Everything Encore does.
A second screen for your Mac while you work. A calm smart display when you don't. Every picture is the real app on a Mac desktop, old and new.
On your desk, as a second screen.
A real second screen
Your Mac sees the iMac as one more display. Drag windows onto it, like any monitor.
Quick control from the notch
Move the pointer under the notch and the panel drops down. Every switch is one click.
Connects by itself
Pair once with a 4-digit code. After that a green check, and the iMac is your screen.
Sharp, Smooth or Ultra
Pixel-exact over a cable, sharp text on Wi-Fi too. Smooth for motion, Ultra for a studio-grade picture.
Several iMacs at once
Every iMac gets its own row: Monitor or StandBy, cable or Wi-Fi, sound and camera.
Keyboard, mouse, sound and camera
The iMac's keyboard and mouse control your Mac, its speakers play your sound, and over a cable its camera is your webcam.
One switch: monitor or smart display.
The same iMac, two jobs. Switch per iMac in the Encore window or the notch panel.
Switching back needs no reconnecting. The sound can keep playing in StandBy.
Off duty, as a smart display.
When the iMac isn't a screen it shows StandBy, made for a desk.
Twelve clock faces
From a bold analogue clock to Solar and world time.
Pick a face from your Mac
Press and hold StandBy in the panel and choose. The iMac changes right away.
Widgets with real data
Weather, sunset, photos, your calendar, what's playing and your Mac's battery. Six layouts.
A home screen
A photo of the day, the time and glass tiles for your Mac, weather, calendar and photos.
Cards when something happens
Reconnected, sound plays here, keyboard and mouse, updated: a small card slides in.
Presenter screen and teleprompter
While Keynote plays, the iMac shows your notes, the next slide and a timer.
Music and Hey Mac.
An AirPlay speaker with lyrics
Play from Spotify, YouTube or Music. The iMac shows the cover, a spinning record and the lyrics in time.
Hey Mac
Ask your iMac anything. It answers out loud and on screen. Listening is off until you turn it on.
Looks after itself.
Updates itself
Both apps update automatically, never while you're using the screen. Every update is checked against a signature first.
Always encrypted
Picture, sound, keyboard and mouse travel encrypted. Pairing without the code is refused.
Stays on your network
The picture goes straight from your Mac to the iMac. No account and no Encore server in between.
Old iMacs welcome
Every Intel iMac from Late 2009 to 2020. Encore Receiver Legacy covers 2007 to Early 2009.
Free
Free during early access. No account, no ads, no tracking.
English and Dutch
Both apps follow your Mac's language.
Desktop pictures from macOS Catalina, Big Sur, Ventura and Sonoma © Apple Inc.
Give your old iMac a new life.
Two free apps: one for your Mac, one for the iMac.
Version 0.9.0 · Free · Updates itself