'Air Display' to Let You Use the New iPad as a HiDPI 'Retina' Display for Your Mac

[east85]

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Are either DisplayPad or AirDisplay compatible with a late 2008 MacBook Aluminum?

Edit: Nevermind, it appears the 9400M is not supported with either of these applications.

 

[Dogface]

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This sounds like a cool concept but surely Apple should build this into the iOS!

 

[analogkid]

Interesting, do you need a real monitor to set up the Mini for use with iPad?

I use vnc apps in tandem with Air Display. I perfer iTeleport but anything would do. You can set everything up on your iPad this way to autoconnect, however, very occaisionally I will need some second device, like an iphone, to trigger the connection manually. Doesn't happen often, But you probably do need somehting to make it a viable solution.

This setup has worked well for me for DJ'ing too, though I've never tried to use the touch screen at all then, just my controller.

[edit]. I thought I should explain just a little bit more about the setup. With Air Display you need a mouse of some kind. In my studio I stuck a trackpad on a D-50, but again you can use an iphone with mobile mouse instead. Away from my studio and trackpad I switch to iTeleport which has more latency but doesn't require a mouse. For best performance I'll ad hoc the Air Display iPad and run the TouchOSC iPad through the home network, in either case both iPads are very close to the transmitters when I'm in the studio, which is probably why my latency isn't too bad...

 

[boomish]

What this has been out for years? or is it that it supports a hi res now..

 

[kylera]

I wonder if this will take up a lot of space with the updates...

 

[infodriveway]

It would be awesome if Apple created an API to display certain user/developer items on an iOS device. It would be less like this app, but the API could display specific items or tasks that would work well on the iOS device (e.g.: Photoshop palettes designed to fit on your iPhone).

 

[Sharky II]

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does this eat up a lot more CPU?

thanks!

 

[vcuares]

I've been using air display on the 1st and 2nd gen iPads as a second monitor for Lightroom. First thing that came to mind when I got the iPad 3, was it would be a great way to evaluate how your print would look resolution wise.

I havent tried it but it acts as a legit external monitor so you can calibrate it as well. I'm sure there is going to be more lag because of the wifi connection, but for static images, I'm willing to wait a few more seconds.

 

[Pamani]

My boss set this up today with his 13" air. Worked out pretty nice.

 

[SBlue1]

now thats a great idea.

 

[shakerstevens]

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Are either DisplayPad or AirDisplay compatible with a late 2008 MacBook Aluminum?

Edit: Nevermind, it appears the 9400M is not supported with either of these applications.

I have the same MacBook, but AirDisplay only lists some Macs with the 9400M chipset whereas the other App seems to list all. So I'm hoping AirDisplay will actually work? AirDisplay only lists certain MacBook Pros as not working, not MacBooks and MacMinis etc....

 

[east85]

I have the same MacBook, but AirDisplay only lists some Macs with the 9400M chipset whereas the other App seems to list all. So I'm hoping AirDisplay will actually work? AirDisplay only lists certain MacBook Pros as not working, not MacBooks and MacMinis etc....

Well the problem seems to be the chipset regardless.

http://avatron.com/lion

The Air Display host software runs well on Lion, except for Mac models with dual NVIDIA GeForce 9400M & 9600M video adapter.

So I take that to mean any and all with the chipset, though they list specifically the pro models.

Regarding DisplayPad there's a bit more hints about what the bug entails on their blog.

http://blog.cleancutcode.com/

About a few weeks before Lion was released, DisplayPad support for Lion was tested and working. Then a new pre-release build came out which resulted in massive problems for DisplayPad on machines with the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M. The main bug which Apple introduced meant that if DisplayPad(or any other similar software) was installed on a system, then no 3D acceleration would function. This in turn meant that CoreAnimation did not function. CoreAnimation is used by the new login screen on Lion, and as such the login screen would just display as blank in these situations - Not good.

We investigated the problem on our end, and contacted Apple to try and get the issue fixed before Lion was released. Unfortunately this never happened. Apple put DisplayPad on their list of incompatible software on Lion and made the Lion installer disable DisplayPad’s extensions.

We’ve been trying to find a workaround for the problem, but it seems like users with the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M will have to wait until Apple fixes the problem. Until then, we’ve updated the version on our website to detect if you are on one of these systems, and allow you to run/install DisplayPad if you are not. If you are a DisplayPad user who’s upgraded to Lion and is no longer able to run DisplayPad, you can download and run the latest version from our website.

In summary: if you have an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics card, you cannot use DisplayPad on Lion until Apple fix the bugs (current 10.7.2 pre-release still has a critical bug). In all other cases, download the latest version of DisplayPad from our website - it should work properly.

I've e-mailed both companies inquiring about their development for Mountain Lion, in hopes that maybe there will be a workaround by then for the 9400M, or perhaps even in Lion. Still no reply.

 

[kurosov]

I have the same MacBook, but AirDisplay only lists some Macs with the 9400M chipset whereas the other App seems to list all. So I'm hoping AirDisplay will actually work? AirDisplay only lists certain MacBook Pros as not working, not MacBooks and MacMinis etc....

air display has always worked with my 09 iMac with a 9400m. It's just those that use the dual 9400 & 9600 that have the issues