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sidecar issues

  1. L

    Bugs all across the ecosystem

    Hello folks. I couldn't find a correct forum (some general discussion about Apple products ... maybe I am blind) for this topic hence I am posting it here. (in case a Mod finds a better forum, be my guest and I apologize) I moved to the "ecosystem" a few years ago and now I own all the stuff...
  2. T

    Sidecar is very messy

    Hi, Hope everyone is ok. I just have a quick question. What's your experience with sidecar? Since the introduction of Universal Control, sidecar has become very unstable!, It constantly tries to switch to Universal Control disconnecting sidecar. Never experienced this before... anyone else...
  3. T

    iPad SideCar Freezing Temporarily Fix

    So with iPadOS 15.2 and macOS Monterey 12.1, the SideCar freezes after a few moments, either through wired (i.e., airplane mode on iPad to force a wired connection) or wireless connection (no matter the Wi-Fi bandwidth). A user on Reddit has pointed out and based on my own experience with their...
  4. ZircoBen

    Sidecar Issues on Monterey

    After having updated to version 12.0.1 last week, my Sidecar is almost completely useless. Over the last few days, it works for a max of a couple of minutes before just freezing up. Anyone else having similar issues with Sidecar on Monterey or even better, found luck on the beta channel with...
  5. _AppleUser

    iPad Air Mysterious “Sidecar” iPad shown in battery usage settings

    Hey everyone, I noticed while trying to look at my battery usage in the Settings app, and I noticed this “Sidecar” background activity draining my battery, even though I’m not even using Sidecar on my iPad. This is currently happening for me on the latest iPadOS 15 Beta, but it was also...
  6. F

    MBP 13 (2020) sidecar problems

    Hey everyone! I'm recently experiencing problems with Sidecar. I've just bought an IPad Air. I immediately tried sidecar with my MBP 13 (2020) and it worked perfectly. After a week or so I wanted to work with it again, but I couldn't. The IPad doesn't show up. I've checked all the requirements...
  7. thizisweird

    iPad Ipad 6 gen Sidecar performance

    My iPad doesn't really serve much purpose these days, except for being a Sidecar display I've noticed. That's great to me, as I like to do multi-screen video editing and music production. Then again, I've noticed quite a drawback to using the iPad as a second display. My biggest complaint was...
  8. M

    Do not buy the new macbook pro 2019

    1) DO NOT BUY THE LATEST MACBOOK PRO - NOT WORTH IT - YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED, READ BELOW 2) DO NOT BUY APPLE CARE - PHONE CALL HELP TOTALLY USELESS UNLESS YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO TURN ON OR OFF YOUR LAPTOP I have both a macbook pro 2014 an macbook pro 2019 with touch bar. The only good aspect...