In some applications, AI is just a fad, but in many it’s very useful. Apple’s AI integration looks like it will be very useful.
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Umm, I don't know. It's just the things he brought up in that article seems suspect... the notion that he's not aware that Share Sheets exist to help decide how to open a different file from the Files app.
Well, the reason why Stage Manager exist is help with background processes... but Federico doesn't like it. So, the very thing that could help with failed background FCP exports... is something that Federico is not too fond of using. That is a problem.
There are YT content out there explaining Stage Manager and I find it fairly simple navigating around it... but the windowing environment is not what users find in a traditional OS. That's why there's so many "let's add macOS onto an iPad" request.
Having the Show Recent Apps on the right side where groups of windows displayed... moving windows/app in and out of a stage. While determining how to add a duplicate window/app in a current stage... these actions can seem odd coming from Windows/macOS users.
I'm not sure contributing to an energy crisis, to fuel a plagiarism machine, just to generate half-assed results, is my idea of "useful"
I think you may have gotten some AI fatigue from all the buzzwords and marketing, which now makes you antagonistic to anything remotely related, useful or not.
A better example, the number of apps that are out there that still don’t have a landscape mode. 🤬
In the next few years AI will fundamentally change the world in ways people cannot even imagine yet.
As soon as the first Public Beta comes out, I'm in with my iPad. (Most likely sometime this month) My old 13PM will wait till the official release comes out because it will not get all the features, including Apple AI
. My M1 iPad Pro 11 will get all the features though, and I am stoked.
This is every device that will support Apple Intelligence at launch - 9to5Mac
Apple Intelligence is iOS 18.1’s most powerful new feature, but only some devices support it. Here’s the full list of compatible devices.
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iOS 18 public beta release date - 9to5Mac
This guide covers when to expect the iOS 18 public beta release date in July following the June developer beta launch.
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That's simply not true. I find it's just as easy on the iPad to add pdf's to iBooks, or move them(or any other file for that matter) to another folder as it is on Mac or PC. In fact, I find it dead simple.....
Forgot to show that you can copy and paste from on folder to another, or from another device just as easily.
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What? People like to complain, even when there's nothing to complain about. Ignorance is no excuse...
Press and hold a file and look closely at drop down context menu, click rename, type new name.....just like Mac and PC.
It should become clearer as we get closer to Sep and beyond, whether the Apple Intelligence features will be built in or whether we can select which ones to turn on and use. Personally I hope that I can determine where I want the functionality and where I don’t instead of being forced to use it.
Yeah, it would be very surprising if he doesn't know about the Share menu. However, a bit of an anecdote. I just heard Gruber's podcast with Quinn Nelson (Snazzy Labs Youtuber), and they were talking about iPadOS. It appears that Quinn Nelson does not know how to change the file extension of a filename in the Files app. That's pretty nutty for him not to know how, and Gruber didn't seem to know as he didn't respond with how.
So, these guys' expertise is pretty narrow. You could use an iPad for years and not know how to use many of the features it offers. I'm pretty sure all of the famous Apple mediarati like Viticci doesn't know much about use the virtual keyboard and various gestures nor the Apple Pencil because they use the iPad with external keyboard and mouse most of the time. Maybe Viticci only uses the Share menu when using Shortcuts and has never used it to deal with opening files in other apps?
Stage Manager breaks a cardinal rule of UI design where it moves windows without user interaction. The auto-arranging of windows is simply a no-no as it disorients users. Same with the 4 window limit per stage. Stage Manager auto moves the least used app to a stage when new window comes into a stage to maintain the 4 window limit. This is simply a nutty set of decisions that Apple is making. So, the negative reaction is understandable.
That's not really what I want to know though. I want to know the background multitasking characteristics. I have 10 GB of files that's being downloaded from Google Drive. It's going to take 15 minutes. If I switch away from it and use another app, will it continue to download? What if it is in another stage, does it continue downloading? If I have a terminal emulator with an SSH session, does it stay connected when it is in the background?
Gruber is known to be a Mac guy... he favors the "one app at a time" traditional style of an iPad. He once criticized Apple for not having an option to turn off multitasking, if it was up to him... the iPad wouldn't progress much.
Basically, iPadOS doesn't need any more improvements... give him an iPad Mini with OLED screen, that would be prefect for him.
Perhaps, your right. But seems strange coming from an individual who's known to be an iPad guru.
To be fair, it's a small screen. And Stage Manager doesn't really do too much of auto-arranging... only when it comes to limiting 4 limit per stage. Now, when it first launched... Apple controlled it way too much. There was a lack of user-control... but now they have loosened the restraints.
Now I do believe if hooked up to an external monitor Apple should remove that limit.
As far as I know, whenever you are in a stage... those apps stay in action. It's when you go to a different stage, they are inactive. Essentially, it's no different from pre-existing multitasking. Whatever that's actively displayed on screen... stays in use.
Recent App area (on the right side) exist to quickly get in and out of apps... it's not necessarily to keep apps active. So, if I'm doing something that I know need an extended background use... I'd keep it on stage and bring whatever apps I want to use in that stage.
I have found for some files, whether from Files, or Proton Drive, or…. If I put it into Slide Over it keeps doing what it was doing. Mostly. Sometimes file transfers just stop with no indication that it has or why.
There is a file transfer progress indicator... that tells you whether it went successful or not.
I don't understand why folks keep saying that file transfers stops or crashes, what version of iPadOS are you guys running? What model iPad is it? What SSD? Because I'm not getting these kinds of experiences.
I have a thunderbolt 4 cable, using T7 shield... and I can't recall any time I've ran into issues lately. I transferred 700gb worth of storage from an iPad to external drive... without any issues.
For file downloads, uploads and transfers, app developers can perform those operations in the background, even without Split View, Slide Over or Stage Manager. For some apps, you should be able to start a download, put it in background, and the download should be happening at a low priority, even if the app has been suspended or shut down while in backgroun. It has to be specifically coded so. Suffice it to say, not all applications are coded as such.
With Split View and Slide Over, 3 apps should be live. Not sure what happens if an app in Slide Over is in its hidden state though.
From what I can tell, Stage Manager lets 4 apps per display stay live. 4 of them will keep running as long as their display is onscreen. If apps are on a different stage, they will get suspended. With external displays and Stage Manager, that should make for 8 apps, 4 per stage per display, that stay live.
Would be a lot better if Apple lets each stage in Stage Manager to have like 10 windows, maybe 15. 4 is entirely too limiting. I don't think it would use more power at all. Would make for more difficult window management, but it's not like Apple hasn't had multiple solutions for this for decades running now.
iPad Pro 11 M4. My M1 did the same. 15 ProMax does the same.
It isn’t so much that it crashes, it mostly just stops. There is no corresponding Analytics entry.
Example: I have a large file I am transferring to Proton Drive. I start it and open Kindle while I am waiting for it to finish. Or maybe “X”. Or maybe an MS Office app…. Sometimes it works. Sometimes not.
The frustration thing is on my MBP, Galaxy Book, Thinkpad … it works every single time.
I don’t use SM. I use the three dots at top in Split View mostly. I do a good bit of two window stuff but have not found it to be good enough to handle more than that.
Without using Stage Manager, I would agree with you that two window workflows work best (though slideover is very handy). But I use Stage Manager all the time, I haven’t switched back since I switched it on originally. It definitely does enable more complex multitasking, and many apps will stay cached even in other stages. I routinely switch between separate stages such as one with Affinity Photo and other related apps, one with Affinity Designer and a couple other apps, one with Safari, Notes, and other miscellaneous apps, and none of them are binned and have to reload. Occasionally the current web page open in Safari will refresh, but often it doesn’t. And that’s with an 8GB M1 iPad. I’m suspecting a 16GB configuration would perform even better.
Based on your example, are you using the Files app to transfer a large file to the Proton Drive app? I assume you are using Split View or Slide Over. Never used the Proton Drive app... I'm guessing it can plug-in to the Files app.
And I use my MBP, Galaxy Fold and MiniPC... transferring files is just as reliable as those devices. I do quite a bit of transfers to Google Drive when it comes to exporting Photoshop files and I don't have an issue... no scenario where it just stops. From cloud to external drive transfers... it goes on without a hiccup.
I tried SM and found the app placement (or app roll off) inconsistent as I can go through a number of files (usually doc review, process flows, code, or presentation review). Maybe at some point I’ll give SM another try. For now, split or slide works best for my use case.
Thx.
I tend to use Files as it allows me to select what cloud (Proton, OneDrive, Dropbox) drive or SSD if connected.
Using Proton to upload/download a file is decent but destination is limited so I tend to do via files. Most of then are like that. Google drive I am using to filter and move things to other drives. Legacy cloud.
Love Files in slide over. I can be doing something having Files in SO and pull it out as needed.
I am sitting out the developer releases, but as soon as the public beta hits....