iPad as a laptop replacement

[Jackbequickly]

The quicken is a “companion app”. Not stand alone.

I got too many years of experience in Photoshop to change. It is hard to beat on RAW.

 

[eltoslightfoot]

The quicken is a “companion app”. Not stand alone.

I got too many years of experience in Photoshop to change. It is hard to beat on RAW.

This is the one problem with the iPad experience. It really is getting fairly close, but there is way too much companion app nonsense. I’m looking at you Scrivener…

 

[Kal Madda]

This is the one problem with the iPad experience. It really is getting fairly close, but there is way too much companion app nonsense. I’m looking at you Scrivener…

Interesting, I’ve never used Scrivener before, but was considering trying the iPad version. The desktop version looks like Windows XP era from what I heard, and was very unintuitive and difficult to use (at least based on what a relative of mine told me), where the iPad version looks like it has a more modern UI judging from the App Store photos and such. I’m guessing there’s some tools in the desktop version missing from the iPad version?

To be honest, I’m not really sure I would buy Scrivener anyway, as I have a system that works for me currently. This is going to sound hilarious, but I actually use Apple Notes as my primary writing app. And I do a LOT of writing…. I write software reviews and articles for a tech SubStack I write, and I am also working on a sci-fi fiction novel. Plus I do other writing duties for other projects as well. For business documents for my business use, I use Apple Pages, since that supports custom document templates. And when it comes time to compile my writing for my novel, I will do that in Apple Pages as well. But all of my SubStack articles and the chapters of my novel and such, I have been writing in Apple Notes. It feels so much simpler, I don’t have to worry about page formatting, and the UI is less distracting. I know it’s kind of funny that I’m using Apple Notes rather than a dedicated writing app considering all of the writing I’m doing, but I haven’t found a dedicated writing app to replace it with yet, lol. 😂 👍🏻

I would be completely open to suggestions though, as I was thinking about trying some out. 👍🏻

But yeah, totally agree with you, it’s so annoying that some apps choose to go the “companion app” route on the iPad. It’s just so obvious that many of these apps could be much better, and many of them could be improved quite a bit with pretty minimal effort on the developer’s part if they actually cared to do it. Luckily most of the apps I use are fully featured on the iPad. 👍🏻

 

[max2]

The quicken is a “companion app”. Not stand alone.

I got too many years of experience in Photoshop to change. It is hard to beat on RAW.

That why iPad can not ever fully be a replacement. Still it is fine. If you use them as a extension it works.

 

[eltoslightfoot]

Interesting, I’ve never used Scrivener before, but was considering trying the iPad version. The desktop version looks like Windows XP era from what I heard, and was very unintuitive and difficult to use (at least based on what a relative of mine told me), where the iPad version looks like it has a more modern UI judging from the App Store photos and such. I’m guessing there’s some tools in the desktop version missing from the iPad version?

To be honest, I’m not really sure I would buy Scrivener anyway, as I have a system that works for me currently. This is going to sound hilarious, but I actually use Apple Notes as my primary writing app. And I do a LOT of writing…. I write software reviews and articles for a tech SubStack I write, and I am also working on a sci-fi fiction novel. Plus I do other writing duties for other projects as well. For business documents for my business use, I use Apple Pages, since that supports custom document templates. And when it comes time to compile my writing for my novel, I will do that in Apple Pages as well. But all of my SubStack articles and the chapters of my novel and such, I have been writing in Apple Notes. It feels so much simpler, I don’t have to worry about page formatting, and the UI is less distracting. I know it’s kind of funny that I’m using Apple Notes rather than a dedicated writing app considering all of the writing I’m doing, but I haven’t found a dedicated writing app to replace it with yet, lol. 😂 👍🏻

I would be completely open to suggestions though, as I was thinking about trying some out. 👍🏻

But yeah, totally agree with you, it’s so annoying that some apps choose to go the “companion app” route on the iPad. It’s just so obvious that many of these apps could be much better, and many of them could be improved quite a bit with pretty minimal effort on the developer’s part if they actually cared to do it. Luckily most of the apps I use are fully featured on the iPad. 👍🏻

Interesting. I went with Ulysses as the experience is the same on all platforms, and it includes a grammar checker that is halfway decent.

As far as Scrivener, it is a really good UI, and the key is to simply use the parts of it you need and ignore the rest. The big problems are I need to use Dropbox to sync and the fact that the iPad version is extremely nerfed. It does the basics okay, but I really don't like using Dropbox.

 

[Kal Madda]

That why iPad can not ever fully be a replacement. Still it is fine. If you use them as an extension it works.

I think that really depends. For some who rely on such apps, then yes, the iPad likely can’t currently act as a full replacement. But if you don’t use or rely on such apps, then it can. I think it really depends on a users needs and preferences ultimately. 👍🏻🙂

But I do hope developers of such apps will get their act together and improve their iPad versions. I think at least some will. 👍🏻🙂

 

[Kal Madda]

Interesting. I went with Ulysses as the experience is the same on all platforms, and it includes a grammar checker that is halfway decent.

As far as Scrivener, it is a really good UI, and the key is to simply use the parts of it you need and ignore the rest. The big problems are I need to use Dropbox to sync and the fact that the iPad version is extremely nerfed. It does the basics okay, but I really don't like using Dropbox.

Nice. 👍🏻. I’ll have to look into Ulysses, sounds interesting. 👍🏻. I’ve heard people reference it as a popular writing app.

And yeah, Dropbox would suck for syncing stuff, I’m surprised they don’t support iCloud sync.

But thanks for the info, I’ll have to look into Ulysses and consider trying that. 👍🏻🙂

 

[arfung]

Interesting. I went with Ulysses as the experience is the same on all platforms, and it includes a grammar checker that is halfway decent.

As far as Scrivener, it is a really good UI, and the key is to simply use the parts of it you need and ignore the rest. The big problems are I need to use Dropbox to sync and the fact that the iPad version is extremely nerfed. It does the basics okay, but I really don't like using Dropbox.

I’m a long time Ulysses user. I write in it almost daily. It’s great to have the focus, and then all of your writing in one place and easily accessible. The cross-platform syncing is terrific also.

 

[ctg7w6]

I’m a long time Ulysses user. I write in it almost daily. It’s great to have the focus, and then all of your writing in one place and easily accessible. The cross-platform syncing is terrific also.

I switched from scrivener to Ulysses because of Dropbox sync. I love Ulysses, I’ve written two books in it so far and it works on all my devices and syncs like a dream!

 

[JTK Awesome]

The moment i heard about the 120hz on external, i instantly hit the order button on the m5 IPP. Since i use 120 and 240hz 4K monitors for several years now, I can’t stand working on 60 hz anymore.

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Good monitors (4K 120hz OLED and 4k 240hz OLED) and the iPad Pro m5 is the best setup I’ve ever had.

For 4K I’m torn between 16x9 @ 120Hz or 16x10 @ 60Hz. This unfortunately is the state of the display market, you can have Apple-friendly AR or higher refresh rate but not both. 16x9 is too weird relative to the iPP and after years of iMac’s and the ASD, but like you, I’m spoiled by 120Hz.