Guides

Step-by-step answers for the most common ways people use an iPhone or iPad with their computer.

Updated October 14, 2026

Control a Windows PC from your iPhone

Set up PalmDesk on Windows 10 or 11 and use your iPhone as a trackpad, remote and live screen.

Sidecar and Universal Control are for iPad. Here is what works with an iPhone.

Gestures for Task View and virtual desktops, and a keyboard with Ctrl, Alt and the Windows key.

Windows Home can’t accept Remote Desktop connections. Here is another way in.

A bigger trackpad and a bigger view of your computer, in every orientation.

Play, pause, volume and subtitles from the couch, for Netflix, YouTube and Spotify.