![]() What’s even better is that Sidecar functions as an app on the iPad. Even the OneNote app on MacOS feels a lot more natural to use than the iPadOS version, with some more features, and a lot more visible inking space. My personal favorite app for this is Tayasui Sketches, which is a fun sketching app. It feels awesome to use the Apple Pencil on drawing apps on Mac OS, where you get a full desktop-like experience, rather than a mobile-first layout. It’s a nice use for the accessory, which I never really used otherwise when my iPad is on its own. In this situation, you can use the Apple Pencil to scroll web pages or touch the screen where you would want to touch with a finger. While I still can’t use my fingers like I can on a Surface, the Apple Pencil fills the gap. One of the benefits of this neat trick is being able to control MacOS on an iPad Pro with touch. Additionally, fellow Reddit users have posted about this before. I’m not sure if this is a bug, or it is intended, but the folks at MacRumors do point out that both can be used at the same time. It takes multiple tries, but you know when you have it right when the settings look like what I have in the section above. I picked my iPad from the list multiple times in both areas simultaneously until both were checked. Next, I clicked the Link Keyboard and Mouse option, and also the Mirror or extend. I then clicked the Add Display drop-down button again. That done, I went back to the Display part of the system settings from earlier. I also headed to the Display Settings link and choose my iPad as my main display. Then, in MacOS 12.3, head to System Preferences and choose Display.įrom there, I clicked the Add Display button and added my iPad Pro as a second display. All you have to do is enable Sidecar, as well as Universal Control, and then keep your iPad and Mac close and on the same Wi-Fi. So, what’s the magic and how’d I get it to work? Well, you’ll still need access to a Mac with a keyboard and mouse to get this going. Getting it working Arif Bacchus/ Digital Trends Paired with the Apple Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro, I could control everything from my Mac Mini with just my iPad’s keyboard and mouse (and not the one attached to my Mac Mini.) Literally, anything, and in any room of my house, as long as the Wi-Fi is stable enough and the Bluetooth connection stays. I'm running MacOS on my iPad with Sidecar and Universal Control! /XqMu0skOnW As long as my Mac Mini and iPad Pro are on the same network, Bluetooth is enabled, and signed in with the same Apple ID, I can move everything from my Mac Mini down to my iPad screen and turn my iPad into a portable touch and stylus-enabled Mac. Little did I know, that these two features can actually come together as one. This lets you use your Mac’s keyboard on your iPad, and vice versa, and even share content between the completely different devices. Then, in 2022, MacOS version 12.3 introduced another iPad-friendly feature known as Universal Control. That lets you use your iPad as a second display with a Mac. Way back when MacOS Catalina was released, Apple tried to bring iPads and Macs closer together with Sidecar. When two great Apple features come together as one While Mac apps won’t come to the iPad, I still managed to blend the worlds and convert my to iPad into a Mac, and now I love it. However, with the introduction of Sidecar and Universal Control, that’s now changed a bit. MacOS remains far more adaptable and efficient than iPadOS. There are some limits but it’s cool, to say the least.When two great Apple features come together as one.But if you just need to quickly fix something, that could be enough. This isn’t the ideal setup if you plan to use your Mac Mini for multiple hours per day. ![]() The Luna adapter was first released on Kickstarter and is now available for $80. It’ll feel like you’re running macOS on an iPad. If your Mac Mini is connected to a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, you’ll see your actions on the screen.Īnd because Luna’s dongle works over Wi-Fi, you can even control your Mac Mini from your couch. After plugging the dongle into a Thunderbolt 3 port, you can launch the Luna app on your iPad and see what’s happening on your Mac. And, of course, you can also enable SSH access to control it using the command line or even an SSH app on your phone.īut it also works as expected with the Luna Display. You can control it using screen sharing or a VNC client. In that case, there’s no display connected to your Mac Mini. It sits below your TV, near your router or in a closet. Many Mac Mini users tend to use the Mac Mini as a headless server. But the team behind the device tried a fun experiment.
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