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Five Useful Features We'd Like to See Added to iPadOS
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Yeah it does but if you get a Mac to cache iCloud data. It only takes a few seconds.
Apple knows what people really want but they like to hand it out piece-meal so they have something to show for updates every year. I wish Apple would just get serious and put out a "killer" operating system with the things people have been asking for years.
You could but it's a PITA. With app library I went from 10 pages to 2 in less than a minute.
I would at least like to have the now playing feature on the watch for all devices which my Airpods connect to.
They separate iPadOS from iOS and then proceed to not add new iOS features to it. I guess you don't have to take the time and resources to put those features on the iPad since it's technically not iOS anymore. The "iPadOS" branding was just sleazy.
For me, the greatest limitation of iPadOS is the difficulty in moving seamlessly between apps, files and folders when working on documents. iPadOS was basically born as a one app at a time operating system, so this limitation is kind of baked into its DNA. When I am creating a document (memorandum, report, spreadsheet, presentation, etc..), I almost always need to rapidly move between reference documents, links and other files. I am not a creative author that writes purely from my imagination. Rather, I typically create documents from references and data sources. MacOS is just easier for me to use when doing this type of work.
You can now use Spotlight Search as calculator (just like on the Mac)And, ya know, a calculator...
”Useless” is in the eye of the beholder. As someone who appreciates tidiness (for no reason other than aesthetics) but isn’t wiling to spend the time to organize apps by hand I’ve found it to be pretty great.
I think it's great also. I have ten pages of apps and I'd like at least 8 pages to go into the App Library.
If Apple put in a first party calculator app now, there will be lawsuits claiming Apple to be a monopoly form devs of calculator apps.
id love to see portrait mode split screen (top / bottom). There are times when i need to take notes on something, a
where a portrait presentation would simoly work better than the side-by-side landscape mode. I dont need arbitrary window dragging, just a bit more flexibility with two apps...
where a portrait presentation would simoly work better than the side-by-side landscape mode. I dont need arbitrary window dragging, just a bit more flexibility with two apps...
It’s so bizarre the places the Apple ecosystem is fractured, and this is one of the most glaring. Multiple users is a pretty great experience on a Mac, but terrible on Apple TV, and just nonexistent on devices even though screen time is there.
I love how I got two dislikes just for copy pasting a direct quote from Apple lol. So is the dislike against me or Apple?
I am extremely curious though, why is it impossible, or even very unlikely, that iPadOS is merely maturing, and macOS is merely getting more streamlined, but Apple will keep them as separate OSes, each with their unique strengths for their unique roles? There are fish that can fly and birds that can swim but that doesn’t mean that those particular species are inevitably evolving into each other. Though there is obvious overlap, they each have their own niches that they continue to uniquely excel at. It’s the classic question of specialist vs generalist (ie. “jack of all trades, master of none”).
Not to say they can’t or won’t merge. If there is enough functional overlap with weak enough demand for specialization, two things can definitely merge. The cell phone and point and shoot camera are a great example of that.
So I think the question is simply- can macOS and iPadOS merge without losing too much of their specialization such that it weakens overall demand? I don’t know that much about technology and economy, but to me the inevitability doesn’t seem so clear.
iPadOS 14 feels like half an operating system compared to iOS. How on Earth they ended up in a place where the iPhone is more feature rich than an iPad is a mystery. Switching between the two makes the iPad feel unfinished. Sort it out Apple. Blimey!
I reject the premise that the iPad is not "a go-to quick access travel device", that is actually the main (and for long periods only) use of my iPad mini 4.
This would probably still be the main usage if I upgrade to an iPad Air this Winter...actually, the somewhat uncertain prospects of "unrestricted" travel in 2021 is one of the main things holding me back from upgrading.
When travelling outside of Europe we always bring our iPads, get local SIM cards for wireless data (whilst keeping the normal SIM card in our phones with data roaming off), and use the iPad as a kind of MiFi (and also a travelling computer for sorting images, keeping notes, watching the odd show, etc.)
Other than that I agree on all points, except I don't really care for using an extended display, that might be an iPad Pro only feature - also to distinguish that from the rest - for all I care.
This.
After upgrading to iOS 14, the first thing I did was run through all my pages, and moved the bulk of apps (that I rarely use, but prefer to keep on the phone) to the App Library, leaving just over 20 on two pages for quick access. The rest of the apps are hidden nicely in the App Library. Finding the (rarely used) apps in that library is much, much easier than scrolling back and forth between 7 or 8 pages (which is why I mostly searched for apps even before the App Library was launched).
I will consider it a Pro device. If it works for other Proffesionals, they can.
hey if it meets your specific workflow, more power to you. The idea is that iPad is not a pc replacement. I was speaking of overall capability. Some people might get by just using a smartphone, because their workflow as an Instagram influencer is to take pictures with their phones and post it on Instagram.
If you make a list of what could be done on macOS/Windows vs iOS I am willing to bet the checkmarks on the MacOS side will be a lot more extensive.
Two fully fledged and matured desktop os’ verses the first iteration of a fork of a mobile os? Obviously, I don’t doubt it. That’s very much beside the point of your original statement though.
It's there for education and business now though, so apple have clearly been working on it and the slftware exists for iPads.
Apple's support info for business use says it stores each users files locally, or bumps them off to a server if the iPad is short on space.
I'm sure with apple's developer force they can fix the "ugly and slow" aspects, and make it work with iCloud for home use.
I currently refuse to buy a new iPad unless it gets multi-user support, and if support is ever added I'll most likely subscribe to extra iCloud storage to allow for user files to be bumped up to the cloud if needed.
Ah yes, just like the 'I'Mac that has only ever supported one user logging on.