iPadOS 26.1 Beta 2 Reintroduces Slide Over Multitasking

[B-Mc-C]

can you? AFAIK Macbook airs start at £999. My iPad Air was £650. Already had a keyboard and trackpad.

Of course. MacRumors is regularly posting about $599 MacBook Air sales. Apple also working on getting to this price point.

MacBook Air With M1 Chip is Just $599 at Walmart

In case you missed it, Walmart is currently offering the older but still very capable MacBook Air with the M1 chip for just $599 in the United...

www.macrumors.com

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/here-are-all-the-rumors-about-apples-new-599-macbook.2463310/

 

[germanbeer007]

'pro' being the key word here... Why do we need a Pro to just do iPad-y things?

Pro is just a brand name like AirPods Pro. It doesn't mean those AirPods are meant for "Professionals" but rather is just for users who want extra features.

 

[GeoffDeGeoff]

Slide over and two apps side by side needs to come back to full screen mode. The overlapping windows are stupid on the iPad mini. It just doesn’t work.

 

[darngooddesign]

Slide over and two apps side by side needs to come back to full screen mode. The overlapping windows are stupid on the iPad mini. It just doesn’t work.

You don't have to overlap windows.

 

[GeoffDeGeoff]

You don't have to overlap windows.

True, but it's much less user friendly than the old mechanic was and on the tiny screen of the mini it really doesn't work. Coupled with lining up some windows as some apps don't resize well.

And it removes the corner swipe function for notes and screenshots which I used a lot when you turn off fullscreen mode because the window re-sizing overrides it.

If I wanted a MacBook I'd buy one.

 

[Mrbiggestman]

True, but it's much less user friendly than the old mechanic was and on the tiny screen of the mini it really doesn't work. Coupled with lining up some windows as some apps don't resize well.

And it removes the corner swipe function for notes and screenshots which I used a lot when you turn off fullscreen mode because the window re-sizing overrides it.

If I wanted a MacBook I'd buy one.

what if you tried stage manager? in one view you could have both windows in ‘splitview’ and slideover and just section it out across different views.

 

[darngooddesign]

True, but it's much less user friendly than the old mechanic was and on the tiny screen of the mini it really doesn't work. Coupled with lining up some windows as some apps don't resize well.

And it removes the corner swipe function for notes and screenshots which I used a lot when you turn off fullscreen mode because the window re-sizing overrides it.

If I wanted a MacBook I'd buy one.

However it's better in portrait.

I agree that Apple should have kept it as an option, because the final version of SS was very nice. Have you sent that feedback to Apple?

 

[GeoffDeGeoff]

what if you tried stage manager? in one view you could have both windows in ‘splitview’ and slideover and just section it out across different views.

Stage manager is even worse on the small iPad. It’s not built for it.
Split view was perfect

 

[GeoffDeGeoff]

However it's better in portrait.

I agree that Apple should have kept it as an option, because the final version of SS was very nice. Have you sent that feedback to Apple?

Yes, I have sent the feedback. I see no reason to have removed split view and slide over from full screen mode.

 

[Ipadonly1]

Of course. MacRumors is regularly posting about $599 MacBook Air sales. Apple also working on getting to this price point.

MacBook Air With M1 Chip is Just $599 at Walmart

In case you missed it, Walmart is currently offering the older but still very capable MacBook Air with the M1 chip for just $599 in the United...

www.macrumors.com

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/here-are-all-the-rumors-about-apples-new-599-macbook.2463310/

I don’t think we get these kinds of deals outside the US…

 

[darngooddesign]

I don’t think we get these kinds of deals outside the US…

It’s a sale on something sold exclusively through Walmart.