How do you have the same Apple ID but then say you run separate accounts with different Apple IDs in your next statement? The support article clearly states you need to have the same Apple ID on both machines.
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Universal Control No Longer in Beta in macOS Monterey 12.4 and iPadOS 15.5
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Work on your reading skills, my friend. You were wrong about Universal Control being present in 12.3 (despite what that Apple article says, people have been getting it to work under 12.3), and now you're failing to understand my post.
Both machines do have separate accounts configured, but I'm logging into the accounts with the same Apple ID on both machines.
Nothing for them to copy. They don't have a tablet. ChromeOS or bust. I doubt many people are sitting in front of an array of Chromebooks like many of us are sitting in front of an array of Macs and iPads right now.
Have you used the Feedback App to Apple with your issue?
It was so great for Apple to have invented this absolutely unique bit of software that nobody anywhere has done before ever. At least be happy that Apple is inventing useful things again.
Universal control is not working at all. MacBook Pro 13 inch Intel i7 2020 and iPad 6th generation. With everything up to date, freshly installed OS and after visiting https://www.macrumors.com/guide/universal-control-troubleshooting/. Using the iPad as second monitor works flawless. Hope this update will fix the "not working UC"
Not until you mentioned it. Apple should really put this on their support page or ask if this feature should be turned on when an external keyboard is detected for the first time. I was having issues with both Apple Magic Keyboard 2 and my Logitech K380.
Both of them are working for me now, thanks!
They need to make fun of it first before they copy it, so it might take a little time.
I wouldn’t say Apple invented it, but it is nice it’s built into the OS. There are other apps out there that do the same thing. Synergy is one of the popular ones.
Synergy - Share one mouse & keyboard across computers
Synergy is an app that shares one mouse and one keyboard across multiple computers and monitors. Instant download, easy to setup in minutes.
symless.com
Been working well for me: mid-2018 MBP and iPad mini 6.
There’s a version of the Synergy software that is free, and open source Barrier GitHubI wouldn’t say Apple invented it, but it is nice it’s built into the OS. There are other apps out there that do the same thing. Synergy is one of the popular ones.
Synergy - Share one mouse & keyboard across computers
Synergy is an app that shares one mouse and one keyboard across multiple computers and monitors. Instant download, easy to setup in minutes.
it certainly is kinda busted if both accounts are logged in at the same time. I have a family imac and a personal MBA. if the imac has a backgrounded user session, UC never connects. As soon as I switch users, and log the other user out, bang, it connects. Of note, UC will even work on the sign in screen, so I think Apple both over and under thought this.
Apple support never tell you to use the beta, because their policy is they dont support betas.
How does this work on a Mac mini/studio and an iPad? With the display being in a completely different location than the actual machine? Obviously with the iMac and MacBooks the display is fixed.
Is there calibration needed or is it really just magic and “just works”??
Is there calibration needed or is it really just magic and “just works”??
This was shown off at WWDC 2021 wasn't it? So almost a year later and it will no longer be Beta and in the product?
Highlights that annual OS releases is too aggressive, it needs slowing down and if the major versions are released less often they might start being interesting and something to get excited over again because they will be packed with enhancements and not just 3 new things.
Highlights that annual OS releases is too aggressive, it needs slowing down and if the major versions are released less often they might start being interesting and something to get excited over again because they will be packed with enhancements and not just 3 new things.
Same experience with my MacBook Pro and iPad Pro since it launched. Every couple days it will just refuse to connect when I try to drag the cursor over to the iPad. The only workaround was to reboot the MacBook.
Hopefully they’ve fixed it with this version.
If you push your cursor off screen to the left, it knows your other device is on the left.
you can fine tune the display positions in Display Preferences (like any external monitor).
Universal control between an Android phone and a Chromebook? Didn’t know they had power users for those computers.