At WWDC 2021, Apple presented one of the innovations that most amazed users at the time: Universal Control. It is a feature that allows use both different iPads and Macs with a single keyboard and mouse. If, for example, you had an iPad, an iMac, and a MacBook Air, they would detect each other, and you could use the laptop’s keyboard and trackpad on the iPad and iMac, as well as move documents between them. .
This author has used the system several times and must admit that it has always lived up to expectations. It’s effective and it works well. However, some users are reporting that since they updated to iPadOS 16.4 on their iPad and macOS 13.3, this feature has stopped working.
It seems that failure is…universal
we can see in TwitterReddit and other social networks, as well as Apple support forums, how many people are complaining that Universal Control no longer works at all since the update latest versions of Mac and iPad operating systems.
For now We don’t know if this failure occurs in all cases, or only in some. It may depend on the device or many other factors. Sometimes a simple restart fixes all these issues, and sometimes you have to wait for Apple to fix it by releasing another update to fix it.
Did Universal Control stop working when upgrading to macOS 13.3 for someone else? I learned today how much I rely on it.
— Paul Frederiksen (@iamdesertpaul) March 29, 2023
In all cases, the important thing is not to lose your temper. If you try to use Universal Control but it is impossible after the update, the first thing, as we have already said, is to restart your devices. You can also try other things like restarting the router you’re connected to, checking that all your devices are connected to it, and making sure it’s working.
If you’re still having trouble, it’s possible we’re running into an issue that appears to be caused by the updates themselves. If so, surely those of Cupertino are already working thereand they will release a second update to fix it very soon.
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