Apple kicked things off today with the iPhone 17e and a refreshed iPad Air powered by M4. Both look like solid updates. The iPhone 17e brings the A19 chip and doubles the base storage to 256GB while keeping the same $599 starting price. The…
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Slideover Returns to iPadOS 26 (Sort Of)
When Apple released iPadOS 26 back in September, the new windowing system brought a lot of improvements to how we work on the iPad. But it also took something away that I use constantly: Slideover. Apple just released iPadOS 26.1 this week, and I’m…
Continue reading →The Pragmatic Explanation of Apple’s AI-Free iPad
A lot of folks are getting bent out of shape over the fact that the new entry-level iPad, released last week, doesn’t support Apple Intelligence. I don’t really see it that way. The goal of this iPad, in my opinion, is to keep it under…
Continue reading →The iPad’s Sins
Federico Viticci did an outstanding job cataloging ways in which getting work done on your iPad is still difficult in 2024. What’s most frustrating about this list is that many of these points could have (and were) written about ten years ago. It is…
Continue reading →Hypothetical M4 iPads
Mark Gurman is now reporting that the new iPad Pro we’ll get next week may include the M4 chip. Because that particular chip is expected to have new AI features, the argument is that adding it to the new iPad Pro would help boost…
Continue reading →Does iPad (and Mac) Reliability Explain Slowing Upgrade Cycles?
Apple didn’t release any new iPad hardware this year, but according to Ming-Chi Kuo, that’s changing next year with iPad updates across the board, including the long-awaited OLED iPad Pro. That’s good, and I hope that’s all true. But I also know how easy…
Continue reading →Portable Zoom Station
I recently moved my “fancy” video camera mounting point to make better videos for the Labs. But putting it away from my screen made participating in Zoom calls difficult.
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My Current Relationship With the iPad
Last week Jason Snell and John Gruber weighed in on what they’re doing with their iPads these days. I, too, have a much-simplified relationship with my iPad. For years, I tried to turn the iPad into a production machine. I still love the idea of sitting down with…
Continue reading →Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for the iPad
For many years we’ve been asking for them. Now we are getting them. Apple explains these apps are designed for a “touch-first” interface. Interestingly, while we’ve been waiting for these apps on the iPad, very credible pro-level video and audio apps have already established…
Continue reading →The Rumored iPad Pro 2024 Revamp
Mark Gurman is reporting that our next major iPad revamp will be next year with a design overhaul to the iPad Pro, possibly with a glass back, instead of the current aluminum design. I’m not sure how I feel about that. I’m always interested…
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