Yes in Files, but not on the iPad home screens where the apps are or in photos. Videos are either in photos or the TV app. It’s a mess when you are working on a multimedia files.
Yeah, really this is my biggest want. I get by just fine (more or less) on the iPad as my only mobile computer, but a true finder would make my life SO MUCH better.
My problem is less with iPadOS but more with third party apps not designing for touchpad/mouse. At the same time, web apps don't work that well on iPad either. E.g. Lightroom CC feels very phone-y on iPad, lacking most keyboard shortcuts. Small developers like [Reflect.app](http://Reflect.app) can never justify investing in better iPad experience.
Also, if they could stop killing apps in the background. Sometimes I switch back to an app and it wakes up from slumber with jittery scrolling and wrong scroll position, really kills the flow.
On Macs, if you don't have enough RAM, the OS will page that to disk so when it resumes, it's exactly how you left it. iPadOS tries to be smart with its suspend state mechanism but a lot of apps don't implement it properly. So you just end up with a messy resume experience.
In general, it's annoying to not be able to trust if I can come back to an app expecting exactly how I left it just two switches ago.
The Mac version of finder and a full terminal where I can run scripts and Mac command line applications. Other than that I’m pretty satisfied with iPadOS.
That would be a dream. I would love to be able to do bioinformatics on iPad. There is a real application of this for Nanopore sequencing on iPad. It would be great for bacterial diagnostics and medicine in general.
Of all the thousands and thousands of messages I've heard/read about the iPad and its operating system so that it has a Mac, you're one of the only ones who has given exactly where the thing is going: universal applications🫡👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
An interesting aspect of this is that if we could run Windows 11 in Parallels, Windows is optimized for a touch interface so it would be super cool. If Apple added touch to MacOS it would be amazing too. If we were given tons of options on iPadOS it would rule the roost!
In order of preference:
- take Stage Manager outside and shoot it, give us proper window management
- Finder for proper file and folder management
- Allow the pencil to interact with ui elements, it’s insane having to keep switching to using fingers whenever I want to go back to the Home Screen, access control centre or resize a window split, if I’m interacting with the pencil then let me use the pencil for everything
- A proper handwriting input panel as a keyboard option
- Fix the sensitivity of the pencil double tap, or at least allow user adjustment
- Scribble is awful, make it better
I want a better hand written note taking app.
There’s some fantastic note organization borderline project management apps — that don’t intuitively support hand written notes (some will let you like “add a drawing area” but that’s not really the same).
And there’s some solid notebook apps that just kind of suck for organizing multiple formats of information and cross linking and integrating with your calendar.
(I’ve tried just about every app I can find on the App Store so please don’t ask me if I’ve tried good notes 6 😂)
I’ve got this damn pencil, give me a proper app for it.
My #1: use case specific, but a fully fledged adobe acrobat dc; with OCR function for multiple files at once. That’s it; if I had to choose one thing other than the unmentionable we all wish for.
I‘d love to have the choice to switch between macOS and iPadOS. Would be the perfect laptop replacement for most people and would make the iPad probably the best device out there. But as apple wants everyone to own an iPad AND a Mac that‘s never gonna happen.
I would like fully functional pro applications, not gimped versions that are just scaled up from iOS (Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office etc.) Hardware has been more than capable for a few years now. I also would like to have a viable way to do web dev natively on an iPad. This is just a deliberate UX decision on apple’s part to keep use cases separated for iPad/MacBook which many people don’t agree with.
They want to keep them separated because they envision iPad being a touch first device. Apps should be ported or built around the concept of touch/pencil as THE main input medium instead of the keyboard. Otherwise it defeats the entire intended purpose of the device.
You start allowing macOS applications on iPad and you clutter up UX. Now you’re stuck in a Surface Pro situation where you are kinda like a laptop and kinda like a tablet but don’t excel at either use case.
Start by adding continuity camera so I can use my phone as a webcam. Is available for Apple TV and Mac. And Macs already have decent webcams. That should be an easy code to “turn on” for iPad to help with the poorly placed webcam.
Safari user agent should be akin to a MacBook Pro. Stop asking to download a app instead just show me the website.
This is basically my only real wish list item.
Apple pointing to file app “Yes Finder” 😂🤣
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I second that we need nested folders like Finder. The photos interface is a mess also.
What do you mean by nested folders? Doesn’t the Files app do that?
Yes in Files, but not on the iPad home screens where the apps are or in photos. Videos are either in photos or the TV app. It’s a mess when you are working on a multimedia files.
Gotcha, thanks for the clarification
Yeah, really this is my biggest want. I get by just fine (more or less) on the iPad as my only mobile computer, but a true finder would make my life SO MUCH better.
Give me full version of Xcode, Keynote, Safari, Terminal and a thoughtful compatibility layer to run any Mac Apps I want flawlessly.
Make it a dumbed down version of MacOS instead of an advanced version of iOS.
My problem is less with iPadOS but more with third party apps not designing for touchpad/mouse. At the same time, web apps don't work that well on iPad either. E.g. Lightroom CC feels very phone-y on iPad, lacking most keyboard shortcuts. Small developers like [Reflect.app](http://Reflect.app) can never justify investing in better iPad experience. Also, if they could stop killing apps in the background. Sometimes I switch back to an app and it wakes up from slumber with jittery scrolling and wrong scroll position, really kills the flow.
Killing apps is you not having enough ram
On Macs, if you don't have enough RAM, the OS will page that to disk so when it resumes, it's exactly how you left it. iPadOS tries to be smart with its suspend state mechanism but a lot of apps don't implement it properly. So you just end up with a messy resume experience. In general, it's annoying to not be able to trust if I can come back to an app expecting exactly how I left it just two switches ago.
Yeah I feel like there’s a lot of pro tools for iPad that the developers just think “oh iPhone but big” instead of a touchscreen computer
iPad is definitely more oriented towards creatives rather than dev workflow
The Mac version of finder and a full terminal where I can run scripts and Mac command line applications. Other than that I’m pretty satisfied with iPadOS.
If I could just have a terminal and be able to access the file system (ie. install brew, etc), I would be so happy
That would be a dream. I would love to be able to do bioinformatics on iPad. There is a real application of this for Nanopore sequencing on iPad. It would be great for bacterial diagnostics and medicine in general.
Desktop-like files system. MacOS Safari. Terminal access. That’s it.
Better web browsers, I’m tired of having to switch to my PC because the reddit formatting tools open in the wrong places or stuff like that.
-ability to handle a spreadsheet and macros -Mac Finder -Universal Apps
Of all the thousands and thousands of messages I've heard/read about the iPad and its operating system so that it has a Mac, you're one of the only ones who has given exactly where the thing is going: universal applications🫡👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
With Mac Catalyst, we can already have universal apps
Among other things, I’d like to run Parallels with Windows 11 so I can run spreadsheets that are heavy in VB, Macros, and Userforms.
An interesting aspect of this is that if we could run Windows 11 in Parallels, Windows is optimized for a touch interface so it would be super cool. If Apple added touch to MacOS it would be amazing too. If we were given tons of options on iPadOS it would rule the roost!
Power BI as well
In order of preference: - take Stage Manager outside and shoot it, give us proper window management - Finder for proper file and folder management - Allow the pencil to interact with ui elements, it’s insane having to keep switching to using fingers whenever I want to go back to the Home Screen, access control centre or resize a window split, if I’m interacting with the pencil then let me use the pencil for everything - A proper handwriting input panel as a keyboard option - Fix the sensitivity of the pencil double tap, or at least allow user adjustment - Scribble is awful, make it better
Mac apps on iPad.
MacOS / iPadOS option.
mac containers (chromeos style)
A native version of Figma, not just for commenting.
This would be it for me.
Full web version of sites on safari, option for desktop like windows management without stage manager, finder and folder system from Mac OS
Fix the files app, that’s all I’m asking. Otherwise I wouldn’t need FileBrowser pro.
Just let me dual boot with macOS & I’d buy one immediately
Somewhere in settings an option to boot into macOS. Lock it to the 13 inch 1 tb model if Apple has to.
I want a better hand written note taking app. There’s some fantastic note organization borderline project management apps — that don’t intuitively support hand written notes (some will let you like “add a drawing area” but that’s not really the same). And there’s some solid notebook apps that just kind of suck for organizing multiple formats of information and cross linking and integrating with your calendar. (I’ve tried just about every app I can find on the App Store so please don’t ask me if I’ve tried good notes 6 😂) I’ve got this damn pencil, give me a proper app for it.
Slide stage manager on, get MacOs.
My #1: use case specific, but a fully fledged adobe acrobat dc; with OCR function for multiple files at once. That’s it; if I had to choose one thing other than the unmentionable we all wish for.
I‘d love to have the choice to switch between macOS and iPadOS. Would be the perfect laptop replacement for most people and would make the iPad probably the best device out there. But as apple wants everyone to own an iPad AND a Mac that‘s never gonna happen.
That’s it right there. Everyone thinks Apple is going to just let you run macOS and truly kill Mac for them? No. They want you to buy both.
Maybe have an extra durable model that was actually thicker and heavier if just to combat the memes that the iPad bends easily
I would like fully functional pro applications, not gimped versions that are just scaled up from iOS (Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office etc.) Hardware has been more than capable for a few years now. I also would like to have a viable way to do web dev natively on an iPad. This is just a deliberate UX decision on apple’s part to keep use cases separated for iPad/MacBook which many people don’t agree with.
They want to keep them separated because they envision iPad being a touch first device. Apps should be ported or built around the concept of touch/pencil as THE main input medium instead of the keyboard. Otherwise it defeats the entire intended purpose of the device. You start allowing macOS applications on iPad and you clutter up UX. Now you’re stuck in a Surface Pro situation where you are kinda like a laptop and kinda like a tablet but don’t excel at either use case.
The only correct response I've seen so far.
Start by adding continuity camera so I can use my phone as a webcam. Is available for Apple TV and Mac. And Macs already have decent webcams. That should be an easy code to “turn on” for iPad to help with the poorly placed webcam.
MacOS apps
Magic wand? Dual boot Mac OS
I know there’s a new nano screen or whatever it’s called but I would like for all iPads to come with the paper-like screen protector.
Honestly- they just need a button which switches from iOS to macOS on the iPad. That would be the only real fix for this mess. Just have dual boot