Choose an app to see a desktop workflow, its Apperture viewer, and practical tips for both devices. You’ll need the app installed on an awake, reachable Mac, the free Apperture Mac host, and Apperture on your iPhone or iPad.
49 apps
Design & publishing
- Affinity
Review vector, photo, and page-layout work in the Mac workspace.
- Capture One
Review a desktop session, image adjustments, and exports.
- Figma
Review the Mac editing workspace, frames, and properties.
- Illustrator
Review artboards, layers, and vector artwork in the Mac document.
- InDesign
Review a publication and make a small correction in the Mac layout.
- Lightroom Classic
Review the desktop catalog and check photo exports.
- OmniGraffle
Review diagrams, canvases, and desktop stencil libraries.
- Photoshop
Access an existing PSD, layers, and installed desktop plug-ins.
- Pixelmator Pro
Review your Mac image document, layers, and editing controls.
- Sketch
Return to the Mac editor with your document and desktop tools in place.
3D & printing
- AutoCAD
Review a Mac drawing, layers, layouts, and plot settings.
- Autodesk Fusion
Review the Fusion 360 model, timeline, and design workspace.
- Bambu Studio
Access your Mac build plate, printer profiles, and slicing settings.
- Blender
Check a scene, inspect the viewport, or follow a render on your Mac.
- Cinema 4D
Review scenes, object settings, and render progress.
- FreeCAD
Review a parametric model, feature tree, and object properties.
- Houdini
Inspect node networks, simulation settings, and renders.
- OrcaSlicer
Check plates, slicing settings, and layer previews.
- PrusaSlicer
Review supports, filament settings, and sliced toolpaths.
- Rhino
Review a Mac model, layers, and object properties.
- SketchUp
Review a desktop model with its scenes and extensions.
- ZBrush
Review the desktop sculpt, SubTools, and export settings.
Video & music
- Ableton Live
Check the same Live set, tracks, devices, and mixer on your Mac.
- After Effects
Inspect compositions, keyframes, and render queues.
- Compressor
Check transcode batches, presets, and delivery progress.
- DaVinci Resolve
Inspect the Mac edit and follow the render queue.
- Final Cut Pro
Inspect the Mac timeline and check background tasks or exports.
- FL Studio
Revisit the desktop playlist, mixer, and project exports.
- HandBrake
Review video encoding presets and queue progress.
- Logic Pro
Inspect the Mac project’s tracks, mixer, and desktop plug-ins.
- OBS Studio
Check scenes, audio meters, and recording status.
- Premiere Pro
Review a desktop sequence and its media or export settings.
- Pro Tools
Review desktop sessions, track settings, and bounces.
- REAPER
Inspect tracks, routing, and render queue progress.
- Topaz Video
Check enhancement settings and long-running video exports.
Development
- Android Studio
Read code, Gradle output, and debugger state on the Mac.
- Cursor
Return to local code, terminal output, and agent work.
- DBeaver
Review schemas, SQL editors, and query results.
- Docker Desktop
Check local containers, logs, images, and resource status.
- IntelliJ IDEA
Revisit the local JVM workspace, tests, and debugger.
- Postman
Review collections, requests, and API responses.
- PyCharm
Inspect Python code, environments, and test output.
- TablePlus
Inspect database tables, saved queries, and results.
- Visual Studio Code
Access the Mac workspace, local extensions, and integrated terminal.
- Xcode
Read source code and check build issues in your Mac environment.
Game development
- Godot
Inspect scenes, scripts, and debugger output.
- Unity
Check scenes, Console output, and desktop build settings.
- Unreal Engine
Review the editor, Blueprints, and build or shader status.
Writing
- Scrivener
Review the manuscript, research, and desktop compile settings.
Choose the screen that suits the task
An iPhone is handy for a quick check of a render, export, or project. An iPad gives a desktop canvas, timeline, or editor more room. Both connect to the same Mac app, so your existing files and tools stay together.
Some apps also have native iPad or iPhone versions. The guides explain where those fit and when access to your existing Mac workspace is useful. For the basics, see the setup guide.