Android app to control Macbook?

[casteve]

I'm using a 2011 MBP as a pseudo-HTPC and want to control it (keyboard, pointing device, sleep/wake up) from the comfort of my couch. At first, I thought I'd look for a decent wireless keyboard...but I have yet to find one that's Mac compatible and also has a built in pointing device (trackpad, etc).

So, I'm headed in a different direction. Instead of looking for a wireless keyboard, why not use my SGS4?

Is there a decent Android app for this?

 

[T_Yamamoto]

You could always get an Apple Bluetooth keyboard and trackpad and connect them with this

 

[AFurryReptile]

This little keyboard/trackpad combo is great for controlling a remote computer. I should think it would work on a Mac, but I can't confirm.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823126264

I have no recommendations for controlling a Mac via Android app. If I'm not mistaken, Apple's "Walled Garden" nature makes it more difficult to do than on, say, Windows or Linux.

 

[TheStu]

This little keyboard/trackpad combo is great for controlling a remote computer. I should think it would work on a Mac, but I can't confirm.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823126264

I have no recommendations for controlling a Mac via Android app. If I'm not mistaken, Apple's "Walled Garden" nature makes it more difficult to do than on, say, Windows or Linux.

How would you control Windows or Linux machine?

 

[Red Storm]

How would you control Windows or Linux machine?

There are various apps, like this one.

 

[cronos]

How about a VNC client which connects to the Mac through screen share?

I obviously haven't tried myself, but this might work.

 

[Zaap]

There are a few apps you can try for Android that work for OSX:
Wifi Mouse:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.necta.wifimouse

Remote Mouse:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hungrybolo.remotemouseandroid


Mobile Mouse:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobilemouse.full

I haven't tried any of them.

Personally, I'd just use a decent wireless HTPC keyboard that has a point device built in. Most that are supposedly PC-only will work just fine with a Mac- the main difference just being that the Windows key functions as the Mac command key and is reversed with the option key. Even most extra multimedia buttons will work on the Mac.

For example, this:

http://www.amazon.com/Rii-Mini-Wirel...=HTPC+keyboard

or this:

http://www.amazon.com/Satechi-ST-K10...=HTPC+keyboard

or any number of similar choices.