Has anyone had success using the Luna Display to use an old (mine’s a 2013) 27-inch iMac as a display for a new M1 MacBook Air in clamshell mode?
Connecting via wifi gives horrible latency (text vibrates, blurs and pixelates when I slowly scroll web pages).
So I’m trying to connect the two Macs by Ethernet, as explained at How do I use a USB, Ethernet, or Thunderbolt connection? - Knowledge Base in the “Computer-to-Mac Mode” section. When I did that, it connected briefly, but then the big display went to the black “ready to connect Luna” screen and I can’t get it to connect again.
I also noticed that in wifi mode, “sleep display” doesn’t work, so MacBook display appears to stay on continuously. That would definitely be a deal-killer.
I wrote Astropad and they didn’t address my issues, saying they were a small team experiencing high volume, and actually refunded my purchase. Of course, I’d rather have them help me get it working than just send a refund!
Any ideas where I might go from here? Is this just too much to ask of this little hardware solution?
Should I just return the old Mac to High Sierra and try “Target Disk Mode” as mentioned at Using Old iMacs As Display For Laptop - #2 by tjluoma ?
Thanks,
Russell