You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

Can't find sidecar

I just installed Catalina 10.15.1:


I can’t find sidecar in the drop down display icon nor in System Preferences


Both my iPad & iMac are using the same AppleID (although the System Prefference/AppleID shows my ID, with my wife’s photo).


Why am I not seeing sidecar as an option either place?

Posted on Nov 9, 2019 6:35 AM

Reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Posted on Nov 9, 2019 6:42 AM

See the bottom of this page for the requirements.

Use your iPad as a second display for your Mac with Sidecar - Apple Support

3 replies

Nov 9, 2019 7:41 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

That's it (My iMac is from 2013). I installed Catalina last night. I had to first create a Mojave partition for an application that the developer is still working on porting to 64 bit. It accesses data on my Catalina partition. So this morning I converted my wife's newer Mac to Catalina. It just finished and it has SideCar. Odd, it didn't change the desktop screen nor offer the quick tutorial, maybe because I copied the installation app from my computer to hers instead of the normal procedure.


I will either be getting a new iMac for Christmas, or half-way paying for, and then finishing it this summer. (if the new iMacs are good upgrades, I would prefer that).

Can't find sidecar

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.