Touch Screen Monitor For Mac

You can set up additional displays with your Mac in several ways. You can make all of your displays mirror each other, or extend your workspace with different apps and windows on each display. If you use an external display with your Mac notebook, you can also use closed-display mode.

If you decide to go for a touch-screen monitor, choose one that is easy to tilt backwards Photograph: Amazon I need to replace my PC setup at home, so your article on buying a new family PC was. Finding any information on using a touch screen and a Mac with Studio One 3 seems to be a little difficult, there are some discussions on the PreSonus forum which are helpful, but nothing definitive. To be honest using Google to see how people are getting Macs running with multi-touch monitors. Here’s why Apple will never give MacBook a touchscreen. Apple’s team of vets explain that they don’t plan to ever morph the iPad and Mac together to. A touch-based version of macOS. The Mac OS is not optimized for touch like Windows 10 attempts to be, so all attempts at control by touching a screen is a little sideways. My elbow would cramp up after reaching out and across my 27-inch iMac a thousand times per day if I had to depend on that kind of touch control. Modding an Apple Mac Mini with a touchscreen display and fitting it into the kitchen wall. Mac mini os x touch screen for the kitchen. Cheap and easy way to convert any TV into touch screen.

Check your requirements

  • Check the ports on your Mac and see if you need an adapter.
  • Check how many displays your Mac supports: Choose Apple () menu > About This Mac > Support, then click Specifications. On the web page that appears, the number of displays your Mac supports appears under Video Support.

Use extended desktop mode

Maximize your workspace with extended desktop mode, which lets you enjoy full-screen apps and windows on each monitor. Then, use Mission Control to organize apps and windows across your displays. If your Dock is on the bottom of your screen, it appears on any of your displays when you move your pointer to the bottom edge of your display.

Turn on extended desktop mode

  1. Make sure that your external display is powered on and connected to your Mac.
  2. Choose Apple () menu > System Preferences, then click Displays.
  3. Select the Arrangement tab.
  4. Make sure that the Mirror Displays checkbox isn’t selected.

Arrange your displays or change your primary display

So that you can move apps and windows across your displays in one continuous motion, arrange your displays to match the setup on your desk. You can also change your primary display, which is where your desktop icons and app windows first appear. Here's how:

  1. Choose Apple () menu > System Preferences, then click Displays.
  2. Select the Arrangement tab.
  3. Arrange your displays or change the primary display:
    • To arrange your displays, drag one of the displays where you want it. A red border appears around your display as you arrange it.
    • To change your primary display, drag the white bar to another display.

Use video mirroring

With video mirroring, all of your displays show the same apps and windows.

Turn on video mirroring

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  1. Make sure that your external display is powered on and connected to your Mac.
  2. Choose Apple () menu > System Preferences, click Displays, then select the Arrangement tab.
  3. Make sure that the Mirror Displays checkbox is selected.

Use AirPlay

With Apple TV, you can mirror the entire display of your Mac to your TV or use your TV as a separate display. To turn on AirPlay, follow these steps:

  1. Make sure that your TV is powered on.
  2. Choose in the menu bar*, then choose your Apple TV. If an AirPlay passcode appears on your TV screen, enter the passcode on your Mac.
  3. Mirror your display or use your TV as a separate display:
    • To mirror your display, choose , then choose Mirror Built-in Display.
    • To use your TV as a separate display, choose , then choose Use As Separate Display.
  4. To turn off AirPlay, choose , then choose Turn AirPlay Off.

* If you don't see in the menu bar, choose Apple () menu > Displays, then select the 'Show mirroring options in the menu bar when available' checkbox.

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Learn how to AirPlay video from your Mac.

Learn more

  • Get help with video issues on displays that are connected to your Mac.
  • Learn how to use an iMac as a display with Target Display Mode.

Finding any information on using a touch screen and a Mac with Studio One 3 seems to be a little difficult, there are some discussions on the PreSonus forum which are helpful, but nothing definitive. To be honest using Google to see how people are getting Macs running with multi-touch monitors yields fewer results than one would expect, it's as if because Steve (Jobs) said it was a bad idea that no-one wants to talk about the idea in public.

However with the information I could find and a little help from the PreSonus dev I knew that it was theoretically possible to get a Mac running on multi-touch using a third party app.

So after extensive reading up and research I know that I needed a multi-touch monitor and a piece of software called Touch-Base UPDD (Universal Pointer Device Driver) to get things running. The monitor getting a lot of love in reviews is the Acer T232, but remember they are not expecting it to run on a Mac, but on Windows 8 et al.

Anyway I ordered the Acer T232 at £200, so not a lot to lose if it doesn't work out, apart from a night at home setting it up. I also ordered the software at £95 plus VAT, so all in the whole gig is going to set you back around £300.

The monitor arrived and set-up was a doddle, in fact the hardest part was figuring out how to use the stand on the desk, but in the end common sense prevailed and I realised the sheer weight of the monitor would bring it to rest in the right position for touch control.

I ordered the software, via a slightly odd method which means having to email the company and ask them for an invoice, so if you head over to the Touch-Base website and can;t find a store to buy from that's because there isn't one. Anyway after 2 emails and a phone call I had placed an order and an hour or so later get the software. The install instructions are comprehensive, but if you are in any doubt then watch this helpful video here.

In Use

It's fair to say that although the software installed as expected and the tests worked, the performance of the software with the Acer T232 monitor was patchy. It ranged from full and smooth multi-touch to not working at all, with most options in between. This was nothing to do with Studio One 3 as this kind of behaviour was exhibited in various applications. Oddly enough one of the applications you use to add functionality UPDD Gestures seemed to give it less functionality - rather than more.

Reading other experiences online with the software leads me to think that it may not be the software but the monitor when using a Mac. Suffice to say I got to the point where I couldn't figure out if it was the monitor, one component of the three applications needed to run, UPDD Console, UPDD Gestures and UPDD TUIO or me that was the problem.

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There's a high likelihood that this could have been down to user error, however I followed the installation instructions to the letter but still had, as best, patchy results from this combination on the Mac.

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I'm now returning the monitor and trying another one, which seems to have shown better results on a Mac, so watch this space. If I don't buy another monitor then I'm £95 plus VAT down for the software.

Conclusion

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That there's not nearly enough information anywhere about running a Mac using multi-touch, with the guys at Touch-Base being the exception, there's even less about Mac users running Studio One 3 in multi-touch mode. So if nothing else that may be a new mission for us, getting as much information as possible to help Mac users wanting to do this.

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In the meantime there's the Slate Raven MTI, it's not the cheapest option but it works and in my world that goes a long way to being the best option.

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If you've tried and got a good result then please let us know more in the comments.