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Fred Thorne Author

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Universal Control: Unexpected iPad Location

In Universal Control, is it possible to change the edge from which the cursor jumps from iMac to iPad, and vice versa?

I'm running macOS Monterey 12.3 (21E230) on a late 2015 iMac, with a companion Samsung 27" monitor to the left of my iMac. The left Samsung monitor is hung high enough that I can place my 4th Generation iPad Air running iPad OS 15.4 just underneath it (that is, down and to the left of my iMac). The problem is I cannot move my cursor to the iPad where it is physically located--instead, Universal Control seems to insist I place the iPad to the right of my iMac.

Is there some way to direct my iMac to identify where my iPad actually is, rather than where it appears to want me to place it?

iMac 27″, macOS 12.3

Posted on Mar 15, 2022 9:45 AM

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UTBadger

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Posted on Mar 16, 2022 8:51 AM

Hey Fred Thorne,

You've done a great job describing your setup to help us visualize what's going on and we'll be happy to help out with getting Universal Control set up the way you'd like.

You should be able to place a Mac display above an iPad, however it's unclear if the same can be said about a third-party Samsung display. However, we'd suggest using the steps outlined in the "Arrange your displays" section of the following resource for help with seeing if you can: Universal Control: Use a single keyboard and mouse between Mac and iPad

Here it says the following:

"Arrange your displays

Arrange your displays to adjust where your devices think they are positioned relative to the others. You can then move the cursor more precisely in the direction of each display.

On your primary Mac, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Displays. The preferences window shows an image representing each device's display.
Drag the image of your iPad or other Mac into position relative to the other displays: to their left, to their right, or below them. A Mac display can also be positioned above other displays."

Displays preferences window

We hope you find this information to be helpful! Take care.

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