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Abbas

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I have upgraded to Catalina and can connect my iPad Pro 10.5 as a secondary display using Sidecar but I am just wondering what is being used for? Anybody actively using Sidecar and if yes, with what apps? I'd love to use it but I just can't find any use cases.
 

Duncan-UK

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I’ve got to do a webinar where I will be annotating PDFs and so using PDF Expert and sidecar allows me to use my iPad and Apple Pencil to do the annotations. I used Astropad in the past but now have no need of it.
 

kemo

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Oct 29, 2008
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I would use my iPad Pro to display terminal windows when programming. I'm kinda waiting with Catalina installation after reading so many problems it has.

Should I be working with design apps, I'd move the tool windows (layers etc). There's many use cases...truly depends on what you are doing on you machine :)
 

KPOM

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Oct 23, 2010
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I have upgraded to Catalina and can connect my iPad Pro 10.5 as a secondary display using Sidecar but I am just wondering what is being used for? Anybody actively using Sidecar and if yes, with what apps? I'd love to use it but I just can't find any use cases.
I prefer working with multiple monitors. It's easier to multitask when one app is on one screen and another is on the other. Plus, with Sidecar, if you have a Smart Keyboard for your iPad, it also works with the Mac apps on the display.

Right now, I have Excel on one screen and Quicken on another.
 
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