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⚙️ Settings

Open More → Tools → Settings on iPhone, or Tools → Settings in the iPad sidebar. Changes apply immediately.

Settings


🎨 Appearance

Setting Description
Theme System follows the device; or force Light or Dark. Applies to the whole app, including menus and sheets
Accent Color Eight colors for icons and illustrations. Buttons, toggles and status colors keep their defaults

🛡️ Security

Require Face ID / Touch ID locks the app when it opens and after a minute in the background. Off by default. See Security.

🖥️ iPad Layout (iPad only)

Option Description
Sidebar A sidebar of areas, the VM list and the VM details side by side
Single Column One screen at a time, like iPhone (default)

The sidebar layout needs a wide window. In a narrow Split View or Slide Over window, Single Column is always used. While a live screen or terminal is open, the sidebar and list slide away to give it the whole window.

📺 Live Screen

Starting values for the live screen.

Setting Default
Frame Rate Auto
Quality Best available (HW)
Show stream info Off

⊞ Grid View

Show screen thumbnails shows a screenshot of each VM on its card. Screenshots can reveal private content: they are kept only in the app's cache and erased when you turn this off or switch servers.

🔄 Refresh

Option Description
2 s, 5 s, 15 s, 30 s How often the VM list and details update on their own. Default 5 s; longer saves battery and data
Manual Update only when you tap Refresh or pull down

💻 Command Line

Show floating button turns the round terminal button on or off. The command line stays available from the ⋯ menu, the iPad sidebar, and ⌃** / **⌘.