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OMG! Universal Control is Freakin’ Revolutionary
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I don't know about that Logitech feature, but everything Logitech I installed (be it for webcam or mice) was a real pain and I was really happy to being able to remove it.
Being able to control the Macs seamlessly and natively with one pair of keyboard / mouse is huge. I still have a maxed out 2019 iMac that I am planning to keep for quite some time, with lots of RAM and x86 VMs running on it etc, with a 24" screen hooked up as well. Now exchanging the 2nd screen with a M1 iMac is suddenly becoming a viable option.
Being able to control the Macs seamlessly and natively with one pair of keyboard / mouse is huge. I still have a maxed out 2019 iMac that I am planning to keep for quite some time, with lots of RAM and x86 VMs running on it etc, with a 24" screen hooked up as well. Now exchanging the 2nd screen with a M1 iMac is suddenly becoming a viable option.
At the moment nobody uses it, as it seems not to be included in the first beta...
Aye, works with iPad and macOS out of the box without any drivers or third party software or hardware, 👏
Which Logiteach mouse let you control several Computers and iPads with one mouse and keyboard and also drag-drop/copy-paste between any of them?
MX/M series I guess, works between Windows and MacOS, no ipads
Logitech Flow Multi-Device Control and Easy File Sharing
Its not included in Beta 1, but it will be awesome to use! That demo Apple had was much nicer than lets say Logitech Flow.
Yeah Logitech flow is only for Logitech mice. Universal control is native to OS and can use any mouse and it also works on iPads.
it’s good to native version you know
The Universal Control toggle is only first time you 'intrude' upon a neighboring device, presumable to prevent accidental slide over if that's not what you want. Once you 'make it so', it's seamless, no delay.
Off topic but live text does work on Intel Macs. From my understanding all Montery-compatible Macs support it. Only early betas had the Apple Silicon/M1 restriction.
One source confirming this (from the beta period) https://www.macrumors.com/2021/07/27/macos-monterey-live-text-intel-based-macs/ plus I’ll confirm from my own anecdotal experience using the feature as well. (A 2020 iMac i9)
Probably my top features of this year’s upgrade. Handy for grabbing a screenshot during a Zoom call and then being able to quickly grab a URL, copying identifiers for some sort of collaborative debugging, copy slide bullet point into my own notes, etc. (And n iPhone it is very handy for calling a number or getting a router’s password into the clipboard.)
finally, on the 12.3 beta. just dragged a file from my macbook to my imac... amazing. and simpler than airdrop. will be interesting to see how this affects our workflow..
This is exactly the sort of new feature that future-proofers aren't going to be able to future-proof their machines for.
I totally know what you mean. I'm still upset that I wasn't able to future proof my 2014 MBP for Mini-LED screens. /s
definitely need to get used to it; twice yesterday, i could not find the cursor on my imac (it had 'sneaked' over to my macbook 🤣 )
but love being able to drag files between macs; simple, intuitive. and it's, uh, interesting to type on my macbook keyboard in a document on the imac (not sure yet if i'd do that regularly)....
but love being able to drag files between macs; simple, intuitive. and it's, uh, interesting to type on my macbook keyboard in a document on the imac (not sure yet if i'd do that regularly)....
I wrote about my use case for UC in this post if you want a practical example of what it is and how I use it: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/universal-control-is-amazing-for-my-productivity.2333186/