5/31/2023 0 Comments Blender ipad sidecarSo while the upgrade to iPadOS 16 is free, if I want the headline feature, I need to shell out for a new iPad. I strongly suspect this is just Apple wanting to sell more iPads. But given that macOS runs just fine on an A12Z chip, I’m sure that my A12X Bionic-powered iPad could cope with Stage Manager. (It did briefly occur to me that this ambiguous wording could be parsed as “Available on and ,” but no, it is limited to M1 iPad Pro models too.)Īpparently, the official reason for this is that the M1 has faster access to storage and that M1 iPads – like M1/M2 Macs – use RAM and SSD storage interchangeably when needed. While my 2018 12.9-inch iPad is compatible with iPadOS 16, the Stage Manager feature requires an M1 iPad.Īvailable on iPad Pro and iPad Air with the M1 chip BWyLl3L8Yh- James Thomson JBut my iPad isn’t compatible You can turn off the side bar of apps and the dock in Stage Manager Mode by long pressing on the Control Center icon. The sidebar of apps seemed a huge waste of space on the small screen of an iPad, but developer James Thomson showed that both this and the dock can be disabled. The window of the app users are working on is displayed prominently in the center, and other open apps and windows are arranged on the left-hand side in order of recency For the first time on iPad, users can create overlapping windows of different sizes in a single view, drag and drop windows from the side, or open apps from the Dock to create groups of apps for faster, more flexible multitasking. Stage Manager is an entirely new multitasking experience that automatically organizes apps and windows, making it quick and easy to switch between tasks. I’ve been calling for proper iPad multitasking for years now, with true windowed apps my number-one feature request.įrom yesterday’s demo, it looks like Stage Manager at least gets close enough to meeting that brief. For me, iPadOS was the most exciting announcement, and Stage Manager the standout feature.īut there’s a huge caveat in the small print for Stage Manager, which poses a big dilemma for me … Stage Manager is the feature I was waiting for It was a close-run thing in our poll, between iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and the MacBook Air.
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