Immediately after connecting though, I discovered a small annoyance: On my system, iPhoto launched shortly after my iPad was connected, even though I've had this behavior disabled for years.
Your mac will then 'find' the second iPad screen. Testing duetįor my test, I connected a 3rd Generation iPad running iOS 8.1.2 to a MacBook Pro with 2.9 GHz Intel i7 CPU, 8GB of RAM, running Mac OS X Yosemite version 10.10.1.īefore connecting an iPad to your Mac, start the duet iOS app, it should display a 'Connect to Mac' message, followed by 'Launching Duet' when plugged in the mac.
After duet starts running, an icon appears on the top toolbar.Īt this point, your Mac is now ready to use your iPad as a second screen, connected via lightning cable or the older style 30 pin connector cable. Then open it as you would any other Mac application. Next, extract duet.app from the downloaded zip file and drag it to your Applications folder. So, be sure to monitor download progress: The link provided in the instructions immediately starts a download after it is entered in a browser window, so please note you will not see a download page. Stage Two: After duet installs on your iPad or iPhone, download the Duet app for your Mac using the link provided by the iOS app: