Hi Paula, I think that Chris means the third-party apps Type2Phone and iKeyboard can let you use your Mac as a Bluetooth keyboard for inputting text on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. (I don't think there's an app named Mac2Phone.) And actually Type2Phone should also allow you to control/navigate your iOS device as well as copy text from Mac to iPhone, provided you turn VoiceOver off on your Mac, but I've found it a little less stable for this. And the last time I checked, iKeyboard had support for more different input language keyboards, though both will support other languages besides English.
Here are the URLs at the Mac app store: Type2Phone by Houdah Software $4.99 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/type2phone/id472717129?mt=12 IKeyboard by Invictus Security $9.99 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ikeyboard/id441439411?mt=12 There are also discussions of these apps in the list archives, starting from December of last year. Here's a link to a post replying to a query about using the Mac as a Bluetooth keyboard for iOS devices, for example: Re: Using Mac as Bluetooth keyboard http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/msg08125.html HTH. Cheers, Esther On Oct 30, 2012, at 10:35 PM, Chris <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: > This can be done via a couple of third party Mac Apps which can be bought > from the Mac App store. > 1. Mac2phone. > 2. iKeyboard. > I prefer the latter as it allows you to fully control an iOS device. It > literally emulates a bluetooth hardware keyboard. The former I believe only > allows you to type the text which can then be copied or pasted or directly > send as an SMS. > > > Christopher Hallsworth > > On 31/10/2012 07:00, Paula Hobley wrote: >> Hi Sarah >> >> I just thought that pairing my mac with my phone could mean I could type my >> texts instead of using the touch screen. >> >> Cheers >> >> Paula >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
