Free · Mac + your old iPad

Your old iPad,
back on your desk.

OldPadDeck turns the old iPad in your drawer into a Stream Deck-style controller and a live dashboard for your Mac. Nothing to install on the iPad: it's all in Safari.

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Free · macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon and Intel · Signed with a Developer ID, notarized by Apple

Deck mode: app keys, screenshot key, now playing, volume slider, internet speed and device batteries

Cockpit mode: CPU per core, memory ring, Mac battery, temperatures, top processes

Focus mode: Pomodoro timer, today's reminders, now playing

Studio mode: now playing, audio output picker with AirPlay speakers, volume and microphone sliders

Pad mode: trackpad, shortcut keys and text input

Standby mode: a large clock, the weather and a few numbers

Edit mode: widgets can be moved, resized, configured or replaced

Any iPad from 2013 on
No App Store, no jailbreak
In the app: no account, no cloud, no analytics
Hardware you already own

A second screen with a job

Control, watch, focus.

That iPad still has a great screen. Give it something to do next to your keyboard.

Control the Mac

Keys that open apps, websites and Shortcuts, send key combos or type text. Volume, brightness and mic sliders. A real trackpad. Window tiling, dark mode, lock, screenshot.

Controls

See what it's doing

CPU per core, memory pressure, GPU, disk, network, temperatures, fans and power draw, live every second. The processes using it all, one long press away from quitting.

Mac widgets

Stay in the zone

A Pomodoro that can turn on Do Not Disturb, today's calendar and reminders you check off from the iPad, now playing, and a calm clock when you step away.

Focus widgets

Edit mode with handles to move and resize widgets

No fixed layouts

Every widget moves.

Every screen is a grid of widgets. Tap ••• → Edit screen, or press and hold a widget and drag it: the others make room.

Move, resize, replace or delete any widget, with undo.
Add from the catalog: some two dozen widgets in six categories, each with its own settings.
Your own tabs: up to six. Rename, delete or swap the built-in modes for your own.
Saved on the Mac. App updates never overwrite a layout you've customised.

Try editing in the demo

Studio mode with the audio output list: Mac outputs and AirPlay speakers

Sound, sorted

One list for every speaker.

Pick where the Mac's sound goes from the iPad: built-in speakers, a display, wired or USB, a Bluetooth headset, or an AirPlay speaker on your network.

Its own AirPlay sender streams all of the Mac's sound to a compatible speaker, not just the Music app.
Bluetooth headsets that are paired but asleep connect with one tap.
Volume follows: the slider and the Mac's volume keys drive whatever is playing.

Small things that add up

It feels like it belongs there.

It follows you

Switch to Spotify and the iPad goes to Studio; start a Pomodoro and it goes to Focus. Pin a mode to stop that.

It talks

Optional voice announcements for a low battery or the end of a Pomodoro.

It rests

After 10 idle minutes it switches to Standby: a big clock, the weather and a few numbers.

Your language

The iPad interface is in English, or in French when the iPad is set to French.

Built for an old iPad

A small bundle checked against Safari 12 on every build, made to run all day on 1 GB of RAM.

Paired, not open

A one-time PIN to pair, local network only, and every device can be revoked from the menu bar.

Get going

Three steps, ten minutes.

Install the Mac app

Download the disk image, drag OldPadDeck to Applications and open it. An iPad icon appears in the menu bar.

OldPadDeck.dmg

Pair the iPad

Open Pair a Device… from the menu bar, then scan the QR code with the iPad or type the 6-digit PIN in Safari.

Make it a desk display

In Safari: Share → Add to Home Screen. Set Auto-Lock to Never and keep it on its charger.

Read the full install guide

Take the iPad out of the drawer.

Free, and built on hardware you already own.