Julie Clover
After months of beta testing, Astropad today officially launches the Astropad Slate app for iPad. Slate turns iPad into a large Mac trackpad with Apple Pencil controls.
With Slate, you can use iPad and Apple Pencil complete several useful tasks. Apple Pencil serves as a cursor to control the mouse on the desktop, and tapping the screen acts as a click.
When you write on the iPad, it translates to typed text on the Mac, and there are two-finger gestures for actions like scrolling and scaling. If you have a newer iPad which supports Apple Pencil on hover you can use hover gestures. For older iPads, Astropad has added a simulated pointing feature.
In Mac apps that support drawing, sketching, and other creative work, you can use the iPad command. like a drawing tablet. It essentially serves as a screenless, Mac-centric drawing interface.
You will need iPad that runs iPadOS 15 or later, and a Mac running macOS 11 or later to use Astropad Slate. Devices can be connected via Wi-Fi, peer-to-peer, or an appropriate USB cable.
The Astropad Slate app costs $19.99 and can be purchased from the App Store. [Direct link]
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