Universal Controlhas finally arrived . Apple ’s long - await feature debuts today with the release of macOS Monterey 12.3 , which brings a handful of other welcome accession .
But first , lease ’s spill the beans Universal Control . I tested the genus Beta for the feature around two months ago and was amazed by how unseamed it all worked . For the uninitiated , Universal Control lets Apple gadget owners apply a single input — a shiner , touchpad , or keyboard — across multiple Macs and iPads .
When I tested the feature on a MacBook Pro 13 andiPad miniskirt , it worked just as advertised . Once those devices were updated to iPadOS 15.4 and macOS Monterey 12.3 , an invisible bridge formed between them that my pointer could mechanically foil to transfer between the two . Using the feature is as simple as placing the devices near each other and pushing your cursor beyond the phony wall as if it wereplatform 9 and 3/4 - panache .
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With your cursor leap between the two software realms , you may easy drag - and - drop files from an iPad to a Mac and frailty versa . It also lets you apply a Mac keyboard and trackpad on your iPad so you do n’t have to connect another supplement to the tablet . With its all-embracing OTA rollout today , macOS Monterey 12.3 can now be downloaded on all eligible Macs from the Software Update subdivision in System Preferences . Keep in judgment that Apple is still labeling Universal Control as a genus Beta despite making it uncommitted to all exploiter .
The computer software update work a few other additions , include 37 young emojis , improvement to spatial audio , and another interpreter for Siri . Those emoji include melting face , biting lip , heart hands , bubbles , beans , confront with diagonal mouth , bollock , and low assault and battery , while Spatial Audio for M1 Macs now confirm dynamical school principal trailing .
Also released today — a week after Apple revealed its newMac Studio , Studio Display , andiPhone SEat its “ peep carrying out ” event — are iPadOS 15.4 and iOS 15.4 , the latest versions of Apple ’s iPad and iPhone operating system . Where the tablets received support for Universal Control , the magnanimous addition to iOS is the ability to use Face ID to unlock your iPhone while wear a masquerade .
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