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‘Using Stage Manager on an iPad’ video just shows that an iPad Pro needs macOS

Apple has posted a new YouTube video on how to use Stage Manager for multitasking on an iPad. But as I watch the video, I can only think that Apple needs to seriously rethink multi-tasking on the tablet or, better yet, make macOS an option on an iPad Pro.

Apple touts its tablet with the line that “your next computer won’t be a computer.” However, there’s no way I’d try and do my daily Apple World Today workflow using an iPad Pro.

As noted by AppleInsider, last October leaker Majin Bu claimed Apple is working on a version of macOS exclusively for the M2 iPad Pro.

He said it will be a “smaller” version of the operating system and arrive in 2023. According to Bu, testing is being done with a 25% larger macOS UI so it is suitable for touch. However, apps run on the product would still be iPad-optimized versions, not macOS ones.

I’m very skeptical about this. Why wouldn’t Apple just release macOS on an iPad instead of a “lite” version. However, Apple constantly describes the iPad as its most “versatile” device. What would be more versatile than a future 16-inch iPad Pro running macOS? And Apple could make macOS an option for such a tablet, not a requirement.

Dennis Sellers

Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.

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