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abcdefghijklmno

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Original poster
Apr 9, 2010
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Hi all

The other sidecar thread I can find is almost exclusively addressing the use of officially unsupported hardware. I’m running a 2017 MacBook and 3rd-gen 12.9” iPad Pro, so should be fully supported. Both are on the most recent public versions of their respective software.

However, I cannot get any success with sidecar whatsoever. I’ve tried various combinations of logging out of iCloud on both devices, rebooting, disabling WiFi / Bluetooth etc. as well as different WiFi networks. I’ve connected via USB-C cable - the iPad shows up in Finder for sync purposes, but nothing else.

In Settings, there is either no option to select any device under “Connect to:” in the Sidecar pane, or the iPad does show up but times out when trying to connect - either wirelessly or when plugged in.

The MacBook will AirPlay to my AppleTV absolutely fine.

Any suggestions?!
 

abcdefghijklmno

macrumors member
Original poster
Apr 9, 2010
94
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Update - the supplemental MacOS update today seems to have helped!! Working well now, wirelessly.
 

GlenK

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Aug 1, 2013
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St. Augustine, FL
I just got my 2019 16" MBP and side car doesn't work at all. Get a message that states: Unable to connect to "Glen's iPad Pro" device timed out.

Set up all the setting in preferences but it simply doesn't connect. Any suggestions anyone?
 
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