LinkFlick
Stop re-pairing your Magic Keyboard between Macs
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Stop re-pairing your Magic Keyboard between Macs
47 followers
I built this because I got sick of re-pairing my Magic Keyboard and Mouse every time I moved between my MacBook and my work MacBook — different Apple IDs, so Universal Control was never going to work for me. LinkFlick just flicks them over Bluetooth instead. Hotkey, or tell Siri "flick devices," done. Menu bar app, customizable hotkey, and it nags you before your Magic Mouse battery dies. Still rough around the edges in places, but it works, and it's mine.
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Roman, I'm trying this out right now and I love the idea! I have some feedback:
- I would expect the keyboard shortcut to simply swap me from one Mac to the next, but it seems that I have to choose the Mac I want to switch to, and then click a button to switch. I haven't been able to get the keyboard shortcut to work at all. It seems to just reassert that the keyboard/mouse are connected to whichever one they are currently connected to. Am I using it incorrectly?
- The app icon has bad contrast. I like the menu bar icon, but the app icon that shows up in the installer needs better contrast to look good.
- On you website you say, "Plans start at $14.99". To me the "plans" part makes it sound like a subscription, so I almost bounced without trying it. There is no way I would pay $14.99/month for this. I then read the Pricing page and assuming the keyboard shortcut can work properly, I'd pay $14.99 once for this for sure. Anyway, just thought you may want to know that you may be losing some potential buyers with that language.
@forthwith Thanks for the detailed feedback, Nick — really useful.
On the shortcut: it's built to pull whichever devices you have selected to your current Mac, in one press — no manual picking involved. So it shouldn't require choosing a Mac first. Happy to debug further over email — support@linkflick.com. I'll also play around with it a bit more on my end.
On pricing: confirmed bug, not a reflection of reality. LinkFlick is one-time purchase, no subscription, ever — "Plans" refers to the Personal/Pro tiers, not billing plans. Fixing the "Plans start at $14.99" wording now so it doesn't read as recurring.
Icon contrast — noted, will take a look.
@roman_abramenko Thanks for the reply. I will email.
@forthwith Update: 1.9 just shipped and covers everything here — the hotkey issue turned out to be a real bug (an event handler silently swallowing the keypress), now fixed, plus the "swap to next Mac" behavior you expected as a new hotkey (⌥⌘;) alongside the pull one. Icon contrast and the pricing wording are fixed too. Appreciate you digging into all three - genuinely made the app better.
@roman_abramenko Thank you for the swift update and reply! I'll check it out!
The Siri command is a nice touch. Being able to switch devices without opening settings sounds really convenient.
@shameka_fabros Thanks! Yeah, that one came out of me wanting it for my own routine — Siri Shortcuts + a physical hotkey (⌥⌘L) so I never have to open the app at all. If you end up trying it, curious whether the Shortcuts action covers your setup or if there's a trigger you'd want that's missing.