miraium/sidecar-connect

Connect your iPad as an external monitor to your Mac.

Sidecar Connect

Connect your iPad as an external monitor to your Mac automatically. Should work in Headless mode as well, with an HDMI Headless dongle.

I created this little script in order to use my Mac Mini on the go, with my iPad Pro as its monitor. I haven't been able to test it without an external monitor yet.

Prerequisites

The script currently only works in macOS Ventura, and has been tested in macOS Ventura 13.0.1. When ran for the first time, the script requests permissions for Accessibility features.

Installation

You can get started by simply downloading the script from the Releases section.

To get the script to run automatically, open your System Settings, under General click Login Items and add the script to the Open at Login list.

Known issues

• If you're setting this up to have a Mac Mini running in headless mode with an iPad as a primary display, you should note that the script only runs after login. You would probably need to either login blindly, or then set up the script to run on a user that has automatic login enabled.
• The app is very likely to break with major macOS updates. I will attempt to distribute a new version whenever the script does break.

Contributing

Feel free to contribute to the script with issues and PR's. I'll make sure to check them out!