Why is Quebec excluded from a chance to win this? It’s a province of Canada not a separate country.
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MacRumors Giveaway: Win a Luna Display Adapter That Turns an iPad or Mac Into a Second Screen
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I had not know that, I am trying it now over Ethernet and its better but still not smooth as a native monitor.
The probably have some laws about contests that other provinces do not have.
Thunderbolt bridge is really the only way to do it if you are looking to replicate a primary monitor.
Pretty telling that all the images feature old ipads and macs. This is an obsolete product.
I have only tried it with a Mid 2011 iMac. Either over TB1 or Ethernet was about the same, its usable but doesn't feel like a native monitor.
Some of its functionality is; however...
Luna lets you connect via USB-C for no latency.
Luna lets you remotely access your Mac.
Luna lets you use your iPad as a primary display for a Mac.
Luna lets you use a Mac as a secondary display for another Mac.
Luna doesnt have a distance limit.
Luna treats your iPad or Mac as an actual display.
Luna supports older hardware.
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Luna Display Versus Duet Display - Astropad
When considering on-the-go workspace solutions, Luna Display and Duet Display are two options to use your iPad as a second display. Software-simulated displays like Duet Displays are limited and offer an unreliable display experience. This guide outlines the benefits of a hardware solution so...
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Duet does it all in software. Duet also is subscription if you want more than basic functionality.
I’ll pile on the many reasons why “anyone want this it”. I have a perfectly good 27” iMac that can’t get macOS updates but can definitely install Luna and work as a 27” display for my new MacBookPro M1 Max.
If you plan to use the iMac second screen to play videos or scroll websites, you’d be in for a very laggy and practically unusable experience. I haven’t been able to get this to work well with various macs over the last few years, most recently a 2021 16” M1M and a 2014 15” Retina. Also my 2017 27” at work. Even using a wired thunderbolt connection produces extreme lag and pixelation. If you’re using it to just display something static, it would work.
Are you using a Luna dongle or just Astropad? Luna Display was meant to solve Astropad’s lag.
I don’t think Retina 27” are supported, at least at full res.
Works well with my non retina 27”. Hold alt or option going in to preferences and you can set bandwidth manually.
The dongle. Even at "low resolution" the thing is pretty much unusable, for me. Just haven't had great luck.
Linus shows it off pretty good, pretty similar to my experience:
Nope, even at low resolution I find the experience pretty so so. Glad you had some success. Mac to Mac Airplay is at least usable for video stuff, even if stuck at 1080 on older Macs.
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Even wired over thunderbolt, I noticed it takes a while for the bandwidth to start ramping up (like playing a video full screen). Support told me about the debug menu trick and ever since it launches right in to max bandwidth and is really solid with almost no latency or compression blocking.