MacRumors Giveaway: Win a Luna Display Adapter That Turns an iPad or Mac Into a Second Screen

[MacRumors]

For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with Astro to give MacRumors readers a chance to win a Luna Display adapter, which is a handy little dongle that turns an iPad or a Mac into a secondary display for a main Mac.

The Luna Display plugs into your Mac using USB-C for modern Macs or Mini DisplayPort for older Macs, and then using the Luna Display Software, it connects an iPad or another Mac to your primary Mac using Wi-Fi.

Once connected, the Luna Display extends your Mac's display to the secondary Mac or the iPad, adding second screen functionality.

The $80 Luna Display used to be limited to the iPad, but following Apple's release of Sidecar with iOS 13 and macOS Catalina, Luna Display functionality was expanded to encompass Macs as well. With Mac-to-Mac support, the Luna Display adapter offers functionality that Apple's Sidecar isn't able to provide, making it a great alternative if you want to use an older Mac as an extra display.

To use Mac-to-Mac mode, the primary Mac needs to be running OS X El Capitan or later, while the secondary Mac needs to be running OS X Mountain Lion or later, which means this can work with much older machines.

For optimal performance, the main Mac should be a 2012 MacBook Air or later, a 2012 MacBook Pro or later, a 2012 Mac mini or later, a 2012 iMac or later, or a 2013 Mac Pro or later.

When used with a Mac in Mac-to-Mac mode, Luna Display offers full keyboard, trackpad, and mouse support on both of the Macs. More info on Mac-to-Mac mode can be found on the Luna Display website.

Luna Display works with almost all modern iPads as well, with expanded support over what Apple's Sidecar offers. You can use it with the iPad 2 or later, all iPad mini models, all iPad Pro models, and all iPad Air models, with iOS 9.1 or later as the only requirement. Performance is faster on newer iPads, but older models work just fine.

The Luna Display can be purchased from the Luna website, and we also have five of them to give away to MacRumors readers. To enter to win our giveaway, use the Gleam.io widget below and enter an email address. Email addresses will be used solely for contact purposes to reach the winners and send the prizes. You can earn additional entries by subscribing to our weekly newsletter, subscribing to our YouTube channel, following us on Twitter, following us on Instagram, or visiting the MacRumors Facebook page.

Due to the complexities of international laws regarding giveaways, only U.S. residents who are 18 years or older and Canadian residents (excluding Quebec) who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory are eligible to enter. To offer feedback or get more information on the giveaway restrictions, please refer to our Site Feedback section, as that is where discussion of the rules will be redirected.

Luna Display Giveaway
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The contest will run from today (December 27) at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time through 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time on January 3. The winners will be chosen randomly on January 3 and will be contacted by email. The winners will have 48 hours to respond and provide a shipping address before new winners are chosen.

Article Link: MacRumors Giveaway: Win a Luna Display Adapter That Turns an iPad or Mac Into a Second Screen

 

[Morgenland]

I have an older Mac Mini with DisplayPort. If I wanted to show something off-site, I either had to take my CinemaDisplay with me or find a suitable monitor or adapter there. Q. Is there a way to boot the Mini on iPad only?

 

[Ormolu]

Being an alien, l won't be entering. Besides, I've already got one of each style, and can confirm they're great!

 

[Gasu E.]

Being an alien, l won't be entering. Besides, I've already got one of each style, and can confirm they're great!

Resident aliens are eligible. Eligibility is based on where you reside, not citizenship.

 

[57004]

Just a question: Could I use something like this to use my 4K iMac at work as a secondary screen?

At the moment I use it as my main work Mac but the thing is damn slow, even after upgrading the spinning drive with an SSD. Apple killed display mode sadly so I can't use it for anything else

Would this be smooth enough to allow usage for actual work even at 4K? And what would happen with the screen lock? Would people be able to exit out of the Luna app and access the underlying OS? That would be a pretty big NO in my workplace

I wish there was a way to replace the motherboard of an iMac with a small one that just makes it work as a 4K display, the screen itself is beautiful long after the computer itself has become useless.

 

[Rychiar]

why do I never see the widget to enter these contests anymore?

 

[PabloSRT8]

Few questions:

Does it take full advantage of 5k resolution or iPads full resolution?

Any lag?

Does it work with Windows?
Thanks.

 

[FloatingBones]

Would this be smooth enough to allow usage for actual work even at 4K? And what would happen with the screen lock? Would people be able to exit out of the Luna app and access the underlying OS? That would be a pretty big NO in my workplace

Here is the FAQ for Luna Display. The FAQ includes an e-mail address if it doesn't answer all your questions.

 

[inflame93]

Just a question: Could I use something like this to use my 4K iMac at work as a secondary screen?

At the moment I use it as my main work Mac but the thing is damn slow, even after upgrading the spinning drive with an SSD. Apple killed display mode sadly so I can't use it for anything else

Would this be smooth enough to allow usage for actual work even at 4K? And what would happen with the screen lock? Would people be able to exit out of the Luna app and access the underlying OS? That would be a pretty big NO in my workplace

I wish there was a way to replace the motherboard of an iMac with a small one that just makes it work as a 4K display, the screen itself is beautiful long after the computer itself has become useless.

Few questions:

Does it take full advantage of 5k resolution or iPads full resolution?

Any lag?

Does it work with Windows?
Thanks.

tl;dr Yes to full 5k

I’ve got a USB-C one - I used it so I could use two 5k imacs side by side. It lagged over wifi, though that was my dodgy new router, but you can connect it with a usb c lead or ethernet

I used ethernet and got full 5k with zero lag once the team showed me how to access the extended preferences - it worked amazing and only ever disconnected once.

Beforehand I used duet (pro) and found it unreliable, though they’re support was great

As a side note, it also got around the iMacs bus limitation on my imac and allowed me to run two external 5K monitors - something not supported without it

 

[57004]

tl;dr Yes to full 5k

I’ve got a USB-C one - I used it so I could use two 5k imacs side by side. It lagged over wifi, though that was my dodgy new router, but you can connect it with a usb c lead or ethernet

I used ethernet and got full 5k with zero lag once the team showed me how to access the extended preferences - it worked amazing and only ever disconnected once.

Beforehand I used duet (pro) and found it unreliable, though they’re support was great

As a side note, it also got around the iMacs bus limitation on my imac and allowed me to run two external 5K monitors - something not supported without it

Thanks!! And yeah I saw the FAQ @FloatingBones but it's not very complete and I really prefer hearing from other users anyway.

I had no idea you could connect it with USB-C Or Ethernet too. That's probably using a TB3 connection then (TB3 provides a 10Gb virtual ethernet). Good idea to do that!

I'll just have to find a solution for people accessing the Mac itself though. Although I could make it barebones and not connect it to anything (neither WiFi nor ethernet to the outside).

 

[robot prom]

My biggest dissapointment is that the Luna USB-C adapter only works when plugged into one the MBP ports. I use a Caldigit hub on my desk (and an iMac for the second display) and it would be epic if I only had to plug in one cable to get my accessories, power, and Luna second monitor.