Publishing a project in Merlin for Mac OS X so it can be accessed from an iPhone is quite simple. Just click on the “Publishing” icon, select the “iPhone” tab, and click on the “Start” button. From within a local network, this project can be immediately discovered and opened using Merlin iPhone via Bonjour. But what about accessing a project file from outside a local network?

In such cases, simply drag the Proxy icon (an explanation for the colors can be found here) and place it in the body of a new e-mail which can then be received and read from your iPhone. Unfortunately, we’ve discovered a defect in the iPhone Mail application (OS version 2.2.1) which only recognizes the IP address portion of the Merlin URL string and treats it as a phone number. Obviously, this is not the intended behavior of how the Merlin URL should be handled from inside the e-mail.

This situation can fortunately be easily resolved. Simply place the entire URL inside of open and close brackets so it reads as follows: “” and it will work perfectly.