Sill engine. Original attribution and license are retained.

DuoDeck 1.1.8

DuoDeck Host 1.1.8

The home window is now a plain Mac window.

What changed

• Native design. The home window uses the same grouped layout, switches and menus as System Settings, in light and dark mode, without custom colours or artwork.
• What matters, in order. This Mac and its state at the top; what is streaming and to which device, with live numbers; the switches you change between sessions (picture, fit windows to the device, sound, clipboard, away from home); and your paired devices with when each last connected.
• Settings stay one click away in the toolbar, or with ⌘,.

Pairing, streaming and settings work as in 1.1.7, and paired devices stay paired.

Connect your devices

Install DuoDeck Host on a Mac running macOS 14 or later, then allow Screen Recording and Accessibility from its home window. Choose Pair iPhone or iPad….

On your iPhone or iPad, open DuoDeck and choose Macs › Add Mac. Scan the Mac's code, or enter its address and 12-digit code, then tap Pair Mac.

The Mac companion supports Intel and Apple silicon. No DuoDeck account or subscription is required.

DuoDeck builds on the Apache 2.0 licensed Sill engine. Original attribution and license are retained.

DuoDeck 1.1.7

DuoDeck Host 1.1.7

Device names read plainly in the home window: "iPhone", not "iPhone (iPhone19,4)". Also in this update, from 1.1.6:

What changed

• Waiting for your iPad. Once a device is paired, the setup steps and App Store code give way to one short card naming the device DuoDeck is waiting for, with Pair another device… beside it. New Macs still see the full walkthrough.
• Live connection at a glance. While streaming, each device shows its frame rate, delay, round trip and connection as clear tags.
• Quick controls. Choose Smooth, Balanced or Crisp for the picture, and switch Own display, Sound, Clipboard and Away from home on or off with one click, right in the home window. Each change applies at once, as it does in Settings.
• Your devices. Every paired iPhone and iPad is listed, the one connected now first, with when and how each last connected. Manage… opens the full list in Settings.
• Activity. The footer opens DuoDeck Host's log in one click, for when something needs a closer look.

Pairing, streaming and settings work as in 1.1.6, and paired devices stay paired.

Connect your devices

Install DuoDeck Host on a Mac running macOS 14 or later, then allow Screen Recording and Accessibility from its home window. Choose Pair iPhone or iPad….

On your iPhone or iPad, open DuoDeck and choose Macs › Add Mac. Scan the Mac's code, or enter its address and 12-digit code, then tap Pair Mac.

The Mac companion supports Intel and Apple silicon. No DuoDeck account or subscription is required.

DuoDeck builds on the Apache 2.0 licensed Sill engine. Original attribution and license are retained.

DuoDeck 1.1.6

DuoDeck Host 1.1.6

The home window fits what you are doing now.

What changed

• Waiting for your iPad. Once a device is paired, the setup steps and App Store code give way to one short card naming the device DuoDeck is waiting for, with Pair another device… beside it. New Macs still see the full walkthrough.
• Live connection at a glance. While streaming, each device shows its frame rate, delay, round trip and connection as clear tags.
• Quick controls. Choose Smooth, Balanced or Crisp for the picture, and switch Own display, Sound, Clipboard and Away from home on or off with one click, right in the home window. Each change applies at once, as it does in Settings.
• Your devices. Every paired iPhone and iPad is listed, the one connected now first, with when and how each last connected. Manage… opens the full list in Settings.
• Activity. The footer opens DuoDeck Host's log in one click, for when something needs a closer look.

Pairing, streaming and settings work as in 1.1.5, and paired devices stay paired.

Connect your devices

Install DuoDeck Host on a Mac running macOS 14 or later, then allow Screen Recording and Accessibility from its home window. Choose Pair iPhone or iPad….

On your iPhone or iPad, open DuoDeck and choose Macs › Add Mac. Scan the Mac's code, or enter its address and 12-digit code, then tap Pair Mac.

The Mac companion supports Intel and Apple silicon. No DuoDeck account or subscription is required.

DuoDeck builds on the Apache 2.0 licensed Sill engine. Original attribution and license are retained.

DuoDeck 1.1.5

DuoDeck Host 1.1.5

The home window opens taller, with every quick control in view, and its picture picker in DuoDeck violet across the full width.

What changed

• Quick controls. Choose Smooth, Balanced or Crisp for the picture, and switch Own display, Sound, Clipboard and Away from home on or off with one click, right in the home window. Each change applies at once, as it does in Settings.
• Your devices. Every paired iPhone and iPad is listed, the one connected now first, with when and how each last connected. Manage… opens the full list in Settings.
• Activity. The footer opens DuoDeck Host's log in one click, for when something needs a closer look.

Pairing, streaming and settings work as in 1.1.4, and paired devices stay paired.

Connect your devices

Install DuoDeck Host on a Mac running macOS 14 or later, then allow Screen Recording and Accessibility from its home window. Choose Pair iPhone or iPad….

On your iPhone or iPad, open DuoDeck and choose Macs › Add Mac. Scan the Mac's code, or enter its address and 12-digit code, then tap Pair Mac.

The Mac companion supports Intel and Apple silicon. No DuoDeck account or subscription is required.

DuoDeck builds on the Apache 2.0 licensed Sill engine. Original attribution and license are retained.

DuoDeck 1.1.4

DuoDeck Host 1.1.4

The home window now does the everyday things itself.

What changed

• Quick controls. Choose Smooth, Balanced or Crisp for the picture, and switch Own display, Sound, Clipboard and Away from home on or off with one click, right in the home window. Each change applies at once, as it does in Settings.
• Your devices. Every paired iPhone and iPad is listed, the one connected now first, with when and how each last connected. Manage… opens the full list in Settings.
• Activity. The footer opens DuoDeck Host's log in one click, for when something needs a closer look.

Pairing, streaming and settings work as in 1.1.3, and paired devices stay paired.

Connect your devices

Install DuoDeck Host on a Mac running macOS 14 or later, then allow Screen Recording and Accessibility from its home window. Choose Pair iPhone or iPad….

On your iPhone or iPad, open DuoDeck and choose Macs › Add Mac. Scan the Mac's code, or enter its address and 12-digit code, then tap Pair Mac.

The Mac companion supports Intel and Apple silicon. No DuoDeck account or subscription is required.

DuoDeck builds on the Apache 2.0 licensed Sill engine. Original attribution and license are retained.

DuoDeck 1.1.3

DuoDeck Host 1.1.3

DuoDeck Host now opens to a home window of its own.

What changed

• A home for DuoDeck on your Mac. Opening DuoDeck Host, clicking its Dock icon or choosing Open DuoDeck from the menu bar shows one calm window: whether this Mac is ready, which iPhone or iPad is connected and what it is showing, and the next step. Nobody connected yet? It walks you through it, with an App Store code to scan for the iPhone and iPad app and a Pair iPhone or iPad… button.
• Setup in one place. Until Screen Recording and Accessibility are both on, the home window lists them with an Allow… button each.
• Settings stay in Settings. Every control is still in Settings (⌘,), now titled DuoDeck Settings.
• The Mac app's accent colour now matches the violet of the new icon.

Pairing, streaming and settings work as in 1.1.2, and paired devices stay paired.

Connect your devices

Install DuoDeck Host on a Mac running macOS 14 or later, then allow Screen Recording and Accessibility from its home window. Choose Pair iPhone or iPad….

On your iPhone or iPad, open DuoDeck and choose Macs › Add Mac. Scan the Mac's code, or enter its address and 12-digit code, then tap Pair Mac.

The Mac companion supports Intel and Apple silicon. No DuoDeck account or subscription is required.

DuoDeck builds on the Apache 2.0 licensed Sill engine. Original attribution and license are retained.