When you use your iPad with another Apple device—like your Mac, iPhone, or Apple Watch—you can take advantage of Continuity features that let you use your devices in unique ways. You can work across your devices, hand off tasks, share files and photos, and stream video and audio. With Sidecar, your iPad even becomes a second display for your Mac.
Your iPad can extend your Mac desktop, or show one app on both screens while you control different aspects of it. And AirDrop makes sharing between iPhone, iPad, and Mac as easy as dragging and dropping.
Note: There are minimum system requirements for Continuity features, and some of these features need Wi-Fi and Bluetooth®.
Extend your workspace with an iPad
Sidecar turns your iPad into a second display for your Mac. You can extend your Mac desktop, or you can show the same app on both screens and control different aspects of it. For more, see our article, Use your iPad as a second display for your Mac.
Quickly share content between devices
With AirDrop, you can share photos, videos, contacts, and more with anyone near you who has an Apple device. Sharing between iPhone, iPad, and Mac is as simple as dragging and dropping. Check out our guide, Use AirDrop on iPad to send items to nearby Apple devices.
Sharing content between your devices is easy, from handing off tasks between devices to copying text on an iPad and pasting it on your Mac or sending a file from your iPhone to your iPad.
AirDrop lets you quickly share photos, videos, contacts, and anything else, wirelessly, with anyone near you. Sending to iPhone, iPad, and Mac takes nothing more than dragging and dropping. See our article, Use AirDrop on iPad to send items to nearby Apple devices.
With Universal Clipboard, you’re able to copy text, images, photos, and videos on one Apple device, then paste the content on another. Let’s say you copy a recipe from Safari on your iPad: You can then paste it into Notes on your nearby Mac. Read our guide, Copy and paste between iPad and other Apple devices.
With Handoff, you’re able to start a document, an email, or a message on one device, then pick up where you left off on another. Mail, Safari, Maps, Messages, Reminders, Calendar, Contacts, Pages, Numbers, and Keynote are among the apps that support it. See our guide, Hand off tasks between iPad and your other devices.
Insert sketches, photos, and scans
With Continuity Sketch, a sketch you draw on your iPad appears on your Mac. And with Continuity Camera, you can take a photo or scan a document on your iPad, then have it show up on your Mac. See our article, Insert sketches, photos, and scans from your iPad on Mac.
Even more Continuity features
- Control your Mac and iPad together
Use a single keyboard and trackpad or mouse to work across your iPad and Mac with Universal Control.
- Answer calls and send texts from your iPad
Relay calls from your iPhone and send and receive texts on your iPad.
- Stream to a larger screen
Share videos, music, photos, and more from your iPad to your Mac, Apple TV 4K, or an AirPlay 2-enabled TV.
- Share your Wi-Fi
Connect your Mac to the internet using the Personal Hotspot on your iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular).
Share your internet connection from your iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular) with Personal Hotspot
Other ways to use your devices together
Continuity features aren’t the only way to use your Mac with your other Apple devices, and you can also:
- Connect iPad and your computer with a cable
- Keep information up to date across all your devices with iCloud
- Sync content between your Mac and iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
