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Expanded Mouse Cursor Support Coming to iPadOS 14 Alongside New Smart Keyboards With Trackpads
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If this keyboard is real, that makes me wonder if Apple might allow paid developers to partition the storage on their recent iPad Pro's, and install a bootable macOS partition plus Xcode on the iPad, so that developers can fully test ARM builds of their Mac apps, and well before any hypothetical new consumer Mac laptops or desktops become available.
That way, the complainers here who say there won't be any ARM apps for the Mac will be proved wrong.
Maybe an announcement during the upcoming virtual-WWDC?
That way, the complainers here who say there won't be any ARM apps for the Mac will be proved wrong.
Maybe an announcement during the upcoming virtual-WWDC?
iPadOS way is gimped in comparison like with mouse support, multitasking, home screen personalization, notifications, etc. Sadly it's playing catch up with what Android has had for nearly a decade.
... said by someone with no disabilities (yet).
Wait till you get old, and see if you think Apple's excellent accessibility support is stupid then.
The main problem of iPadOS is the limitations , like Apple refusing to give Torrent clients and many more things.
I’m ok by downloading everything from AppStore but we need to have some sort of freedom in order to use the iPadOS like macOS
I’m ok by downloading everything from AppStore but we need to have some sort of freedom in order to use the iPadOS like macOS
i'm not talking about accessibility support. i'm talking about what the article says "using a mouse or a trackpad on iPadOS similar to using a mouse or trackpad on the Mac". no one needs that. current mouse accessibility on the iPad is fine.
“Our competitors don’t know what they want to do. They’re making tablets that double as laptops, and laptops that double as tablets.”
I can say the exact same thing about a laptop never replacing the power of a desktop.
Desktop + iPad Pro costs around the same as a decent laptop, but it is far more powerful and mobile. My job gives me a laptop, I have no reason to have a personal laptop.
I’m still not getting why people are so keen in trying to use the iPad as a MacBook replacement.
im actually putting the 3rd gen 12.9 pro through its paces now. And while a impressive piece of hardware it still lacks macOS power and utility. The apps are getting better but not desktop class. The only thing the iPad has over the Mac is pencil support. But for any real productivity I have to go on a Mac. Could I do it on an iPad? Probably but at the cost of time and efficiency. I liken it to trying to saw a 2x4 with a hacksaw. Sure it could be done but there are much better tools for the job.
Couple in the fact that a 12.9 + keyboard + pencil puts the price in a mid range MacBook Pro 13. I just don’t see it.
I’m probably returning the pro for these reasons, and the build quality on mine is suspect. The thing literally makes a cracking sound when picking it up with one hand on the corners. Mini works fine for a content consumption device. The thing I find the most use out of an Ipad. But to each their own.
im actually putting the 3rd gen 12.9 pro through its paces now. And while a impressive piece of hardware it still lacks macOS power and utility. The apps are getting better but not desktop class. The only thing the iPad has over the Mac is pencil support. But for any real productivity I have to go on a Mac. Could I do it on an iPad? Probably but at the cost of time and efficiency. I liken it to trying to saw a 2x4 with a hacksaw. Sure it could be done but there are much better tools for the job.
Couple in the fact that a 12.9 + keyboard + pencil puts the price in a mid range MacBook Pro 13. I just don’t see it.
I’m probably returning the pro for these reasons, and the build quality on mine is suspect. The thing literally makes a cracking sound when picking it up with one hand on the corners. Mini works fine for a content consumption device. The thing I find the most use out of an Ipad. But to each their own.
Why?
Why?
Why?
(The screen is already a touch screen, and you are looking at it when you are using the device. Why would you want another touch screen, in a place you shouldn't be looking, taking up room that could be used for full-sized keys and spacing, and getting accidentally triggered all the time when you are typing?)
it’s not my ”work” computer, but the 12.9” iPad Pro is by far my favorite computer I have ever owned.
[automerge]1583786370[/automerge]Never owned an iPad but the more we here
As long as mouse and trackpad support is there, Amazon and third party vendors will offer lots and lots of affordable options, just as now.
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I basically have a Brydge keyboard perpetually attached to my iPad Pro (2nd gen 12.9). I’m typing this post on it. I would love a trackpad too. Can‘t wait to see what this is like. I don’t need a new iPad but if this enables Brydge to make a trackpad that works perfectly and in a form factor for these older iPad Pros I might be tempted
This is fantastic news. For personal devices, I have a gaming desktop and use the iPP for just about everything. I write a fair amount on the iPP, but do turn to the desktop for any heavy editing in Word/Pages due to the lack of proper mouse / track pad support.
Could just as easily say "You don't need an iPad Pro. It's stupid."
Well for me, the iPP offers LTE (Macbooks don't) and is an incredible consumption device (Macbooks aren't). I can do almost all "laptop tasks" on the iPP, and I hope Apple keeps narrowing that gap.
I really hope you are WRONG! I am a purist and a music producer. macOS applications are critical to my work. Apple making a move that that would cripple all the plug-ins and DAW software I use for a long long time.
nope. there's plenty of critical work i can do without a mouse on the iPad Pro.
Every iPad has a touch screen, not every iPad will have a mouse/touchpad. Touch will have to be a primary input for that reason.
Whilst I agree with you in that staying within Apple's "walled-garden" can be very frustrating...you can find cloud solutions to most of these issues. To respond specifically to your torrent comment, when I had my iPad I would use services like seedr.cc (free for files <2GB), it downloads to your cloud storage and then you can download or stream it as a direct download. Put.io is great, although pricier, or you can get a seedbox for like $5 per month or for a few more $ to get one with a built-in Plex server and basically offload much of those tasks to the cloud.
I didn't like having to find workarounds to so many "simple" tasks that were possible on Android, but there weren't many tasks I couldn't solve with a workaround...however, by doing so I found that many of these cloud solutions, many of which I had no idea existed, were better than local solutions. I mostly use Android/Windows these days and even though I don't have any of those Apple inflicted restrictions, I still find myself using the "cloud workarounds" that the iPad made me figure out.