Connect Your iPad to Your Mac
If you don’t want to leave your Mac just yet, you can connect your iPad and your Mac together, letting you use the iPad as a second screen that you can control with the same mouse and keyboard.
This is thanks to a feature called Universal Control. To use it, all you need to do is place your iPad near your Mac and then move your cursor all the way to the left or right of your screen until you see a white border. Move your cursor past that border, and you should see it appear on your iPad.
To make sure your iPad and Mac are connected, you need to:
- Click the Control Center button in the top right corner of your Mac’s screen.
- Go to Display.
- Under Link Keyboard and mouse, you should see your iPad’s name. Click on it to connect it if it isn’t already.
Keep in mind that not every iPad or Mac supports this feature; you’ll need a fairly recent Mac running macOS Monterey 12.4 or later, and an iPad Pro, or an iPad, iPad Air, or iPad mini released in 2018 or later.