Astropad
Astropad Studio is a Mac companion app that lets you use an iPad as a drawing tablet and mirrored workspace for creative work.
What is Astropad?
Astropad Studio is a creative productivity app for Mac that works with the iPad app to turn an iPad into a drawing tablet for your computer. It is designed for artists, illustrators, designers, and other users who want to draw or control desktop creative apps with Apple Pencil and touch input. On Mac, the desktop app connects with the iPad app to mirror your computer screen and send pen, touch, and gesture input back to your Mac workflow. Users commonly install it to work in desktop art and design software while drawing directly on an iPad. Astropad Studio supports both Wi-Fi and USB connections, and its setup on macOS includes the normal permissions needed for screen sharing and input control. Astro HQ LLC publishes Astropad Studio for Mac and Windows alongside its iPad companion app.
Key features
- Use an iPad as a drawing tablet for Mac creative apps
- Mirror your Mac screen to an iPad while working
- Draw with Apple Pencil input in desktop workflows
- Connect over Wi-Fi or USB depending on your setup
- Control creative apps with touch-based gestures
- Work with Mac and Windows computers alongside the iPad app
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Astropad Studio is legitimate creative software. On macOS it may request Accessibility and Screen Recording permissions so it can mirror your desktop and send input from your iPad, which is normal for this kind of app. Because those permissions allow the app to view on-screen content and control input, only keep them enabled if you actively use the app and download updates from Astro HQ LLC.
Recommendation: Keep Astropad Studio if you use an iPad as a drawing tablet or mirrored workspace with your Mac. If you no longer use that workflow, you can remove the app and its support files; doing so will stop iPad-to-Mac drawing and screen-mirroring features until you reinstall it.
Common paths
/Applications/Astropad Studio.app
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