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what is Apple lacking in iPadOS?

SnowCrocodile said:
iPad Pros are priced at the point where users should be able to expect a Pro experience. To me this means functionality above and beyond what I can get with another tablet, not just some artificial delineation of usual features like screen quality or the quantity / quality of speakers.

What I, personally want to see is better multitasking, better support for docking to external peripherals and using the iPad as a standalone computing device, and a better filesystem.

Apple did a few things to get them in the right direction - the windowed mode, or even something as small as getting rid of the stupid round mouse cursor.

But they also introduced some other changes that actually made iPad harder to use (the way Preview interferes with Files workflow, for example).

I don't expect the iPad to be a direct Mac replacement, but I do thing that a "pro" model that costs as much or more as a Mac should be a functional replacement.

My M1 Pro is likely the last Pro iPad I am going to buy, unless there are some additional functionality improvements. I would do just as fine width an Air or even a base model, if I still have to keep a separate laptop.
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Hopefully with RAM and SSD shortage because of the demand for AI workstations this will single web developers to start making websites that are less bloated. I remember in 2010 when people only had 2 to 4 GB of RAM. Websites and browsers where less bloated on system resources.
 
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At this point not much. We finally got better file management and windowing. I would love ultrawide display support in all resolutions and maybe dual monitor support as well. That would be amazing. The iPad Pro could run that without issue.
 
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Bubble99 said:
What makes MacOS better than iPadOS? What features are people looking for in iPadOS 27 to make it more pro? What is iPadOS 26 lacking?
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I can get by with just about anything, but just to make a list:

1. In Finder I can select a number of files and do File | Rename and batch-rename all of the files with a specified piece of text at the beginning or end. I do this occasionally enough that I miss it.

2. One thing that MacOS can do that iPadOS cannot do (without a third party app) is to create and work with encrypted disk images, including sparse images. I use these a lot, and need to create them and work with them on the Mac.
 
Yesterday i attached an usb stick to my ipad air m1 with some mp4 movies. I could not play the movies unless i copied them to the vlc folder of the ipad. Has there been another way to play them? At least from the data app it was not possible.
 
Guenter said:
Yesterday i attached an usb stick to my ipad air m1 with some mp4 movies. I could not play the movies unless i copied them to the vlc folder of the ipad. Has there been another way to play them? At least from the data app it was not possible.
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I've used both Infuse and nPlayer to play directly from USB.

I could've sworn VLC was able to do that as well.
 
Kiwikat88 said:
Multiple user profiles! There's no reason they couldn't implement this. Only 🤑🤑🤑.
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Unfortunately, I reckon 🤑🤑🤑 is exactly why they haven't and probably will not implement this.

They already do support multiple user profiles for education.
 
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