The iPad tries hard to be your computing companion, but it's not quite there yet. If you still want to push it, here are some tips to get you started.
The iPad — and iPadOS — are still far away from the computing dreams that Apple is selling, even though there is enough firepower inside these sleek tablets to race far ahead of Windows PCs. I’ve extensively used the 10th Gen iPad, and the M1-powered iPad Pro briefly, as my primary computer.
Focus starts from the first screen you see, right after you unlock your iPad. Apple offers Focus presets like sleep and work by default, but you can create your own custom focus easily, for scenarios like gaming, workout, and more. Previous Next 1 of 3 For example, you can choose to get notified from only a certain shared calendar, get message notifications from a select contact group, and even pick between light and dark modes for each Focus profile.
The features that enable this secondary screen convenience for the iPad are Handoff and Continuity. The best part? You don’t actually have to play with any deep settings to enable them. Talking about accessories here, Universal Control ensures that you can use the same keyboard and mouse connected to your Mac for controlling your iPad, as well. Dragging windows across both screens is a breeze.
Collaboration is a terrific system iPadOS 16 supercharged a system called Collaboration that added a whole new universe of real-time teamwork possibilities for Apple’s own apps. Soon, the convenience will start popping up for third-party apps as well. I had my colleague Prakhar terribly singing me a song in a small FaceTime window, while we were working together remotely on an assignment in Apple’s Freeform app. The whole collaboration system is great, and a glimpse of ever greater things to come for the iPad and its operating system.
The Quick Note feature can be launched in any app, and it can also be hidden with the same slide-over gesture as regular apps in multitasking mode. You can also use the tagging system in the app to find the desired documents quickly if you happen to be a prolific note-taker.
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