If you just want to use your Mac’s trackpad and keyboard, you’re done. If you like, you can now put Logic into full-screen view, which also hides the menu bar. At the same time, the iPad will wake up (if it’s not already on) and show Logic. Your Mac’s screen will blink, and its resolution might change. The window will be sent to your iPad, and will look something like this: Toggle the sidebar and virtual Touch Bar here. Click on the last entry in the list, the one that reads Move to. Mouse over the green button, and you’ll see a pop-up panel. Send any window to your iPad with Sidecar. This won’t work if Logic is already in full-screen view. You do this using the green button in the cluster of “traffic light” buttons at the top left of any Mac window. The first step is to launch Logic, and put it on the iPad. (In fact, Ableton Live is actually better-suited for this type of usage, because it has a special tablet mode to make it touchscreen friendly.) This trick works just the same for Ableton Live, but I’m using Logic Pro X so you can see Sidecar’s cool Touch Bar implementation. Fingers only work for zooming and scrolling.
You need the Apple stylus to click buttons within the Mac app. Sidecar itself works without the Apple Pencil, but only as an extra display. To follow this tutorial, you’ll need the following:
