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Duet DisplayBy MacRumors Staff on March 30, 2018Jump to How Tos ArticlesDuet Display How TosHow to Use Your iPad as a Second Screen for Your MacThursday December 6, 2018 5:56 am PST by Tim HardwickDuet Display is an app made by fo

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Table of Contents
  1. 1. Duet Display How Tos
  2. 2. How to Use Your iPad as a Second Screen for Your Mac
  3. 3. Duet Display Articles
  4. 4. Mac Desktop Extension Software Duet Display Rendered Inoperable in macOS 10.13.4 [Updated]
  5. 5. Duet Display for iPad Updated With New Pro Features
  6. 6. Duet Display's Latest Update Adds a Touch Bar to Your iPad
  7. 7. Duet Display for iPad Gains 'Pro' Drawing Features
  8. 8. Duet Display Updated With iPad Pro Support, Major Performance Improvements
  9. 9. Videos
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Duet Display

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Duet Display How Tos

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How to Use Your iPad as a Second Screen for Your Mac

Thursday December 6, 2018 5:56 am PST by Tim Hardwick
Duet Display is an app made by former Apple engineers that allows you to use your iPad as a second screen for your Mac. In this article, we'll explain how it works and the steps you need to follow to get things up and running. Duet Display is a great way to extend your Mac's desktop and can come in especially handy when you're working away from home and want to broaden your productivity...

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Mac Desktop Extension Software Duet Display Rendered Inoperable in macOS 10.13.4 [Updated]

Friday March 30, 2018 4:02 am PDT by Tim Hardwick
Users of popular Mac desktop extension app Duet Display are being advised not to update to macOS 10.13.4, due to "critical bugs" that prevent the software from communicating with connected iOS devices used as extra displays. When installed on a Mac and an iPad (or iPhone) and the two devices are connected using a Lightning cable or 30-pin connector, Duet allows users to extend their macOS...
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Duet Display for iPad Updated With New Pro Features

Tuesday May 23, 2017 8:05 am PDT by Juli Clover
Duet Display, the app designed to let you turn your iPad into an extra display for your Mac, is today being updated with new Pro-level features that enhance the Apple Pencil support introduced back in October. The Pro features are designed to turn the iPad Pro into a high-performance graphics tablet that can compete with Intuos or Wacom drawing tablets, and as of today, Pro subscribers will...
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Duet Display's Latest Update Adds a Touch Bar to Your iPad

Tuesday December 20, 2016 6:04 am PST by Juli Clover
Duet Display, the app that turns an iPad into a second display for a Mac, was today updated with a handy new feature that gives you iPad Touch Bar access, even when you don't have a Mac with a Touch Bar. The Duet Display app is able to tap into the MacBook Pro's Touch Bar software, displaying a virtual Touch Bar on your iPad's screen. The iPad Touch Bar mirrors the MacBook Pro's Touch Bar on a ...
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Duet Display for iPad Gains 'Pro' Drawing Features

Tuesday October 25, 2016 9:02 am PDT by Juli Clover
Duet Display, the app that allows you to turn your iPad into an extra display for your Mac, is today gaining new features designed to turn the iPad Pro into a high-performance graphics tablet able to compete with Intuos or Wacom drawing tablets. The new "Duet Pro" capabilities allow Duet Display to support the Apple Pencil on a 12.9 or 9.7-inch iPad Pro, allowing users to draw directly on...
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Duet Display Updated With iPad Pro Support, Major Performance Improvements

Wednesday December 9, 2015 4:19 am PST by Juli Clover
Second-screen app Duet Display received a significant update today, introducing a new resolution option to support Apple's 12.9-inch iPad Pro and bringing significant performance improvements for both iPads and Macs that run the accompanying software. For those unfamiliar with Duet Display, it's an app that is designed to turn the iPad or iPhone into a secondary display for a Mac. Duet Display ...
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