Unable to use my ipad as second monitor

I cannot use my Ipad as a second display monitor for my Imac. Yes i have updated softwares on both, connected to the same wifi, bluetooth on, signed in on the same apple account, even tried connecting it with type-c and yes it does connect, i am able to screen share from my ipad to my imac and i do see add button in display and see my ipad in it. But when i try to press on it it says and YES 2FA is activated, i checked quadruple times. YES i have signed out and back in TWO times on both my devices but it is still not working HELP PLS.

my devices are

Ipad Pro 3rd generation iPadOS version 26.7

Imac M3 macos Golden gate version 27.0

Posted on Sep 15, 2026 7:49 AM

1 reply

LotusPilot

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Sep 15, 2026 7:58 AM in response to tergel227

Whilst purely speculative, given the major-version mismatch between your iPad (iPadOS 26.7) and your Mac (macOS 27.0), this may have some impact upon your ability to use some functions, such as Sidecar.