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Stage Manager Still Has Several Issues as iPadOS 16 Nears Release

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Apple is set to release iPadOS 16 to the public this month, yet users continue to face several issues with the new Stage Manager feature.

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In the latest iPadOS 16 beta seeded earlier this week, developer Steve Troughton-Smith and MacStories editor-in-chief Federico Viticci highlighted various user interface issues they continue to face from time to time while using Stage Manager, including the dock disappearing when rotating the iPad, content failing to scale properly when a window is resized, keyboard input failing to register in certain apps, and more.

In August, Viticci criticized Apple for its "fundamentally misguided" approach to Stage Manager. The feature has improved in the weeks since, but it's clear from the latest beta that several issues persist even as iPadOS 16 nears release.



Apple recently expanded Stage Manager to older iPad Pro models with A12X and A12Z chips released in 2018 and 2020, albeit without external display support, which limits the feature to four apps on the built-in display on these models. Apple also delayed external display support for iPad models with the M1 chip until later this year.

Stage Manager allows users to have up to four apps open in overlapping windows on an iPad's display for an improved multitasking experience. A modified version of Stage Manager is also available on macOS Ventura for keeping windows front and center.

Apple says iPadOS 16 will be released in October, but it not did confirm a specific day. The software update will be labeled iPadOS 16.1, and it will likely be released alongside iOS 16.1 for the iPhone, as the updates share the same build number.

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Good thing it’s off by default.
SM has a lot of promise, hope Apple labels it as a “beta” feature and continues improving it.
Wouldn’t be the first time, Private Relay was a beta for a good while, as was the Battery Health panel.
 
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The biggest issue that still remains is that it doesn't work on the iPad Air 4th gen!
 
Whats so hard to just tack on touch capabilities in macOS and make it be the default OS for the iPad?
If they want to make it iPad centric, they easily componentize it and remove mouse/keyboard specific functionality like the Global menu bar.

So much of the heavy lifting has been done already with macOS already compatible with M1, APFS, ability to run iPad OS apps. Yet, they would gain all the powerful windowing and desktop features of macOS.
 
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After using the iPad OS public beta for the last month, the first thing I did was turn Stage Manager off. Basically, it’s terrible (when it works properly), is not intuitive at all, and ultimately brings nothing to the table except headaches. I figured Apple learned their lesson with least years Safari debacle.

I am very concerned about the internal process on how these “new” items get into the final product. Seems to be some very flawed logic, but like I said the best thing to do is to turn it off!
 
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Instead of improving cmd+tab to be window-centric and show state indicator so people don’t have to use 3rd party solutions like alt-tab to make it usable they come up with this garbage.
 
The feature is not big and also its way overrated. It should be better if they take another year and will come up with something more useful.

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Of course! They had to work their asses off to support A12X. Don't forget Apple is a small company with limited resources. It's unrealistic to expect them to deliver such a big feature within a limited time. :rolleyes:
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Mr. Dee said:
Whats so hard to just tack on touch capabilities in macOS and make it be the default OS for the iPad?
If they want to make it iPad centric, they easily componentize it and remove mouse/keyboard specific functionality like the Global menu bar.

So much of the heavy lifting has been done already with macOS already compatible with M1, APFS, ability to run iPad OS apps. Yet, they would gain all the powerful windowing and desktop features of macOS.
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macOS would already be an awesome OS for the iPad.
They should only put an automatic switch, between full screen / split screen only if you're using the tablet via touch, and full windowing if a keyboard + trackpad is connected.
It would really be that easy.
 
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Forget on iPadOS. Stage Manager still has issues on macOS Ventura as well. The fact only five windows can be tabbed with no way to scroll them, and special app notifications like Steam notifications are treated as tabbed windows, and the fact Preview doesn't work properly while Stage Manager is on. The feature should be delayed to the March update. It needs major changes
 
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