Try the new MacOS function "Universal Control"!Mac and iPad work seamlessly

Introducing what functions are, along with how to use it

アップルが、最新世代のmacOSとiPadOSのパブリックベータを公開した。ここでついに、昨年に同社が開発者向け会議「WWDC」で発表したmacOS Montereyの新機能である「ユニバーサルコントロール」が利用できるようになった。Introducing what functions are, along with how to use itする。【動画】MacとiPadとの間をマウスカーソルが素速く移動する様子■MacのファイルをiPadにドラッグ＆ドロップユニバーサルコントロールは近接するMacとiPadの間で、ひとつのワイヤレスマウスとワイヤレスキーボードを共用できるようになる機能だ。ふたつのデバイスをまるで最初から一体のデバイスであるかのように、シームレスに操作ができる。本機能が誕生する以前から、Macをメインのデバイスとして、iPadをそのサブディスプレイにするための「Sidecar」という機能もある。SidecarはMacBookのディスプレイを拡張したり、または同一の内容をミラーリングしながら表示することを目的としている。新設されるユニバーサルコントロールの場合、MacとiPadを接続した後も、iPadの画面表示はMacに切り替わらず、iPadOSの機能がそのまま使えるところが大きく違う。■ユニバーサルコントロールのシステム条件ユニバーサルコントロールはmacOS 12.3 or more, iPados 15.The following devices equipped with 4 or more correspond. [Mac] ・ MacBook Pro (model released after 2016) ・ MacBook (model released after 2016) ・ MacBook Air (model released after 2018) ・ IMAC (released after 2017 Model) or iMac (Retina 5k, 27-inch, Late 2015), iMac Pro / Mac mini (model released after 2018) ・ Mac Pro (model released in 2019) ・ iPad Pro (All models), iPad (6th generation or later), iPad mini (5th generation or later), iPad Air (3rd generation or later) ■ Setting methods to use universal control If the latest OS has been introduced, the universal control function Before proceeding with the setting of, we will also set up the following.・ Confirm that both devices are signed in to iCloud with the same user's Apple ID. ・ Wifi/Bluetooth on -Handoff is realistic, but I think it is realistic, but it is realistic, but within 10 meters. It seems to be a function that can be used even if the distance is left. Next, we will launch a universal control function. Select "Display" from the MacOS system environment settings and open "Add a display" at the bottom left of the menu. Is displayed. If you select the iPad you want to connect here, the universal control function will be enabled. As in the case of SIDECAR, here is determined where the iPad screen is displayed on the left and right or bottom to the Mac screen. In the details of the display settings, there are three checkboxes for universal control behavior. If you have the opportunity to use universal controls frequently, it is convenient to set the Mac and iPad, which has completed the device pairing, to reconnect in universal control mode automatically the next time. ■ Mac and iPad, each of the "good places", this time, I tried the universal control function by putting each public beta on the MacBook Pro and the iPad mini. You can operate the iPad mini screen using the MacBook Pro trackpad and keyboard. There is no delay in both mouse cursor and keyboard typing. The work is very seamlessly proceeding between the two devices. I also paired a wireless mouse and keyboard on the iPad mini. Aside from whether or not it is necessary, it operates the Mac screen from the wireless mouse that is paired with the iPad, and the iPad character input is a MacBook Pro keyboard, and the Bluetooth keyboard that is paired separately on the iPad. Can be done from both. In the case of the author, it is universal control that the manuscript can be created quickly by properly pasting image materials such as images and screen capture stored on the Mac to ideas that are handwritten using iPad mini and Apple Pencil. It was felt as a great merit of. You only need to drag and drop files intuitively between Mac and iPad, so you can save the trouble of using AirDrop. There are more opportunities to take photos and videos than iPads, so it seems interesting that universal control can be used between Mac and iPhone in the future. This time, with special permission based on the interview, macOS 12.3, and iPados 15.The function and screen of 4 public beta are posted in this paper.Please note that when each OS has officially released, the menu arrangement of the screen and the setting method of the function may be changed.We hope that this article will help readers to imagine how to use universal control.

Atsushi Yamamoto