How to Use Your iPad as a Touchscreen Monitor For Your Mac

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Uploaded by on Apr 3, 2010

I'll demonstrate how you can use your iPad as a touchscreen external monitor for your Mac.

Link to app in iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/idisplay/id363500805?mt=8

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  • Extremely unprofessional.. I've seen Windows and most new cell phones work as a more responsive touchscreen controller for half the price or less of the devices shown here and with half the technical problems. Apple should have been able to get this right!

  • @GiovanniDre Yeah, I didn't like it due to it's problems. I haven't played with it since the iPad 1 came out, so im sure it's better now. Least I hope.

  • Very neat application. I do a lot of film making and editing and was toying with the idea of using my Macbook Pro and an iPad as my second monitor for a dual window editing set up.

    From your experience with this application, do you think something as memory intensive as an editing software like Final Cut Pro will run extremely slow through this application? Like playback for instance.

  • @ItchyBarracuda Yes. The software is extremely buggy and laggy too. I would wait for further updates to come out, as it needs it a lot.

  • this app has cause no end of display issues for my MBP and external displays - after visiting the Apple Genius Bar the only remedy was to reinstall my entire OS.

    THIS APP IS BEST AVOIDED

  • @johnstallard Actually, there's a simple command you do in Terminal that will erase the application in 2 seconds. Then restart and there's nothing to worry about.

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  • Would I be able to have some one use safari on the external display while someone else uses the Mac with another application.? What about witha not Mac or non iPad display? Thanks

  • @GiovanniDre ur mo should have benn able to get it right

  • @GiovanniDre Christ, what are you talking about. It's nothing to do with Apple, you idiot, it's an app created by a developer and it's their fault if it doesn't function correctly.

  • use airdisplay instead

  • dont download this! my windows was fucked up for at least a month before i realized that it was this idisplay crap. it seemed to constantly expand the screen although it wasnt running in my tray! its just not worth it belive me

  • wow!

  • yyyyyyy

  • how do you do it on windows?

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