Set up in two minutes.

Questions or something broken? Email hello@superpad.app. On the Mac you can also use Send feedback… in the SuperPad menu.

What you need

• An iPhone 15 Pro or later with Apple Intelligence turned on, iOS 18 or later.
• A Mac with macOS 15 or later.
• Both on the same Wi-Fi.

Setup

1. Install SuperPad for iPhone from the TestFlight invite, and open it.
2. Install SuperPad for Mac from superpad.app/download: open the download, drag SuperPad into Applications, then open it from Applications.
3. Allow typing on the Mac. SuperPad opens System Settings › Privacy & Security › Accessibility. Turn SuperPad on.
4. Pair. The Mac shows a code. Scan it with the iPhone app. That's the only time the camera is used.
5. Try it. Click into any text box on your Mac, hold Speak to type on your phone, say something with an “um” in it, and let go.

Something's not working

Nothing types on the Mac

• Check the pill at the top of the pad. If it says Away, your Mac is locked, asleep or not on the same Wi-Fi. Your words are saved on your phone and land when it's back.
• Make sure SuperPad is on in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Accessibility. After an update you may need to turn it off and on again.
• Click into a text box first. If no text box is focused, SuperPad tells you instead of typing.

It didn't hear me

• Check Settings › SuperPad › Microphone and Speech Recognition are on.
• Speak after the key's light comes on. With music playing, the mic takes about a second to go live.

Polish says “Select some text first”

Polish works on the text selected on your Mac. Select it, then hold the key and say how to change it.

Ask about my screen doesn't attach a picture

Allow SuperPad in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Screen & System Audio Recording, then quit and reopen SuperPad on the Mac.

The phone can't find the Mac

Both need Local Network access (iPhone: Settings › Privacy & Security › Local Network). Some guest or office networks block devices from seeing each other. Try a home network or your phone's hotspot.

Undo

Every send shows Undo on the phone for at least 30 seconds after it lands.

Remove SuperPad

Delete the iPhone app as usual. On the Mac, quit SuperPad from its menu and move it from Applications to the Bin. If you connected a coding agent, choose Disconnect first so its settings are restored.