I don’t want to download the beta so soon so a can’t test it, but if I’m on an iPad normally with a mouse connected to it, you can show the Home Screen by going to the bottom of the screen and continuing after the dock comes up. If that’s not working now, then It’s probably a bug with Universal Control.
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Hands-On With Universal Control in iPadOS 15.4 and macOS Monterey 12.3
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Game changing? I have been doing this for around 10 years between three macs using Teleport. How will the game change now?
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It works, when it works. Right now if I turn my iPad off...well, just put it to sleep by clicking the power button...and then turn the iPad back on it doesn't work right away. Can't get it to work at all sometimes, then just magically, it will be working again.
This is on an M1 Mac Mini and an iPad Pro 12.1" (the version right before the M1 iPads)
This is on an M1 Mac Mini and an iPad Pro 12.1" (the version right before the M1 iPads)
Copy and paste between devices already have been working for quite some time using handover.
Not with an iPad you haven’t. So.. even if not for you, actually pretty game changing for those that use iPads and macs together.Game changing? I have been doing this for around 10 years between three macs using Teleport. How will the game change now?
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What do you guys think. Is this boosting the iPad productivity? Or is it more like a gimmick.
When Sidecar launched I thought i will use it a lot, but nowadays never use it.
When Sidecar launched I thought i will use it a lot, but nowadays never use it.
Universal Control looks promising. I have used handoff to copy and paste from iPad to MBA, but this would make the process seamless, since my hands would never need to leave the keyboard/trackpad of my MBA. In some ways, it increases the utility of an iPad as a complementary device to the Mac. And, you don’t need to make that big of an investment to get this extra capability because it will work with the base iPad and entry level Macs.
It is this type of seamless integration of hardware and software across devices that keeps me in the Apple ecosystem. Of course, I won’t really know for sure how useful it is until I can try it out for myself.
It is this type of seamless integration of hardware and software across devices that keeps me in the Apple ecosystem. Of course, I won’t really know for sure how useful it is until I can try it out for myself.
Told myself I'm off the beta train, but I gotta try Universal Control out. How useful are people finding it for those who've installed it so far?
I have a question regarding universal control. Right now I have my work mac and personal mac connected to 1 monitor at home.
My work mac is using HDMI while my personal mac is using USB-C. My question is, suppose I move my mouse from work mac to personal mac, will the display output also follow? Meaning, will my monitor automatically switch to output from my personal mac?
If not, are there any solutions out there that allow me to do this seamlessly?
My work mac is using HDMI while my personal mac is using USB-C. My question is, suppose I move my mouse from work mac to personal mac, will the display output also follow? Meaning, will my monitor automatically switch to output from my personal mac?
If not, are there any solutions out there that allow me to do this seamlessly?
No,
Either 2 separate smaller monitors, or maybe 1 monitor supporting scaleable Picture in Picture (so displaying 2 inputs at once) would work for you though.
While I think this feature is promising, if you occasionally just need some extra screen real estate, you can buy a standard 21.5 inch 1080p monitor from a big box store for about $125. This will give you a lot more room to work than any iPad screen.
Not really in the same league though. All the quality comparisons aside, the iPad is also a high end graphics tablet.
Well, if you are controlling the iPad with your Mac's keyboard and trackpad, you really aren't using the iPad as a tablet are you?
Anyway, I will have to try it out after public release to get a feel for the advantages and disadvantages compared to simply using my MBA with an external monitor as a second screen.
Yes. Of course I am. In Photoshop I have a viewer window on my iPad screen, and I flit between that for closeup work or my main screens when necessary. If the work is detailed I use the pencil - like a graphics tablet, if that’s not necessary I use my mouse.
Universal Control will extend this ability without needing to switch BT inputs on my keyboard and mouse when I want to use the iPad for an iPad feature in the workflow.
Do you need to be on same network? Or could I use it at home and work on my work computer? Like a Remote Desktop
I was answering to a guy who found it gamechanging to use with an imac and macbook.
Beta 2 update to this: I installed beta 2 on my Mac Mini and MBP and this configuration started working! Pretty sure this is a beta 2 thing and didn’t work at all in the initial beta as I tried a couple times.
connecting two different apple devices already works WITHOUT necessity of being connecteted to the same (activated) iCloud.
since a long time you had to accept and confirm connecting the iPad or iPhone with a MBP or iMac to even store backups of iPad and iPhones locally on the MBP…
As the member you answered to for me UC would be useless if forced to load up my data to iCloud…
I don’t trust Clouds of whatever Party since there were too much bad things happening and I am one of the people not being naive enough to give whatever private data are to cloud data storing of third parties…
so - iCloud storing of my data as an Obligation to use UC is a definitely NO-GO for me and would be very disappointing for me.
conformation of cinnecting both as dinecsince many years for backups in iTune and/or just registration of both apple devices with the same apple-ID would be acceptable for me. But storing data in iCloud is definitely a No-Go for me. I will never ever store all my personal data somewhere whatever Organisation, enterprise or country will be that 3rd party.
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„through iCloud“ or just being confirmed by Apple ID?
do data transferred be sent to iCloud? I can’t believe this is true…