iCreate - UK (2020-04)

The release of the macOS Catalina and iOS 13/iPadOS updatesbroughtwiththema veryusefulnewfeaturecalledSidecarthatlet s

you connect your iPad to your Mac and use it as a secondscreenorgraphicstablet– idealformultitasking.

Use your iPad as a second screen

1

Open System Prefs

Sidecar gets a prominent space in

Catalina. Go to System Preferences and you

will see the ‘Sidecar’ icon in the top level.

Click it to explore the available options.

2

Selectoptions

There areonlyfouroptionsin theSidecar

panel: the SidecarandTouchBarpositions,

the option toenabledouble-taponApple

Pencil and anoptiontoselectthedevice.

3

SelectaniPad

Clickonthemenuunder‘Connectto’

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connectedtothesameiCloudaccountasthe

MacandhaveBluetoothturnedon.

4

A second screen

The iPad will then display theMac

screen, or rather a second screenwhichyou

can play in. Take note of the sidebarand

touchbar populating the edges.

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While in Sidecar mode you can

use your iPad to run macOS

Catalina when you’re away

from your Mac, providing you

are close enough to keep the

Bluetooth connection alive.

This, for example, allows youto

move to another room to carry

on working. Tap the keyboard

icon in the sidebar and a small

touchscreen keyboard will

appear for typing.

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Tap the square/slash icon in the sidebar to disconnect your iPad from Sidecar

mode and continue using it as normal.