![]() ![]() On its own, this capability is quite interesting, but Type2Phone extends it in even more interesting ways: This works regardless of what type of keyboard is attached to your Mac I’m currently using it with my MacBook Air’s built-in keyboard and with a USB-based Das Keyboard there’s something particularly satisfying about replacing the iPhone’s virtual keyboard with a seriously tactile keyboard. Simply put, once you pair the Type2Phone app with your device via Bluetooth, Type2Phone lets you use your Mac’s existing keyboard to type on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Apple TV (a second- or third-generation model, with version 5.2 of the software from January 2013), just like any normal Bluetooth keyboard, optionally showing the keys in the Type2Phone window as you press them (there’s even a silly “flying key” animation). But both are a lot more expensive than the $4.99 Type2Phone. ![]() Logitech’s Easy-Switch Keyboard is similar, though I haven’t tested it. (If you’re in the market for a new keyboard anyway, Matias’s One Keyboard - available in Standard, Slim, and Tactile models - lets you switch between typing on your Mac and your iPhone with a single key press and works well. It has been around for a while, it turns out, but I learned of it when version 2.0 appeared in For people like me, Houdah Software’s Type2Phone utility is just the ticket. In my case, it’s because I’ve started using a diary-like app to record some daily events, but while I want it on the iPhone so I can access it at any time, I generally tap out only a few notes on the iPhone and fill in the details later. These people - and I’m one of them - need to type significant amounts on the iPhone only occasionally. There’s a third group, though, that falls in between the people who can rely entirely on the virtual keyboard and those who always have a Bluetooth keyboard in their bags. For those people who, for instance, take notes on an iPhone in class using something like Pear Note 3.1, a separate Bluetooth keyboard is a worthwhile investment. Of course, since iOS 4, the iPhone has allowed Bluetooth keyboards to take over for the virtual keyboard. ![]() But overall, typing on the iPhone is far, far harder than on a decent computer keyboard. Yes, Apple’s virtual keyboard is generally well-designed, and auto-correct often helps with missed keys, so if there’s no alternative, you can tap out enough text to carry on an understandable Messages or Twitter conversation, or reply tersely to an email message. #1662: New Macs, 12 top OS features for 2023, vertical tabs in Web browsers, watchOS 9.5.1įor most people, typing significant amounts of text on an iOS device, particularly an iPhone or iPod touch, is difficult, slow, and error-prone, and that’s on a good day, with practice and a tailwind.#1663: Exploring the Apple Vision Pro, 12 more OS features coming in 2023, new Apple service features, Apollo shuts down.#1664: Real system requirements for OS 2023, beware Siri creating alarms instead of timers.#1665: Important OS security updates, abusive Web notifications, solve myopia with an iPhone, Self Service Repair.#1666: Air quality websites and apps, The Password Game. ![]()
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