Hello All, I have been pretty quiet here on MacRumors of late... I have been "head down" working hard on v5.0 of my open source, multi-platform VE text editor. Recently, while dog-sitting, I have had a need to be in the same area of the house as the dog, and so I have been unable to work in my usual space, which is equipped with my Mac Studio and two large monitors. Instead, I have been restricted to my portable M3-Pro MacBook and it's single screen.
This was a significant step down in my working environment, and so I went looking for a second monitor I could hook up. Being a "vintage computer" guy, I have a spare DVI monitor, at 1600x1200. I hooked it up and it worked, but the resolution difference between it and the MacBook made it really odd to use.
Wondering if I could use my high-res Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 as a second screen, I did some digging. Quickly I found the Duet app, which promised it could do the trick. I loaded Duet on both my Tab 7 and my MacBook, only took discover that at minimum it wanted a one time fee of $US 104 for the priveledge. Nope! I thought, and carried on.
Next up: Tab Display. This is an ad-supported freeware app that also promised to do what I wanted, so I loaded it up on both the Tab 7 and my MacBook. It linked the Tab 7 to the MacBook over my home WiFi and it worked like a champ. Two screens, full extended desktop .. everything you would want. Latency was evident from time to time due to the WiFi connection, but nothing significant. The ads are tucked discretely at the bottom of the screen, largely a non-issue.
Tab Display *is* freeware, and there were a few glitches, but RTFM (Read The Frickin' Manual) and all will be well. In this case, no manual; just read through the "how to use" section on their website, follow the instructions and it just works... free!
So... if you have a Mac and a Samsung tablet, Tab Display can allow you to use the tablet as a second display. Strongly recommended... it works really well. For the record, I have no association with anyone related to Tab Display. I am just a satisfied user who wanted to pass this info along to others who might benefit from it.
BTW, I would guess that this would work with other tablets as well, and I suspect that the integration would be better and faster against an iPad vs. a Samsung tablet.
Good luck!
This was a significant step down in my working environment, and so I went looking for a second monitor I could hook up. Being a "vintage computer" guy, I have a spare DVI monitor, at 1600x1200. I hooked it up and it worked, but the resolution difference between it and the MacBook made it really odd to use.
Wondering if I could use my high-res Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 as a second screen, I did some digging. Quickly I found the Duet app, which promised it could do the trick. I loaded Duet on both my Tab 7 and my MacBook, only took discover that at minimum it wanted a one time fee of $US 104 for the priveledge. Nope! I thought, and carried on.
Next up: Tab Display. This is an ad-supported freeware app that also promised to do what I wanted, so I loaded it up on both the Tab 7 and my MacBook. It linked the Tab 7 to the MacBook over my home WiFi and it worked like a champ. Two screens, full extended desktop .. everything you would want. Latency was evident from time to time due to the WiFi connection, but nothing significant. The ads are tucked discretely at the bottom of the screen, largely a non-issue.
Tab Display *is* freeware, and there were a few glitches, but RTFM (Read The Frickin' Manual) and all will be well. In this case, no manual; just read through the "how to use" section on their website, follow the instructions and it just works... free!
So... if you have a Mac and a Samsung tablet, Tab Display can allow you to use the tablet as a second display. Strongly recommended... it works really well. For the record, I have no association with anyone related to Tab Display. I am just a satisfied user who wanted to pass this info along to others who might benefit from it.
BTW, I would guess that this would work with other tablets as well, and I suspect that the integration would be better and faster against an iPad vs. a Samsung tablet.
Good luck!