IPad as second monitor for mac.
Hi, All.
As I work on Aperture designing a large book in landscape format it occurred to me that it would be helpful to have a second monitor. My idea was to free the primary monitor for the display of the book layout and have the different palettes displayed on the iPad. In addition to Aperture I am also using Photoshop and InDesign. Both of these applications have numerous palettes that could be moved to a secondary monitor.
Has anyone tried this before ? Is there a simple solution that will allow the iPad to work as a second monitor for my Mac ?
Thank you in advance.
Hi.
Based on some suggestions from others I think the iPad connected to my computer wirelessly as a second monitor may not be fast enough to be a practical solution.
Thanks for the suggestion.
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