Sidecar Resolution on iPad still an issue

I have seen that others have this issue too. When using my 10.5 inch iPad Pro as an extended screen for my MacBook Pro 16 inch using Sidecar, the resolution of the extended display on my iPad is too high to be usable. The full screen of the iPad is not utilised and anything on the screen such as text and images are very small.


Changing the resolution of the display while mirroring (rather than extending) does not work either. If I "Optimise for 10.5 inch iPad Pro" and select "Mirror" then the full iPad screen is utilised and my MacBook screen is resized to have the same aspect ratio as the iPad. However, I want to use the iPad as an extended screen, and when I select this it reverts back to the same problem described above.


I am reluctant to purchase an application to do this as it seems to be something that Apple are wanting to provide natively.


Are there are any solutions for this problem?

iPad Pro, iPadOS 17

Posted on Aug 21, 2024 4:34 PM

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Aug 22, 2024 2:57 PM in response to Rich3811

Rich3811 wrote:

I have seen that others have this issue too. When using my 10.5 inch iPad Pro as an extended screen for my MacBook Pro 16 inch using Sidecar, the resolution of the extended display on my iPad is too high to be usable. The full screen of the iPad is not utilised and anything on the screen such as text and images are very small.

Changing the resolution of the display while mirroring (rather than extending) does not work either. If I "Optimise for 10.5 inch iPad Pro" and select "Mirror" then the full iPad screen is utilised and my MacBook screen is resized to have the same aspect ratio as the iPad. However, I want to use the iPad as an extended screen, and when I select this it reverts back to the same problem described above.

I am reluctant to purchase an application to do this as it seems to be something that Apple are wanting to provide natively.

Are there are any solutions for this problem?



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