For more advanced drawing, a Mac paint app or graphics design app can be used with another Continuity feature called ' Sidecar.' How To Use Apple's SidecarĪpple allows Mac owners to enjoy a high-quality graphics tablet experience quickly and easily if they also own an Apple Pencil and an iPad. Tapping 'done' closes the drawing and the image is inserted into the Mac document without the need to save and send, making this a quick and easy process. The pen, marker, pencil, eraser, and ruler can be used to create the sketch, and pressure and tilt sensitivity are enabled when using an Apple Pencil. Right-clicking in a Mac document and choosing 'Insert Sketch' will open a blank canvas on the selected iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch with familiar Markup tools appearing on-screen. For quick drawings to be inserted into a document, it may be easiest to use Continuity Sketch, a feature that lets the iPad be used independently to draw with an Apple Pencil or a finger. Related: What Is Continuity & Why It Is Critical To Apple's EcosystemĪpple provides two different ways to use an Apple Pencil with a Mac, and both require an iPad.

Graphics pads are still available for the Mac computer, but models that include screens often cost more than an iPad, making it difficult to justify the expense for such a specialized device. A mouse is wonderful for selecting text and precisely aligning objects and images when compositing layers, but the natural feel of a pencil can't be beaten for freeform artwork. Long before the iPad or any other modern computer tablet existed, the stylus and graphics pad were developed to make computer art more intuitive. The Mac computer has long been associated with creative work, favored by many production studios in Hollywood for film work and artists worldwide for graphic arts and digital paintings. Quick sketches made with an Apple Pencil and iPad can also be inserted directly into Mac apps that accept images.

The trick is to use one of Apple's Continuity features to wirelessly share the Mac screen with an iPad. The Apple Pencil can't be used natively with Mac computers as the displays don't have the touch other support required, but there is a way to paint or draw on an iPad using Apple's stylus and duplicate the content on a Mac.

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