The upper of the two displays listed should be the ‘master’. To configure the two displays, click on the Display Settings… button (if you can see it!).
The snag with doing that from a new MacBook Pro to an iMac’s 27-inch display is that the notebook’s display is set to the same resolution as the 27-inch display by default, making it very hard to use the controls there. Simply select the secondary display there and you should immediately see mirrored displays on the two Macs. When a nearby Mac is available for AirPlay Display, it will be listed from a new button Add Display in your ‘master’ Mac’s Displays pane. You can also connect them using a USB cable instead of Wi-Fi, which greatly reduces latency, something only too apparent when using Wi-Fi. Both Macs need to be connected to the same Apple ID account, and have both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth active and within range. To be compatible with AirPlay Display, a Mac apparently needs full compatibility with AirPlay older models which offer reduced-quality AirPlay appear unlikely to work. It also seems to overlap with Sidecar and Universal Control, in that it can work with iPads too, although so far I’ve only had brief success when connecting my M1 Pro MacBook Pro to an older iPad Pro, which keeps disconnecting spontaneously. I’ll try to explain more here, despite being unable to locate any good explanation from Apple.ĪirPlay Display can be used to extend the display of a compatible Mac to include the displays of other nearby compatible Macs. In the meantime, AirPlay Display could still prove useful, although I’ve seen relatively little written about it. When Monterey eventually supports Universal Control fully, you should be able to do smarter things with the displays and input devices of a couple of recent Macs.
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