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Sidecar no longer works with Monterey and MBP

I used Sidecar a lot. In the last few weeks though I upgraded my laptop to Monterey and replaced my iPad Pro with the 2021 model.


Now I can't use sidecar at all. My iPad simply does not show up as another monitor.


Anyone have this happen or know a fix? I swear one day I'll learn never to upgrade to a new MacOS for the first 6 months. They break more than they fix every single time


Posted on Nov 10, 2021 7:17 AM

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Posted on Nov 10, 2021 7:25 AM

The only time I ever upgrade before .5 is when I BUY A NEW MACHINE and its on it. And in the last 40 years this has only happened about 5 times.


Seems to me that I saw an article by the Apple Software SR VP(who was on the unleashing video) talk about how sidecar was not on the current system because of it providing a way in for malicious software. I remember this because at the time, I didn’t know what sidecar was. Its not like I have more than one screen up or even own more than one screen, actually.

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Nov 10, 2021 7:25 AM in response to 1shaunp1

The only time I ever upgrade before .5 is when I BUY A NEW MACHINE and its on it. And in the last 40 years this has only happened about 5 times.


Seems to me that I saw an article by the Apple Software SR VP(who was on the unleashing video) talk about how sidecar was not on the current system because of it providing a way in for malicious software. I remember this because at the time, I didn’t know what sidecar was. Its not like I have more than one screen up or even own more than one screen, actually.

Sidecar no longer works with Monterey and MBP

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