Native input path
Optimised for your Macs
Native macOS events. Nothing sits in the middle.
Optimised for your Macs
One keyboard.Every Mac.
One keyboard and mouse across all your Macs, over your own Wi-Fi. No accounts, no cloud.
Free for two Macs · Pay once for the rest · No subscription
Same keyboard.
- Native input
- Tuned for your Macs
- mTLS 1.3
- Encrypted, always
- LAN only
- Nothing routes through us
- Notarized
- Nothing tracked
Two Macs, one desk
Two Macs. Two keyboards. One pair of hands.
A work Mac and a personal Mac on one desk. Universal Control wants them on the same Apple ID. Everything else drops the moment something goes to sleep.
Continuo shares your keyboard, mouse, clipboard and files between them over your own Wi-Fi. It doesn’t mirror your screen, and nothing passes through anyone else’s server.
- Accounts
- Different Apple IDs, or none
- Network
- Same Wi-Fi or Ethernet
- Display
- Each Mac keeps its own screen
What it does
One link between your Macs.
Everything travels on it.
Always encrypted
Encrypted, always
Encrypted before it leaves your Mac. No way to turn it off.
Nothing to configure
Zero-config
Your Macs find each other. Nothing to type in.
Three words
Bonjour pairing
Same three words on both screens? You're paired.
Reconnects itself
Never drops
Close the lid, come back tomorrow. It reconnects itself.
One file to 5 MB
Send files to another Mac
Drag a file to the notch, drop it on another Mac. Encrypted on the way.
Images · files to 5 MB
Images and files too
Copy a screenshot here, paste it there.
Pinch · rotatePro
Your trackpad comes too
Pinch, rotate, swipe. All of it crosses.
One hotkey
Jump to any Mac
One hotkey, or click it in the menu bar.
Match your desk
Drag to arrange
Put the screens where they really sit. The edges follow.
Select · copiedPro
Selecting is copying
Select text and it's already copied, everywhere.
Works when lockedPro
Works on a locked Mac
Unlock the other Mac from where you sit, without walking over to it.
Before first unlockProIn progress
Works from a cold start
The very first unlock after a reboot, before macOS has finished loading.
Needs an extra driver. That is the part we are still building.
One clickPro
Wake a sleeping Mac
From the menu bar, without getting up.
Setup
Under a minute.
No addresses to type, and no Mac to pick as the main one.
- 01 · install
Install on each Mac
Free covers two Macs. It asks for three permissions, then never asks again.
- 02 · verify
Pair with three words
The same three words appear on both screens. Confirm they match and you’re done.
- 03 · move
Arrange and go
Drag each Mac to where it really sits. Then push the cursor past the edge and keep going.
Compare
Where it wins, and where it doesn't.
5 things no alternative does, and the places another tool is the better answer. Read off what every vendor published in mid-2026. See the whole table →
| Capability | Continuo | Universal Control | Synergy | ShareMouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Different Apple IDs | Yes | Same ID | Yes | Yes |
| Windows or Linux on the same desk | Macs only | Macs and iPads | Windows · Linux | Windows |
| Native trackpad gestures | Pro | Yes | Scroll only | Scroll only |
| Reconnects after sleep | Yes | Supported, can drop | Needs a workaround | Unstated |
| Drag a file straight to another Mac | Free to 5 MB | Yes | No | Yes |
| Select text to copy, no keystroke | Pro | No | No | No |
| Wake a sleeping Mac | Pro | No | No | No |
| Keyboard works on the lock screen | Pro | Both must be unlocked | No | Windows only |
| Keyboard works from a cold start | Pro · in progress | No | No | No |
| Price | $29 | Free with macOS | $15–29 once | One-time licence |
| No cloud, no account, no tracking | Yes | iCloud | Account | Unstated |
Security
Built like a security tool, because it is one.
Something that can type on your Macs has to earn that. Everything is encrypted, each Mac trusts only the ones you paired it with, and if anything goes wrong it hands control back instead of guessing.
- Pairing
- Three words you check on both screens
- Transport
- Encrypted both ways, every time
- Data
- Stays on your Wi-Fi · nothing recorded
- Platform
- Sandboxed and notarized by Apple
If anyone gets in between, the words stop matching.
There’s no setting that turns it off.
Nothing about you is collected, and what you type is never written down.
Only the permissions it needs, and logs with your data stripped out.
Pricing
Pay once. Own it forever.
One licence covers every Mac you own. You pay once, and there is no subscription.
For two Macs
Free
$0
Forever
for two Macs
Everything above, for two Macs.
- 2 Macs · encrypted keyboard + mouse
- Pairs in three words
- Drag-to-arrange layout
- Auto-reconnect
- Clipboard · text, images and files to 5 MB
- Send a file to another Mac · one at a time, to 5 MB
- QuickJump
- Menu bar with live status
For every Mac you own
Pro
$19
$29
One-time
purchase
Launch price · first 100 buyers or 30 days
Everything in Free, for as many Macs as you own.
- 3+ Macs
- Native trackpad gestures
- Send files with no cap on size or number
- Clipboard with no size cap
- Smart select to copy
- Works on a locked Mac
- Keyboard from a cold start (in progress)
- Wake a sleeping Mac
Buy it for the macOS you are on. Continuo drives input at the system level, so every new macOS needs a new build. Yours covers the current one and the next one Apple ships.
After that, upgrades are half price. The app keeps running on the macOS you bought it for. You pay again only when you want the build for a newer one. No clock, no renewal date.
14-day trial. Every Pro feature, from first install.
FAQ
Straight answers.
There are things it won’t do. Here they are.