Notes on Beam, working across several Macs, and what we are building.
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Keep your desktop routine across two Macs
Use Mission Control to organize your work, then share the other Mac’s display in Beam and test desktop navigation.
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Frame rate or sharpness: Beam chooses for you
Beam automatically keeps text sharp while a window is still and motion smooth when video, animation, or scrolling starts.
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Can another Mac open the Lock Screen?
Prepare and test trusted Mac-to-Mac access before leaving, with clear checks for the Lock Screen, sleep, restart, FileVault, and privacy.
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Which Mac apps share one window?
FaceTime, Zoom, Teams, Meet, Slack, Webex and Discord share one Mac window. See when a cropped region or a beamed window fits better.
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Bring one Mac window onto another Mac
Beam puts one Mac app window on another Mac at its own size, with direct input, crisp text, optional audio, and its own Dock icon.
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When a shared Mac window disappears
Minimize, hide, close, and Spaces affect Mac windows differently. See what each action means while you work with a beamed window.
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Give another Mac’s app your whole ultrawide
Let an app from another Mac fill the space your work needs. Beam resizes the real source window and streams it crisply onto your ultrawide.
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Your windows go straight between your Macs
Your Macs talk to each other directly on your own network, or over your tailnet when they are apart. Your account knows your Macs and your plan, never what is on them. This is what leaves a Mac when you use Beam, and what does not.
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Running a headless Mac mini from your desk
A Mac mini in a closet with no display and no keyboard is a good place for builds and agents. Here is how to set it up so its windows open on the Mac you are actually sitting at.
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A window, not a screen
Screen sharing gives you a picture of a desktop. Beam gives you the window itself, on your desktop, at its own size, in your ⌘ Tab. Here is why that distinction is the whole product.
