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Astropad's New 'Slate' App Lets You Control Your Mac With Your iPad and Apple Pencil
Thursday February 15, 2024. 09:36 PM , from MacRumors
After several months of beta testing, Astropad is today officially launching its Astropad Slate app for the iPad. Slate turns an iPad into a large trackpad for a Mac, complete with Apple Pencil control.
With Slate, you can use an iPad and Apple Pencil to perform several useful tasks. The Apple Pencil serves as a cursor for controlling the desktop mouse, and a tap on the screen is used as a click. When you write on the iPad, it is translated into typed text on the Mac, and there are two-finger gestures for actions like scrolling and zoom. If you have a newer iPad that supports Apple Pencil hover, you can use the hover gestures. For older iPads, Astropad added a simulated hover option. In Mac apps that support drawing, sketching, and other creative work, you can use the iPad as a drawing tablet. It essentially serves as a no-screen interface for drawing, with the focus on the Mac. You'll need an iPad that runs iPadOS 15 or later and a Mac that runs macOS 11 or later to use Astropad Slate. The devices can be connected over Wi-Fi, Peer-to-Peer networking, or an appropriate USB cable. The Astropad Slate app is priced at $19.99 and can be purchased from the App Store. [Direct Link]Tag: AstropadThis article, "Astropad's New 'Slate' App Lets You Control Your Mac With Your iPad and Apple Pencil" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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