MeowDisplay shows individual Mac windows as tabs and panes
MeowDisplay (meowdisplay.app) was posted to Hacker News as a Show HN project, framed in its title as iPhone Mirroring in reverse. The part of the product page that is available describes a feature called Window view. Instead of mirroring the whole Mac display, it shows individual Mac windows. The page's tagline for it is "Your Mac's windows. Arranged your way."
The windows can be kept as tabs, split into panes, and swapped or resized while you work. The arrangement is done by touch: you touch and hold a window's label to pick it up, then drop it where you want it. The drop location decides what happens.
Dropping a window on the top strip adds it as a tab. Dropping it on an edge opens a new pane beside the existing one (a split). Dropping it in the centre makes the two windows trade places (a swap). Dragging the divider between panes gives one pane more room (a resize).
The text available for this retelling covers only the Window view section, so it says nothing about price, supported devices, how the connection works or who built the app.
Key facts
- MeowDisplay is presented in a Show HN post whose title calls it iPhone Mirroring in reverse.
- Its Window view shows individual Mac windows instead of the whole display.
- Windows can be kept as tabs, split into panes, and swapped or resized as you work.
- Dropping a window on the top strip makes a tab, on an edge makes a new pane beside it, and in the centre swaps it with the existing window.
- A window is picked up by touching and holding its label; dragging the divider gives a pane more room.
Why it matters
Mirroring a whole Mac screen onto a small display is awkward. MeowDisplay's Window view takes a different route: it sends individual windows and lets the user compose them into a layout of tabs and panes by touch. The Show HN title frames this as the reverse of iPhone Mirroring, where a phone is shown on a computer; here the computer's content is arranged on the touch device.
Who it affects
People who work on a Mac and want to see or control some of its windows from a touch device, and who want to choose which windows appear rather than showing everything.
How to use it
In Window view, touch and hold a window's label to pick it up, then drop it where you want it. Drop it on the top strip to add it as a tab. Drop it on an edge to open a new pane beside the current one. Drop it in the centre to swap places with the window already there. Drag the divider to resize panes.
How solid is it
The description comes from the product's own page, so it states what the app is meant to do, not how well it does it. The retelling rests on the Window view section only. No price, license, platform requirements, connection method, performance figures or developer name appear in that text.
Risks and caveats
The reverse of iPhone Mirroring framing comes from the Show HN title, not from the page text. Nothing in the available text covers latency, security, supported devices or how windows reach the touch device, so those questions are open here. Judge the app on its own demo and the discussion thread.
“Your Mac’s windows. Arranged your way.”
— meowdisplay.app, Window view section