Apple Mouse controlling MBP and iPad Air side by side but screen mirroring NOT on

[Raymond Lin]

I have MBP on the left and iPad on the right, my house is connected to the MBP. When i move the mouse off screen on the MBP it then suddenly started moving the cursor on the IPad Air.

I had them set up earlier for the iPad Air to be a 2nd monitor but have since disconnected, they are on the same wifi network....but how on earth does it know it's still next to it. I can click on the iPad's icons with the mouse.

 

[PaulM]

Is this not just mouse + keyboard link option on Mac OS? In the Display options you can click/unclick Link keyboard/Mouse to x iPad. It knows its nearby because of the iCloud account, on the same wifi and bluetooth. I believe it guesses which side the iPad is on depending on which way you first move the mouse off the screen when it connects to the iPad

 

[ChrisD.]

It’s Apple magic.

 

[Broken Hope]

Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad

With Universal Control, use a single keyboard and mouse or trackpad to work across up to three Mac computers or iPad devices.

support.apple.com

 

[Raymond Lin]

It’s so freaky and cool, even the trackpad on the Magic Keyboard controls the MBP too! It got to the point where I tried to hit the screen on the MBP thinking it had a touch screen lol