Hi, I'm Adib. I record tutorials and explain things on screen a lot, and writing math or sketching diagrams with a trackpad always looked bad. Writing on the iPad looked great, but then I had to record the iPad separately and line it up with my Mac recording. So in my app Lumary Canvas (it was called Screen Annotations until this week) I added live sync between the iPad and the Mac: With the board open on the Mac, what I draw or move on the iPad shows up there as it happens, strokes included while the pen is still down The Mac follows the iPad's page, pan and zoom, so I just record or screen-share the Mac and the drawing is in it It's a direct, encrypted connection between devices on the same Apple Account. No server, no pairing, no account to create iCloud keeps boards, scenes and history in sync when the devices aren't together What I use on the iPad side: LaTeX that renders as you type, coordinate planes and function plots, plus 100+ shapes (flowchart, architecture, science) Pages as of this week: A4, US Letter, 16:9 or 4:3 slides, or a custom size, so a board can look like a sheet of paper or a slide instead of an infinite canvas Scenes, so I can save views and step through a lesson instead of redrawing Optional Pencil-only drawing, where fingers pan and select Honest limits: Apple only: macOS 15+ and iPadOS 18+. No Windows, Android or web, and no iPhone app Live sync needs both devices on the same Apple Account It's your own board that people watch through your share or recording. They can't draw on it with you, so it isn't a shared collaborative whiteboard Pricing: free download with everything open for 14 days (Mac and iPad each get their own trial), then a one-time $29.99 unlock covers both. No subscription. Without it you can still open, sync and export your work. Curious whether other people who teach or record on a Mac would actually use the iPad this way, or just stick with a drawing tablet. https://lumarycanvas.com/ Disclosure: I built Lumary Canvas.   submitted by   /u/adibfhanna [link]   [comments]