Yam Air

This app is probably one of the best duet alternatives ever. I downloaded this version because 1. The free version has a cap of 7 minutes every time you connect so you have to reconnect. 2. The wired (non-free/regular) version is 8 dollars and the air version is only 4 dollars. I thought this was going to be great, and it was, but it’s very laggy, and sometimes it bugs out.. for example: 1: sometimes the screen goes black and it just shows and tracks the movements of the Mac cursor. To get it to work again, I have to close the app and open it again. 2: It’s just laggy in general. I don’t know if it is a problem with my Mac, or if there is something the devs can fix. That’s my whole review on this app. If the devs of this app see this, please try to fix the bugs I am having, that would be great!

Since I don’t have sidecar on my 2012 Mac mini and I didn’t want to force the sidecar script due to concerns I read online. I needed a creative solution to solve my problem. After reading recent reviews on other apps I wanted something stable. Wow, this app is it!!!!!!!! I have a small closet that I converted into a soundproof recording booth. I bought this app to wirelessly connect to my iPad Pro so I could record from the room without being in the garage. This app is amazing. No lag and worked better than when I was using the AirPlay display on the smart TV. Saved me A lot of money instead of buying another smart TV just to use when I was recording. The only thing I noticed was the app would lose connection when I accidentally turned the iPad screen. Simple fix was to lock the screen. Installation was simple BTW. After downloading the desktop app and giving it permission I was up and running. Literally took all of three minutes. Works just as well as some of the other wired screen extending apps. You won’t be disappointed. Additionally it helped me have a second mixing screen for Ableton when working on my 13” MacBook Pro as well.

I had been using Air Display on occasion. As my second monitor just died, I fired up AD to maintain some level of productivity. It crashed my MBP. Every time I tried to start it. What a rotten development. Tried this. Was initially not happy that it reset the MBP display resolution. I had had it at maximum scaled resolution. If I’m asking for more screen real estate, why restrict the resolution that I can use on the main monitor? It turns out it is not restricted, I just had to tell it I still wanted the maximum scaled resolution even when YAM air is running. So after changing that setting, it all looks good now. My only complaint is that I don’t see any way to monitor the battery on the iPad when using it as the second display.