Wing Display

Setup

From download to second screen.

Three things to do on your Mac, two on your tablet, once. The Mac needs two permissions from you — everything after that is the tablet finding your Mac on its own.

On your Mac

  1. Install the host

    Open the downloaded disk image and drag Wing Display to your Applications folder, then launch it. The app is signed by our Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple, so it opens normally — no right-click-to-open, no security warning to click past.

    Wing Display lives in the menu bar, not the Dock. Look for the wing icon at the top-right of your screen; that icon is the whole app.

  2. Allow screen recording

    macOS treats "send a picture of this screen somewhere" as screen recording, so it asks before allowing it. Wing Display prompts you the first time you start a session. If you miss the prompt, grant it at System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen Recording.

    This one is required — without it there is no picture to send. macOS may ask you to quit and reopen the app after you grant it.

  3. Allow touch control

    Only needed if you want to control the Mac from the tablet — tap, drag, scroll, pinch, or draw with the pen. Injecting input is an accessibility capability on macOS, so it lives at System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility. The menu bar offers an Open Accessibility Settings… button that takes you straight there.

    Skip it if you only want a second screen to look at. Everything else works without it.

On your tablet

  1. Install the tablet app

    The tablet app is not on Google Play yet. It is the half of Wing Display that turns the glass into a display, and it ships as soon as the store listing is live — the Mac host above is ready today and will connect to it the moment it arrives.

    Want to know when it lands? Email support@wingdisplay.com and we will tell you.

  2. Connect the two

    Open the app with Wing Display running on your Mac. On the same network the tablet finds your Mac by itself and lists it by name — there is no IP address to type and no pairing code to copy. Tap your Mac to start.

    The first time, macOS asks permission to find devices on your local network. That prompt is the discovery step; allow it or the tablet has no way to see your Mac.

Three ways to connect

Pick by the network you are on, not by preference — the right choice is usually decided for you by where you are sitting. The two wireless routes are free; the cable is part of Pro.

Same Wi-Fi

Home or office

Both devices on one network. The tablet discovers your Mac automatically. The simplest option, and the one to start with.

Tablet hotspot

Café, hotel, guest Wi-Fi

Turn on the tablet's hotspot and join your Mac to it. This sidesteps networks that block devices from seeing each other, and in practice it is the most reliable wireless path.

USB cable Pro

Busy or locked-down networks

The picture rides the wire — no Wi-Fi at all, and the most headroom of the three. Part of Pro; needs USB debugging switched on once, below.

Setting up cable mode. Developer options is hidden on Android until you reveal it: open Settings → About tablet → Software information and tap Build number seven times. Developer options then appears in Settings; turn on USB debugging there, and accept the "Allow USB debugging?" prompt when it appears — a one-time step. Connect a data cable, not a charge-only one, and tap Connect over cable in the tablet app. Nothing to install on the Mac: the host carries everything it needs.

Arrange the screen

Once the picture appears, your Mac treats the tablet as a real display. Open System Settings → Displays to place it left, right, above or below your main screen, so dragging a window off the edge sends it where you expect.

Stuck? Troubleshooting covers the failures we see most, or email support@wingdisplay.com.