How to use Universal Control and Sidecar to augment your workflow

Sidecar and Universal Control are two important tools that can help improve your workflow. Their core premise – the ability to easily connect devices to each other – is similar, but Sidecar and Universal Control provide very different functions.

WHAT DEVICES CAN USE UNIVERSAL CONTROL?

Universal Control is currently available in iPadOS 15.4 and macOS 12.3. Here are the Macs and iPads that can run Universal Control.

Universal Control: Macs

• MacBook 2016 or later

• MacBook Air 2018 or later

• MacBook Pro 2016 or later

• Mac mini 2018 or later

• 21.5in iMac 2017 or later

• 24in iMac 2021 or later