There are multiple ways to activate Sidecar of which the easiest is to use the AirPlay interface on the Mac. Sidecar should be compatible with all iPads that can run iPadOS, which includes the following models: Apple hasn’t officially stated which Macs will or won’t work with Sidecar, however, there is consensus among testers that the following computers can take advantage of the feature: If this already sounds promising to you, read on to see how it performed in our studio.Īs stated earlier, using Sidecar requires a compatible Mac running macOS Catalina and a compatible iPad running iPadOS 13. Sidecar uses a combination of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, so you’ll be able to put 10 meters of distance between the two devices before the connection starts dropping. It can be used with a cable connected between a Mac and iPad (which charges the latter), or wirelessly without any cable attached. In its most basic use case, Sidecar effectively turns any iPad into a portable monitor, allowing apps and multiple windows to be dragged onto its screen and interact with using a mouse, keyboard or Apple Pencil. When available, Sidecar will be baked into Apple’s new OS so there will be no software to download or subscription to pay to be able to use it.
With the public betas of both macOS Catalina and iPadOS finally available for testing, digital EPIGRAPHY went ahead and tried out the software to see if it’s ready to take on our beloved Astropad Studio. Inking in the studio on an iPad Pro 12.9 Inch using desktop Photoshop tethered by the beta version of a brand new macOS feature, called SidecarĪs we have already reported, macOS 10.15 Catalina is coming this Fall, and one of its most promising new features is the ability to use an iPad as a drawing display/secondary display for a Mac.
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