{"id":101995,"date":"2019-10-17T17:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/10\/17\/extend-your-mac-display-to-another-mac-with-luna-display-40"},"modified":"2019-10-17T17:00:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T17:00:02","slug":"extend-your-mac-display-to-another-mac-with-luna-display-4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/10\/17\/extend-your-mac-display-to-another-mac-with-luna-display-4-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Extend your Mac display to another Mac with Luna Display 4.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By William Gallagher<\/a>
Thursday, October 17, 2019, 10:00 am PT (01:00 pm ET)<\/span> <\/p>\n

You can now extend or mirror your main Mac’s screen onto a second Mac as easily as you can with Sidecar and an iPad with Luna Display 4.0.
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Extending a single desktop across an iMac and a MacBook Pro. (Photo: Luna Display.)<\/span><\/div>\n

Before Apple<\/a> introduced Sidecar<\/a> in macOS Catalina<\/a>, firms including Luna Display<\/a> provided the same ability to use an iPad<\/a> as a second display. Now the latest version of Luna Display 4.0 lets you do the same thing, but with either an iPad or a spare Mac<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The company calls it Mac-to-Mac-Mode and says that the aim is to make the most out of multiple Apple devices at once. <\/p>\n

“Apple has always marketed its products to be standalone, never intended to be used at the same time.” says the firm in a statement<\/a>. “While you can connect devices through AirDrop, or pick up where you left off in Safari and the Messages app, the idea remains the same: it is all about picking up one product, and setting the other down.”<\/p>\n

“Where we differ from Apple is that, instead of limiting ourselves to using each product individually, we see the potential that comes from a combination of products that is greater than the sum of its parts,” it continues.<\/p>\n

Apple’s Sidecar requires macOS Catalina to work with an iPad, but is also limited to certain newer Macs<\/a>. Luna Display 4.0 brings the feature to older models, with the main Mac needing 2015’s macOS El Capitan<\/a> or later. <\/p>\n

The secondary Mac, the one used as an extra display, can be running an even older OS, going back to 2012’s macOS Mountain Lion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Luna Display is a combination of a hardware and software product. The hardware aspect is a dongle<\/a> that you plug into the main Mac, and comes in versions for either USB-C<\/a> or Mini DisplayPort<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The software element is an app that must be run on both machines. Luna Display works only wirelessly, and the two devices must be on the same Wi-Fi<\/a> network.<\/p>\n

Luna Display costs $69 direct from the developer<\/a>, and there is a launch discount of 25%.<\/p>\n

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