iPad Pro Why would you ever want/need to run Mac OS on an iPad Pro ?

[stlredbird]

I am still going to do my Adobe stuff on a colour corrected monitor or a set of those and not on something less than 13 inches diameter to be honest.
On top of that, external monitors are only mirroring the internal display hence equally useless for palettes and second screen applications.

I rarely do any work for print these days. If ipad does finally run full design and video production apps one day i will definitely need it to be able to easily connect to a larger monitor or two.

 

[Pangalactic]

So many reasons

Proper video editing applications
Torrents
An actual real file system
Multiple desktops
Connecting to other devices via USB C
Chrome extensions
Multiple users
Full fledged office applications

And so on

 

[Arctic Moose]

Multiple users

This is a big one I keep forgetting. I am surprised this hasn't happened yet.

 

[ejin222]

And better print support. Tried using Air Print the other day and didn’t have the control I was looking for when printing from my iPad Pro vs MacBook Pro

 

[Deliro]

Of course. Let's face it, the biggest issue with the iPad is software. Mobile apps don't cut it and under utilize the hardware. Desktop class apps need to happen if the iPad is to ever be viewed as a viable productivity platform.

 

[Arctic Moose]

And better print support.

Another big annoying one I keep forgetting.

 

[sonicrobby]

As time went on, the want of MacOS on an iPad also went down as the iPad got new features, like “files”. However, I would endorse then porting the MacOS to the iPad especially if I could boot between the two. The only reason is because iPadOS apps are still watered down versions. I need the photos app to allow me to modify dates, add faces that the photos app doesn’t auto-recognize as a face, and add location metadata to the pictures. Also smart albums would be great.

Also with music. I have about 300 songs that aren’t available on Apple Music, so I need to open the MP3s on iTunes on the Mac so that they can be added to my library and then available on all my iDevices. If iPadOS simply were able to do this, that would be a huge benefit too.

These are honestly probably the only two uses for my MacBook today.

 

[The1andOnly]

This discussion will soon be a moot point when ARM MacBooks can run iPad apps. Then you can get the best of both worlds, sans Pencil support.

The reason I want Mac OS in an iPad format is because the iPad is such a joy to use. It’s partly the size and portability, partly the fan-less nature, partly the performance. Apple Silicon should address all of these things so for a lot of people those will suffice unless you just have to have the Pencil or just really like the tablet form factor.

Then the question will become: “why doesn’t Apple make a touchscreen ARM Mac with Pencil support?”