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1. Astropad luna display review update#
2. Astropad luna display review code#
3. Astropad luna display review mac#

These questions are absolute shots in the dark, but. The other way I could possibly use the device would be to keep the iPad in iOS as much as possible.

With Luna and Duet, is it easy to switch between iOS and use as a second monitor? Does the MBP treat it as an external monitor that you can easily move it around? I.e., does it have to be a separate desktop space? I have spaces and fullscreen macOS apps disabled in order to see what is running on one dock. Have you tried drawing on the iPad when it is being used as an external monitor? I'd like to use it for macOS applications such as Sketch and draw.io, and adobe products. I had a couple questions that you may already have figured out. I primarily plan on using it for email, slack, and reference Websites - but also some macos-only design applications. I'd like to alternate between using the iPad as an external display for my MBP and using iOS apps for note-taking. I'm looking into possibly buying an iPad for similar reasons. Here's a video showing this being set up and then using handwriting on both sides: It seems that Screens is able to take over the Airplay monitor that Duet set up for your iPad, as long as you launch it before iOS hibernates Duet.

Astropad luna display review mac#

This creates a new airplay monitor on your Mac that corresponds to your iPadĬhoose the Duet monitor from the menu in the bottom right of screens. If you like to enter text with handwriting, this is really nice because you can use something like the Mazec handwriting keyboard to write directly into apps on the Mac side.

Unlike Duet or Luna, it has true support for split screen modeĪllows you to use your iPad's native keyboard for your Mac apps Not only can you can control your home mac from your iPad even if you're not on the same network, but it even has a tool that helps you configure your network so that you can connect to it remotely. Instead, your iPad mirrors what one (or all) of the monitors connected to your Mac is displaying. Unlike Duet or Luna, your iPad does not become a new external monitor with screens. Screens is a VNC app that lets you remotely control a mac from your iPad. It's on Testflight, but I haven't tried it yet.)

Astropad luna display review update#

(To be fair to Luna, they have a beta of an update out that supposedly improves performance further.

Astropad luna display review code#

It seemed to me that the Duet's airplay approach disconnected less and reconnected more easily, possibly because they're relying on apple's code on the Mac side rather than rolling their own code like Luna had to. I seemed to encounter quite a few times when Luna inexplicable disconnected. I might be wrong, but I think you have to start wired with Duet and then go wireless.Įasier to connect to because your iPad becomes an actual Airplay device Duet shows an empty black area on the bottom. In terms of performance, I've done some informal comparisons (both wired and wirelessly), and I can barely tell a difference between the two apps. Since that update, the two apps seems pretty comparable to me. They now use Airplay and can also take advantage of hardware graphics acceleration. Recently, Duet released an update that changed how it works.

Until just recently, Luna seemed to be the superior wireless solution because their hardware approach allowed you to take advantage of your laptop's graphics processing. Luna Display is a little dongle that lets you use your iPad as a second monitor.ĭuet Display is a similar software-based solution.īoth apps can be run wirelessly or wired. To do this, you need another app called Screens.įor those who aren't familiar with these apps: (I really wanted to be able to take some handwritten notes while working on a particular mac app.) While messing around, I accidentally found a trick that not only lets Duet work in split screen mode but also allows me to enter text using handwriting DIRECTLY into mac apps. What disappointed me about both Duet and Luna was that neither option would work in split screen mode.