Federico Viticci May 13, 2024

I couldn’t get an iPad Pro long enough in advance to publish a review today.

Instead, I finally took the time to prepare something else: a comprehensive story about all the problems of iPadOS.

Enjoy ☕️

Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn’t Get the Basics Right https://www.macstories.net/stories/not-an-ipad-pro-review/

Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn’t Get the Basics Right - MacStories

Let me cut to the chase: sadly, I don't have a new iPad Pro to review today on MacStories. I was able to try one in London last week, and, as I wrote, I came away impressed with the hardware. However, I didn't get a chance to use a new iPad Pro over the past

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Show threadFederico Viticci May 13, 2024
We also recorded a special episode of AppStories with a bit more backstory + why I continue using the iPad, despite iPadOS: https://appstories.net/episodes/383
The Trouble with iPadOS

Show threadFederico Viticci May 13, 2024

...and I was on @upgrade with @jsnell to talk about his review and my story on iPadOS.

Episode here: https://www.relay.fm/upgrade/512

And YouTube segment about iPadOS: https://youtu.be/Wsm6Oz9wri4

Upgrade #512: Pros Are the Little Boats - Relay FM

The new iPad Pro is here, and Jason is joined by Federico Viticci to discuss the new model, Jason's review, and the limitations of iPadOS. Stephen Hackett also joins the show not to crush some creative dreams, but to answer your questions.

Relay FM
Show threadFederico Viticci May 13, 2024

My idea for this story was pretty simple:

- We always hear of the "limitations" of iPadOS, but I've never done an article covering them all
- I had plenty of time to write anyway 🙃 
- I wanted to convey how you can love the iPad form factor while also criticizing its software

It's a long one. Sit back and enjoy: https://www.macstories.net/stories/not-an-ipad-pro-review/

Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn’t Get the Basics Right - MacStories

Let me cut to the chase: sadly, I don't have a new iPad Pro to review today on MacStories. I was able to try one in London last week, and, as I wrote, I came away impressed with the hardware. However, I didn't get a chance to use a new iPad Pro over the past

MacStories - Apple news, app reviews, and stories by Federico Viticci and friends.
Show threadcaseyneiba 🦣May 13, 2024

@viticci So most issues with iPadOS is not with iPadOS but with first party apps or did I read the article wrong ?

That means that major devs not porting their pro apps to iPad is mostly because they don’t want to and not because iPadOS is not capable of running them. Am I wrong ?

Show threadFrazell ThomasMay 13, 2024

@caseyneiba @viticci
Can you write useful desktop class software without support for background processes? Can you have a truly productive flow limited to only 1 running application at a time? Also let us not forget the App Store limitations that prevent many professional desktop applications from being made at all…

Apple split iPadOS from iOS, but have done very little to make iPadOS chart its own course. It still very much is iOS. iOS isn’t a productivity OS.

Show threadcaseyneiba 🦣
@LogicalApex @viticci There is already background processes in iOS/iPadOS but limited in time and in type so yes you can have desktop class apps with it. You can also have multiple apps with Stage Manager and the App Store limitations are politics not software.
So I stand by my point: the issue is (mostly) apps, not iPadOS.
May 14, 2024 at 6:59pmWeb
Show threadFrazell ThomasMay 14, 2024

@caseyneiba @viticci background processes in iOS (and by extension iPadOS) are very restrictive and can be nuked whenever the OS sees fit. You can try to get around some of them by requesting location permission, but that’s a messy hack.

You can’t have true desktop apps within those limitations.

As a software engineer I have multiple desktop applications running at any given time…