Stay away - You’ve been warned.

I used to enjoy using Air Display to allow my iPad to function as a second monitor to my MacBook Air. It worked almost flawlessly. Lately that app works about 10% of the time so I can’t recommend it anymore.

But this app on the Mac store is to allow you to use a Mac as a second display to another Mac. I think many of the comments on here are confused about which app is which and what the purpose is and that’s understandable because Avatron uses the same name for both and the documentation is awful. The one on the Mac app store is to use a Mac as a second display, the one on the iOS app store is to use an iOS device as a second display. They are NOT the same thing. To confuse things and to screw over everyone who paid a pretty penny for Air Display, they have Air Display 2 now also which is supposedly faster and adds more screen capability.

So back to this app on the Mac store. Stay away unless you want to throw $9.99 down the toilet. It works some of the time and when it does the cursor on the second screen is very slow and the picture is fuzzy. It crashes often and at times completely consumes the CPU until the point I restart so that my fan doesn’t fly out of my Mac.

There is almost ZERO support available on the Avatron website except for a few FAQ that don’t cover any troubleshooting issues. The have support forums but they’re supposedly “closed”, most likely due to overwhelming negativity about the apps.

Bottom line, you’re taking a $19.99 risk when buying this app.

Tdavidhopkins about Air Display®