![]() ![]() ![]() A tweet by the Apple Software Updates account read the same. It includes several features such as SharePlay (mentioned above), the new Apple Music Voice Plan, the Photos app gets a new “Memories feature,” safety features in Messages, and fixes for some major bugs.Īpple has officially confirmed the development as it updated its website, and it is speculated that it will arrive with macOS 12.3. MacOS Monterey 12.1 has already been released – it is 2.36GB and requires a system restart upon installation. Now, we can see that the statement is partly correct – while SharePlay (which will allow you to enjoy entertainment like movies, music, and games synchronized with your friends over FaceTime while you are on your Mac) is now available on macOS Monterey 12.1 (the first major update since its release), Universal Control still eludes us and will continue to do so until sometime in Spring 2022. However, that does not seem to be the case.Īpple had released macOS Monterey this October (October 25, to be precise), and said that Universal Control and SharePlay would arrive in the fall. This would allow users to effortlessly work across several screens and Apple products wirelessly.Įarlier this month, Apple released the macOS 12.1 beta 4 for developers and public testers, which led many to hope that the Universal Control feature, which had been conspicuously absent during the beta testing and on iPadOS 15, would be arriving soon. Universal Control was slated to let users use their Mac’s mouse or trackpad to control the cursor on an iPad or another Mac’s screen, reaching into and across multiple devices. So it really is treating the iPad like a continuous display.During its annual WWDC conference this year, Apple had announced several features, one of which had been Universal Control for its new version of macOS – macOS Monterey, as well as iPadOS 15. But that’s easy to do.Īnd you even rearrange these just like you do multiple displays, inside Display Preferences. With portable devices, you do have to reconnect each time they’ve been asleep or out of range (this uses Bluetooth, so consider that wireless range). You can even set up Universal Control to work continuously on a couple of Macs by toggling an option in Displays System Preferences. This could be a Mac + Mac setup – for instance, if you have a desktop Mac mini in the studio or workplace and a MacBook you carry with you from home. You just move your pointer to the edge of your Mac screen, for instance, and an icon on the iPad shows up with the device you’re connecting from. They’ve done a lot to really nail connectivity. But with the iPad, it is absolutely ideal. I actually do wish iPhones / iOS got included, too, whether or not they think that’s a good idea. ![]() Recent Mac hardware: any iMac Pro or recent iMac, 2016 or later MacBook Pro Recent iPad hardware: iPad / mini / Air recent generations or Pro any generation This extends that idea visually and interactively, with the iPad large enough to act like an additional display. I already do a bit of that with an iPhone, like a lot of you, grabbing little sound samples from field recordings or jotting down ideas and using Airdrop to bring them over to finish projects. That’s huge for music and visuals, because you can just use the iPad to collect all your iOS-made stuff – music apps, videos from your iPhone, text snippets of lyrics, recordings, whatever – and drag those bits and pieces onto your Mac. Moving the cursor from one to the other, Mac to iPad in this case (Mac to Mac works, too). (If you tried third party stuff and were disappointed, definitely try Sidecar.) But now you can use the iPad just like it’s an extension of your Mac – even copying and pasting content and dragging files seamlessly. You’ve already got Sidecar, which finally makes extended displays usable and allows Apple Pencil input. That means there’s real reason for your iPad to sit on a stand or desktop as part of your workspace setup, rather than collecting dust. The idea is simple: use one mouse/trackpad and keyboard, and control all your Apple stuff, including fusing iPad and Mac. Early tests make it sound like it was worth the wait - if you own at least a couple of recent Apple devices. This is still in the developer beta, not stable, but Universal Control was closely watched as it didn’t quite make the stable releases late last year. Developers are the first to get to try it out – but that’s relevant, as I’m sure that’s the community that’s been most eager. If you produce anything that involves juggling Apple devices, Universal Control is now nearly ready for public consumption.
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