There’s no usability problem with current M1-based iPad displaying MacOS screen. As a test, try setting to something more appropriate for iPad’s size, like 1440 × 900 on the Mac’s screen. If your 12.9-inch iPad screen feels too cramped to show your Mac’s screen, that’s probably because your Mac’s screen is larger, set to higher resolution. On my MacBook Air, with 13.3-inch screen, MacOS has more natural UI usability because screen size is smaller.

Dialog boxes for app now drop down in document window. It’s the reason why application controls have migrated to be more on the document window, closer to the work, less from the menu bar and on separate “palettes” along edges of screen. For pixels, TEN original Mac screens fit exactly across “5K”! Usability becomes more awkward at larger size because things like menu bar (narrow strip across top) and dialog boxes (center of screen) become too small with fixed locations. The new 27-inch 5K Studio Display is 5120 × 2880 pixels.

The first Mac had a 9-inch CRT (usable area closer to 8” diagonal) with 512 × 342 pixels. Some Mac screens are now too large for MacOS, originally conceived for much smaller screens, both physically and in terms of pixels. Click or tap here to support our independent tech blog. Tap Settings > General, and make sure iOS Pro is turned on. And, most importantly, a new “pro” mode that kicks in when the iPad is connected to a keyboard and trackpad, such as Apple’s own Magic Keyboard, or an external display.ġ.A new option that turns on when you connect an Apple Pencil, optimizing icons, controls and user interface elements for that accessory.A standard, touch-first mode with the normal home screen that is part of iPadOS today.It’s way more powerful than needed to run iPadOS…Īs Federico Viticci of MacStories and I discussed on the new Power On Twitter Spaces podcast last week, the iPad Pro should have three modes: The device now has an M1 chip, the same processor that powers a 13-inch MacBook Pro or 24-inch iMac. The current iPad Pro hardware remains well ahead of its operating system, iPadOS. Those omissions were quickly rectified, and the iPad of today has nearly every feature you’d expect from a computer, but it does reflect the device’s ongoing software conundrum. In 2010, when Apple launched the original iPad, the device lacked multitasking, folders for apps, background audio playback and a unified email inbox. Ahead of Apple’s developers conference, Bloomberg News‘ Mark Gurman suggests that Apple offer a “pro mode” in iPadOS for iPad users.

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