#Type2phone sendkeycode example Bluetooth
#Type2phone sendkeycode example mac

#Type2phone sendkeycode example Bluetooth

1 That, at least, has been my experience so far, and because that’s how pairing works with Bluetooth mice, keyboards, and earpieces, I expect it to work that way with the computer, too. After the phone and computer know each other, they reconnect immediately. Luckily, this awful pairing experience seems to be required only once per computer. I’m sorry I can’t give you screenshots or a better description of the process, but I felt the need to work quickly so I wouldn’t lose the connection. With the iMac, I had to type in a set of numbers on both devices with the MB Air, I just had to tap an onscreen button. The actual pairing procedure-which only starts after you go through all those steps to get the phone to see the Mac-was different on the two machines. The phone didn’t see the MB Air immediately either, but it did on the first try with the “Troubleshooting” technique. I have no idea why it didn’t work at first or why it finally did. It still didn’t work the next couple of times I tried it, but then it did.

Since my iPhone uses my iMac’s WiFi sharing at work, that seemed like reasonable advice. Eventually, I found this message on Houdah’s support forum, which suggested turning off WiFi on the devices before trying to pair them via Bluetooth. The first few times, I just got an error message on the phone saying a connection was impossible. On the iMac, I had to do this at least five times before it worked.

#Type2phone sendkeycode example mac

Tap the name of the Mac to start the pairing procedure.On your iPhone / iPad, go to Settings > General > Bluetooth.Set Bluetooth on the Mac to be discoverable.If the Mac is listed with a blue arrow, tap that arrow and select “Forget this device”.With both my iMac and my MacBook Air, I had to resort to Houdah’s “Troubleshooting” tips to even get the phone to see that the Mac was available: I do, and I’ve always felt ridiculous typing away on the phone’s small keyboard when real one is right in front of me.īefore you can use Type2Phone, you have to pair your Mac with your iPhone, which I found difficult at best. If you don’t see the value of having a full-sized keyboard for your iPhone, you must not get texts while you’re at your computer. This is functionality that Apple should have built-in (we stay within the Apple ecosystem because of its excellent product integration-this is an area where the integration fails), but until it does Type2Phone will fill the gap. The purpose of Type2Phone is to allow you to use your Mac as a Bluetooth keyboard for your iPhone or iPad. Well, now I have it installed on both of my computers, and even though it was hard to get working and has a weird display, it seems like a useful tool to have. I’d seen mentions of Type2Phone by Clark Goble and Stephen Hackett, but I didn’t get around to looking at it until Justin Blanton linked to it earlier this week.