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I have tested it last year and eventually I made it work. But our iPad runs on my wife's Apple ID, so I could only use it when logged into her account on the Mac.

MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2

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Thank you, yes, it needs the same Apple ID, but how was the experience vs the iPad. By experience I dont mean the comfy chair.

I’d love the comfy chair while having my light ipad mini and pencil to work with.

😊

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Hm… my favorite workspace is a bean bag anyway. :D 
With the MacBook on my lap.
Yep, that's where I'm sitting while typing this. ;) 
Sometimes I plug in my "obsolete" Wacom tablet (via hacked drivers) and place it on a small stool next to me.

So the "Sidecar" experience wasn't exactly… overwhelming. I've acknowledged that this workspace option technically "works" under specific circumstances, and moved on.
If I needed to go beyond my old trusty Wacom tablet workflow, I'd rather use Affinity on iPad directly with the Apple Pencil which we also have. But as of lately, I haven't had any work that would require it.

MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2

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Ok, thanx for that, I too have an old Wacom tablet drivers way out of date, but new ones not that expensive w/o  video.

I love my iPad mini, sometimes need features of the desktop, I have desktop too, but not comfy to sit at.

Yes I know how these kind of claims work, sounds good but impractical and problematic in reality. 😊

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