Apple Introduced iPadOS 26.
(www.apple.com)
from Pro@programming.dev to apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world on 09 Jun 2025 20:04
https://programming.dev/post/31918183
from Pro@programming.dev to apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world on 09 Jun 2025 20:04
https://programming.dev/post/31918183
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Windows, a menu bar, a real cursor. It’s basically MacOS touch now. Good.
Does this work on ipads without mission control (ios 18 multi window mode i forgot name).
Curios how this will work on ipad 9
Stage Manager.
My 6th gen mini simply didn’t have enough power for that, so I’m assuming it’ll get fucked in the ass again by this OS.
I might hold back the update i legit just use my ipad for pdf note taking and watching youtube om safari
My 6th gen gained windowed mode and Stage Manager with iPadOS 26. Not sure whether Apple will remove it again in a future Beta version, though.
The details.
I had literally had my credit card out and ready in 2010 during the iPad announcement until I learned that it was a giant iPhone. Fifteen years later, and it’s finally a real computer.
It is not, it still only runs AppStore apps.
Took about forever but I’m glad it’s finally here
The new windowing system looks like a big improvement.
Will this ensure the swipe left for camera has finally been removed from the iPad lockscreen?
Drives me nuts. Like, every time I touch that lockscreen! Whatks the use-case here? “Oh sht! Hurry. Use the ipad and take the pic!”
This is a shockingly good announcement. Finally going to replace my very aged iPad because of this. Anything you didn’t like/thought was missed ?
Am I the only person who still feels like this is a crappy tradeoff? The iPad pro cost as much as a macbook and still doesn’t run desktop apps despite running on the same silicon. Maybe I’m in the minority but I think they should allow Mac programs to run on iPad pro
I agree with you wholeheartedly
Apple will never do this as it would kill the MacBook Air market. Same reason why they’ll never add a touch screen to a MacBook. iPadOS is their heavily locked-down anticompetitive monopoly desktop OS, a la iOS. Every iteration of macOS in the last decade has destroyed api’s and features which non-apple apps and services rely on. Apple are more likely to get rid of MacBooks and macOS in favour of iPadOS, once it does enough for non-superuser “pros” to use it full time.
This is why their monopoly should be broken, they should be forced to open up their firmware/hardware for alternative OS’s, and open up their OS api’s so alternatives can implement real/legitimate feature parity with iCloud etc, and all of Apple’s own services.
What monopoly does Apple have?
They monopolize Apple products I guess.
App Store monopoly is actually an issue, which is slowly improving.
@Pro The single reason I will not use IOS products is the restriction that you can only get apps from their store. Android limits what can be on their store, but you can toggle a setting in the config and download from anywhere you want to.
Does anyone know if that worthless text input language thing still exists in 26? That thing that screwed up every UI and got in the way of other interface buttons?
<img alt="Text input thing" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/4c0391bd-5373-4495-9d37-4c81af4ac997.png">