How cost effective!
I think I want to buy a Ferrari to pull my Honda Civic. It will make it a supercar.
Shhhh I am suffering some losses on stocks and this could help make up the numbers.
It is also further proof the iPad is a computer.
How cost effective!
I think I want to buy a Ferrari to pull my Honda Civic. It will make it a supercar.
If it is so high tech, why don't it use the Thunderbolt connection only? Wi-Fi sounds like a VNC solution.
How cost effective!
I think I want to buy a Ferrari to pull my Honda Civic. It will make it a supercar.
Luna does not support pressure sensitivity and is not meant to be used like a drawing tablet. AstroPad Studio is designed for that.It's just a competing solution. Luna Display is from the company that created AstroPad. It's more than screen mirroring, it turns your Mac into a drawing pad, like a Cintiq. It allows you to draw and paint from the couch. Since the iPad pencil doesn't have the concept of hover, you can simulate it with a three-finger touch gesture. While AstroPad only has screen mirroring, Luna Display allows you to have a second monitor with a drawing pad. AstroPad alone is limiting, because it can only mirror a small part of your full screen. Luna Display adds a new screen, which is, by definition, a full screen.
Apple should allow this natively, without having to go to third party yearly subscription and a specialized hardware dongle.
Looking for a 27" 4k display that I can change the brightness from the iMac keyboard.
Last week, the team behind the Luna Display adapter that's designed to turn the iPad into a second display for any Mac published an article outlining how the adapter was used to morph a current iPad Pro into a display for Apple's newest Mac mini.
The Mac mini ships sans display, which means if you have an iPad, it can be used as the Mac mini's sole display. We thought the idea was interesting, so we decided to try it out in our latest YouTube video.
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The Luna Display is a little adapter that plugs into the USB-C port on your Mac (for older Macs, there's a Mini DisplayPort version). So to use the iPad Pro as a Mac mini display, you need to plug the adapter into the Mac mini and then download the appropriate software.
There's Luna software for both the iPad and the Mac, which you'll need to download to get this setup working. For setup, you're going to need a separate external display for the Mac mini so you can get the software installed, but once it's set up, the iPad Pro can be used as the only display.
Because the iPad and the adapter in the Mac mini work via WiFi, you'll need a strong connection for seamless performance and a zero lag experience.
Once the iPad Pro is set up as the Mac mini's display, it's a neat example of what it's like to use a touchscreen with a Mac machine. You can display full Mac apps on the iPad Pro, from Photoshop to Final Cut Pro.
What's neat is that you can control apps on your Mac mini through the iPad using the Luna Display app and then swipe out of it to access all of your standard apps. Switching between the two is flawless.
The iPad Pro is, of course, a super expensive display for the Mac mini so this is only useful if you happen to have both of these devices. Buying an iPad Pro just to use as a Mac mini display probably isn't a good idea since you can get a bigger display at a cheaper price.
You can also use the Luna Display with other Macs to turn the iPad into a secondary display. If you want your own Luna Display, it's available for $79.
What do you think of the iPad Pro as a touch display for Mac mini? Let us know in the comments.
Article Link: Video: We Turned an iPad Pro Into a Mac Mini Display With the Luna Display Adapter
But you have a real monitor on which you do the actual development, yes? Do you use the iPad in monitor mode for anything other than testing apps?I have a Luna and I use it as a "soft-proof" for game dev. It runs at 60 fps, supports at least 8-bit color, and does full retina resolution. I move the game window over to the ipad and can interact with it using touch without having to constantly build to iOS. This saves many hours during development and it paid for itself on the first day.
In other words, you stole the idea from Johnathan Morris. Great
When i'm out of toilet paper....i use $100 fresh cut bills.
No. It costs $79. It is assumed that you already own an ipad and give it additional use.all this so your display can cost as much as the Mac mini?
What unit are you talking about that is “overpriced “ and that “thermal (sic) throttles”? I would like to know which device you’re talking about and what evidence you have.Wait… macOS on an 11" display… run from a unit that's over-priced and thermal throttles… plus that $79 adapter… SWEEEEEET!! Just what I was waiting for to replace my iMac 5K.
And two posts earlier: “It paid for itself on the first day”.This seems like one of those stupid as **** ideas that some airhead youtuber like tld decides to showcase bcus it gives good demo but in actuality has no pragmatic use beyond shoveling money towards these companies quarterly revenue report.
It is hardware, Duet is an hackI really want to do this with my 13” Retina MBP but I know one software update can completely render that useless.. IOS 12 rendered a bunch of my aftermarket lightning cables “incompatible”
I use Luna in this capacity. The whole point of Luna to many is working conjunction with Astropad. I backed it on Kickstarter for this alone. Every bit of Luna hype I've seen online.. Until today (haha) has been from artists who use it with AstroPad - which detects the Luna instantly and gets a massive performance boost from it. You don't need to use the Luna app itself.Luna does not support pressure sensitivity and is not meant to be used like a drawing tablet. AstroPad Studio is designed for that.
This makes no sense. So it's really just a VNC client for the iPad, but then why on earth would it require a dongle?Because the iPad and the adapter in the Mac mini work via WiFi,
How is this different than the Duet iOS app?
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Luna does not support pressure sensitivity and is not meant to be used like a drawing tablet. AstroPad Studio is designed for that.