Choose Move to iPad to immediately see that app on your tablet.

You can also send an app to Sidecar on your iPad by hovering the cursor above the green expansion window you’ll see at the top left of the app window on your Mac.

While in use in this mode, the AirPlay icon should become light blue.

Select it, and your Mac screen should become immediately visible on your iPad.

You then connect the two devices using AirPlay in the Menu bar: It is important that you are logged into the same Apple ID and that Bluetooth is active on both devices for this to work. You can also connect wirelessly over Wi-Fi. You can connect the your iPad and Mac with a USB-C cable (adaptors may be required). And like all Continuity features, Sidecar can run on a wireless connection, so users can work with greater mobility.” How to connect your iPad to your Mac Sidecar is a great tool for editing video with Final Cut Pro X, drawing with Adobe Illustrator or marking up iWork documents. When paired with an Apple Pencil, they can use their iPad to draw, sketch or write in any Mac app that supports stylus input. For users on the go, Sidecar makes it easy to bring an extended display with them so they can spread their work out over two displays wherever they happen to be. “With Sidecar, iPad can be used as an extended display for Mac and a high-precision drawing tablet across supported Mac apps.

“Users will appreciate how they can expand their workspace with Sidecar, enabling new ways of interacting with Mac apps using iPad and Apple Pencil.” In its press release announcing the feature, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, Craig Federighi, said: (The latter lets you write on your iPad to draw, sketch, or write in any Mac app that supports stylus input.) What does Apple say about Sidecar? Or you can use your iPad as a graphics tablet for drawing with your Apple Pencil.

When in use, you can use your iPad to mirror your Mac display or as a second display for additional screen space.

You’ll also see a control that lets you enter this mode when you hover your cursor above the green traffic light at the top left of a Mac app (on your Mac).

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