Screen mirroring: iPad to Mac's second screen (main screen blackens)

Hi,

I found two solutions:

1. If you use zoom: https://support.wharton.upenn.edu/help/sharing-your-ipad-or-iphone-screen-with-zoom
2. If you use another app, using quicktime as a screen mirror: How can I share iPad screen on Mac? - Apple Community

For me, the second solution worked! Hope it works for you too!

Now that you mention this Google Meets, you can do it with other applications like Zoom as well.

It doesn't make sense for the screen to go black when airplay.

The "Airplay Receiver" feature on a Mac turns it into a secondary display for another device.

Much like in old days you could turn an iMac into a secondary display, when that feature is active, your mac applications continue to run in the background, but it can't interact with their GUI.

You can let Apple know of your wishes using the feedback page. Only Apple can change how macOS works, if they so decide.

https://www.apple.com/feedback

Try turning off dark mode in the System Settings or preferences under general.

If I understand correctly, you are choosing "screen mirror" in your iPad, selecting your mac and using the external mac display as a mirror to your iPad. So far, so good.

As far as I can tell, you cannot share your iPad screen to one of your mac's displays, and use your mac at the same time. What you see (the other screen going black) is expected behavior: while your mac is acting as "Airplay Receiver", the rest of your mac interface remains in standby, but cannot be used.

I don't think the iPad Air supports connecting to the external display directly, so that option may be off.

A possibility (but which I cannot guarantee that it works) is to use an application like AirServer on your mac.

This would be a substitute for the built-in Airplay Receiver functionality; if that supports keeping your other display active and continuing to work on your mac, I do not know. Also, it's a paid application, but I believe there's a trial period.

(Disclaimer: I did use AirServer some years ago and bought the application, but I'm not in any way associated with it)

If what you want is to write with your Apple Pencil using Notes app on the iPad, there is a way!!!

Open Notes on iPad, and also on the Mac. Create or open a note that is in iCloud.

There may be a little delay, but what you write on the iPad will also appear on the Mac.