How to check and list Sidecar compatible models of Mac and iPad

“Sidecar” has been available since macOS 10.15 Catalina and iPad OS 13, but here’s how to find out which Macs and iPads are compatible, and a list of compatible models.

Not only does it have a compatible OS, but you can’t use “Sidecar” unless it’s a compatible model.

Information on Apple official website

In the page “Use your iPad as a second display for your Mac with Sidecar” on the official website, Apple announces the compatible models of Sidecar with model.

According to it, Sidecar compatible models are listed as follows.

Sidecar requires a compatible Mac using macOS Catalina or later and a compatible iPad using iPadOS 13 or later.

• Mac
  • MacBook Pro introduced in 2016 or later
  • MacBook introduced in 2016 or later
  • MacBook Air introduced in 2018 or later
  • iMac introduced in 2017 or later, or iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)
  • iMac Pro
  • Mac mini introduced in 2018 or later
  • Mac Pro introduced in 2019
• iPad
  • iPad Pro: all models
  • iPad (6th generation) or newer
  • iPad mini (5th generation) or newer
  • iPad Air (3rd generation) or newer

Based on the information on this official website, I will introduce how to check the compatible models of Sidecar compatible Mac and iPad from here.

What’s the alternative to older Macs that don’t support Sidecar?

Unfortunately, if your Mac or iPad doesn’t support Sidecar, you can patch it to force it to support Sidecar, or use an app with similar functionality.

Please see the following articles for specific methods and advantages / disadvantages.

The following article is currently written in Japanese, but I will replace them with English from time to time.

How to find Mac Sidecar compatible models

There are 2 ways to check

There are 2 ways to find out which Mac Sidecar is compatible with.

• ① Check from “Model”
• ② Check from “EMC”

The “model” in ① is a name, such as written on the official Apple website.

• MacBook Air (M1, 2020)
• MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2020)

On the other hand, ② “EMC” is the official certification number of electronic devices that generate radio waves and noise, such as personal computers.

“EMC” has almost one-to-one correspondence with “model”, so it is an effective method when ① cannot be used, but in rare cases “EMC” may be duplicated in multiple “models”.

Need to be careful.

As a concrete example of “EMC” duplication, the following figure shows different “models” of MacBook Air, and the common “EMC” is used.

In this case, both “models” are compatible with Sidecar, so there is no actual harm when investigating Sidecar compatible models like this time, but just put this in the corner of your head.

Please keep it.

① Check from “Model”

There are 2 methods below.

Method	Confrmation place
a) Display from Apple menu	Mac screen running
b) Search online based on “Serial number”	Engraved on the Mac body Mac packing box sticker

a) Display from Apple menu

Method a) is displayed by clicking the apple mark on Apple’s menu bar and selecting “About This Mac”.

Once you know the “Model” so far, please check if it is compatible with Sidecar at the link below.

• List of Mac Sidecar compatible models

b) Search online based on “Serial number”

For method b), first check the serial number stamped on the back of the Mac or the serial number on the sticker attached to the packing box.

Once you know the “Serial number”, you can search for “Model” on the following Apple official website based on it.

The figure below is a sample search result.

Once you know the “Model” so far, please check if it is compatible with Sidecar at the link below.

• List of Mac Sidecar compatible models

② Check from “EMC”

Check the “EMC” stamped on the back of the Mac.

Once you know the “EMC” so far, please check if it is compatible with Sidecar at the link below.

• List of Mac Sidecar compatible models

How to find iPad Sidecar compatible models

There is 1 way to check

Check the “Model Number” in the engraving on the back of the iPad or in the “Settings” of the running iPad.

First of all, the back of the main body is the part written as “Model A ~” as shown in the picture below.

In the example below, “A2133” is the “Model Number”.

Also, if you want to check with a running iPad, open “Settings” and then “General” – “Law-based information and authentication”, and you will see “Model A ~” as shown in the figure below. It is written.

Once you know the “Model Number” so far, check the link below to see if it supports Sidecar.

• List of iPad Sidecar compatible models

List of Mac Sidecar compatible models

The list is long, so please jump from the link below.

• MacBook Pro
• MacBook Air
• MacBook
• iMac
• iMac Pro
• Mac mini
• Mac Pro

MacBook Pro

13-inch

• macOS 10.5 Catalina or later installed
  • （macOS 10.5 Catalina以降がインストールされていること）

Introduced 発売年	Model モデル	EMC
2022	MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022)	8162
2020	MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020)	3578
2020	MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)	3348
2020	MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)	3456
2019	MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)	3301
2019	MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)	3358
2018	MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)	3214
2017	MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)	3163
2017	MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)	3164
2016	MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)	3071
2016	MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)	2978
	End of List

14-inch

• macOS 10.5 Catalina or later installed
  • （macOS 10.5 Catalina以降がインストールされていること）

Introduced 発売年	Model モデル	EMC
2023	MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2023)	8102
2021	MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021)	3650
	End of List

15-inch

• macOS 10.5 Catalina or later installed
  • （macOS 10.5 Catalina以降がインストールされていること）

Introduced 発売年	Model モデル	EMC
2019	MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2019)	3359
2018	MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018)	3215
2017	MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)	3162
2016	MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)	3072
	End of List

16-inch

• macOS 10.5 Catalina or later installed
  • （macOS 10.5 Catalina以降がインストールされていること）

Introduced 発売年	Model モデル	EMC
2023	MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2023)	8103
2021	MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)	3651
2019	MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)	3347
	End of List

MacBook Air

13-inch

• macOS 10.5 Catalina or later installed
  • （macOS 10.5 Catalina以降がインストールされていること）

Introduced 発売年	Model モデル	EMC
2022	MacBook Air (M2, 2022)	8162
2020	MacBook Air (M1, 2020)	3598
2020	MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2020)	3302
2019	MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2019)	3184
2018	MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018)	3184
	End of List

11-inch

• No compatible models

MacBook

• macOS 10.5 Catalina or later installed
  • （macOS 10.5 Catalina以降がインストールされていること）

Introduced 発売年	Model モデル	EMC
2017	MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017)	3099
2016	MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2016)	2991
	End of List

iMac

27-inch

• macOS 10.5 Catalina or later installed
  • （macOS 10.5 Catalina以降がインストールされていること）

Introduced 発売年	Model モデル	EMC
2020	iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020)	3442
2019	iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019)	3194
2017	iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017)	3070
2015	iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)	2834
	End of List

24-inch

• macOS 10.5 Catalina or later installed
  • （macOS 10.5 Catalina以降がインストールされていること）

Introduced 発売年	Model モデル	EMC
2021	iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021)	3663
	End of List

21.5-inch

• macOS 10.5 Catalina or later installed
  • （macOS 10.5 Catalina以降がインストールされていること）

Introduced 発売年	Model モデル	EMC
2019	iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2019)	3195
2017	iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017)	3069
2017	iMac (21.5-inch, 2017)	3068
	End of List

iMac Pro

• macOS 10.5 Catalina or later installed
  • （macOS 10.5 Catalina以降がインストールされていること）

Introduced 発売年	Model モデル	EMC
2017	iMac Pro	3144
	End of List

Mac mini

• macOS 10.5 Catalina or later installed
  • （macOS 10.5 Catalina以降がインストールされていること）

Introduced 発売年	Model モデル	EMC
2023	Mac mini (2023)	8003、8180
2020	Mac mini (M1, 2020)	3569
2018	Mac mini (2018)	3213
	End of List

Mac Pro

• macOS 10.5 Catalina or later installed
  • （macOS 10.5 Catalina以降がインストールされていること）

Introduced 発売年	Model モデル	EMC
2023	Mac Pro (2023)	8163
2019	Mac Pro (2019)	3203
2019	Mac Pro (Rack, 2019)	3413
	End of List

List of iPad Sidecar compatible models

The list is long, so please jump from the link below.

• iPad Pro
• iPad Air
• iPad
• iPad mini

iPad Pro

• iPadOS 13 or later installed
  • iPadOS 13 以降がインストールされていること

Introduced 発売年	Model モデル	EMC
2021	iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation) iPad Pro 12.9インチ (第5世代)	WiFi：A2378 WiFi + Cellilar： A2461、A2379、A2462
2021	iPad Pro 11-inch (3th generation) iPad Pro 11インチ (第3世代)	WiFi：A2377 WiFi + Cellilar： A2459、A2301、A2460
2020	iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) iPad Pro 12.9インチ (第4世代)	WiFi：A2229 WiFi + Cellilar： A2069、A2232、A2233
2020	iPad Pro 11-inch (2th generation) iPad Pro 11インチ (第2世代)	WiFi：A2228 WiFi + Cellilar：A2068、A2230、A2231
2018	iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3th generation) iPad Pro 12.9インチ (第3世代)	WiFi：A1876 WiFi + Cellilar：A2014、A1895、A1983
2018	iPad Pro 11-inch iPad Pro 11インチ	WiFi：A1980 WiFi + Cellilar：A2013、A1934、A1979
2017	iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2th generation) iPad Pro 12.9インチ (第2世代)	WiFi：A1670 WiFi + Cellilar：A1671、A1821
2017	iPad Pro 10.5-inch iPad Pro 10.5インチ	WiFi：A1701 WiFi + Cellilar：A1709、A1852
2016	iPad Pro 9.7-inch iPad Pro 9.7インチ	WiFi：A1673 WiFi + Cellilar：A1674、A1675
2015	iPad Pro 12.9-inch iPad Pro 12.9インチ	WiFi：A1584 WiFi + Cellilar：A1652
	End of List

iPad Air

• iPadOS 13 or later installed
  • iPadOS 13 以降がインストールされていること

Introduced 発売年	Model モデル	EMC
2022	iPad Air (5th generation) iPad Air (第5世代)	WiFi：A2588 WiFi + Cellilar：A2589、A2591
2020	iPad Air (4th generation) iPad Air (第4世代)	WiFi：A2316 WiFi + Cellilar：A2324、A2325、A2072
2019	iPad Air (3th generation) iPad Air (第3世代)	WiFi：A2152 WiFi + Cellilar：A2123、A2153、A2154
	End of List

iPad

• iPadOS 13 or later installed
  • iPadOS 13 以降がインストールされていること

Introduced 発売年	Model モデル	EMC
2021	iPad (9th generation) iPad (第9世代)	WiFi：A2602 WiFi + Cellilar：A2604、A2603、A2605
2020	iPad (8th generation) iPad (第8世代)	WiFi：A2270 WiFi + Cellilar：A2428、A2429、A2430
2019	iPad (7th generation) iPad (第7世代)	WiFi：A2197 WiFi + Cellilar：A2198、A2199、A2200
2018	iPad (6th generation) iPad (第6世代)	WiFi：A1893 WiFi + Cellilar：A1954
	End of List

iPad mini

• iPadOS 13 or later installed
  • iPadOS 13 以降がインストールされていること

Introduced 発売年	Model モデル	EMC
2021	iPad mini (6th generation) iPad mini (第6世代)	WiFi：A2567 WiFi + Cellilar：A2668、A2569
2019	iPad mini (5th generation) iPad mini (第5世代)	WiFi：A2133 WiFi + Cellilar：A2124、A2125、A2126
	End of List