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iPad Pro The new iPad Pro looks amazing, but what will it still *not* do for you?
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My problem with iPad OS is that Apple is still handling the GUI as a HUGE iPhone. iPad OS really needs its own interface language, which is likely an intermediary mix between macOS and iOS.
What is odd to me is the iPhone getting the ability to place widgets among the icons on each app page, but the iPad didn’t.
Stupid endnote with full cite while you write integration.
Full featured Creative Suite, with plugins.
Final Cut Pro.
It’s mostly a software issue. I’ve seen my 2020 IPad Pro chug a little when I have alot going on, and I’ve seen it force reload apps and webpages. The M1 sounds great, but if the software can’t keep up, there’s not enough of a draw to update. Once the pro apps get going on iPad Pro, it will make a great new option. External display is a must, I’d love a headphone jack too, my 25 year old AKG 240M headphones sound perfect for audio editing and video work, I’d love to use them on the go on the iPad.
Full featured Creative Suite, with plugins.
Final Cut Pro.
It’s mostly a software issue. I’ve seen my 2020 IPad Pro chug a little when I have alot going on, and I’ve seen it force reload apps and webpages. The M1 sounds great, but if the software can’t keep up, there’s not enough of a draw to update. Once the pro apps get going on iPad Pro, it will make a great new option. External display is a must, I’d love a headphone jack too, my 25 year old AKG 240M headphones sound perfect for audio editing and video work, I’d love to use them on the go on the iPad.
Not who you asked, but I’ve had issues with educational web applications, like Canvas and Blackboard.
Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure that for Apple, the built-in headphone jack ship has sailed.
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Two biggest gripes for me:
1. Doesn't run Logic Pro (that should be a no-brainer now that 8GB is standard going forward for iPad Pro)
2. I can't manage or add songs to my Music library since I use Apple Lossless format and only the Mac Music app (or Windows) can manage lossless files
3. (not Apple's fault) - 3rd party applications rarely support same feature set as Mac version (MS Office, Spotify, Zoom, etc.)
1. Doesn't run Logic Pro (that should be a no-brainer now that 8GB is standard going forward for iPad Pro)
2. I can't manage or add songs to my Music library since I use Apple Lossless format and only the Mac Music app (or Windows) can manage lossless files
3. (not Apple's fault) - 3rd party applications rarely support same feature set as Mac version (MS Office, Spotify, Zoom, etc.)
Having a stock calculator app…
come on Craig
come on Craig
I can’t really give up my only thunderbolt port for a headphone adaptor if I have an external monitor, drives, etc attached. I like the touchscreen UI. As for the calculator… seriously, what the hell? Why wouldn’t it be a standard app? Just make the phone icons bigger if you must. It’s a strange oversight.
Make sure your thunderbolt dock has audio I/O and you’ll be all set then.
Agree on the calculator app. If they can’t make it a full app, then make it a widget.
ArchiCAD, Twinmotion, SKetchUP. 
Although I'm not expecting this to happen, I can run these things on an M1 Air and a Surface Pro 7+ so it is possible for the new iPad to do it. I have a very powerful desktop PC to run these applications but I'm one of those people who like to be able to have everything with me and I'd love the iPad to be able to do it.
Although I'm not expecting this to happen, I can run these things on an M1 Air and a Surface Pro 7+ so it is possible for the new iPad to do it. I have a very powerful desktop PC to run these applications but I'm one of those people who like to be able to have everything with me and I'd love the iPad to be able to do it.
I really wanna upgrade from my 10.5, but I'm seriously at the point that I can't see the benefit for what I use it for.
As long as its locked down and unable to install 3rd party applications like on MacOS or any other desktop OS, then iPadOS will never be a laptop replacement.
IMO Apple should let us load MacOS while docked with Thunderbolt (like a settings toggle to select what OS you want when docked). You wouldn’t want MacOS while using it as a tablet, but while docked it should allow us to load MacOS.
IMO Apple should let us load MacOS while docked with Thunderbolt (like a settings toggle to select what OS you want when docked). You wouldn’t want MacOS while using it as a tablet, but while docked it should allow us to load MacOS.
What do you use now? Does it have an inline citation function? I keep trying zotero and the like but it’s a problem too.
VSCode can be ran on an iPad if you know how. I can write and compile my react apps from my iPad.
Yeah, I use GitPod for on the go editing on my iPad (I have it configured to use VS code as an editor), but VS code is pretty limited compared to tools like Rider which is my preferred C# IDE or WebStorm which is my preferred Angular IDE
multi tasking.
If true multi tasking on ipad os is not possible, I at least want vertical multitasking & 3 windows at once. (like 1/2 1/4 1/4).
If true multi tasking on ipad os is not possible, I at least want vertical multitasking & 3 windows at once. (like 1/2 1/4 1/4).
lumafusion can’t render a video in the background you have to have it on at all time or it will cancel
yeah I think 3 windows or the option for a pop up window would be a much welcome improvement.
love how can use more windows on my Mac.
This -
for all the talks about iPadOS branching out from iOS, it's true that it's still pretty much the same. While some of it make sense (designed for touch), some of it doesn't at all.
This year will be the 3rd version of iPadOS. I hope we'll see meaningful progress. They took their time to get the trackpad right, I think philosophically it was a big step. They got raving feedback which hopefully emboldened the Apple folks to go a step further this year.
Now I am not expecting everything to be perfect in one go since they have a history of taking their time to get the functionality just right, but we should at least see greats steps towards making the iPad a productivity powerhouse.
Run a parallels virtual machine
The more time I spend with the Galaxy Tab S6 + Bookcover Keyboard + DeX the more I miss the similar functionality on the iPad.