Questions tagged [universal-control]
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Universal Control stops working
So I set up 2 MacBooks and Universal control works fine. But time passes, I turn on computers with the same setting and everything, but Universal Control doesn't work till I restart both of them.
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In Universal Control, is there any way to switch focus from macOS to the iPad with a keystroke, rather than having to push through with the mouse?
In Universal Control, in order to start writing on my iPad, I have to switch focus by selecting something with the mouse, then the keyboard keystrokes will be sent to the iPad.
In order to switch back,...
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Universal Control working intermittently between two Macs running macOS 12.6
I’m using a 14” M1 MacBook Pro and an Intel Mac mini, both running macOS 12.6, with Universal Control enabled so that I can share an external Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse between both Macs. The ...
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Shortcuts to make it easier to change between Sidecar and Universal Control in Monterey and iPadOS?
Currently I don't see a quick way to flip between using an iPad as an additional display or in using Universal Control (controlling it with macOS keyboard and mouse) with the current tooling of macOS ...
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Option “Automatically reconanect to any nearby Mac or iPad” cannot be turned on
On Universal Control settings on my Mac, the option named “Automatically reconnect to any nearby Mac or iPad” cannot be turned on. Even if I click the checkbox, it's immediately turned off again. ...
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How to remap keys when using Universal Control between two macs
Keyboard connected directly (Bluetooth)
When using an external keyboard on my 16" 2019 MBP or 13" M1 MBP (both running macOS Monterey 12.3.1 build 21E258), connected directly with Bluetooth ...
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Automatically "link keyboard and mouse" to iPad with Universal Control?
Universal Control can "Link keyboard and mouse" to an iPad, which just controls the iPad with the keyboard and mouse that are already assigned to your Apple computer.
This is different than &...
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Is there a way to programatically detect Universal Control monitors and arrange displays?
I've been trying to find a way to programatically detect and script Universal Control.
(Some background: imagine you have two Macs—call them A and B—both hooked up to external displays over USB-C to ...
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control cursor on iPad from Mac
Apple's universal control allows me to move the cursor on Mac to iPad by "pushing the cursor to boundary of screen" with Mac trackpad.
How to do this with a script? I tried cliclick but it ...
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Is there a way to detect if Universal Control is currently connected?
I have a machine that is sometimes connected to one secondary Mac using Universal Control, and sometimes another. I've been doing some automation around Lock/Screensaver events (using EventScripts), ...
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Script to add iPad as a linked keyboard/mouse?
I have 2 macbook pros in clamshell that I swap between using a KVM switch. I have to manually re-add my iPad as a linked keyboard/mouse every time I swap macs. Note that I can't enable "Push ...
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