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All iPads Does anyone use their iPad to make money? Or to do work?

I have a 2017 10.5" Pro. I'm able to use it for quite a bit of my work, though I absolutely need a Mac or Windows machine as a backup for the stuff that is hard/annoying/impossible on the iPad.

Fortunately I have a Windows gaming machine and a 2018 MacBook Pro for the things that make me want to throw my iPad in the floor and jump up and down on it.
 
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Mockletoy said:
for the things that make me want to throw my iPad in the floor and jump up and down on it.
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I don't have stuff like that anymore for home use. For the tasks I do, it seems to be all or nothing.

e.g.
Calibre ebook management and DeDRM
HTTP + PHP server
Blu-ray ripping
jailbreaking Kindles and customizing Kobo
backup and DFU restore of other iOS devices
automated backups
console emulation
etc.

I expect I'll always need a computer for the above. For most other stuff, the iPad suffices.
 
For work, I use it as a second display for reference material. I can’t use it as my main device because I have to use specific software which is not available on iPad.

I draw on it as well, mainly just for personal use, though it aids work indirectly.
 
A few years ago I used to teach English on an app from a Chinese online English teaching platform, and would use it 6-7 hours a day. Nowadays I hardly ever use it for anything other than watching YouTube videos
 
I’m a Sports/event photographer and only use my IPad Pro 12.9 for all photo and video editing. Just easier sitting in my recliner. Some events consist of 5000 or more phots and the Ipad handles them all with no issues.
 
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Resqu2 said:
I’m a Sports/event photographer and only use my IPad Pro 12.9 for all photo and video editing. Just easier sitting in my recliner. Some events consist of 5000 or more phots and the Ipad handles them all with no issues.
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Impressive. I would have thought file management, file archiving and bulk workflows would be less optimal compared to using a desktop or laptop. What's your typical workflow like with a large number of photos from start to finish?
 
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I’m a Sports/event photographer and only use my IPad Pro 12.9 for all photo and video editing. Just easier sitting in my recliner. Some events consist of 5000 or more phots and the Ipad handles them all with no issues.
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muzzy996 said:
Impressive. I would have thought file management, file archiving and bulk workflows would be less optimal compared to using a desktop or laptop. What's your typical workflow like with a large number of photos from start to finish?
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And what do you use for video editing?
 
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And what do you use for video editing?
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For video editing I use a PC now with Davinci Resolve. In the past I used a MacBook Pro and Final Cut Pro. Personally my typical workflow uses multiple external drives and a network share. I’ll start with downloading raw files from media cards to an external SSD, batch renaming them using a third party app as needed. Once raw files are organized for archival I will copy the folder structure from the SSD to another backup SSD as well as to a backup area on a network share. Then I’ll start editing in Davinci Resolve off of the SSD and I will export to the SSD before archiving the exported files. The one thing that I have had trouble with is bulk renaming on iPad using attributes or metadata, there are tools on desktops that can do so with ease. Of course none of this is necessarily impossible to do on the iPad, but I just find it more efficient to do it on a desktop, especially with dual monitors.

For photos I use Lightroom but I don’t use adobe’s cloud storage, instead I use local storage in a manner similar to my filing of videos.
 
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muzzy996 said:
Impressive. I would have thought file management, file archiving and bulk workflows would be less optimal compared to using a desktop or laptop. What's your typical workflow like with a large number of photos from start to finish?
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Sports world moves quick unlike a Wedding or an event like that where you have time to edit each pic. My Sports/events goes like this
1) Get everything as right as possible as in composition in camera, you don’t want to straighten & crop a ton of photos
2) As soon as the event is over the SD card goes into my IPad and Lightroom starts uploading while I drive home.
3) If lighting has been pretty consistent then I try to edit one photo fully then copy/paste this edit to every photo.
4) Fun Part, put eyes on every photo, if one has missed focus and it’s not real important then it’s deleted.
5) Everything is exported to the photos app on my IPad and I take a second look.
6) At this point all photos are uploaded into a gallery on my web page and a link is sent to the event coordinator.
7) If Facebook is being nice I will upload the entire album and share it with the director and tag anyone I knew that was there.

I don’t keep copies of anything other that the occasional shot that really grabs my attention as storage is expensive but all my photos do live in galleries on my web site. Lightroom is cleared after each event. In all this work, waiting on the uploads and downloads is the slow part. I need better upload speeds.

When I do shoot NCAA Basketball the flow is a little different as the AD wants 15-20 highlight shots as soon as the game is over. This I struggle with because of the sheer amount of photos a game can produce and picking out and editing 20 shots all before the next game starts is tough. My camera can produce 40 shots a second when I’m trying to get the perfect dunk so you can imagine going through all that. Of course the whole game isn’t shot at 40fps but some of it is.

Anyways, this is a look at how my day goes on a big race or event.
 
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For video editing I use a PC now with Davinci Resolve. In the past I used a MacBook Pro and Final Cut Pro. Personally my typical workflow uses multiple external drives and a network share. I’ll start with downloading raw files from media cards to an external SSD, batch renaming them using a third party app as needed. Once raw files are organized for archival I will copy the folder structure from the SSD to another backup SSD as well as to a backup area on a network share. Then I’ll start editing in Davinci Resolve off of the SSD and I will export to the SSD before archiving the exported files. The one thing that I have had trouble with is bulk renaming on iPad using attributes or metadata, there are tools on desktops that can do so with ease. Of course none of this is necessarily impossible to do on the iPad, but I just find it more efficient to do it on a desktop, especially with dual monitors.

For photos I use Lightroom but I don’t use adobe’s cloud storage, instead I use local storage in a manner similar to my filing of videos.
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What’s your main subject matter for video? I’m just getting into video work as that’s what’s in demand. I have shot video for several years on a 4k helmet cam with my Fire Dept and have been using LumaFusion and recently started working with FCP IPad but I can tell it’s limited. I thought since I knew photography pretty good that video would be easy but it’s not, editing is hard especially wedding type work.
 
I bought my ipad primarily for personal use, but I do frequently use it with a Logitech Crayon to mark up and review PDF plan sets. It is absolutely great for that. I am a civil engineer and prepare roadway construction plans among my other responsibilities. Our finished products are now primarily produced on PDF files generated from CAD and engineering software rather than on paper. I have worked through the entire transition. PS -I have an Air 5th generation.
 
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My M1 iPad Pro 11 replaced my MBP in Nov. 2021 for use in my real estate and property management business and totally streamlined my workflow, reduced steps I had to take, and made work a lot more fun. It is so much easier, convenient, and more intuitive to use the iPad for the work I do. In fact, I would go so far as to say, in my opinion the laptop is limiting and cumbersome compared to the iPad Pro for the type of work I do. I work with contracts, forms, docs, pdf's, take a huge amount of notes, sketch house dimensions, take pictures, communicate(messages, email, FaceTime, and phone calls), and do a bunch of scanning. Working with documents, pdf's, contracts, and forms is so much easier for me. Editing, marking up, and then sending to clients is all done within the app, and reduces the amount of steps it takes to communicate. The iPad also reduced the amount of hardware devices I needed, and condensed them all into one really portable device that actually makes my work more easy and convenient. I am 62 and have used Macs and PC's for going on 40 years now, and for some reason using an iPad and iPadOS is just something I get. I have really enjoyed using my iPad Pro as my main work device this past couple years, and it makes me feel good at my age, that I was able to pick the iPad up, and just run with it. IMO the iPad is the most dynamic, flexible, and versatile device Apple has ever made. Pretty cool to have something you love using for both mobile and desktop.

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Resqu2 said:
What’s your main subject matter for video? I’m just getting into video work as that’s what’s in demand. I have shot video for several years on a 4k helmet cam with my Fire Dept and have been using LumaFusion and recently started working with FCP IPad but I can tell it’s limited. I thought since I knew photography pretty good that video would be easy but it’s not, editing is hard especially wedding type work.
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My main thing is sport footage. I video canoe races in Hawaii, the events run for 8 hours and are comprised of roughly 40 race events. Not a lot of cutting but just a lot of individual clips of short race heats. Not a lot of photos but i will shoot key turns in sprint races that have them and integrate them into highlight videos sometimes. I’ll watermark clips that I edit and will also do highlight videos.

My preferred workflow is to edit and batch export. I find it easier on desktop to do that. In my workflow I am not reliant upon internet until the very end if distribution via internet is needed.
 
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I'm fully capable of doing my job from my iPad, I just prefer not to.

My company got very caught up in the "app craze" in the 2010s and for awhile I actually didn't have access to a remote computer system (lmao) so I ended up moving entirely to an iPad to do my work. My company actually still supplies iPads as corporate devices (we also have BYOD though so I could use my 9.7'' Pro and later my Air 4 instead of the low budget devices they were giving us).

They've rolled things back around and while we still have all of our apps, I also have access to a Remote Desktop environment. I can connect to it from my iPad but I ended up moving back to a MacBook, which I do prefer for work.

I am just to use to having multiple windows open and managing my workflow on a traditional desktop interface. I've never gotten a feel for being truly comfortable on mobile OS, even though I know I could adapt if I had to.
 
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I teach math at a community college for a living. I hook my 12.9" iPad pro either to a projector if I'm teaching in person or Zoom if I'm teaching online and use it as a virtual whiteboard (using Goodnotes). It works great. Afterwards, I make a PDF copy of the session available online to students, as well as a video recording. I also use it for writing up solutions to exams, making diagrams, and so forth.

I have sometimes wondered if perhaps a surface device with OneNote or something might make it easier to organize files. But the iPad has worked great for me; it's straightforward to use, and I've used it for teaching for years, ever since the first 12.9 iPad pros came out.

If a 14" or 16" iPad pro comes out, i'll give it a try, as the larger the surface, the easier it is to write legibly on it.
 
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I'll simply say 'not yet' as I would like to do some of the art oriented work with the iPad being engaged. I figure in a efw months.
 
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I use my tablet to create simple sketches, small photo editing and office documents.
I mainly work with my hands with electricians and mechanics. But in this 23 years I became a manager and a lot of office work appeared. iPad helps me a lot. 9 model
 
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