free-sidecar
Enable Sidecar on Unsupported iPads and Macs running iPadOS 13 and macOS Catalina (by ben-z)
FeatureUnlock
Add Sidecar support to unsupported models (by acidanthera)
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free-sidecar
Posts with mentions or reviews of free-sidecar.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-05-05.
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Not sure which macOS version you’re running but you can try your luck with Free Sidecar. It enables unsupported Macs and iPads to also use Sidecar. It’s worked for me in the past, problem was I was trying to enable support on an iPad Air 2 and Sidecar only works with an Apple Pencil (IPA2 does not support Pencil) so it did not work regardless. But it may be able to help your situation.
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Any way to get Sidecar/Universal Control to work with an iPad Air Gen 2?
My Macbook meets all of the requirements to run Sidecar and Universal Control perfectly fine, but my iPad is just one generation too old. I feel like it should still be capable of supporting Sidecar since I've already found what looks to be a working method to run Sidecar on much older Macs and iPads ("Free Sidecar" https://github.com/ben-z/free-sidecar). This method would not work for me though, I believe because my Macbook is updated to Monterey and this was designed a while ago for Catalina. If my iPad can go as far as running Universal Control, that would be even better.
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Desperate for Sidecar to work HELP IF POSSIBLE!! plz&thnx!!
Also, when following this guide found in a different post (https://github.com/ben-z/free-sidecar), I try the first step to make a backup file for Sidecar, by running this in Terminal: cp /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SidecarCore.framework/Versions/A/SidecarCore ~/Downloads/SidecarCore.bak
- Using Universal Control and Sidecar at the same time..
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Just Ordered M1 Mac Mini w 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD
I'll leave this here https://github.com/ben-z/free-sidecar, you can always try it before upgrading to a better iPad.
- [Question] is there any tweak that turns your older iPad 5th generation into a duel monitor? I’m on iOS 14.4 so I don’t have the native iPad functionality that enables this and all the other options cost money in the App Store.
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how do i get sidecar to work? open core big sur
-ben-z's free-sidecar ONLY IF your SMBIOS doesn't support Sidecar natively. I don't know for sure but if it can run Big Sur odds are it can run Sidecar. The method covered in this git readme might not work though if Big Sur changed codesigning.
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I created Deskreen. This is a free open source desktop app that makes any device with a web browser a second screen for your computer. Built with ElectronJS, React and other web technologies.
Nice work, but check this out: https://github.com/ben-z/free-sidecar
FeatureUnlock
Posts with mentions or reviews of FeatureUnlock.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-03.
- Ventura (and Sidecar) on i5-11600K?
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How do I use Universal Control wired with an iPad?
This kext says:
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Need help with installing FeatureUnlock lilu kext
Hello, I'm trying to enable sidecar on unsupported hardware using this: https://github.com/acidanthera/FeatureUnlock But I can't figure out the installation process. Could somebody help me out ? thanks
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Do i need kern.hv_vmm_present = 1 and where to add?
https://github.com/acidanthera/FeatureUnlock I using SMBIOS 14.2 and OCLP for Ventura
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Airplay Receiver & Continuity Camera
Any relate with kern.hv_vmm_present' set to as 1 (Ventura and newer)? I dont know where to set it! https://github.com/acidanthera/FeatureUnlock
- Handoff and Universal Controller not working
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OC: Airplay Mirroring
I installed the FeatureUnlock kext, but it didn't work.
- Installed Monterey on my pc
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Need some help with the Feature Unlock Repo
Hi, I'm trying use my 'outdated' iPad as a sidecar for my brand new Mac. I found this repo https://github.com/acidanthera/FeatureUnlock which seems to be the only one maintained for now, but they haven't provided any installation steps or guidelines and I'm completely clueless. Can anyone please explain to me how it works or guide me to some resources? I've some programming experience but not in the low level areas this seems to be in. Thanks!
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SUCCESS! Monterey on i5 11400F, MSI Z490 MPG Edge WiFi, RX 6600 XT
Airdrop doesn't work (at least it doesn't with me), continuity does, and if you want more features, install this kext.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing free-sidecar and FeatureUnlock you can also consider the following projects:
deskreen - Deskreen turns any device with a web browser into a secondary screen for your computer. ⭐️ Star to support our work!
Kext-Install - Install Apple Binaries on SnapShot disk for Monterey 12 and Big Sur 11
Legacy-Video-patch - Fix Old Graphics card in macOS Catalina 10.15++
RestrictEvents
SlideOverCard - A SwiftUI card view, made great for setup interactions.
Lilu - Arbitrary kext and process patching on macOS
Google-Chinese-Results-Blocklist - 我终于能用谷歌搜中文了……
Inspiron-N5110-SNDB-Hackintosh - OpenCore EFI files for the Inspiron N5110