Sidecar Issues on Monterey

[iso667]

Airplane

Thanks for this! I was facing this issue too. As you, I was suspecting that the problem is happening on wifi but, even with the cable connected, the iPad keeps dropping the connection.

Today I set it into AirPlane mode, and it is working like a charm.

As for you, if I turn off the iPad and turn it on again, it start working correctly, but it last a period of time, later it starts failing again, but putting the iPad into airplane mode solved the problem for me.

It's not the ideal way to solve it, but at least I can work without connection drops.

Thanks!

 

[MrGunny94]

My 14 inch using dual 4K displays and the Sidecar.. becomes so slow.. Almost impossible to use lol.

 

[iso667]

My 14 inch using dual 4K displays and the Sidecar.. becomes so slow.. Almost impossible to use lol.

If you are using 4k maybe you are facing these issues mentioned on this post:

Mac external displays for designers and developers, part 2

Since writing about Mac external displays in 2016, not much has changed. LG, Dell, Samsung, and other display makers have either never catered for the specs many Mac designers and developers want, or they’ve reluctantly produced products that have been short-lived or compromised.

bjango.com

and also more cpu needed to scale.

 

[MrGunny94]

If you are using 4k maybe you are facing these issues mentioned on this post:

Mac external displays for designers and developers, part 2

Since writing about Mac external displays in 2016, not much has changed. LG, Dell, Samsung, and other display makers have either never catered for the specs many Mac designers and developers want, or they’ve reluctantly produced products that have been short-lived or compromised.

bjango.com

and also more cpu needed to scale.

Sigh, at this point I might just buy the Studio Display.

 

[TriciaMacMillan]

I’ve noticed that Sidecar tends to bring down my whole MacBook Pro after a while with strange symptoms like it becoming very sluggish, or apps crash or network ceases to work.

I’ve started using Duet Display again to avoid Sidecar.

 

[MrGunny94]

I’ve noticed that Sidecar tends to bring down my whole MacBook Pro after a while with strange symptoms like it becoming very sluggish, or apps crash or network ceases to work.

I’ve started using Duet Display again to avoid Sidecar.

Can you share your WindowServer memory and cpu usage? I noticed that this process (as it should) increases.. However the more time you spend with Sidecar it can go up to 2.5GB on my experience.

 

[TriciaMacMillan]

Can you share your WindowServer memory and cpu usage? I noticed that this process (as it should) increases.. However the more time you spend with Sidecar it can go up to 2.5GB on my experience.

I've seen the same happen with Sidecar. It looks like a(nother) memory leak in macOS Monterey to me.

You want me to share memory/cpu usage with Duet, I suppose? It's definitely less, and what is more, it doesn't keep rising endlessly.

 

[rafale77]

Joined the forum just to say "me too". I already posted on the Apple support forum.
I am pretty much convinced that it is a caching issue of some sort on iPad OS. I have the same problem on an iPad9 and an Ipad Pro 11" Gen3. Hard reboot and I have no problem for roughly 24 hrs. Past the 24 hr mark on the iPad (With or without rebooting the mac) and Sidecar freezes within seconds of the connection. Been this way since the Monterey upgrade and the matching iPadOS upgrade... very frustrating. I don't seem to have the problem with the cable connected though and airplane mode doesn't help...

 

[MrGunny94]

Yesterday when connected to my Dual 4K monitors, decided to bring in my iPad Pro as my sidecar display to put Microsoft Teams there... It caused 3GB of swap the moment I connected it and almost made my computer kernel panic..

For moments it freezes and was showing red lines in the Memory tab, plus my Window Server went from 2.3GB to 3,20GB.

They have got to fix this.