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macOS Golden Gate touch features work with external displays, Sidecar

The new PROLED MacBook Pro isn’t the only hardware that benefits from macOS Golden Gate‘s touch-centric changes. Third-party displays and Sidecar benefit from them too.

Close-up of a Mac window corner showing red, yellow, and green control buttons above a search bar, with part of the dark desktop background and menu bar text visible
Touching the traffic light buttons in macOS Golden Gate, using an iPad with Sidecar

Apple’s decision to bring touchscreen support to the new OLED-equipped MacBook Pro meant it had to also change macOS to work with it. However, the alterations won’t be limited to just Apple’s latest notebook launch at all.

Anyone using a touch-enabled external display will also be able to benefit from the new interface in macOS 27. That includes anyone that uses Sidecar with an iPad.

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