Likely not the only party that thinks that stage manager should be the basis of a new GUI for iPadOS, but yeah demoing it restricted to M1 iPads with at least 128 GB sure was not a substitute to modernizing iPadOS to offer better GUI.
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New iPadOS 16.1 Beta Expands Stage Manager to Older iPad Pro Models, Delays External Display Support
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I really don't see the benefit of using this. It's like a desktop environment with 35% of my screen taken up by an app switcher.
Yeah, I think Apple totally missed the entire point on this one. Stage Manger on an external display is the main draw… removing that, you get a limited screen on the iPad itself.
For this reason alone… I’m not updating from my current beta build.
Yup. Why read and think when you can more easily hate.
Now everyone can switch from complaining that they didn't get Stage Manager to complaining that it sucks.
Sounds like older iPads don’t have exactly the same functionality as m1 pros.
Wow, what a thought to poke fun at Apple with. Older iPad Pro's aren't at all capable.
Maybe Apple should’ve wait to reveal SM, or the idea of SM to the public after looking into making it work for older models also.
But just because they listened to the criticism and put the effort into making it work on older models, doesn’t make them liars. Some people just aren’t happy unless they have something to complain about.
Criticized if you do, criticized if you don’t.
But just because they listened to the criticism and put the effort into making it work on older models, doesn’t make them liars. Some people just aren’t happy unless they have something to complain about.
Criticized if you do, criticized if you don’t.
Yeah, I agree. Good on Apple for bringing this to A12X/Z powered iPad pros. Perhaps the initial user experience on A12X/Z powered iPad pros was less than Apple wanted, I wonder if the push back they no doubt got wind of when stage manager was just for M1 iPad Pros, they went back to the drawing board and figured out a way to optimize it for the older iPad Pros.
You’re joking right?
It’s literally one of the first things you agreed to when you download a beta, that features may appear and disappear at random and its not intended to be installed on a primary device.
Evidently they cannot bring *full* functionality (which includes external monitor support) to older iPad Pros. So technically that wasn’t a lie.
Frankly, I’m just glad they relented and are now willing to give owners of older iPad Pros access to the core features of Stage Manager without insisting that we have an iPad that supports the entire suite of features when some of us couldn’t care less about external monitor support. Good on AAPL for listening to their customers!
No, I'm not joking, my disappointment is real.
The simple fact I'm well aware of these possibilities doesn't mean I can't be disappointed
Nice, but I’m not interested in Stage Manager. What I really want is external display support, and that remains exclusive to M1 iPad Pro.
I wonder if they’re also allowing memory swap on those older iPads. Otherwise, it has everything to be a terrible experience.
Exactly! But if they had added older models to the list of devices receiving SM, then released it, and the older models ran it like trash, they would’ve been bashed for doing so. They can’t win.
Now people are calling them liars because they held the release, “went back to the drawing board” and are now adding it on older devices, due to criticism. People are silly.
Or they thought it couldn’t then someone optimized it and found out they could. I support always thinking the worst of politicians, govt, and big corporations but it’s not always the case that the worst is true…just 99%. This might be the 1%?
And if Apple said “available on older iPads“ and then couldn’t bring it to older iPads people would say Apple is lying. Damned if you do damned if you don’t.