安卓平板变身Mac显示器
1 分•作者: jefferyabbott•6 个月前
Hi HN,
我想把安卓平板电脑用作 macOS 的第二显示器,类似于苹果的 Sidecar 功能——而且我希望它能和运行 Sidecar 的 iPad 同时工作,这样我就可以用我的 MacBook 拥有 2 个外接显示器(Sidecar 只能支持 1 个 iPad)。
我找不到任何我喜欢的东西,所以我开发了 Caboose。
Caboose 允许你通过 USB 或 Wi-Fi 将安卓平板电脑用作额外的 macOS 显示器。它针对低延迟进行了优化,即使无线连接也能良好运行。你可以将它与 Apple Sidecar 一起使用,从而用同一台 Mac 驱动 iPad 和安卓平板电脑。
要一起使用 Caboose 和 Sidecar,需要先启动 Caboose,然后再通过 Sidecar 添加 iPad。这是因为 macOS 管理显示设备的方式。
我一直在日常使用这个组合,在旅行时使用 MacBook + 安卓平板电脑 + iPad,它对我的工作流程非常稳定。
网站:https://www.jefferyabbott.com/caboose
这是我第一次在 HN 上发帖——很乐意回答问题或讨论技术权衡。
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Hi HN,<p>I wanted to use an Android tablet as a second display on macOS, similar to Apple’s Sidecar — and I wanted it to work at the same time as an iPad running Sidecar so I could have 2 external displays with my MacBook (Sidecar only allows 1 iPad).<p>I couldn’t find anything that I liked, so I built Caboose.<p>Caboose lets you use an Android tablet as an additional macOS display via USB or Wi-Fi. It’s optimized for low latency and works well even wirelessly. You can use it alongside Apple Sidecar to drive both an iPad and an Android tablet from the same Mac.<p>To use Caboose and Sidecar together, Caboose needs to be started first, and the iPad added via Sidecar afterward. This is due to how macOS manages display devices.<p>I’ve been using this daily while traveling with a MacBook + Android tablet + iPad and it’s been very solid for my workflow.<p>Website: https://www.jefferyabbott.com/caboose<p>This is my first time posting to HN — happy to answer questions or talk through technical tradeoffs.