INCREDIBLY USEFUL Apple Universal Control Tips Every User Should Know!

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Жыл бұрын

What is Apple’s Universal Control? How do you set up Universal Control with the M2 Mac Mini, MacBook Pro and M2 iPad Pro? Did you know that you can use a single keyboard and mouse - or even your iPad’s Magic keyboard - to control up to 3 Apple devices? It’s called Universal Control - it’s an incredible feature - and here’s how it works. By the way, I also added a troubleshooting section at the end, if you run into any problems.
We start out by setting up Universal Control on a Mac or Macbook. Then we move on to the setup process on the iPad. Once Universal Control is properly set up - we’ll cover the connection process and talk about how to arrange your monitors.
Next we’ll look at some unique iPad features and how to drag and drop between devices.
Finally, we’re go over how to disconnect Universal Control and then cover system requirements and troubleshooting.
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@TechGearTalk Жыл бұрын

What's up everyone?! I hope this overview of Apple Universal Control was helpful. Did I cover what you wanted to know? What else did you want to see or learn about? Would love to know what you think. Is this a feature you use? ☕ WAS THIS VIDEO HELPFUL? BUY ME A COFFEE!! www.buymeacoffee.com/techgeartalk

@xiaozhuvan Жыл бұрын

can u share wallpaper

@robertshawnmitchell Жыл бұрын

For doing Universal Control between two macbook pros, do you enable UC on both or just one? I cannot get my setup to work. Two MBPs each with external monitors, UC enabled on each, bluetooth and wifi enabled (same wifi network), same apple ID, with 2FA Thanks for the video!

@Moshuun Жыл бұрын

I accidentally found out about this feature. It’s awesome!

@BugBobsWildWorld Жыл бұрын

Very well done. Short, simple, to the point. Thank you!

@TechGearTalk Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and for the feedback.

@JDaddyT777 10 ай бұрын

Hey @TechGearTalk thanks for this great video! Super concise and informative. I have a troubleshooting question for you though. I'm using a Logi Craft keyboard and while using Universal Control, my keyboard functions almost perfectly, except that I cannot use the "shift" key as a modifier. Meaning I cannot capitalize or use access special characters about my number keys, etc... thoughts on how to resolve this?

@ElParacletoPodcast 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips. I have a Mac mini in one room and older MacBook Pro in another room, is there a way to switch so that I can see my older Mac screen on my Mac mini monitor? Thanks

@samhendersonn Жыл бұрын

I love this feature, Makes your life a lot easier.

@sabahattinh 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for this nice info... But I need to know, can I use my macbookpro's trackpad and keyboard with Mac Studio ?

@suitcafe Жыл бұрын

I f were to buy a new Mac mini M2 and want to control it with the keyboard and mouse of my Macbook Pro i7 as to not buy a dedicated keyboard and trackpad for the mini would that work? I use the Macbook Pro as a desktop connected to an LG 34" Ultrawide. I do like the 2 screen usage.

@stephc.p.2644 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video! After I did the last Somona update Universal Control was enabled by default and super confusing/impossible to use. All I needed was in your video to make sense of it and now I can actually see it being useful :)

@TechGearTalk 3 ай бұрын

Glad it helped! Thank you for being part of the channel!

@GayleGrantDocGrant Жыл бұрын

so what's the difference between this and SideCar? Which do you find better/most useful? Thanks

@littleshadyify Жыл бұрын

Can you also use the apple pencil on the ipad to control the mac (to sign documents for example)?

@ruvinigamage1363 Жыл бұрын

Hi . I have ipad m1 . If I installed mac to my laptop(windows pc but I can install mac os)can I use universal control ?

@jimw6659 5 ай бұрын

Great summary. Thanks!

@TechGearTalk 5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for the kind words and support.

@tamimaislam1591 Жыл бұрын

This is useful! Can you please do one for samsing ecosystem? I have both so it will be very useful

@TechGearTalk Жыл бұрын

Yup. I’ll work on it. Thank you for being part of the channel!

@yervandpapazyan4473 4 ай бұрын

does this work the same way with the iPhone? If yes you have to log in with the same Apple ID?

@arieverett 9 ай бұрын

Does it work with apple studio display? I am running my macbook 16" (2021) to the apple studio display as an external monitor with my macbook 16" lid closed and the universal control to my ipad pro 12.9" (5th gen) stopped working. I've tried turning off and on all these settings and restarting

@dus10dnd 5 ай бұрын

I'd really love to be able to do this with an iPhone, as well. I like to use my old iPhone on a gimbal as a Continuity Camera, but I cannot see the screen... I can mirror the screen with Reflector, but I have not control... so if I could just get the mouse to push through like to an iPad, it would work great.

@bryans8656 Жыл бұрын

I discovered Universal Control a little while ago, and I've been having some fun with it. Sometimes I'll be working on my Mac desktop and have an entertainment video playing on my iPad Mini 6. I should point out I don't get much work done that way.

@SmartVideoBE 2 ай бұрын

I have a macbook pro 2019 and an m1 ipad. Im thinking of buying mac studio m1 max but i want to control it via the macbook pro without any display hooked to the mac studio. What is the proper way of doing this? I also want to use the ipad sometimes to continue my edits i have started on the Mac Studio. Will be running premier on mac studio but controlling the computer via those 2 for comfort. Any ideas?

@adinnugroho6544 Жыл бұрын

0:17 : Where to get that Wallpaper?

@rojinamininia4348 7 ай бұрын

do i have to have trackpad for my Ipad for this feature ?

@TechGearTalk 7 ай бұрын

Depends on how you mean that. You can control your iPad from a MacBook without needing a trackpad on your iPad. The idea here is one keyboard and trackpad/mouse for multiple devices. You can also look up sidecar if you just need to use the iPad as a additional display

@RobinDupuy 3 ай бұрын

Very nice tutorial. I wish there was a shortcut to turn ON universal control, calling all my friends to turn it on.

@scoutmaster-s8860 Жыл бұрын

This is a really helpful introduction to Universal Control! Thanks! 😊

@TechGearTalk Жыл бұрын

Super glad that it was helpful!

@zkryadiab1104 2 ай бұрын

currently I am having a problem' when connecting the iPad to the Mac and try to type for example taking notes hitting the space key doesn't make a space in writing but directs me to the titles or the other fonts of the app which is simillar to hitting the tap key on Mac, a blue square is around the "done" button when opening a document or when writing an essay on word hitting the space key dissects me for the different options of the upper settings for example, the line size or switches between copy option and "B"/"U"..... I wish your read this and help me because of not god help me I am going to brake the iPad and the Mac

@willingtushar Жыл бұрын

Not working with my mac mini pro m2

@Aliessil Жыл бұрын

I use this every day, it's incredibly useful! Strangely, I could never get it to work between my Mac Studio and an M1 Mini - had to use the previous Intel-based Mini instead. Weird.

@TechGearTalk Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you sharing! Which one was giving you issues?

@Aliessil Жыл бұрын

@@TechGearTalk The M1 Mini - the other two were fine. Also tried connecting the iPad to the Studio, which was also fine.

@soccergoal1000 7 ай бұрын

same.. not working between M1 Mac studio and M2 macbook pro...

@Dulcilady Жыл бұрын

Thank you for another great video. I’m planning on getting the M2 Mac Mini pro model & what I’m seeing is that is comes with Ventura. Will it still work for the universal control?

@TechGearTalk Жыл бұрын

thank you 🙏🏻. You should have no problems.

@obinnanwanorim7292 Жыл бұрын

How about giving us some insights on hp products

@TechGearTalk Жыл бұрын

I’ll work on that

@emperatrizcontreras8815 20 күн бұрын

Can this work with MacBook Air M2?

@TechGearTalk 18 күн бұрын

Yes.

@Gomes305 2 ай бұрын

I’ve been having trouble with my universal control. I have an M1 MacMini and an M2 Air. Everything was working fine until the new update. Ever since than I have been having constant problems using this feature. I called in several times and they pretty much told my that I would have to wait until the next update to “see” if the problem was fixed. Not cool…

@sciasciagirl Жыл бұрын

I did not know I could share keyboard and mouse with more than two devices . Great video! I have a large 2nd display with my laptop which I love, it’s great to know I can throw my iPad in there if I need to😊

@TechGearTalk Жыл бұрын

And if you only want the display - check out the Sidecar video at the end. It’s even easier.

@meliannebourassa5639 10 ай бұрын

Please can someone help me! I have been looking for this answer and can't find it anywhere! Can I drag my Illustrator or Safari window from my Imac to my macbook? How can I do that?

@JDaddyT777 10 ай бұрын

I think for this, you'd need to use Sidecar rather than Universal Control. From my understanding, Sidecar turns your ipad into a second monitor, where Universal Control allows you to quickly and easily bounce between the two different devices with the same mouse and keyboard, but they function independently.

@nahlene1973 Ай бұрын

i love how apple is really good at repackging techs in to a fancier one. KVM has been around for ages...

@ThomasFransson Жыл бұрын

That's really cool!

@TechGearTalk Жыл бұрын

Thanks Thomas!

@MarjoleinVeenendaal Жыл бұрын

I accidentally found this out while migrating my stuff from an old macbook to a new one (but on a fresh install). I was thoroughly freaked out!!

@TechGearTalk Жыл бұрын

Did the cursor wander over to the new one, lol.

@MarjoleinVeenendaal Жыл бұрын

@@TechGearTalk YES!!! And I didn’t even notice at first… it was super helpful for the file transfer though.

@ChiChiMath Жыл бұрын

I accidentally discovered universal control while trying to use sidecar. I love it!

@TechGearTalk Жыл бұрын

Nice!!!!!

@rushmorefx7472 Жыл бұрын

😊 same

@martinomovies Жыл бұрын

I wish the designated sound output could be shared. I would like to use the iPad for Zoom and Music and my Mac for programming. But then sometimes I want to watch KZfaq on my Mac’s browser. But there doesn’t seems to be a way for the sound to be “universal” like the keyboard and mouse.

@anonymous-entity 8 ай бұрын

You might be able to do it

@tateblaze80 Жыл бұрын

What surprised me was being able to turn my tv to an extended display because it has an Apple TV connected

@TechGearTalk Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@donisingo 11 ай бұрын

Can we use it between 2 ipad?

@TechGearTalk 11 ай бұрын

I have not tested it yet - but I don't see why not.

@donisingo 11 ай бұрын

@@TechGearTalk my newest ipad just come by today (ipad pro M2), and I saw the spec of universal control still support my old ipad (ipad pro 9.7), but after digging inside, I didn’t find the option to use universal control between both of my ipad.

@bornwithcrown Жыл бұрын

I really loved the way you put many option of subtitles ❤

@TechGearTalk Жыл бұрын

I’m glad it’s useful!

@user-no1hy1xf6v 6 ай бұрын

❤

@zkryadiab1104 2 ай бұрын

btw when you change user on Mac which is using different Apple ID or it can be using non ( as a guest) and switch back to the user which have the same Apple ID like the Mac you will not be able to reconnect the iPad to the Mac unless you restart the godamn Mac

@rgcalderon3458 5 ай бұрын

The settings are turned on but it still doesnt connect

@dyingtolive1011 Жыл бұрын

Any tips for the slow scrolling speed if I use my iPad Magic Keyboard to scroll on my MacBook? Whenever I use the Magic Keyboard as my keyboard and mouse, it’s like I’m scrolling through mud on the Mac

@Dezzs Жыл бұрын

This just hurts. I used to always use this but suddenly cant one day. I do not know whats happening, all settings are correct

@TechGearTalk Жыл бұрын

Oh wow. Did you disable - reboot - enable (all devices)?

@Dezzs Жыл бұрын

@@TechGearTalk Everyday. Everything is also up to date, both mac and ipad.

@jaberthebestgamer838 Жыл бұрын

Same thing is happening to me

@artpop8 19 күн бұрын

mine does not have arrange

@k1x924 Жыл бұрын

Hi, when we will see an release of your wallpaper package for phones/tablets? Can you Give us an Info please :)?

@tuny1209 2 ай бұрын

This function doesn't work well anymore. After the latest updates, it's a complete mess.😪

@alexbrunner_Tucker_USA Жыл бұрын

Great video! I discovered that only one user should be logged into a Mac device in order to use Universal Control. I spent more than 30 minutes playing around trying to figure why it wasn’t working for me. It worked after I logged out of my wife’s user account and only I was logged in.

@TechGearTalk Жыл бұрын

So glad it was helpful!!!

@jaberthebestgamer838 Жыл бұрын

OMG thats why it didn’t work tysm!

@scottmuir2385 Жыл бұрын

Cheers for the video.... I have a Macbook Pro & iPad Pro 12.9 (4th Generation) with Magic Keyboard & pencil and when using the Apple Trackpads and Keyboards this works great! Although one watch out I have to share is that it doesn't work with my Logitech MX Keys (Mac) and MX Master Mouse! Unfortunately when using 3rd party tools, with the scroll function will scroll the screen the mouse is connected (eg my Mac) to even when the mouse cursor is on the iPad! And for the keyboard, capital and shift in general doesn't work on the second machine! As I say it works perfectly when using the keyboard and the mouse attached to my tech, so I can only presume that Apple has curtailed 3rd party gear - perhaps it will be fixed in the future, but for now it's a no go which renders this somewhat useless with stand alone keyboards and mouse - for me anyway! Anyone else?