Are there any screen sharing apps that allow you to stretch a MacOS application window so it is on both your MBP, for example, and your iPad's screen? One scenario is to move Photoshop's palettes on the iPad.
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iPad Which screen sharing apps allow you to have a Mac application window on both screens?
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You should check out sidecar or duet display or Luna display. I haven’t used any of them but I did just order Luna display to use my ipad as the sole display for my Mac mini. These are more than just apps I think.
Using sidecar as a separate display (not mirrored) you can drag any undocked panels to the iPad. It acts essentially like a second monitor. Is this what you want to do? Screenshot of 11" iPad using sidecar (main app window is on 14" MBP)
You can also stretch the PS window to span over both the Mac and iPad screens (have to change a setting in Mission Control to do this). But because of the differing heights of the screens, the window height is either less on the Mac or truncated on the iPad
looks like this (14"MBP + 11" iPad) (ignore the reflection of the lamp):
Hope this helps
looks like this (14"MBP + 11" iPad) (ignore the reflection of the lamp):
Hope this helps
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Very helpful, thanks. I was interested in both scenarios because some apps like XD dont allow you to undock palettes from he application window. Regarding different screen heights, how well does it work with the 14" and 11 iPad in vertical?
You cannot use sidecar in vertical (portrait) orientation on the iPad. There is no option to rotate the iPad display. Holding it vertically does not rotate the sidecar display either.
Either get a bigger iPad (12.9"), or a possible workaround is to reduce the scaled resolution on the Mac so that the vertical resolution matches more closely, but that is less than ideal. I tried this, and the vertical height is closer but still does not exactly match. There is no option to adjust the scaled resolution on the iPad.
Obviously the vertical height mismatch will be different for every Mac/iPad combination.
btw, although the wireless connection between Mac and iPad works pretty well, sometimes it is laggy and occasionally disconnects. This, however, can be solved by interconnecting them with a cable.
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