screen mirroring on the macbook air

Hello CF1021,

It sounds like you are trying to screen mirror your Mac to your iPad, right? While you can stream content from your iPad to your Mac, there isn't a feature where you can stream content the other way around.

You can also use your iPad as a secondary display for your Mac:

Use an iPad as a second display for a Mac - Apple Support

"Change settings

To find Sidecar settings:

• macOS Ventura or later: Choose Apple menu  > System Settings, click Displays in the sidebar, then click your iPad at the top of the window.
• macOS Monterey: Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Displays. Click Display Settings, then click your iPad in the sidebar.
• Earlier versions of macOS: Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Sidecar.

These settings are available only on computers that support Sidecar:

• Show Sidebar: Show the sidebar on the left or right side of your iPad screen, or turn it off.
• Show Touch Bar: Show the Touch Bar on the bottom or top of your iPad screen, or turn it off.
• Enable double tap on Apple Pencil: Allow apps that support this feature to perform custom actions when you double-tap on the side of your Apple Pencil (2nd generation)."

Regards.

If upgraded to iPadOS 16.1, Apple has not, as yet, officially added external monitor support to the new iPadOS 16 Stage Manager feature.

Look for Apple to, officially, release the extended monitor support, to the iPadOS 16 Stage Manager feature, in a future iPadOS 16 update.

Sorry

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