Have you used an iPad as a second monitor?

How has your experience been so far?

Comments

[Will C.]

I really enjoy it. Its super smooth, I didn't notice any latency issues.

Its great if you work remote or need an extra tiny screen to hold a window or two.

I only have an iPad mini, I image with the bigger iPad pro the experience is even better.

[Jess Lee]

Awesome, do you use anything special to prop it up/attach it to your laptop?

[Will C.]

I have one of those standard iPad covers from Amazon that fold into a triangle. Its worked well for propping it up.

Before Apple announced iPad screen sharing I was considering this as an option 😂
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[John Papa]

Yes - iPad Pro. I was using duo, but now I use sidecar. It's really smooth and now it's baked into macOS.

[Jess Lee]

How else do you use the iPad Pro to assist with your workflow?

[John Papa]

1. To watch movies while I code
2. 2nd monitor with sidecar (wired from laptop to keep charged, if long periods of time)
3. I sometimes do minor coding on the iPad (in github online for PRs) - I hope to use it for VSO tho
4. Drawing sketches for modeling architecture
5. Sketch noting
6. Meetings (so I can see other things that are not shared)

[Gabriel Webb]

Using a 12.9 iPad Pro and 13’ MBP together is so nice. I love it.

[Jordan Mack 🍍🍕]

I used to use my iPad as a third monitor using Duet Display. Unfortunately, the drivers were sometimes horribly incompatible with Windows 10 updates, causing blue screens. I decided it wasn't worth it anymore.

[Krys Heishman (aka bun9000)]

Same! I’d love a better alternative...

[Kat 🐆🐾]

Same here. Would like to know which software works?

[Jordan Mack 🍍🍕]

If there was one that worked well, sure, I'd like to know what it is.

[Lee]

Hmmm. I was really excited when sidecar came out. I have an iPad Pro. I hooked it up and then suddenly realised that actually, 95% of what I have on my Mac, I have natively on my iPad Pro anyway 🤷🏻. I think I really good use case is the Adobe Cloud, for using your iPad and pencil to actually draw on your Mac.

[Gualtiero Frigerio]

I've used Duet in the past with a 9.7'' iPad but didn't like it and usually if I have an iPad next to my Mac is to debug applications on it, so is not really available to be a second display all the time.
Besides, I'm not a fan of dual monitor setups unless they're both the same size/level. I had an iMac, now I have a Mac Mini with a 27'' display and if I work on my Macbook Pro I only use its 15'' display.

[Mehdi Mousavi]

I'm using my 10" tablet as second monitor using Splashtop XDisplay app.

[Martin Streicher]

Buy a Luna Display. It works better than the Mojave built-in feature and you can use a second Mac as a second screen.

[Tamara Temple]

i tried using AirDisplay a while back. i never really did much, but i think it's a nifty idea

[fluffy]

I used to use AstroPad with a dummy HDMI adapter, which worked pretty okay. Then when Luna Display came out I switched to that, and it worked a bit better. Now that macOS Catalina has that functionality built-in, it works great.

The main issue is that it can be kind of unwieldy to physically juggle the devices depending on the space I'm working in.