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The complete app is free for three days from first launch. No account, card or email address. Test your real restart before deciding.

Download SideMini 1.0.5

Disk image · 1.6 MB · released 24 September 2026

Requires
macOS 14 Sonoma or later
Works with
Any Sidecar-compatible iPad
Runs on
Apple silicon Macs
Safety
Signed and notarized by Apple

Verify with shasum -a 256 SideMini-1.0.5.dmg.

Set up with a monitor attached

Three steps, about two minutes.

The welcome guide checks the prerequisites before the monitor comes away.

01

Install

Open the disk image, drag SideMini to Applications and launch it from there.

Once
02

Test the iPad

Choose your iPad, keep it unlocked and run the guided test connection.

Once
03

Test a restart

Turn on your setup, unplug the monitor and confirm a real restart works.

Before relying on it

License & privacy

No account. No tracking.

One key works on two Macs you own. Paste it once and you are done.

No sign-up, no analytics, no usage data, and SideMini keeps working when you are offline.

Read the plain-language privacy policy →