Apple’s walled garden is the iPad’s biggest roadblock to becoming a Mac
iPadOS 26 makes Apple's tablet much more like macOS. Better windowing? Check. The menu bar? Yup. There's even a more fine-tuned Files app, along with document editing in Preview. It's as if Apple took a checklist of longtime power-user requests and fulfilled them all. It's enough that the App Store's walled garden could be the last remaining reason to stick with your Mac.<br /> For me, the iPad's productivity changes were the most intriguing part of Apple's WWDC 2025 keynote. Years ago, when Apple first made iPadOS more work-friendly, I tried to replace my MacBook with the iPad Pro. After reviewing several Microsoft Surfaces, I wanted an Apple equivalent, dammit. So, despite the iPad's obvious limits, I gave it a shot.<br /> For most thin [...]
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