If you, like many many of us, are suddenly and somewhat unexpectedly working from home, odds are you might be missing a second screen that is part of your office setup, but not your _home_ office setup. If you are using a Mac and have an iPad though, you might just be in luck. If you haven’t used Apple’s “Sidecar” capabilities to use your iPad as a second screen, now’s the time.

Announced last year, Sidecar allows any Mac running macOS Catalina to use any iPad running iPadOS 13 as a second screen like any other. All you have to do is connect the two devices by Bluetooth, go to the Settings menu on your MacBook, and enable your iPad as a second screen under the Sidecar submenu. It’s as simple as that!

Granted, your iPad is probably not as large as a full-on display, but the compartmentalization of being able to put certain windows in a separate physical space can still be incredibly helpful.

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