Universal Control is Apple’s most impressive new feature in year

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It’s been a good month for Mac desktop setup aficionados.

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Apple just released the Studio Display, its first vaguely affordable new monitor in more than a decade.

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Universal Control is now available in iOS 15.4 and macOS Monterey 12.3, and if you can make it work in your setup, you really ought to try it.

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If you haven’t heard of Universal Control, it basically lets you use your Mac’s keyboard and mouse or trackpad to control your iPad

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Just nudge your cursor to the side of your Mac’s monitor, and it’ll jump on over to the iPad like it was another monitor hooked up to your Mac

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Just one that you can control with the keyboard and trackpad you were using seconds ago with your Mac.

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