Am I the only one whose Mac display acts weird when I connect to sidecar?

When I connect my Mac to sidecar, the display on my iPad is perfect, but my Mac gets really goofy. I have attached two screenshots. The first one is without sidecar and the second is with sidecar. Has anyone had this problem and found a fix?.

Posted on Oct 8, 2019 12:18 AM

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4 replies

Oct 8, 2019 4:23 AM in response to jpet11

Same here! 2018 MBP and an old 9.7” iPad Pro.

dtorette

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4 points

Oct 8, 2019 12:55 PM in response to Spy_Hardman

Same problem on MBP 2018 and iPad Pro 11.

gcree

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4 points

Oct 30, 2019 6:54 AM in response to jpet11

Same. MBP 2018 15", iPad 7th gen.

Oct 8, 2019 3:23 PM in response to jpet11

turn off true tones.

worst upgrade ever.

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Am I the only one whose Mac display acts weird when I connect to sidecar?