Yes, I have the USB-C SD card adapter if required. Although SanDisk makes a great USB-C & USB-A flash drive that does well for external storage. Although I realize that some digital cameras use SD cards.
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The iPad Just Got a Lot More Like a Mac Thanks to These 20+ New Features
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I can imagine it will. Now the Tiled windows may refresh once RAM reaches its limit, similar to tabs on Safari. For someone like myself who uses my iPP M4 + MK as my daily laptop, these new features will just make my life so much easier now.
I switched to the iPad with the iPad 2 and never owned a MacBook since, except for the M3 MacBook, but that was primarily used as a portable workstation than a portable computer. I exclusively use the iPad as my primary portable computer and that will not change. I have a Mac Studio to use when using the (very few now) applications that are not available on the iPad. If you want to have a MacBook, then by all means you can purchase one. I know that the iPad has eliminated the need for a MacBook.
The changes have convinced me already that going forward I'll be buying an iPad and a Mac mini rather than my current method of going MacBook + iPad + Mac mini.
Odd. I never got the stage manager option. Not that I wanted it, but all I had was Windowed or Full screen. Downloaded the dev beta as soon as it arrived, iPad 12.9 M1. Loving the windowed apps, its still a little buggy, but its already great
I do not see any limits with iPadOS. Of course Apple does unlock features from the base macOS each year. I have been using the iPad as my primary portable computer for the last thirteen years and soon I will sell my last Macintosh to migrate completely to the highly productive iPad.
I started with that grouping since I upgraded from a Windows Desktop + Windows Notebook + Windows Server. I never saw a reason to purchase a MacBook.
I tried to go iPad Pro instead of MacBook before but iPadOS held me back. Now its good enough to replace a MacBook for me.
Really the need for virtualized machines is really nearing the end. Security is pretty important, otherwise you end up like Android with the most malware available for the platform.
Same here, loved my 2008 MacBook Pro but ‘temporarily’ switched to an early iPad and soon realized I didnt need a laptop. My 2018 iPad Pro has been/is great and after them using it I’ve had a couple friends replace their laptops with one. I’m actually looking forward to the spec and capability jump when I need to replace it for a new one
It's going to be interesting to see if iPadOS 26 drives sales of keyboard cases. Many of the new features of iPadOS 26 looks like it works best with a keyboard and touch screen on the keyboard.
No way. The need for virtual machines, and the ability to download from anywhere (GitHub for foss/floss, for example) is the last hurdle in my opinion. That said, I love this last update. This window manager is what stage manager should have been all along. It’s really very good.
It should be noted it works pretty great without I have to say. Better with, as it’s a touch more ‘at home’ like that, but nonetheless.
Most of the applications that I use on a daily basis is Mail, Calendar, Notes, Reminders, iWork, and Safari as many business “applications” have downgraded to websites. Only a few tasks required access to a traditional operating system, and the company provided access to virtual desktops. I also configured my Mac mini for remote access, but never truly used it because the iPad met my needs for work, school, and personal needs. I still need the ability to host a personal lab, thus the Mac Studio with Parallels Desktop. The great aspect of upgrading to the Macintosh is trading in my prior equipment for new equipment.
Actually the top menu bar is NOT always there which makes it a two tap process, which is useless. Also have to tap it to see the time, which I HATE on the Mac. While I’m at it, why do I have to tap to get the menu, then tap again to close a window. Those are added steps and a bastardization of ipadOS making the tablet functionality worse for the sake of being more Mac-like.
Sounds great, I'm excited to transition to this new way of working and living. I feel like its going to open up so many great possibilities
please introduce ipados native shell and open root directory access otherwise it'll be useless for me
Because the point isn't to run macOS on an iPad, but do rethink those aspects for an iPad where it makes sense and optimise those features for a touchscreen.
Never heard of the term floss when it comes to open source software, just dental floss. I can use a Raspberry Pi for access to a Linux environment with ShellFish or RealVNC viewer. Tried UTM it just was not worth the issue. Besides if I really needed access to virtualization, I would just remote back into my Mac Studio for access to that. However I noticed that I never needed access to that while I was away from my desk. Besides, my employer provides access to a Linux environment and Windows environment that I would be able to access from the iPad if needed. The other option is to use AWS or Microsoft Azure if needed for either school or personal needs. We have a GitLab server and I have been able to use that, never needed access to GitHub, but I would see that you are limited from accessing it on the iPad, I have seen others talking about accessing it.
That is never going to happen and would be pretty stupid as well. A-shell gives you access to the underlying shell if you need a local terminal.
Whoa. Does this mean you can’t swipe up on an app window to close it from Exposé or whatever it is called? 😬
Telling Apple to put a desktop on their tablet, when the iPad is the #1 Tablet on the market, beating tablets with a desktop OS.
Competitors tried to add Windows on smartphones too and Apple was also correct with iOS on smartphones.
For the desktop it is. There are cloud based options that would be more efficient than hosting them on an end-user device like the iPad. More efficient would be to have a home lab server or use something like a Raspberry Pi that would provide access to an alternative environment.
Exactly, I had a Windows Phone until Microsoft keep removing features that I was using from the operating system. Better to have the optimized macOS for the iPad also known as iPadOS and remote into a system with more resources for the small number of times you would truly need access to that environment.