

By default, the iPad is placed to the right of your Mac, but you can use System Preferences, Displays to change the layout and move.

Apple also hasn’t shared how the feature is going to work. Once connected, your iPad will appear as a desktop extension. It remains to be seen what devices it will support and be compatible with. If the latency and connection works as seamlessly as it was showcased in the keynote, I can see this feature being one of the most useful one for creative people like artists, students, journalists and everyone who can take advantage of a secondary display on-the-go, or at home.

I am personally very excited about this feature and can’t wait to see it on my Apple devices. It works seamlessly and the feature also supports gestures, keyboard shortcuts and everything that you are already familiar with on laptops – it even supports drag-and-drop. When the mouse was moved towards the direction of the iPad, it picked up on it right away and detected the input. In the demo, Craig Federighi showed off the new feature using an iMac, Macbook and the iPad, all placed next to each other in close distance. It can be used as a production model without any requirement of additional modeling and texturing. The feature should work right away without requiring any user input or any setup – based on the keynote. This package contains high realistic model of iMac. It allows you to use the same keyboard and mouse to control your Mac, iPad and other devices at the same time.
Use ipad as mouse for imac mac#
In the latest version of MacOS Monterey, you will be able to use your iPad, Mac and Macbook devices together by moving your cursor over from the laptop to the tablet.Īpple’s new Universal Control is very similar to SideCar that was announced back in 2019 in MacOS Catalina. (If you can swing it, get a USB-C 4k monitor so you are future-proofed a bit since monitors last so long.) (This is essentially my setup. Just leave the MBA docked, but you can still benefit from the power and smoothness of M1. Apple has added a brand new way to control your devices seamlessly with a new feature called Universal Control. Sell the iMac and get a monitor, keyboard, and mouse if you want a desktop setup.
