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iPad User Guide

Use Continuity to work across Apple devices

When you use your iPad with another Apple device—like your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch—you can take advantage of special Continuity features that let you use your devices in unique ways. You can seamlessly work across your devices, hand off tasks, share files and photos, stream video and audio, and more. Continuity features are built directly into your devices’ operating systems and many of the apps you use every day. There’s no additional app you need to install—just sign in to the same Apple Account on each device to get started.

Note: There are minimum system requirements for Continuity features and some features require Wi-Fi and Bluetooth®. See the Apple Support article Continuity features and requirements for Apple devices.

Extend your workspace with an iPad

👁 A MacBook Air and an iPad sitting side by side. Both screens show the Mac desktop. The Mac has a purple Screen Mirroring icon in the menu bar, and the iPad has a white screen mirroring icon in its menu bar.

With the Sidecar feature, your iPad becomes a second display for your Mac. You can either extend your Mac desktop, or show the same app on both screens but control different aspects of it. See Use your iPad as a second display for your Mac.

Quickly share content between devices

👁 A Mac is next to an iPad. The AirDrop dialog is open on the Mac desktop, ready to share a document with the iPad. iPad iPhone screen has a notification about receiving the document.

Share photos, videos, contacts, and more, with anyone on an Apple device near you. AirDrop makes sharing between iPhone, iPad, and Mac as simple as dragging and dropping. See Use AirDrop on iPad to send items to nearby Apple devices.

You can easily share content between your devices, whether it’s copying text on an iPad and pasting it your Mac, sharing a file from your iPhone to your iPad, or handing off tasks between devices.

Quickly share photos, videos, contacts, and anything else, with anyone near you—wirelessly. AirDrop makes sharing to iPhone, iPad, and Mac as simple as dragging and dropping. See Use AirDrop on iPad to send items to nearby Apple devices.

Copy text, images, photos, and videos on one Apple device and then paste the content on another Apple device with Universal Clipboard. For example, you can copy a recipe from Safari on your iPad, then paste it into Notes on your nearby Mac. See Copy and paste between iPad and other Apple devices.

Start a document, an email, or a message on one device and pick up where you left off on another device. Handoff works with apps like Mail, Safari, Maps, Messages, Reminders, Calendar, Contacts, Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. See Hand off tasks between iPad and your other devices.

Insert sketches, photos, and scans

👁 An iPad showing a sketch, next to a Mac where the sketch appears in a note.

You can draw a sketch on your iPad and have it appear on your Mac with Continuity Sketch. Take a photo or scan a document on your iPad and have it appear on your Mac with Continuity Camera. See Insert sketches, photos, and scans from your iPad on Mac.

Even more Continuity features

Control your Mac and iPad together

Use a single keyboard and trackpad or mouse to work across your iPad and Mac with Universal Control.

Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad

Answer calls and send texts from your iPad

Relay calls from your iPhone and send and receive texts on your iPad.

Receive phone calls and text messages on your iPad

Stream to a larger screen

Share videos, music, photos, and more from your iPad to your Mac, Apple TV 4K, or an AirPlay 2-enabled TV.

Stream video and audio from your iPad with AirPlay

Share your Wi-Fi

Connect your Mac to the internet using the Personal Hotspot on your iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular).

Share your internet connection from your iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular) with Personal Hotspot

Other ways to use your devices together

Continuity features aren’t the only ways you can use your Mac with your other Apple devices. You can also:

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