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tomsem · 04-04-2022, 07:08 PM

Well Universal Control is still a beta feature, and there are some rough edges.

It seems to work as expected if only two nearby devices are unlocked: 2 Macs, or a Mac and an iPad.

But what if 2 Macs (with UC enabled) and an iPad are unlocked with UC enabled on both Macs? It seems the Macs will ignore the iPad and only control each other. I think you need to lock one of them to start UC with the iPad. If the iPad screen locks, then the unlocked Macs will start UC between them and neither can initiate it with the iPad. It might be nice if there were more control, i.e. Use UC with iPad only.

Or what about 1 Mac and 2 unlocked iPads? I haven’t tried it yet to see what happens. How does it decide which to UC with? Can you UC with one and Sidecar with the other?

Apart from that, there are also updates for tvOS / HomePod. For some reason they aren’t updating automatically, even though I have them set to do so (everything is on 15.4.1 now).

I’ve never been able to connect two headsets so 2 people can listen (possible on Apple TV 4K 2nd generation, which I have). The 2 show as Connected, but only the 2nd headset makes sound. Hoping the updates fix this, but have not had a chance to check yet.
[Edit: you gotta click the AirPlay icon in Control Center to enable two headsets or more than one audio output. So it’s working! ]

04-04-2022, 07:08 PM	#5
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,959 Karma: 27060153 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Well Universal Control is still a beta feature, and there are some rough edges. It seems to work as expected if only two nearby devices are unlocked: 2 Macs, or a Mac and an iPad. But what if 2 Macs (with UC enabled) and an iPad are unlocked with UC enabled on both Macs? It seems the Macs will ignore the iPad and only control each other. I think you need to lock one of them to start UC with the iPad. If the iPad screen locks, then the unlocked Macs will start UC between them and neither can initiate it with the iPad. It might be nice if there were more control, i.e. Use UC with iPad only. Or what about 1 Mac and 2 unlocked iPads? I haven’t tried it yet to see what happens. How does it decide which to UC with? Can you UC with one and Sidecar with the other? Apart from that, there are also updates for tvOS / HomePod. For some reason they aren’t updating automatically, even though I have them set to do so (everything is on 15.4.1 now). I’ve never been able to connect two headsets so 2 people can listen (possible on Apple TV 4K 2nd generation, which I have). The 2 show as Connected, but only the 2nd headset makes sound. Hoping the updates fix this, but have not had a chance to check yet. [Edit: you gotta click the AirPlay icon in Control Center to enable two headsets or more than one audio output. So it’s working! ] Last edited by tomsem; 04-04-2022 at 10:14 PM.