How To Use Apple Pencil on macOS with Sidecar

Sidecar allows users to control a Mac from an iPad with Apple Pencil rather than your mouse or trackpad. Find out which Macs and iPads support Sidecar and how to set up Sidecar.

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[cyprienl]

thanks.. Very useful. When I got an iPad and had this shown to me by the Apple rep during my orientation call I was amazed. It completely changed my viewpoint of what was the computer (long time Mac user). I am curious to know how my iPhone can fit into this ecosystem.

[yogeshk]

Hello, my Apple Pencil is not working on the iPad screen when extended. Does it work only for few apps?

[WarriorsPhoto]

Wonderful video about using this as a second display. I have the hardware and now I am glad to try this out, thank you.

[reellezahl]

Just explain how to get the iPencil working! That's the POINT of the title, FFS, yet you _never_ explain how to get the pencil to work *when Sidecar mode* is activate.

[ryanhou]

I suspect that the reason Apple never integrated the Apple pencil into Mac is due to a conflict of interest between iPad Pro models - As Apple advocates the iPad Pro as a portable work desktop station for a new line of the market.

[KVJHGW]

MacBook Pro M3 Max 14" x iPad Pro M4 13"
All is working as expected, but I can't see using this feature very much.
I have a separate set of keyboard + mouse oriented apps on the Mac and touch + pencil Apps on the iPad that work best in their native environments. 
No real reason to use touch in Mac apps, but at least nice to know I can use the pencil in Mac for signing PDFs if I need to without air dropping the document back and forth.
That being said, there is a feature related to this that's very handy that I use all the time and that's extending control from the Mac to the iPad without extending or mirroring the screen. This basically eliminates the need to have the Magic Keyboard attached to the iPad and frees up some desk space.

[KoppOlymp]

Hi, what apps to write / draw in my macbokopro using the ipad & apple pencil? Can't find any.

[rc]

Can you use this just with an usb-c connection without "apple id login" ?

[ErikPehrsson]

I’m not seeing SideCar come up as an option to download in the App Store??

[Morkminster]

Does anyone know how to right click using the Apple Pencil in sidecar?

[FangFeyDraws]

This didn't explain how ot make the pen work, it just assumes the connection is automatic. What happens when the pen doesn't work?

[Convctin]

Currently my pen sensitivity doesn't work with side car.How can I fix this?

[orangecakeandwater]

my mac book does not show it teh screen mirrong

[AtHost]

When connected the ipad doesnt work like a trackpad and my pen acts like a mouse, is there a way to fix this?