iPad Pro + External Display: Better Than Expected!



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  2. Michael D'Angelo 16/02/2023 Reply

    Excellent, excellent, excellent video! I am 100% iPad only, all day long, every workday. I work with a 12.9 Pro docked in the Kensington studio to the right on my desk and to the left is a 34” ultra wide. Productivity through the roof since external monitor support came along. Thanks for covering it, Chris.

  3. burim alimi 16/02/2023 Reply

    Thanks for staying true to the ipad Chris. Your videos have been so good year on year on year 💪

  4. Semih 16/02/2023 Reply

    Just dont get why i am capped on 60 frames per second… thats the real robbery here

  5. Semih 16/02/2023 Reply

    I just want ableton live on this and use normal macOS plugins for ableton thats all i want pls …

  6. Tech Book 16/02/2023 Reply

    I like the iPad very much and use it as a computer. It’s just a pity how it is artificially restricted by the software!

  7. Neuroboy Pi 16/02/2023 Reply

    Great video Chris!! Hey what about the podcast? I miss it!

  8. Red Lion 16/02/2023 Reply

    I hope they kill the stage manager feature across MacOS and iPad OS entirety in this year’s releases. Just quietly remove it with no fanfare or press. Poor implementation of a poor idea.

  9. Terry Carlton 16/02/2023 Reply

    My biggest issue is sound output. If your monitor has built-in speakers (or line out to speakers) you’re gold. But if your monitor doesn’t have speakers or speakers attached to it, you have to jump through hoops to get sound when connected to iPad. SOMETIMES you can airplay to a HomePod BEFORE connecting to an external monitor. But this doesn’t always work. The most reliable method I’ve seen is connecting to a BT speaker like a Nest Audio (Yes you can pair the 2). But none of this should be necessary if Apple would allow sound out from the iPad itself when connected to a display

  10. courtney higham 16/02/2023 Reply

    For me I can not afford both and for the past 6-7 years I have only used iPad. To start with it was for portability, now its because of the pencil and Magic Keyboard. For me I can do so ,cut more than just having a mac. Stage manager and external display is fantastic for me as for the past two years I have been using my iPad Pros for more demanding work, so now I can get even more done and easier. If I can ever afford to have both I may get a mac too. But to be honest I don’t think I need one as I’m so used to how to get every thing I need to do done on the iPad Pro. And it only gets better.. I AM DEFINITELY CAMP IPAD PRO.

  11. Ryan Stroup 16/02/2023 Reply

    I actually really like it for my work I do with a normal Windows laptop. The frustrating part is I have a 2018 12.9 iPad Pro so I don’t even have the full extended monitor support. Too pricey to upgrade right now.

  12. DR Dent Repair 16/02/2023 Reply

    Great video Appreciate the positive vibes. My USB c port broke on my monitor Can you use HDMI to USB c for Ipa external monitor support?

  13. Maurice Grassau 16/02/2023 Reply

    Agreed, unless your job involves being sometimes on video calls. Camera angle to weird and no support for external display camera or continuity.

  14. Jack 16/02/2023 Reply

    what bothers me the most is that you can't move windows freely. Stage Manager forces windows to stick together and that is seriously frustrating, since you basically can't take advantage of the space a monitor provides (therefore, what's the point in hooking up a monitor at all).
    Second thing, audio sources. I get that Apple is sooo behind on this matter (Macs still can't adjust volume separately from one source to another), but seriously… having a yt web video (not even using the app, which is terrible imo) playing in the background is impossible, because it gets paused the moment you switch to another set of applications. You have to bring that safari tab with you everywhere you go. And of course, you can't have more than one audio source at the same time. It's 2023, Apple. Please get a move on.

    Not to mention the fact it still crashes from time to time and that you can't put the iPad in standby. I mean, I don't want clamshell mode, it doesn't make any sense given the fact the external monitor paired with the iPad cannot, I repeat CANNOT be considered as a main display (which you can do on MacOS), but whenever you press command-control-Q, the iPad does indeed go into standby while the monitor does not. Instead, it turns to a low-brightness blackish kind of screen that makes me mad every time I see it.

    There is room for improvement, but oh boy how bad of a user experience it is. And this is coming from someone that has both an iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard and a MacBook, both hooking up to a 4k LG Ultrafine. So yeah, the problem is iPad OS being mid as always.

  15. Christopher Smith 16/02/2023 Reply

    I think we years-long MacOS users bring our preconceived perspectives regarding what iPadOS, which is much younger and only in the past five or so years can replace a laptop for many people, should be as compared to what MacOS is. So a lot of us complain about certain aspects of iPadOS, including what we are limited to. We seem not to focus (this channel is a glaring exception to this theory) on what we CAN do with iPadOS, and specifically on the newer iPads Pro. I have to say, I was a bit surprised when I gave my kid who is in early teen years my 2018 iPad Pro w/apple pencil, magic keyboard and smart folio case. She also has a one-year-old, relatively high end Lenovo laptop. Ever since I gave her the iPad a couple months ago, she has been using that device exclusively. She mostly uses it in the folio case with the pencil, and she navigates the UI and most apps with the pencil rather than her finger (which is fascinating to watch). She also does a ton of drawing. She had never used MacOS, and so she doesn't come into the experience thinking the iPad should behave a certain way. Needless to say, she adores the device, so much so that I kind of regret ever buying the laptop.

    I love these videos, Chris, where you highlight the benefits of the iPad. It's quite a different, refreshing take. iPadOS isn't perfect, but I would argue it is more good than bad, and the fact that it doesn't behave like a MacBook is not a detriment — it seems rather to be an intentional decision and one that I think is logical and makes sense for Apple.

  16. Marcos Pastrana 16/02/2023 Reply

    If you disconnect the iPad from the Magic Keyboard, does the external display still works full screen?

  17. Al Thomas 16/02/2023 Reply

    I can feel you put emphasis on "better than a lot of people"… because there's so much criticism surrounding Stage Manager on external display!

    Keep the iPad content going! I enjoy it…you are the only person who shed positivity on the iPad platform!

  19. Curtis McHale 16/02/2023 Reply

    I have a MacStudio with multiple monitors and an iPad station with a single monitor. I do much of my writing and general computing at my iPad. I really only code at the Mac Studio, and do video editing.

  20. Man-Bag Dammit 16/02/2023 Reply

    Chris could you provide a link for your monitor riser shelf? I’m looking for one that will match my desk and that one looks perfect. Thanks.

  21. Infernonova 16/02/2023 Reply

    Of course I’m missing out on it because i have the iPad Air 4

  22. Annette in Vegas 16/02/2023 Reply

    I think it’s great for those who may only have the iPad Pro and not computer/laptop.

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