Sidecar is a feature of macOS Catalina that allows you to use an iPad as a second display for your Mac. To use Sidecar, your Mac must be from 2018 or later and be running macOS Catalina or later. Your iPad must be from 2018 or later and must be running iPadOS 13.2 or later. Also, make sure you have an Apple Pencil to be able to use the feature.
How to Setup Sidecar on an iPad. How to set up Sidecar on Mac. On Mac, click on System Preferences in the Dock. Click on Sidecar. Click on Devices under Connect to. Select your iPad from the dropdown menu. Do you need WiFi for sidecar? Sidecar works both wirelessly and over a wired connection.
You can also get to Sidecar by clicking and holding the green window expansion button on any Mac app, and you can access Sidecar in the Sidecar section of System Preferences. Using Sidecar Sidecar is designed as a secondary Mac display, so it works like any other secondary display you might use with your Mac. You can drag windows from the Mac
Sidecar loses the cursor! Opening my iPad as a second display works fine for a moment or two: the cursor moves back and forth between them, windows can be moved too. But after a few moments, the cursor no longer will appear there and the second display essentially freezes uselessly. This behavior started when I "upgraded" to Big Sur, just recently.
Instant setup. To use Sidecar wirelessly, place your iPad to the left or right of your Mac. Then click on the AirPlay icon in your menu bar. If you have an AirPlay icon, you'll see Connect to in
Confirm that the connection you plan to use (cable, WiFi, or Bluetooth) is set up correctly on the both the Mac and the iPad. Connect to the iPad via Sidecar from the new account. If the connection was successful, login to the previous user account on your Mac. Then connect again to the iPad via Sidecar.
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