I would love to go iPad only, but I do at least 50% of my work in Notion, and it frustrates me beyond belief that a lot of the functionality in Notion that is available on my MacBook is not available on the iPad version even though my M4 iPad has considerably more computing power than my old MacBook Air M1
Or if more people start using Apple native apps instead of Notion as they are getting loaded with new features it might invigorate Notion devs to look deeper into iOS experience. So many iOS apps these days are unfortunately just glorified web views.
Thinking of returning my M4 MacBook Pro for a M4 Mac Mini and iPad Pro 13’. I’m thinking I can get two beasts for the price of one. I will have a desk setup as well as something portable. Also, I have a Mac Studio display. Thoughts? My workload can easily be done off the mini and iPad Pro FYI nothing intensive enough where I would need more power.
I think it is the best. Personally i would go for the 11 inch. But iPad can handle everything light. (Media consumption gaming, note taking, beginning and starting projects (editing videos, swift coding, etc) but then at home you sit down and do the heavy lifting on the Mac mini. And a bonus you got yourself a 2nd touch screen monitor with high refresh rate and quality.
@ yea that’s EXACTLY what I was thinking! Two amazing machines for the price of one and gives me so much versatility for everything from media to work. Also a plus is the mini is so much better as far desk aesthetic goes as well!
UPDATE : Got the base Mac Mini, docking station with an extra 1tb of storage built in, benq 32 inch monitor for Mac and an iPad Pro 13’ with Keyboard. All of this combined was less than my 16’ MacBook pro and gives me everything I need! Sometimes LESS is WAY MORE!
I'm doing the iPad as my desktop experiment right now since I just got the M4 iPad Pro. Like you said, there is always this one little task that you could easily do on the Mac that the iPad falls short on. But for the things that I do on the iPad, even with the workflow tweaks that I've had to do, I enjoy doing them so much on this device I'm actually willing to deal with the sacrifices...or in my case, have my older MacBook Air (or perhaps a Mac Mini) on deck as a backup machine. The good news is that being able to easily slide over my mouse and keyboard to the MacBook Air when I do need it comes in clutch.
This issue could easily be resolved if Apple allowed iPads to function as displays for Mac Minis. Imagine having a fully capable, lightweight 0.5 kg computer in your bag, using the iPad as both the screen and input device for laptop-like tasks. Unfortunately, after researching, I found that iPads don’t support being used as external monitors, nor can their keyboard and trackpad be utilized in this way. It’s a missed opportunity that could bridge the gap between portability and productivity.
Not helpful at all. Can i use Logic Pro with my fingers on the iPad then? No. I know...there is Logic Pro for iPad....missing half of the functionality that are crucial...
You can use iPad as a external monitor! It’s a a little convoluted but if you get a usb c capture card and download an app like Orion you can hook anything up to it that is hdmi. I use mine for gaming etc and if you get a good quality capture card latency is almost non existent.
@@Jorda5s I guess i have specific needs. I want the full Mac version of Logic Pro on the iPad without dongles. I want to use it on the couch on a touch surface with my fingers.
@@jamesnyers1721 Obviously, if you need a mouse and keyboard, there's nothing stopping you from using them. The same applies to computers in general. The point you missed is that the goal is to access computer functionalities using a Mac Mini and iPad, not to replace your entire desk setup. You can still use the Mac Mini as part of your desk setup when you're home.
long story short: 10 years later then answer is still the same: NO! For your setup i do something similar but (imo) better: you can use a mac studio or even hide a new mac mini mounted on the display, it fixes all the cable situation, and THEN with universal control you wirelessly use ipads macbooks etc its amazing
I often feel like these things miss the point for some of us. As someone who has a corporate job, with a Thinkpad for my “work” work, the iPad gives me a second personal device I can carry around and get all those other things done that I need to run my life. I have a single docking station set up in my office, my Thinkpad uses it most of the time, but if I need the big screen for personal stuff I can plug my iPad in and now it just goes. I just got back from a work trip, and being able to throw my laptop in my bag and have a fully capable second device which isn’t a full size laptop (I use the 11” iPad Pro) is just wonderful. And Microsoft InTune has gotten good enough at sandboxing work items if I do need to use my iPad for work that I don’t worry about my personal life being compromised either any more, it’s great. Sure, you can’t use it for an entire business, but for most folks who are already given a computer for business uses, as an “everything else” device the flexibility is now incredible, I love it for that. I tell the other IT guys that I no longer own a personal PC or Mac, and it kind of blows their minds a little, but it works.
It’s no longer even necessary to try though. Traded my 2018 iPad Pro and M1 MacBook Air in on a new M4 iPad Pro 13” and a Mac mini and it’s the perfect combo, and it all cost less than one MacBook Pro. this is the way. In fact if the new iPad Air had the better new Magic Keyboard i could get by with it instead of the pro.
An iPad only scenario would be ideal to me. Very versatile, but it misses on the SW side. Mostly on 3rd party apps -- like banking -- that works best on a laptop. I enjoy the adaptable nature of the iPad with a keyboard + pencil and it would be great if I could drop the laptop altogether when traveling.
Every bank and credit card company I do business with has a mobile app. They all work fine on iPad. At this point I’d switch banks if I somehow found one with no mobile app.
I’m a photographer and I just picked up a 2nd MacBook Pro (there are 2 of us) for my business. We have an iPad Pro (M2) but it mostly gets used for simple things that we don’t even need the M2 horsepower to do. I still find it easier to pull photos and videos off an SD card straight into Dropbox, via Mac, for my editor to grab. Maybe I can do that on the iPad but I just don’t because I love the SD card slot on the Mac. I use my iPad mini way more than the 12.9” iPad Pro. I also have the Apple Studio display but I never use it for the iPad. Additionally on the rare occasion I need to edit video it again seems quicker to pull it into Final Cut on the Mac than using Final Cut on the iPad. When Final Cut first came out for iPad I thought using the Pencil would be revolutionary but after a couple of video edits I went back to the Mac. I’m not sure what “Pros” are using the iPad instead of a Mac.
iPad Pro and Mac mini might be the best of both worlds. We just need Apple to create a 1st part remote Mac application or feature so i can be away and remote onto my mac.
@Dailytekk ,I think, in general, the iPads screen has a yellowish green tint to it . I believe , if something is white or gray, it’s supposed to look tint free . I corrected that by going into Accessibility/ Display and Text size/Color filters /Color Tint and adjusted the intensity almost 85-90% to the left and Hue possibly 85% to the right . I did this on my Mackbook Pro M1, iPad Pro and 16 Pro Max to make the Settings page look a white as possible , without too much of a magenta or blue hue .
I'm thinking of upgrading from a 2020 MacBook, (last version with intel) to a 2024 iPad Pro 11... It's not my work computer, so I think it should do everything I need to do
Wish I could go iPad only but would never be able to happen due to the need for Mamp Pro (localhost software) to test changes to my website before moving them to the live site. I'm happy FCP finally has external drive support on iPad, but the lack of localhost software is what stops me from going iPad only and it seems that will NEVER be fixed due to lack of true file system.
It’s more than the file system. iPadOS can’t run a web server, PHP, MySQL. Easily solved by putting your staging environment alongside the live site, on the same server/cloud instance or a $5/mo low end instance. Big advantage to staging and testing in the exact same environment as live/production.
Well said, Chris, and mirrors my ‘professional’ experience as well - although in a different industry: I’m a HW engineer and Executive at a startup. The iPad apps of even Excel and Keynote are severely constrained, either with inefficient workflow and/or some features totally missing. Combine that with frustrating limitations with the OS/file-management/etc and I’m less than 50% usable on my 13” M4 iPad Pro. So, if I’m headed off-site, at a coffee shop, etc, I can’t *just* use my iPad. So, if I want to take it for sketchingote taking then I have to just carry two devices with me. Only saving grace is that the 13” iPad is a *killer* 2nd monitor at a coffee shop when I need the extra real estate, or share a presentation with an investor, vendor or customer. But, otherwise… Why, Apple, why… 😢
Nice to see an honest take that avoids fan-boyism. Good report. The little nits are very painful, but I find the iPad is great for some very specific workflows that, if you do them enough, make it an invaluable part of your toolbox. It’s actually the best email processor I own, by far.
Cool insight re: Mail. Do you Apple Mail, or another email client (Superhuman, etc…)? I kinda agree, but sometimes iPad Apple Mail bugs me… on the lookout for better Mail app…
I have a question for you... as much as I've seen you create iPad focused content. If you decided to go Mac-only, how would those percentages change? You seem to rely on the iPad for creativity and brainstorming... are there certain criteria placed on different aspects of your workflow. For example... creativity and brainstorming are likely the most important part of creating content, so would you place a higher percentage on that?
Seriously wanting to do an upgrade. I am currently on a 2019 iMac intel i9. -Was originally thinking of getting a 16inch MacBook Pro M4 Max 16 Core w 128GB unified memory and 1 TB storage. -The other option is a M4 Pro chip w 14‑core Mac mini w 64GB unified memory 1TB SSD and 13-inch iPad Pro Wi‑Fi + Cellular 1TB. The close for these two together would not cost too much more than the MacBook Pro alone.
Thing I would like to see on iPad: -Seond USB. The front facing camera has been moved. One on each end, not only gives one more USB, but also options so not everything is coming out of one end. -More robust integration between iPad and MacOs. --I know I would love the touch first way of editing on iPad, The click wheel for precision seems killer (Ive never been a fan of keyboard shortcuts, its just not the way I function). I can easily see further functionality for the Apple Pencil Pro using the roll function, the squeeze and double tap - Imagin being able to customize these. Perhaps one is a "right-click" bring up types of cuts, the other is to perform the cut, and a roll would be frame by frame precision. I am imagining FCP on iPad in this way in the near future. -Extension of Mac. I am imagining the iPad optionally being used as tool for editing, other than the ending app itself. Example would be Editing controls on the iPad where you can take advantage of "hands on editing" and make more fluid cuts and navigation, on the iPad but have the main windows up on your desktop. Perhaps swapping edit screens onto the iPad when animating, drawing etc, or any other controls that make it more fluid and interstice to edit with your hands and touch.
I am lucky. I use my iPad for everything. I am creating documents in Pages & spreadsheets in Numbers. Then of course, there is email & websites- so my needs are simple.
Oddly enough I find that my iPad Pro (M4) beats my MacBook for plain old office work- my employer has banned the use of Teams and other Microsoft apps on a personal laptop, but iPads qualify as mobile devices and are exempt from this ban. This means that I can easily switch across Onedrive accounts with a single tap and use the official iPad apps rather than the crippled web versions on the Mac. Apart from that, using Blink allows me to code on my VPS with Visual studio, and (working in science) reviewing papers is much better on the iPad with the pencil. Working Copy allows me to clone and work with git repositories. I also find my creativity is boosted on the iPad, and my students love my classes when I draw stuff in Keynote. Bad things include the clumsy file system and the incomprehensible associations of applications with data types (even opening a Word document does not put Word in the list of potential applications….). Mixed bag but for me it works in like 80% of the time.
I went ipad mainly with the ipad 4 and went ipad only with the first ipad air. The main thing I HATED was that Pages was so hard to navigate and it was missing (or had way too many clicks) to get to some features that are on the desktop. The main reason I left the iPad only life was because I was doing more graphics work at my job. (This was before you could use a mouse with the ipad) I might go back iPad MAINLY one day.
You may already know this, but I plugged my iPad or Mac into a Caldigit TS3 Plus (TS4 works also) and then the LG Ultrafine 5K. Worked perfectly! I assume the Studio Display would also.
For photo editing do you recommend the iPad over the MacBook? I'm torn on what to buy. Input with the pencil seems like a better choice than a mouse? Sucks that MacBooks don't have touch screens!
When they can have ipad running macos, maybe. But as it stands now having two os's (though somewhat similar) make it a no go. On top of that of that (at least to me) pricing is still kind of out of whack for what u get.
look at WD Black Dock, i picked up a empty one cheep, put my own nvme in it, and i use with ipad pro, very small dock, multi use, with rgb. about size mac mini, or smaller?
What I need is the ability to click on a file and open it in something other than the default. I click on word file and can’t open it in pages. I have to open pages first, find the file to do that. Every other OS. Let’s me right click to do that
ipados18 was a big disappointment in the file app and files management I think I really thought they would have something I could bounce back and forth from my m3mbmax and 13 inch m4 ipad pro, but not so far, not even close
You can do something similar. Just use the share button to share with another app. I do it all the time. It's no more complicated than how you do it on the Mac. It's just different.
Love my iPad and use it for my day job and for browsing and content consumption, but I like multiple screens and being able to stream multiple things at the same time. Also don't care for the photo/video editing experience. For those, my MBP is superior.
I know LumaFusion works great with a second monitor. Curious you showing people comparisons between new Final Cut update, LumaFusion and davinci resolve.
Would love your feed back and any help or corrections to misunderstandings I have please. I was super bummed with the new ipados update. I really thought finally apple would bring it closer to mac os, they should after so many years allow us to create a folder on the desktop and use it but maybe I am missing something plus when you connect a drive it should pop up on the desktop or oprn a files manager window. Thats a huge disappointment. Late last year I bought a loaded m3max macbook and a really optioned out m1 mb pro becuase I was in school for Full Stack Web Dev and it is a pain to get vscode working on the ipad pro. I thought this might be a really compact and lightweight option to grabbing a macbook for quick edits at a coffee shop. And I got all the bells and whistles, I spent an extra $1000 to go from the 8gb to 16gb and 256gb to 1tb only to find a 13% difference in performance and what apple doesnt tell you is that if you get less than the 16gb/1tb option you get a binned chip. So I was a little ticked off when I spent over $2500 and it still isn't really doing all it could. There should be two thunderbolt ports or at least 1 usb3 and tb4 port. And if I was to do it again I would skip the apple keyboard and go right to apples magic keyboard and mouse and integrate that into the touch screen use. Yes they did improve allot hardware and software but by the time you add the magic keyboard the size and weight brings us into the m4 mb air range., Also I learned two other things. When I went to buy the mackboo max I got it pretty loaded at first, Then I sawa week after I ordered it that apple is really not beig so transparent in what they sell anymore. The base model has a quater of the m3 chip (binned), two tb4 ports, a bus speed of 150mhz (below most laptops 200mhz at a much cheaper price point) and if you go up to the better mackbook pro you get 1/3 the m3 chip (still binned) three ports and a 200mhz bus speed but if you go up over $4,000 (was spending $3700 at first with the slower bus speed and 1/2 the m3 chip) you get the unbinned m3 chip, three tb4 ports, an extra contorller and 400mhz bus speed. So I upgraded the extra $400. I really believe apple is playing this out two sell two devices. An artist or sales consultant etc might be more inclined to the Ipad or ipad pro, and an engineer or high use user a macbook pro. But the devices if intergrated so that you could pick either one up and basically use the apps and operating system without much difference would sell allot more of both. I think apple is afraid the ipad will canabalize the macbook prosales and thats why they do this. And the file structure and management system is the key to everything on a computer. It doesnt matter how fast, efficient etc if you cant very easily access your files. And I have been with apple since day one. Mac OS is the bomb, ipadOS is a disappoinmtnet at this stage and ios does what it does very well. And I wont be upgrading mym3max until 2026 becuase with oled coming tp mbp and the huge upgrade in the m4 performance all around the board, I really think by 2026 they will really have rounded out all the rough edges with ai and hardware, right now they are rushing to stay one step ahead of everyone else, and the m4 is extremely impressive, and yes they could have had that technology in the m3 chips but sales are sales.
I'm sorry but all I could hear in this video is the first minute: "this set up costs $3000 and I can do 70% of what a computer does plus I can put windows ALMOST anywhere I want" Apple needs to stop trying to make the iPad happen. It is never gonna happen. And also can they please leave macOS alone. Let us install unsigned apps
I like the iPad as a tablet so much, even with keyboard and mouse. I have M2 iPad Air. I'm a programmer, so no much luck doing that on it. But I love the iPad as a light-weight instant device for doing my other productivity and content stuff. It's perfect with a keyboard and mouse using the iPad itself. I tried once to get some stuff done on a display when my Mac was not available. It was a horrible experience. I did not like it. Stage Manager is very weird. I don't use it on the iPad display. Even on an external display, I could not cope with it. It just does not work for me.
Also I have had just about every dock you can think of, even the ivanky which is pretty pricey, the acasis is the best I have used and the omly one that really has no glitches using all the features heavily. And it is a pretty good deal but tb4 is really important for me. I had a 55gb nikon raw files I was transfering the other day (I still photograph weddings and portraits for fun even though I am shifting to webDev) and my tb4 externals (acasis, zeke, hyperdrive, graulab and quizlab are blazing(quizlab the the coolest by far and just by a smide the fastest (3800mps)) but mt sandisk pros, crucicals and other took approx 15 minutes to transfer where as the tb4 externals took 20 seconds, crazy fast. Yes they are expensive but well wort it, but make sure you do your homework, the zeke and hyperdirve get hot but the acasis with the fan and especially the quizlab(no fan and the coolest) run really cooland no fear of them over heating and ruining a $350-400 nvme stick
I love the iPad and I wish I could use it 100%. But sadly every time I connect to it my monitor it shows the green screen after 5 minutes max. Then I have to unplug and plug in again, and that just continues. Anyone know a solution? 😢
Thanks for the video. I use an iPad Pro 13” exclusively for software development, system admin, documents, files, spreadsheets. Works great for me. Not everyone makes videos and needs a big monitor, editing software, external drives. Whether an iPad-only setup works depends on what you need to do and if you put the (minor) effort into adapting rather than complaining that iPadOS isn’t MacOS.
You can spend $ in all kinds of accesories, but as long as the OS remains iPadOS the iPad will always be a complementary device and not a fully capable one for professional work. It all depends on Cupertino top management's decision.
I have been using this exact same setup (M4 13 inch pro with studio display) for around 5 months now as my only “computer”. I am a digital artist so having a drawing tablet is a priority…but with the Magic Keyboard, it handles any kind of editing or media needs I need. There are a few hang ups and work arounds that come with working on iPads…but for my needs, i could easily get by with this setup.
I just bought the M4 iPad Pro a couple of weeks ago and it’s almost there. I want it to work sooo bad. I rely on Microsoft apps too much and they’re just not up to the speed that I need them to be. 😢
@ yeah I get it. I guess you just kind of have to let iPads be iPads sometimes lol. They are slowly getting there. They will never truly be the All in one tablet/laptop solution. Simply because Apple cant have them cutting into MacBooks profits. I can get by with it because I dont rely on any Microsoft applications or heavy workflows. It’s just frustrating having the M4 iPad Pro be as ridiculously powerful as it is…just to become bottlenecked by its software limitations.
A lost of the comments are the same as mine. I’m iPad only EXCEPT for dang near anything Microsoft related. Then I remote into my M3 MacBook Air (still annoying).
I love Apple products! I do genealogy and the iPad has been a game charger in that I have gone paperless! I use the Apple Pencil and the Magic Keyboard. Now if I could switch out my Windows laptop for a Mac book, my genealogy world would be fabulous🎉🎉🎉😊 love your videos too!
Apple has had opportunities to unleash the power within the iPad, but here we are with an M4 chip, OLED display and unfortunately iPad OS. I'm tired of hoping and wishing that this is the year Apple will finally improve the iPad. Apple hasn't and won't. The iPad Mini does nearly the same things the pros can do. iPads are just a companion device or a niche use case device and not a full computer device.
I would love to go iPad only, but I do at least 50% of my work in Notion, and it frustrates me beyond belief that a lot of the functionality in Notion that is available on my MacBook is not available on the iPad version even though my M4 iPad has considerably more computing power than my old MacBook Air M1
That's true. Notion mobile app sucks a lot.
Right! I’ve asked them to improve the iPad experience but they continue to neglect it.
Is unfortunately developer oversight rather than something apple can solve. If more ppl start replacing laptops with ipads that can change
Or if more people start using Apple native apps instead of Notion as they are getting loaded with new features it might invigorate Notion devs to look deeper into iOS experience. So many iOS apps these days are unfortunately just glorified web views.
Thinking of returning my M4 MacBook Pro for a M4 Mac Mini and iPad Pro 13’. I’m thinking I can get two beasts for the price of one. I will have a desk setup as well as something portable. Also, I have a Mac Studio display. Thoughts? My workload can easily be done off the mini and iPad Pro FYI nothing intensive enough where I would need more power.
I think it is the best. Personally i would go for the 11 inch.
But iPad can handle everything light. (Media consumption gaming, note taking, beginning and starting projects (editing videos, swift coding, etc) but then at home you sit down and do the heavy lifting on the Mac mini. And a bonus you got yourself a 2nd touch screen monitor with high refresh rate and quality.
@ yea that’s EXACTLY what I was thinking! Two amazing machines for the price of one and gives me so much versatility for everything from media to work. Also a plus is the mini is so much better as far desk aesthetic goes as well!
I have that setup. Love it❤️
UPDATE : Got the base Mac Mini, docking station with an extra 1tb of storage built in, benq 32 inch monitor for Mac and an iPad Pro 13’ with Keyboard. All of this combined was less than my 16’ MacBook pro and gives me everything I need! Sometimes LESS is WAY MORE!
I'm doing the iPad as my desktop experiment right now since I just got the M4 iPad Pro. Like you said, there is always this one little task that you could easily do on the Mac that the iPad falls short on. But for the things that I do on the iPad, even with the workflow tweaks that I've had to do, I enjoy doing them so much on this device I'm actually willing to deal with the sacrifices...or in my case, have my older MacBook Air (or perhaps a Mac Mini) on deck as a backup machine. The good news is that being able to easily slide over my mouse and keyboard to the MacBook Air when I do need it comes in clutch.
Finally!! Dude i was scouring RUclips for a recent video for this all week! Thanks so much
This issue could easily be resolved if Apple allowed iPads to function as displays for Mac Minis. Imagine having a fully capable, lightweight 0.5 kg computer in your bag, using the iPad as both the screen and input device for laptop-like tasks. Unfortunately, after researching, I found that iPads don’t support being used as external monitors, nor can their keyboard and trackpad be utilized in this way. It’s a missed opportunity that could bridge the gap between portability and productivity.
Search iPad as a monitor hot the Mac mini. It can be done.
Not helpful at all. Can i use Logic Pro with my fingers on the iPad then? No. I know...there is Logic Pro for iPad....missing half of the functionality that are crucial...
You can use iPad as a external monitor! It’s a a little convoluted but if you get a usb c capture card and download an app like Orion you can hook anything up to it that is hdmi. I use mine for gaming etc and if you get a good quality capture card latency is almost non existent.
@@Jorda5s I guess i have specific needs. I want the full Mac version of Logic Pro on the iPad without dongles. I want to use it on the couch on a touch surface with my fingers.
@@jamesnyers1721 Obviously, if you need a mouse and keyboard, there's nothing stopping you from using them. The same applies to computers in general. The point you missed is that the goal is to access computer functionalities using a Mac Mini and iPad, not to replace your entire desk setup. You can still use the Mac Mini as part of your desk setup when you're home.
Still frustrated on how lackluster file management is and desktop only websites sometimes find work on iPad 😪
long story short: 10 years later then answer is still the same: NO!
For your setup i do something similar but (imo) better: you can use a mac studio or even hide a new mac mini mounted on the display, it fixes all the cable situation, and THEN with universal control you wirelessly use ipads macbooks etc its amazing
I often feel like these things miss the point for some of us. As someone who has a corporate job, with a Thinkpad for my “work” work, the iPad gives me a second personal device I can carry around and get all those other things done that I need to run my life. I have a single docking station set up in my office, my Thinkpad uses it most of the time, but if I need the big screen for personal stuff I can plug my iPad in and now it just goes. I just got back from a work trip, and being able to throw my laptop in my bag and have a fully capable second device which isn’t a full size laptop (I use the 11” iPad Pro) is just wonderful. And Microsoft InTune has gotten good enough at sandboxing work items if I do need to use my iPad for work that I don’t worry about my personal life being compromised either any more, it’s great.
Sure, you can’t use it for an entire business, but for most folks who are already given a computer for business uses, as an “everything else” device the flexibility is now incredible, I love it for that. I tell the other IT guys that I no longer own a personal PC or Mac, and it kind of blows their minds a little, but it works.
I’ve been iPad Pro only now for a couple years and absolutely love it.
You working with onedrive? Or ms office? Sonce i still cant work with it, and ipad file manager still suck
@ zero MS products are used. I have no issues with Files and use iCloud and Dropbox heavily. I use a combo of Google Sheets and Apple Pages Numbers.
Me too. No complaints. I easily adapted to what the iPad can do and does best rather than moaning about how it isn’t a Mac.
Do you have any web sites requiring desktop browsers that don’t properly display?
@ have not encountered any yet. I just changed the Safari settings to always request the desktop version rather than the mobile version.
It’s no longer even necessary to try though. Traded my 2018 iPad Pro and M1 MacBook Air in on a new M4 iPad Pro 13” and a Mac mini and it’s the perfect combo, and it all cost less than one MacBook Pro. this is the way. In fact if the new iPad Air had the better new Magic Keyboard i could get by with it instead of the pro.
An iPad only scenario would be ideal to me. Very versatile, but it misses on the SW side. Mostly on 3rd party apps -- like banking -- that works best on a laptop. I enjoy the adaptable nature of the iPad with a keyboard + pencil and it would be great if I could drop the laptop altogether when traveling.
Every bank and credit card company I do business with has a mobile app. They all work fine on iPad. At this point I’d switch banks if I somehow found one with no mobile app.
I’m a photographer and I just picked up a 2nd MacBook Pro (there are 2 of us) for my business. We have an iPad Pro (M2) but it mostly gets used for simple things that we don’t even need the M2 horsepower to do. I still find it easier to pull photos and videos off an SD card straight into Dropbox, via Mac, for my editor to grab. Maybe I can do that on the iPad but I just don’t because I love the SD card slot on the Mac. I use my iPad mini way more than the 12.9” iPad Pro. I also have the Apple Studio display but I never use it for the iPad. Additionally on the rare occasion I need to edit video it again seems quicker to pull it into Final Cut on the Mac than using Final Cut on the iPad. When Final Cut first came out for iPad I thought using the Pencil would be revolutionary but after a couple of video edits I went back to the Mac. I’m not sure what “Pros” are using the iPad instead of a Mac.
iPad Pro and Mac mini might be the best of both worlds.
We just need Apple to create a 1st part remote Mac application or feature so i can be away and remote onto my mac.
Have you tried Davinci Resolve with this setup?
It allows second screen at Full Screen when I edit in this layout😃
The biggest pity of this build is that the ipad pro cant output 120hz on the monitor. I just can't work with 60hz anymore.
Do you have to buy a monitor that works on 120 Hz which is gonna be kind of expensive.
Its so disappointing that the display they sell for over £1000 does not support 120hz
It’s not because of the display. iPad pros can’t output 4K 120hz. Even if you use the best monitors you can’t do that
@Dailytekk ,I think, in general, the iPads screen has a yellowish green tint to it . I believe , if something is white or gray, it’s supposed to look tint free . I corrected that by going into Accessibility/ Display and Text size/Color filters /Color Tint and adjusted the intensity almost 85-90% to the left and Hue possibly 85% to the right . I did this on my Mackbook Pro M1, iPad Pro and 16 Pro Max to make the Settings page look a white as possible , without too much of a magenta or blue hue .
I'm thinking of upgrading from a 2020 MacBook, (last version with intel) to a 2024 iPad Pro 11... It's not my work computer, so I think it should do everything I need to do
Wish I could go iPad only but would never be able to happen due to the need for Mamp Pro (localhost software) to test changes to my website before moving them to the live site. I'm happy FCP finally has external drive support on iPad, but the lack of localhost software is what stops me from going iPad only and it seems that will NEVER be fixed due to lack of true file system.
It’s more than the file system. iPadOS can’t run a web server, PHP, MySQL.
Easily solved by putting your staging environment alongside the live site, on the same server/cloud instance or a $5/mo low end instance. Big advantage to staging and testing in the exact same environment as live/production.
Well said, Chris, and mirrors my ‘professional’ experience as well - although in a different industry: I’m a HW engineer and Executive at a startup. The iPad apps of even Excel and Keynote are severely constrained, either with inefficient workflow and/or some features totally missing. Combine that with frustrating limitations with the OS/file-management/etc and I’m less than 50% usable on my 13” M4 iPad Pro. So, if I’m headed off-site, at a coffee shop, etc, I can’t *just* use my iPad. So, if I want to take it for sketchingote taking then I have to just carry two devices with me. Only saving grace is that the 13” iPad is a *killer* 2nd monitor at a coffee shop when I need the extra real estate, or share a presentation with an investor, vendor or customer. But, otherwise… Why, Apple, why… 😢
Nice to see an honest take that avoids fan-boyism. Good report. The little nits are very painful, but I find the iPad is great for some very specific workflows that, if you do them enough, make it an invaluable part of your toolbox. It’s actually the best email processor I own, by far.
Cool insight re: Mail. Do you Apple Mail, or another email client (Superhuman, etc…)? I kinda agree, but sometimes iPad Apple Mail bugs me… on the lookout for better Mail app…
@@jdtransformation Gmail actually. Superhuman would probably also be great.
I have a question for you... as much as I've seen you create iPad focused content. If you decided to go Mac-only, how would those percentages change? You seem to rely on the iPad for creativity and brainstorming... are there certain criteria placed on different aspects of your workflow. For example... creativity and brainstorming are likely the most important part of creating content, so would you place a higher percentage on that?
I’ll answer this on Dailytekk 2 soon… thanks for the great question
Yeah same thing for DaVinci resolve scales to the middle of the screen with a nice monitor that being said lumifusion scales to the entire screen
Seriously wanting to do an upgrade. I am currently on a 2019 iMac intel i9.
-Was originally thinking of getting a 16inch MacBook Pro M4 Max 16 Core w 128GB unified memory and 1 TB storage.
-The other option is a M4 Pro chip w 14‑core Mac mini w 64GB unified memory 1TB SSD
and 13-inch iPad Pro Wi‑Fi + Cellular 1TB. The close for these two together would not cost too much more than the MacBook Pro alone.
Thing I would like to see on iPad:
-Seond USB. The front facing camera has been moved. One on each end, not only gives one more USB, but also options so not everything is coming out of one end.
-More robust integration between iPad and MacOs.
--I know I would love the touch first way of editing on iPad, The click wheel for precision seems killer (Ive never been a fan of keyboard shortcuts, its just not the way I function). I can easily see further functionality for the Apple Pencil Pro using the roll function, the squeeze and double tap - Imagin being able to customize these. Perhaps one is a "right-click" bring up types of cuts, the other is to perform the cut, and a roll would be frame by frame precision. I am imagining FCP on iPad in this way in the near future.
-Extension of Mac. I am imagining the iPad optionally being used as tool for editing, other than the ending app itself. Example would be Editing controls on the iPad where you can take advantage of "hands on editing" and make more fluid cuts and navigation, on the iPad but have the main windows up on your desktop. Perhaps swapping edit screens onto the iPad when animating, drawing etc, or any other controls that make it more fluid and interstice to edit with your hands and touch.
I am lucky. I use my iPad for everything. I am creating documents in Pages & spreadsheets in Numbers. Then of course, there is email & websites- so my needs are simple.
Oddly enough I find that my iPad Pro (M4) beats my MacBook for plain old office work- my employer has banned the use of Teams and other Microsoft apps on a personal laptop, but iPads qualify as mobile devices and are exempt from this ban. This means that I can easily switch across Onedrive accounts with a single tap and use the official iPad apps rather than the crippled web versions on the Mac. Apart from that, using Blink allows me to code on my VPS with Visual studio, and (working in science) reviewing papers is much better on the iPad with the pencil. Working Copy allows me to clone and work with git repositories. I also find my creativity is boosted on the iPad, and my students love my classes when I draw stuff in Keynote. Bad things include the clumsy file system and the incomprehensible associations of applications with data types (even opening a Word document does not put Word in the list of potential applications….).
Mixed bag but for me it works in like 80% of the time.
I went ipad mainly with the ipad 4 and went ipad only with the first ipad air. The main thing I HATED was that Pages was so hard to navigate and it was missing (or had way too many clicks) to get to some features that are on the desktop. The main reason I left the iPad only life was because I was doing more graphics work at my job. (This was before you could use a mouse with the ipad) I might go back iPad MAINLY one day.
You may already know this, but I plugged my iPad or Mac into a Caldigit TS3 Plus (TS4 works also) and then the LG Ultrafine 5K. Worked perfectly! I assume the Studio Display would also.
Really wonder why you can’t use picture in picture when in the camera app.
I don't really have the need to make it my only device. I am happy with it being a supercharged tablet.
For photo editing do you recommend the iPad over the MacBook? I'm torn on what to buy. Input with the pencil seems like a better choice than a mouse? Sucks that MacBooks don't have touch screens!
Tough one. Personal preference I’d say. There’s something about manipulating “directly” with the touch first/pencil…
What storage option did you get for the ipad?
When they can have ipad running macos, maybe. But as it stands now having two os's (though somewhat similar) make it a no go. On top of that of that (at least to me) pricing is still kind of out of whack for what u get.
If you want to get a desktop replacement, get a Samsung Tab S10.
look at WD Black Dock, i picked up a empty one cheep, put my own nvme in it, and i use with ipad pro, very small dock, multi use, with rgb. about size mac mini, or smaller?
What I need is the ability to click on a file and open it in something other than the default. I click on word file and can’t open it in pages. I have to open pages first, find the file to do that. Every other OS. Let’s me right click to do that
ipados18 was a big disappointment in the file app and files management I think I really thought they would have something I could bounce back and forth from my m3mbmax and 13 inch m4 ipad pro, but not so far, not even close
@@rolandsilvajr1 improving file management would allow people to use their mac workflows on ipad - its a key area for improvement
You can do something similar. Just use the share button to share with another app. I do it all the time. It's no more complicated than how you do it on the Mac. It's just different.
@@ipersuade thanks - things like this need to be made more obvious
I use my iPad for editing pictures on the go, and watching movies on the go.
Love my iPad and use it for my day job and for browsing and content consumption, but I like multiple screens and being able to stream multiple things at the same time. Also don't care for the photo/video editing experience. For those, my MBP is superior.
Is 256gb enough 😮
Do you know if you can have two 2️⃣ monitors on those that would be cool
I know LumaFusion works great with a second monitor. Curious you showing people comparisons between new Final Cut update, LumaFusion and davinci resolve.
iPadOS 18 introduced some weird bugs for me with an external monitor. Hopefully they get ironed out.
Would love your feed back and any help or corrections to misunderstandings I have please. I was super bummed with the new ipados update. I really thought finally apple would bring it closer to mac os, they should after so many years allow us to create a folder on the desktop and use it but maybe I am missing something plus when you connect a drive it should pop up on the desktop or oprn a files manager window. Thats a huge disappointment. Late last year I bought a loaded m3max macbook and a really optioned out m1 mb pro becuase I was in school for Full Stack Web Dev and it is a pain to get vscode working on the ipad pro. I thought this might be a really compact and lightweight option to grabbing a macbook for quick edits at a coffee shop. And I got all the bells and whistles, I spent an extra $1000 to go from the 8gb to 16gb and 256gb to 1tb only to find a 13% difference in performance and what apple doesnt tell you is that if you get less than the 16gb/1tb option you get a binned chip. So I was a little ticked off when I spent over $2500 and it still isn't really doing all it could. There should be two thunderbolt ports or at least 1 usb3 and tb4 port. And if I was to do it again I would skip the apple keyboard and go right to apples magic keyboard and mouse and integrate that into the touch screen use. Yes they did improve allot hardware and software but by the time you add the magic keyboard the size and weight brings us into the m4 mb air range., Also I learned two other things. When I went to buy the mackboo max I got it pretty loaded at first, Then I sawa week after I ordered it that apple is really not beig so transparent in what they sell anymore. The base model has a quater of the m3 chip (binned), two tb4 ports, a bus speed of 150mhz (below most laptops 200mhz at a much cheaper price point) and if you go up to the better mackbook pro you get 1/3 the m3 chip (still binned) three ports and a 200mhz bus speed but if you go up over $4,000 (was spending $3700 at first with the slower bus speed and 1/2 the m3 chip) you get the unbinned m3 chip, three tb4 ports, an extra contorller and 400mhz bus speed. So I upgraded the extra $400. I really believe apple is playing this out two sell two devices. An artist or sales consultant etc might be more inclined to the Ipad or ipad pro, and an engineer or high use user a macbook pro. But the devices if intergrated so that you could pick either one up and basically use the apps and operating system without much difference would sell allot more of both. I think apple is afraid the ipad will canabalize the macbook prosales and thats why they do this. And the file structure and management system is the key to everything on a computer. It doesnt matter how fast, efficient etc if you cant very easily access your files. And I have been with apple since day one. Mac OS is the bomb, ipadOS is a disappoinmtnet at this stage and ios does what it does very well. And I wont be upgrading mym3max until 2026 becuase with oled coming tp mbp and the huge upgrade in the m4 performance all around the board, I really think by 2026 they will really have rounded out all the rough edges with ai and hardware, right now they are rushing to stay one step ahead of everyone else, and the m4 is extremely impressive, and yes they could have had that technology in the m3 chips but sales are sales.
Link for the wall shelf ?
Grovemade
I'm sorry but all I could hear in this video is the first minute: "this set up costs $3000 and I can do 70% of what a computer does plus I can put windows ALMOST anywhere I want"
Apple needs to stop trying to make the iPad happen. It is never gonna happen. And also can they please leave macOS alone. Let us install unsigned apps
What tube light is in video???
Neewer
I like the iPad as a tablet so much, even with keyboard and mouse. I have M2 iPad Air. I'm a programmer, so no much luck doing that on it. But I love the iPad as a light-weight instant device for doing my other productivity and content stuff. It's perfect with a keyboard and mouse using the iPad itself. I tried once to get some stuff done on a display when my Mac was not available. It was a horrible experience. I did not like it. Stage Manager is very weird. I don't use it on the iPad display. Even on an external display, I could not cope with it. It just does not work for me.
Also I have had just about every dock you can think of, even the ivanky which is pretty pricey, the acasis is the best I have used and the omly one that really has no glitches using all the features heavily. And it is a pretty good deal but tb4 is really important for me. I had a 55gb nikon raw files I was transfering the other day (I still photograph weddings and portraits for fun even though I am shifting to webDev) and my tb4 externals (acasis, zeke, hyperdrive, graulab and quizlab are blazing(quizlab the the coolest by far and just by a smide the fastest (3800mps)) but mt sandisk pros, crucicals and other took approx 15 minutes to transfer where as the tb4 externals took 20 seconds, crazy fast. Yes they are expensive but well wort it, but make sure you do your homework, the zeke and hyperdirve get hot but the acasis with the fan and especially the quizlab(no fan and the coolest) run really cooland no fear of them over heating and ruining a $350-400 nvme stick
Only what I need is Mainstage. The rest is fine for me.
So much port usage. There has to be a more simplified solution… maybe?
I want to be able to install a level desktop app on the iPad!
Does the M1 MacBook Air base model support Apple intelligence? Also I don’t see much of it online
Yes it does
I love the iPad and I wish I could use it 100%. But sadly every time I connect to it my monitor it shows the green screen after 5 minutes max. Then I have to unplug and plug in again, and that just continues. Anyone know a solution? 😢
Thanks for the video. I use an iPad Pro 13” exclusively for software development, system admin, documents, files, spreadsheets. Works great for me. Not everyone makes videos and needs a big monitor, editing software, external drives. Whether an iPad-only setup works depends on what you need to do and if you put the (minor) effort into adapting rather than complaining that iPadOS isn’t MacOS.
You can spend $ in all kinds of accesories, but as long as the OS remains iPadOS the iPad will always be a complementary device and not a fully capable one for professional work. It all depends on Cupertino top management's decision.
I have been using this exact same setup (M4 13 inch pro with studio display) for around 5 months now as my only “computer”. I am a digital artist so having a drawing tablet is a priority…but with the Magic Keyboard, it handles any kind of editing or media needs I need. There are a few hang ups and work arounds that come with working on iPads…but for my needs, i could easily get by with this setup.
I just bought the M4 iPad Pro a couple of weeks ago and it’s almost there. I want it to work sooo bad. I rely on Microsoft apps too much and they’re just not up to the speed that I need them to be. 😢
@ yeah I get it. I guess you just kind of have to let iPads be iPads sometimes lol. They are slowly getting there. They will never truly be the All in one tablet/laptop solution. Simply because Apple cant have them cutting into MacBooks profits. I can get by with it because I dont rely on any Microsoft applications or heavy workflows. It’s just frustrating having the M4 iPad Pro be as ridiculously powerful as it is…just to become bottlenecked by its software limitations.
A lost of the comments are the same as mine. I’m iPad only EXCEPT for dang near anything Microsoft related. Then I remote into my M3 MacBook Air (still annoying).
just get a thunderbolt 4 dock with 8K output...
6:54 : Sigma OS 😆🤣
I love Apple products! I do genealogy and the iPad has been a game charger in that I have gone paperless! I use the Apple Pencil and the Magic Keyboard. Now if I could switch out my Windows laptop for a Mac book, my genealogy world would be fabulous🎉🎉🎉😊 love your videos too!
Apple has had opportunities to unleash the power within the iPad, but here we are with an M4 chip, OLED display and unfortunately iPad OS. I'm tired of hoping and wishing that this is the year Apple will finally improve the iPad. Apple hasn't and won't. The iPad Mini does nearly the same things the pros can do. iPads are just a companion device or a niche use case device and not a full computer device.
Wont happen.
Boooooooo
Wondering why people don't understand that Apple won't make the iPad only comfortable due to profit😄
Bought and returned it within 1 week. Nope.