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What is the difference between the new iPad Pro 2020 and the previous model

08/04/2020 by ALOK DAS

Apple unexpectedly unveiled the new iPad Pro. The company did not have time to update the line of professional tablets in 2019. Most likely, I brought to mind the work of the new sensor, which received the name LiDAR.
In this article, we compare the new line with 11 and 12.9-inch models to the one that is instantly outdated. The latter was released at the end of 2018 and has been actively sold until today.
Display

Apple sets in the new iPad Pro models exactly the same screens that it used the year before last. She calls them Liquid Retina and ensures that no other mobile device on the market is so advanced.
The assortment, as before, has two options: a compact 11-inch model with a resolution of 2388 × 1668 and 12.9-inch for maximalists with a resolution of 2732 × 2048 pixels. In addition to screen sizes and dimensions of the case, there are traditionally no other differences in them. Even the density is the same, 264 pixels per inch.
The oleophobic layer, which prevents the excessive appearance of fingerprints, and lamination are still here. There is anti-reflective coating, which is intended for outdoor use. Nevertheless, it is difficult to say that for a comfortable work in direct sunlight there is enough brightness of 600 cd / m².

Of course, there is support for True Tone technology, which is better off when working on visual content. In place is ProMotion, which increases the screen refresh rate to 120 Hz. It would be nice if this feature appeared in the iPhone 12.
It’s good that the frames around the screen in the new iPad Pro have not done less. Then I would have to make a cutout for the TrueDepth front-facing camera module, which is useless here.
Design and dimensions

Externally, the iPad Pro 2020 is practically no different from professional Apple tablets released in 2018. The only exception is the main camera module, which received a couple of special stages. About them later.
The dimensions of the new tablets, in comparison with the old ones, have not changed. That is why many accessories that are already on the market for the iPad Pro 2020 will definitely work. For example, envelope covers from any material will definitely fit.
In terms of weight, the new iPad Pros are slightly heavier: from 3 to 10 grams, depending on the model. Nevertheless, this change is unlikely to be felt in real use. Here are the dimensions and weight of all 2020 and 2018 models.
2018 Models:
▪︎ 11-inch iPad Pro without a cellular module: 247.6 × 178.5 × 5.9 mm, 468 g
▪︎ 11-inch iPad Pro with honeycomb module: 247.6 × 178.5 × 5.9 mm, 468 g
▪︎ 12.9-inch iPad Pro without a cellular module: 280.6 × 214.9 × 5.9 mm, 631 g
▪︎ 12.9-inch iPad Pro with honeycomb module: 280.6 × 214.9 × 5.9 mm, 633 g
2020 models:
▪︎ 11-inch iPad Pro without a cellular module: 247.6 × 178.5 × 5.9 mm, 471 g
▪︎ 11-inch iPad Pro with honeycomb module: 247.6 × 178.5 × 5.9 mm, 473 g
▪︎ 12.9-inch iPad Pro without a cellular module: 280.6 × 214.9 × 5.9 mm, 641 g
▪︎ 12.9-inch iPad Pro with honeycomb module: 280.6 × 214.9 × 5.9 mm, 643 g
Performance

Before the official announcement of the iPad Pro 2020, we were 100% sure that it would receive an Apple A13x processor. In recent years, the company usually showed new tablets exactly after fresh smartphones, and their chips received the coveted index x, which spoke of an increase in performance.
However, something went wrong this year. The Apple A12x, which was used in the 2018 iPad Pro, was replaced by the Apple A12z. What else z ?! There was nothing like that in my memory. Moreover, the manufacturer himself does not explain what’s what.
The question remains, which is faster: Apple A13 from iPhone 11 or Apple A12z from iPad Pro 2020. Most likely, the latter loses to the first in speed, but wins in additional features.

As before, Apple claims that Apple A12z will give odds to many processors of modern laptops. Actually, today the company is positioning the iPad Pro as an alternative to a laptop, which is especially well suited for creative tasks.
Special attention deserves the 8-core graphics processor, which is sharpened for working with three-dimensional graphics. If you succeed in squeezing all the juices out of it, it is only with the help of augmented reality, on which Apple continues to bet.
Cameras

The main camera remained unchanged. This is a 12 megapixel wide-angle module with an aperture size of ƒ / 1.8. With it, you can take quite good pictures yourself. In terms of quality, this is all about the level of the iPhone XS.
However, in addition to the standard wide-angle, the iPad Pro 2020 also has an additional ultra-wide-angle camera. It is 10 megapixels and with an aperture size of ƒ / 2.4.
Until the device fell into our hands, it is difficult to say how high-quality this module will be. This is a new camera about which there is no information yet. The iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro use a 12-megapixel module with the same aperture size. He photographs so-so, especially in the evening.

From a distance, it seems that the new iPad Pro line is not a dual camera, but a triple camera. However, the third module is a brand new sensor called LiDAR. It is designed to measure the distance to the object with an accuracy of nanometer.
Apparently, this sensor will be actively used in augmented reality, for which Apple still has big plans. It will increase the accuracy of positioning virtual objects in real space. Most likely, the same will be with the iPhone 12.
Accessories

Like the old iPad Pro 2018, the new products work with the 2nd generation Apple Pencil. This is the actual stylus of the company, which is magnetized to the side of the tablet. A convenient thing, which is intended not only for artists, but also for all other users.
However, the new keyboard that connects to the iPad Pro with magnets and the Smart Connector interface on the back of the tablet is much more interesting. It is called Magic Keyboard and is equipped with a real trackpad.
The trackpad is needed to control the cursor, which becomes a full-fledged iPadOS control. It will appear on the screen as needed and disappear when there is no need for it.

What’s more interesting, the Magic Typeboard has a built-in USB Type-C port, which is useful for charging the tablet and connecting additional accessories to it. And a new keyboard can hold the mobile gadget on weight.
Judging by the data on the official Apple website, the old iPad Pro will not work with the new Magic Keyboard with a trackpad. Only Smart Keyboard Folio will remain available to them.
conclusions

In general, the new iPad Pro 2020 has two main innovations: an additional camera with a sensor for measuring the distance to objects, as well as a keyboard with a trackpad. Whether they are worthy of attention or not, it’s up to you.
Updating the 2018 iPad Pro with a new one doesn’t seem to make much sense. But if you are thinking about buying such a gadget, you need to take just the latest model.
Prices rose slightly. A basic 11-inch iPad Pro can be bought for 69,990 pyb. instead of 66,990 pyb., for which you can still find the old one. But the 12.9-inch model will cost 86,990 rubles. against 82 990 rub. for the year before last.

The last step to make the iPad Pro a real laptop replacement

08/04/2020 by ALOK DAS

Four months have passed unnoticed as I use the iPad Pro as a laptop replacement.
No, not like that. Periodically use – this is true. He never replaced the laptop to me personally. There are several reasons, unfortunately.
With great interest, I expected to update this device, because it is hard to do better. This is an absolutely unattainable piece of iron in its totality of parameters, there’s no one to even equal.
And the announcement of the iPad Pro 2020 confirmed: we have never been so close to the dream of switching from laptops to iPad.
A laptop is unthinkable without a keyboard and touchpad, and now all this is in abundance

Do you want a piece of MacBook in your iPad Pro? Receive and sign.
The Magic Keyboard Stand Case is Apple’s legendary touchpad and an updated, revised keyboard with full key travel. It is expensive, 26 990 rubles. But, IMHO, it’s really worth it.
Soft fabric buttons Smart Keyboard Folio gave way to hard clapping keys. The previous case was good, but the keyboard unit from the MacBooks is definitely better.
Adding a touchpad to an accessory and support in iPadOS finally breaks the flaw faced by iPad Pro users in laptop mode: the need to constantly “tap” on the screen with your finger.

There is nothing weirder than reaching for the display to press the buttons after just typing letters on the physical keyboard. This is a completely irrational element of the user experience, rejecting all those who have used computers for the past decades.
E-mine, this is corny inconvenient. The hand bends for the tap as if you were doing something wrong. And there were no alternatives besides limited mouse support.
The touchpad is a recognition of the disadvantages of this method of control. Together with gesture support, he confirms that Apple saw the problem, heard our complaints. The deeper the touchpad support will penetrate the iPadOS, the better it will be for everyone who plans to abandon the laptop now or in the next year or two.

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Another thought is curious. Apple only minimally updated the model of 2018 to delight her in 2020 – and for this it was enough to release Magic Keyboard and its support in the tablet operating system. An indicator of how futuristic the gadget itself has become in terms of iron.
The increase in RAM was the best upgrade for iPad Pro

The new A12z processor in the iPad Pro 2020 is almost no different from the old one in performance, with the exception of the video chip. It is understandable. Where there is more powerful.

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Much more important is upgrading the RAM from 4 to 6 GB.
The RAM of the iPad Pro 2018 at 4 GB can not hold several heavy applications. For example, I have a normal text editor, web browser and Notes open in the same screen with Slide Over and Split View at the same time. This is a la full-fledged working screen, which I collect for writing articles.
Now we add to it a separate full-size window, the task of the graphic editor and Slide Over for the file explorer Files embedded in iOS 13. It has become much more powerful last year, and I use iCloud Drive to store both the original photos and the processed versions.
Well, the final chord: a messenger. This is the third desktop. You can switch between them with a swipe at the bottom of the screen, conveniently.
Now, God forbid, I have to leave these three desktops for any reason. If this is done, one of them with a probability of 50% will reboot completely. With the exception of Notes and Files, data in third-party applications may be lost until the last local save. Because there is not enough RAM.
Professional software and multi-window modes alone did not bother the previous iPad Pro at all. The processor in it is monstrous, surpassing many laptops. But RAM remained the Achilles heel of the iron tablet. Now it should be enough.
The iPad Pro 2018 lacked another port. Now he is

Since we’re talking about a bunch of a new tablet and Magic Keyboard, we don’t forget: the keyboard block has its own USB-C port.
Through it, you can charge both the keyboard and the tablet itself at the same time. The port is located on the left side directly in the hinge of the keyboard.
Apple does not mention the ability to connect accessories to the new port of the external keyboard, which is logical. The accessory is still docked with the tablet using the magnets and the Smart Connector docking port on the back, just like a Smart Keyboard Folio. The data transfer speed in such a scheme will not comply with USB standards, let alone USB-C.
So with the Magic Keyboard we get an additional connector specifically for charging the tablet. And the USB-C port in the iPad Pro itself remains free for anything: from special docking stations to a banal external hard drive or flash drive.
Stationary work with such combos will not be limited by the choice between charging and external peripherals. Just like with any laptop. We will not remember about the 12-inch MacBook, now it is completely clear why it is no longer sold.
The usability of the iPad in laptop mode was in question. But not now

I’m talking about usability, not about functionality.
The previous version of the keyboard cover, Smart Keyboard Folio, revealed at two angles: almost straight and blunt. It seems to me that I have never used the first option: it is inconvenient when printing, because the display is then too far deflected from the face.
And the second option I constantly want to turn a little towards you, then vice versa a little more evenly put depending on its height above the table. It’s real, neither there nor here. And although this did not really hinder, the question remained open.

Apple once again proves that its engineers are of the highest class, because in the Magic Keyboard they fixed it globally: put what angle you want. iPad Pro can now generally hover over the keyboard, rising higher to the face.
So, in the case there are powerful hinges that hold at an angle of almost 500 grams of the tablet without movement. It generally looks like some kind of mini-monitor, except that there is no horizontal swivel mechanism.
Thus, it will be much more convenient for you to work with the new “firmware” in the laptop format while sitting at the table. The stand of some Microsoft Surface Pro smokes on the sidelines.
It remains to implement all the functions of PRO-software, and we will have a replacement

It turns out that the only obstacle to the transformation of the iPad Pro is software.
Here you need to understand: the applications themselves are indescribably many! You will find 99% of what you need to work in the App Store. Adapting to the logic of the iPadOS and the peculiarities of interacting with the system is not as difficult as it seems on the first day. This is a matter of the week, after which you are a virtuoso of a mobile workflow.
The problem is the remaining one percent. He is the most important. We are talking about specific functionality in applications like graphic and video editors, a complete replacement for which on the iPadOS is not yet available.
When you run into this percentage, the only thing left to do is give up and get a laptop. This is your personal kernel panic, STOP workflow, around which you have to either fence the garden from the “hacks” or return to the computer.
Not everyone will have such a “percentage”, but I have it. I didn’t find a graphic editor on the iPadOS with the function of spot color correction across the canvas: with the choice of a specific spectrum through the “eyedropper”, an increase in the magnitude of the slider and without localizing the effect on a specific physical area.

With her, I regularly turn a disgusting photo with terrible colors and white balance into something that I’m not ashamed to post on the site for review and sometimes revise, combing the ego.
This feature is a hundred years old as it is in Photoshop, but is not available in all versions for iPadOS and analogues of other developers. She personally saves me a lot of nerves when editing photos. I have to uncover the MacBook Pro.
The ball here is not at the gates of Apple, but at the software developers. I don’t know how to rush them. Good sales of the iPad Pro, constant requests to add features from users and generally more attention to creating software for PRO-tasks will definitely not hurt. It remains only to wait and periodically pull the sleeve of those who write applications.
Adobe here is useless to pull. They did a Photoshop conversion for iPad for a year and did something that is still embarrassing to open.
The main thing: iPad Pro 2020 has gone in the right direction

Putting it all together, we get a serious case to transfer to iPad for everyone who wants to jump into the truly mobile era of full-fledged work.
I would be glad once to stop thinking about whether to take a laptop with me, and every day, without a shadow of a doubt, use only the iPad Pro. This is now possible, but if you need to deeply edit photos, then that’s it.
Killing performance, amazing screen, excellent battery life, top-end cameras for the category, a full keyboard stand with a touchpad. The new “firmware” has everything. Apple did the most important thing this spring to bring the post-PC era Jobs talked about.
The thing is small: to make professionals louder demand from software developers the missing functions and vote for a new tablet in rubles – from 69,990 rubles, I remind.
If only he meant something by the end of the year. But this is a completely different story.

How to connect a mouse to an iPad or iPhone: setup and features

27/03/2020 by ALOK DAS

With the release of iOS 13.4, Apple has finally enabled wireless mouse support on iPads (and iPhones). We will talk about which mice are supported, how to connect and configure manipulator control in iPadOS and iOS, in this article.

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Which mice work with iPad or iPhone

Roughly speaking, all wireless mice work with an iPad or iPhone. We were able to easily connect Apple’s Magic Mouse. In addition, Logitech Bluetooth mice are perfectly connected, for example, models: MX Master 2S, M535, M557, M720, etc. Even a mouse with a USB receiver (dongle) is connected to the iPhone or iPad. In this case, you need a Lightning / USB adapter cable to connect the camera.

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How to connect a mouse to iPad or iPhone

1. Open the application “Settings” and turn on Bluetooth to section Bluetooth, and put the mouse into pairing mode. This function is activated depending on the mouse model. For some, a special key is responsible for this, which you need to press, while for others you just need to turn it off and on again.

If you are using Apple’s Magic Mouse, then you will need to first disconnect it manually from the Mac. This can be done through the menu. System Settings → Bluetooth. Then turn the mouse off and on again. Only then the manipulator will be visible to the tablet or smartphone.

On most Logitech mice, you need to press the pairing button to make the device available for connection to a tablet or smartphone. The most advanced mice generally have several communication channels for connecting to various devices with different operating systems.

2. Search and pair the mouse in the Bluetooth section of iPadOS or iOS. After the mouse is detected, select it and the connection will be completed. The cursor instantly appears on the screen in the form of a point.

3. The settings for the connected mouse Settings → Accessibility → Touch → AssistiveTouch.

This location already suggests that Apple has no plans to make the feature publicly available. The company believes that it is intended for those in need of additional physical assistance. Mouse support is designed to replace touch input, and not as a complete cursor control, as it does on a Mac.

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How to use a mouse on an iPad

The first thing that catches your eye is the on-screen cursor (see video below). It is different from the usual mouse pointer. However, this element is not too distracting.

The usual mouse actions will become available immediately after pairing with the device – by default, you can scroll around the screen, launch applications, open the dock, Control Center, Notification Center, etc.

However, for full control, you must enable the AssistiveTouch function, after which the virtual Home button will appear on the screen. Clicking on it can bring up a menu with a number of additional options.

Using the Assistive Touch virtual button that appears, you can quickly go to the screen “Home”, in Notifications or “Command centre”, and you can also get the ability to control volume, lock and rotate the screen. All this is intuitive and neat, this type of menu is familiar to all those who once had to work with the inactive Home button on older iPhones.

Menu Settings → Universal access → Touch → AssistiveTouch section is located “Customize Actions”, in which you can assign actions for a simple tap, double tap and long.

The system offers a choice of 22 actions, such as switching to the home screen, opening the dock, changing the volume level or locking the orientation. In the section, you can configure one of six options for gestures for scrolling a list or page, as well as activate an already configured quick command.

In chapter “Create a new gesture” Now you can add a user-created gesture using the mouse. This may be her certain movement with the button held down, some kind of zigzag or circle. It remains only to attach one of the available actions to this gesture. The practical use of this feature is doubtful – than drawing zigzags with the button held down, it is easier to hang the function immediately on a specific mouse button.

Menu Settings → Universal access → Touch → AssistiveTouch → Devices will show the mouse connected to the device with iOS. You can immediately configure any of the buttons of the manipulator.

At the very bottom of the section Settings → Universal access → Touch → AssistiveTouch it is possible to customize Auto press and Active angles.

Unfortunately, using the Active Angles feature on iPadOS is significantly different than the one on macOS. To perform an action on a Mac, simply move the mouse cursor to one of the four corners of the screen, whereas on an iPad Active angles work only when the option is enabled Auto press.

That is, to perform a given action, you need to move the cursor to the corner of the screen and wait for the auto-press response time. This is not very convenient.

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Key Features of Using Your Mouse on an iPad

In order to go to the Dock in an open application, make a quick swipe to the bottom of the screen.

To open the Control Center, click on the battery icon in the menu bar and drag down.

To open the Notification Center, click on the time display in the menu bar and drag down. To hide the Notification Center, tap at the bottom of the screen and drag up.

To activate the icon editing mode on the home screen, press and hold the icon of any application.

The right mouse button does not work in iPadOS or iOS, the context menu, for example, in the Files application, is called up by pressing and holding the file.

Calling the context menu in text applications (copy, paste, etc.) with the mouse is not available.

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What is the result? So far so good!

We know that Apple does not recommend using the mouse in conjunction with the iPad and especially with the iPhone. However, this combination, however, works. The interaction scheme is not yet as simple as when working with a mouse on a computer. It may take more than an hour to understand how to use the mouse with iPadOS.

Professional Apple users can find more in this feature. Assistive Touch lets you create your own gestures. If you work a little with them, then with the mouse you can perform most of the tricks that users can do on the iPad and iPhone.

Unfortunately, working with assigning additional actions to mouse buttons is impossible without activating AssistiveTouch mode. In the meantime, only there, in addition to basic actions, you can also attach additional actions, including gestures, to them. A good solution seems to be the ability to use the mouse to adjust the volume, switch between programs and run quick commands.

Obviously, in the future it is necessary to create an additional menu that would allow you to assign specific actions when you right-click. A similar binding is provided in the settings menu for a long press or second mouse button, but gestures do not work, and there is no additional menu in applications.

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Why a touchpad keyboard turns the Apple iPod Pro into a millennial generation tool

18/03/2020 by ALOK DAS

Against the backdrop of the global history of coronavirus, which has swept the entire global information space from Wuhan to Cupertino, the spring announcement of Apple with the presentation of the new iPad Pro and MacBook Air may not seem like such a significant event as in the past. Apple had to not only cancel the ceremony (otherwise it is difficult to call these iconic events) of the presentation, but also transfer the annual conference for WWDC developers to the virtual space. And also close their fashionable stores around the world, except for China. Which, by the way, can become one of the main beneficiaries after the pandemic of the virus, because its economy has already quarantined while the rest of the world is plunging into the abyss of a protracted recession (oil is getting cheaper, stocks are falling, venture investors are sending out letters of emergence “Black swan”, sung by Nassim Taleb). As a result, China has absolutely unlikely chances to become the largest economy in the world.

But now it’s not about him, but that the announcement of a new tablet (along with an updated external keyboard that received a touchpad) made me think that this device perfectly demonstrates the protracted confrontation between the two approaches to the architecture of the future computer, which began in 2010 after the announcement of the very first iPad. This story is worthy of a separate book (although at the present time it is faster and more reliable to make a television series) if only because its main defendants are … drum roll … Apple and Microsoft! And no, this is not about holivar between users of reliable and familiar Windows and fans of any other system. This is about fundamental differences that seem insignificant to any person, but in fact determine the difference between success and its absence.

I’ll start from afar – it was not Apple, but Microsoft who invented the tablet computer (no, well, maybe someone else came up with such ideas – you won’t remember everyone, especially since there’s no sign of the presence of the devices of those years on the Internet you’ll find it), but the ideology of tablet computers was laid down by Microsoft since the time of Windows XP, which was famous in every sense, which had a special Tablet PC Edition. I was happy unhappy user of one of the first tablet computers of those years. Compaq released it just before its takeover of HP. The model was called Compaq TC100 and was a 10.4-inch tablet with a resolution of 1024×768 (now with any cheap smartphone above) and a stylus. The stylus was pretty interesting on its own. Firstly, it could work non-contact due to induction (hi Samsung, your S-Pen was not the first, although it’s hundreds, if not thousands of times more popular). Secondly, it was the only case in my memory when I came across an AAAA format battery. And I was constantly tormented by the thought of where to get the infection when it sits down – in 2004 Aliexpress was not there (although Alibaba already, of course, was). Fortunately, I got rid of this miracle of technology long before it sat down. By the way, I was not the first buyer of this tablet, and after me it was resold at least a couple more times. The heart and the curse of this device was a completely enchanting processor, God forgive me, Transmeta Crusoe TM5800. Everything worked so damn slowly that when I changed this miracle to another (not a new one, by the way, only the next one became my first new laptop), my productivity in one fell swoop increased by 20 percent, because I did not spend time in painful expectations when Windows Explorer will allow you to switch from displaying one folder to another.

After Apple released its first tablet on a mobile operating system, and it suddenly became very popular, first creating a new category of devices, and then burying (as Jobs predicted during the presentation of the iPad) netbooks, in the bright future of which nobody doubted that time, including your humble servant. Apple understood one simple thing, which determined the course of history and the whole future confrontation: in terms of architecture, the tablet is closer to a smartphone than to a computer. This simple axiom allows it to maintain the correct focus for a long time, while Microsoft still does not know how to make it so that its touch-screen devices become massive and popular. Because Microsoft, with tenacity worthy of a better application, is aggressively trying to turn a computer into a tablet. It came to the point that Windows 8 became a completely schizophrenic system, and it wasn’t decided yet. It works with a computer or tablet. He has a touch screen or not. She needs a normal interface, for a mouse, or she needs a control adapted for tapping the screen with her fingers, which obviously requires fundamentally different interface solutions. (Experts usually appear in this place telling me that I don’t understand anything, that everything has been wrong for a long time, and that the new Windows 10 has already defeated all these children’s problems. But no, it did not, because its ideology of use was initially flawed. And has always been flawed since Windows 8).

What we are seeing today: it’s clear that the future is with touch interfaces. For example, you will not connect a mouse or touchpad to the screen of the refrigerator. No need to revise Corning’s visionary videos to see what the screens for the future will look like. Microsoft has known this for a long time and with all its might tried to gain a foothold in this market. But after lengthy battles on all fronts, she lost all her positions in the smartphone operating system market a few years ago. Just gave this market to Apple and Google, which have become trendsetters in the industry and now control 80% of Internet traffic. Gathering insanely large archives of data about their users. There were several attempts with the tablets, the funniest, of course, is associated with the Surface. When Microsoft is so tired of “stupid” vendors who have repeatedly refused to release tablets according to its patterns and contrived usage scenarios (there is a substitution of cause and effect – in fact, vendors do not care what to release, but if His Majesty the buyer does not want to buy these devices , why the hell did they let them out, burying their money?) that she decided to show “as needed” and release her tablet. The tablet came out loud and collapsed like a closet in its first incarnation, Surface RT. After several years of “pounding this rock,” Microsoft burned a ton of money and even reached some results. They may even object to me, they say, the new Microsoft Surface are the best portable computers on Windows, and I may even agree. But rather, I advise you to buy a good Asus ultrabook – at least it will cost less. Another remark: once in my life I saw a man with Microsoft Surface and it was in New York at the hotel where we lived during the annual presentation of Acer. But I see people with an iPad or MacBook everywhere and constantly. For example, I’ve never been able to make a flight without at least one passenger with an iPad in the cabin for dozens of flights on planes.

Now back to the presentation of the iPad Pro. If we discard all these Petrosyan’s jokes about Apple’s “nobody needs” devices and the ugly saying “you need only real ™ Windows” to work, then Apple (unlike Microsoft constantly tending to find solutions to the problem) clearly follows its plan and the chosen path. It consists, as I said, in a simple truth: a laptop is one device, a tablet is another. The tablet is architecturally closer to the smartphone, so it needs a mobile operating system. This provides her with all the advantages: a long battery life (thanks to ARM processors), user-friendly controls and convenient sizes. By the way, I was always interested: what if Microsoft understood what was the point and released a tablet on the Windows Phone operating system? It even sounds weird, right? That is, Microsoft even called the operating system so that it eliminates such a train of thought. If I live up to artificial intelligence prediction systems of such complex scenarios, I will certainly ask this question, maybe then I will find out a variant of such a development of events.

As a result, Apple is not going to make laptops with touch screens (if only because their users are jarred when someone pokes their fingers on the screen of their macbook, leaving greasy marks on it). But I’m ready to turn my tablets into laptops. But only for those who are interested and suitable. Who are the iPad Pro users? Designers, bloggers, and video bloggers are people who embody the creative economy. They can work as independent units, if necessary, unite in teams for the duration of work on projects. They are flexible and do not want to associate themselves with work in an office chair on an ongoing basis. Doesn’t it remind anyone? Isn’t that all – the characteristics of a new generation called millenials? This is a new generation of consumers who have already passed into adulthood and earn money on their own (those born in 2000 were already 19 years old). They are very flexible, easily change habits and their environment, create new ones. They are easy to meet, spend a significant part of their time on the Internet. The Internet for them is their home, it has always been for them. Like mobile communications, for example. They can even work on the Internet (as I, for example, although I, to put it mildly, do not belong to millennials). Touch screens are understandable and convenient for them, and if you need to type a lot of text, build a presentation or work with a complex spreadsheet, then an external keyboard with a touchpad will help. Which can be taken out of the bag and put next to you on the cafe table.

The same flexibility allows the new generation to easily adapt to a situation even as complex as the current one, with quarantine. You can’t go to the office? Yes, they never went. Can’t date other people? Yes, for God’s sake – video calling was invented just for this. Need tools to work? Yes, most of them are available directly from the browser. I don’t know if you are aware of this, but, for example, 80% of my current work is in the browser. Even this text I write in the CMS-system of our site in the browser. And I always do it because it’s convenient. And some of the other tools I need to work are also accessible through a browser – Slack, Trello, Evernote, cloud office (Google, of course – why do I need Microsoft if the Google ecosystem is native to my smartphone?)

The new iPad Pro costs more than $ 1,000, you say, what millennials? And you will be right. But Apple does not have a goal to capture the whole world, it is only interested in the audience of the most active, motivated, who will succeed in a few years. And who will become users of the Apple ecosystem in the near future, starting today, for example, with the purchase of a used iPhone 7 for a couple of hundred dollars. And the advanced devices themselves are becoming more affordable over the years. Today, any smartphone for $ 100 can do much more than the flagship model for $ 800 did 10 years ago. What about performance, what about its camera. Of course, you can also add about LIDAR and future opportunities for augmented reality in this tablet (which we wait from year to year, but they still do not find widespread use). About the dual camera (a new trend in tablets that need new measurable characteristics for future sales, and two cameras are more than one). About 5 microphones for recording sound (they promise a direct studio recording, which I can hardly believe in) and 4 speakers for playing it. But about it all, either you already knew it, or so they will write and tell you everything. In my opinion, the key to understanding where Apple is heading in its tablet development is precisely the appearance of this keyboard with a touchpad for the tablet. Turning it (for a while, because it is constantly on the tablet and is not needed) into a laptop. A laptop working (this is an important difference, I focus on it again) on the operating system for mobile devices. And if for some reason after 10-5 years laptops completely sink into oblivion with their operating systems, and we begin to use such mobile devices every day, Apple will be ready for such a future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09_QxCcBEyU

For those who want to know more

How to move up and down the virtual keyboard on the iPad screen

06/03/2020 by ALOK DAS

Did you know that the iPad keyboard can be moved around the screen? Many owners of the “apple” tablet are unaware that the virtual keyboard can be located in different parts of the screen, moving it up and down for ease of use. Depending on the situation, the keyboard can be moved completely or divided into parts.

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How to move keyboard on iPad screen

Moving a virtual keyboard from one place on the iPad screen to another is very simple. For this:

1. Open the application on your iPad where the keyboard is used (for example, “Notes”);

2. Open a new document (note) so that the keyboard appears;

3. Press and hold the keyboard icon in the lower right corner of the keyboard;

4. In the menu that opens, select Unpin;

5. Touch the keyboard icon and drag the entire keyboard to the desired location on the screen (works in both portrait and landscape orientation).

This way you can drag the keyboard anywhere on the iPad screen, up and down. However, placing the keyboard in the upper part is not very convenient, since it can cover what you are typing.

The method described above only works with respect to the virtual keyboard. If you are using a physical keyboard (such as a built-in keyboard or Smart Keyboard), simply place it on a table or other surface as you like. The situation is even simpler with Bluetooth keyboards, which can be positioned as you like.

As mentioned above, the virtual keyboard can also be divided into two parts. This will allow you to type with just the thumbs of both hands.

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How to return the iPad keyboard to its original position

At any time, you can return the iPad keyboard to its original position. For this:

1. Open “Notes” or any other application with a keyboard;

2. Press and hold the keyboard icon in the lower right corner;

3. In the menu that appears, select “Fix”, and the keyboard will return to its original position at the bottom of the screen.

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What is a floating keyboard on an iPad?

With the release of iPadOS 13, an option called iPad appeared Floating, allowing you to reduce the keyboard to a minimum size with the ability to move it to any part of the screen.

To activate Floating keyboard on iPad, press and hold the button with the keyboard image in the lower right corner of the virtual keyboard, and then select Floating in the menu that appears.

The keyboard will shrink to iPhone sizes.

To move the floating keyboard, press and hold the bar at the bottom of the keyboard.

In order to return to the previous view of the keyboard, simply spread out (stretch) the keyboard with two fingers.

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Why was the keyboard out of place on the iPad screen?

If you suddenly find that the keyboard is at the top of the screen or in another wrong place, then most likely you (or someone else) accidentally unfastened it and moved it. In very rare cases, the cause of the keyboard movement may be a failure in iOS. Whatever the reason for moving the keyboard, in order to bring it back, follow the instructions above.

It is worth noting that the ability to move the virtual keyboard on the screen is implemented only in the iPad. For iPhone users, a feature is available that allows you to type on the keyboard with one hand (in detail).

Thing. Tricycle for the price of iPad Pro

06/02/2020 by ALOK DAS

Do you want to be in trend and ride on environmentally friendly transport? Can’t live without a two-wheeled friend and are waiting for the opening of the season? Need a way with the breeze to move around the city and country roads, without thinking about the problems?

We live in Russia. There are no electric vehicles here, just like bikes in winter. But the tricycle electric Citycoco CYQ011 can change everything.

For reliable purchases, we use the Letyshops extension: it calculates scams, finds the lowest prices and returns a cashback.

1. Install the Letyshops extension for your browser.
2. We register on the site and enter the account.
3. We go to the page of the selected product.

All…

Who are Citycoco

As you know, China today is almost a complete monopolist in the field of urban electric transport. Xiaomi, Ninebot, KUGOO … The list goes on and on.

One countless “Russian” crafts based on the contracted name of the products is worth it. So about Citycoco – this is not a no-name, but a brand whose products can be found in both Russian and European stores.

There are quality certificates, models meet the requirements of the road legislation of Russia and the CIS. So you have to prepare the rights of category “M”.

But it’s worth it. Especially if you buy on Ali: the seller willingly modifies the basic versions to the desired level. Anything and whatever.

What is it made of?

One of these modifications and became Citycoco CYQ011, which has become a modification of the rather popular “electrochopper” of the company, which we talked about recently.

Unlike the basic version, the “eleventh” received an open frame structure, closed with carbon fiber panels.

The frame forms a kind of cabin that resembles a buggy. A useful solution – the legs are always protected. And the carrying capacity is becoming serious: the analogues of 150 kilograms can not even be dragged constructively.

In addition, this approach made it possible to effectively protect the insides, to hide almost the entire filling in removable covers. Therefore, Q11 is not afraid of puddles, dirt and impassability.

Again, impressive power elements made it possible to abandon small-sized components in favor of the classics. Agree, it turned out very interesting in appearance.

Three wheels – the ideal of everything

As an engine, this Citycoco does not use a wheel motor, but a classic 1 kW or 1.5 kW electric motor. Drive to both rear wheels, with all the resulting bonuses and problems.

There are many advantages in this approach: it is easy to maintain (if necessary, you can put another without waiting from China), the center of gravity shifted under the driver improves ergonomics, and the rear discs are simply invaluable.

Yes, and native 8-inch wheels can always be exchanged for something more interesting. The rear ones are already automobile, you can save on rubber (for motorcycles and scooters the winter is godlessly expensive).

You have to pay for it with an overly stable trip (like in the Urals, you twist it – but it doesn’t turn), with a large mass and brutal appetite.

Well, although the model rides perfectly in the snow, the front desk can be easily buried.

Driving performance

However, using winter motorcycle rubber is the most sustainable electric bike on the market. One of.

The dynamics do not suffer: “sideways to blame” will not work, but you can drive at a speed of up to 60 km / h. It is even necessary if dry and the maximum configuration with a 1.5 kW motor is selected.

The load capacity of the bike reaches 150 kilograms (while the speed decreases to 50 km / h). If you choose the right rubber and not regret the speed – you can carry a trailer or a plow.

An important point: the battery is lead-acid, very heavy. Lives not for long, gives huge currents. But it is restored easily and naturally, it costs a penny and is not afraid of frost.

But when operating in Russia, it is worth asking to change it to LiPo, albeit at the cost of reduced dynamics. It will still be very cool, stable and fast.

How much does it cost and how to buy?

Three-wheeled Citycoco CYQ011 is offered on AliExpress with direct delivery to Russia, the cost of delivery is free in any region.

For a version with a kilowatt motor, you will have to pay 115 thousand rubles. A more advanced model with a power of 1500 watts will cost a little more, 124 thousand rubles.

Cashback at 2,000 rubles. enough for the basic body kit.

For such an assembly, a completely ridiculous amount. If you do not take into account that for the money you can buy a car on the go, “not requiring investment.”

But still … Electric motor!

Still worth paying attention to this:
1.15 wonderful things with AliExpress. Microscopic telephone
2. 15 amazing things with AliExpress. Smartphone Charging
3. 15 useful things with AliExpress. Heavy duty sneakers

How to log into your iCloud from Android or someone else’s iPhone or iPad without entering an Apple ID in the settings

06/02/2020 by ALOK DAS

Eight years after its introduction, iCloud.com has finally become truly mobile. Now this Apple website has received a mobile version, which allows it to work on devices with iOS and Android. Thus, users greatly facilitated their access to Apple services such as Notes, Photos, Reminders, Find iPhone. Work with them became possible directly from the browser on a mobile phone, even if it is running Android.

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Previously, Apple, when accessing the site in a mobile browser, redirected users to native applications or to the desktop version of the site. In this mode, working with him was simply inconvenient on a small screen. The new user interface is identical to the desktop version of the site, but already when using adaptive layout (the site adjusts to the screen resolution of the device). Thus, Apple finally recognized that sometimes it would be useful for users to log into their own iCloud account, for example, using someone else’s device.

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How to open iCloud from Android or someone else’s iPhone or iPad

The update will appeal most to owners of Android smartphones, who are also users of Apple services. Thanks to this, even on a device with Google’s OS, things like Apple’s Notes are now available. Simplified access to the service of the company “Find iPhone” through the browser. Now you can try to find your missing smartphone from a friend’s phone. However, some functions may not work.

The new user interface is already available on iCloud.com, although at the moment it is limited to only four of the above services: Notes, Photos, Reminders, and Find iPhone.

Other iCloud features, such as Contacts, Calendar, or the iWork suite of applications, are not yet available on the new mobile site, as well as the full Latitude app (Find Friends and Find iPhone). Apple is likely to add support for them in the near future.

Mobile support really works well. In “Notes” you can create new elements, edit and delete existing ones. The synchronization between iOS / macOS and iCloud.com in a mobile browser is sometimes still late, you have to refresh the page. At the same time, not all functions work correctly in Chrome for Android: a note can be created, but not edited. There is a problem with scrolling the list. But browsers from Samsung and Firefox work much better.

Reminders work smoothly in both Chrome for Android and Safari. You can add your reminders to the list, change the name and their appearance. But creating a new list will not work – you have to work with an existing one.

Working with the Photos app is the best part of the update for mobile browsers. Now you can browse your entire iCloud photo library, delete unnecessary items from there, move them to albums, upload pictures directly from your smartphone and even create a shared link. On Android, you can even view Live Photos, which is very unusual. Interestingly, in a fully open image, you can swipe down to return to all the photos. It’s nice to see such a function in action, even on Android.

The Find My iPhone application not only allows you to track all devices connected to your Apple ID, but also remotely play sounds on them. Even with Android, you can now do this, as well as erase device memory remotely, and check battery status.

If you open iCloud.com from your iPad, you’ll also have access to Mail, Contacts, Calendar, and other services. The fact is that in iPadOS, the browser is able to work in desktop mode, offering the same version of the site as for the Mac.

ICloud.com is also available on the mobile web version of iCloud.com “Account settings”. This allows you to find out how much storage is still left, external links for Apple ID, language and formats, devices that were part of iCloud, you can use the data recovery functions.

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It is really useful.

You may ask a question: why is iCloud.com support for mobile devices so important, because the Photos and Notes applications are already installed on your iPhone. There are actually a number of reasons. For example, if you lose your iPhone, the ability to log into iCloud on someone else’s phone, even with Android, is very necessary. After all, using the “Find iPhone” service, you can track the missing device.

And if you own an Android phone, you can directly access your library of photos and videos from it without transferring it completely from the iPhone, and even replenish it.

When you think about all the possible scenarios, you will be surprised that iCloud.com took eight whole years to create full support for mobile devices. Now, even owners of Android devices can be satisfied with this opportunity to work directly with Apple services.

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How to save a website page in Safari on iPhone (iPad) for reading without the Internet: 5 ways

31/01/2020 by ALOK DAS

In this article we will talk about one very useful feature that allows you to save web pages in a regular Safari browser on iPhone and iPad for later viewing without an Internet connection.

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For various reasons, many users love to keep web pages for further reading in places where there is no free Wi-Fi. For this purpose, you can use the services of third-party developers, but what if there is no desire to install other software from the App Store? There is a solution!

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How to save a site page offline on iPhone and iPad in PDF and view it without the Internet (for devices with iOS 13 and later)

This method allows you to save the page in a PDF file with the ability to view without the Internet. The created file can be either an exact copy of a web page (with comments, links, advertising, etc.), or a light version in “Reading mode”.

1. Launch the Safari browser on your iPhone or iPad and open the web = page you need to save for offline viewing.

2. To display the Safari toolbar, tap the bottom of the page.

3. Select a save format:

– in case you need to save the web page in “Reading mode” (no comments and ads), click on the icon “Aa” in the upper left corner (in the search bar).

Select menu item Show Read Viewthen at the bottom of the page click on the button Share this.

– in case you need to save the web page as an exact copy (with comments and advertising), immediately click Share this.

4. Select Add Markup. This action will create a PDF webpage.

5. Click on the button. Share this at the bottom of the page.

6. Select item Save to Filesto save the created page on the device.

7. Specify the location to save and click Save.

8. If desired, you can make notes (text, sketches) on the created PDF web page, for this, click Markup in the upper right corner.

9. In order to find the received PDF file of the web page, open the application Files and go to the folder that was selected to save the document.

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How to save site pages on iPhone (iPad) for offline viewing using the “Reading List”

With a detailed overview of the function Reading List You can find it on this page.

How to save website pages on iPhone (iPad) for offline viewing using applications

The App Store has many applications that allow you to save the pages of websites of interest on the iPhone and iPad, but the most popular among them are Instapaper and Pocket. These programs allow you to save not only pages of sites in an optimized format, excluding ads, etc., but also parts of the text, as well as data from other iOS applications.

In addition, you can create folders for organizing materials, sort saved articles by popularity, date and size, as well as change fonts, color schemes and styles.

Download Instapaper for iPhone and iPad (App Store)

Download Pocket for iPhone and iPad (App Store)

How to save a website’s web page offline on iPhone and iPad to PDF and view it without the Internet (for devices with iOS 11 and iOS 12)

This method is generally identical to the previous one, however, the names and locations of some Safari elements in iOS 11 and iOS 12 differ from iOS 13 (and newer).

1. Open Safari on your iPhone or iPad and go to the desired web page.

2. Touch the bottom of the screen to display the Safari toolbar.

– in case you need to save the web page in “Reading mode” (without comments and advertising), click on the corresponding icon in the upper left corner (in the search bar), and then tap on the button Share this.

– in case you need to save the web page as an exact copy (with comments and advertising), click Share this.

3. Select Create PDF.

4. In the lower left corner of the created PDF file, click Share this.

5. Select item Save to Files.

6. Specify a location to save and click Add.

7. If desired, you can make notes on the PDF file (text, sketches), for this, click Markup in the upper right corner.

8. In order to find the resulting PDF file of the web page, open the application Files.

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How to save a site page on iPhone and iPad and view it offline in the iBooks application (for devices on iOS 7 – iOS 12)

1. Open the standard Safari browser and find the page you are interested in.

2. Touch the open page at the bottom to display the toolbar.

3. In order for the saved web page to be formatted in an easy-to-read form, not to contain various kinds of advertisements, comments and other data, go to Reading modeTo do this, click on the special icon to the left of the URL. Accordingly, if comments are needed in the created file, do not click Reading mode.

Sometimes icon Reading mode does not appear in mobile versions of sites. To download the full version of the site, hold the icon for a couple of seconds Refresh (circle shaped arrow) and select an option Full version.

After that, the text will take on a readable look

4. Once again open the toolbar and use the central button “Share this“.

5. In the menu that appears, immediately under the AirDrop function, find the icon with the caption “Save PDF to iBooks“. Click on it and wait for the creation of the PDF document.

6. After the save is complete, the iBooks application opens.

Each PDF file will contain the entire desktop version of the web page. Each page reflects a specific fragment.

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Why you need to disable backups in iCloud for most iPhone and iPad users

29/01/2020 by ALOK DAS

Many say that you need to backup your valuable data. Apple is actively proposing storing backups in its iCloud cloud.

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The content of the article

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Personal data from iCloud backup can be provided to law enforcement upon request

In early 2020, it turned out that Apple abandoned plans to implement encryption of user-created backups in iCloud. According to Reuters, Apple made such a decision after the FBI complained that the move would make future investigations more difficult.

This news unpleasantly surprised users. After all, Apple has repeatedly emphasized guaranteed data protection and privacy. But while the iPhone or iPad is locked, most of the information in iCloud, including correspondence in iMessage, is available to Apple. The only way to prevent companies and government agencies from accessing this data is to disable iCloud backups altogether and instead make local backups via a computer (instructions).

Law enforcement can now request data from iCloud backups. Apple periodically reports how many such requests it receives from governments. A company can transfer decrypted iCloud data at the request of a court. If Apple introduced its new approach, it would be impossible.

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ICloud Backup is actually a paid service for all iPhone and iPad

The main reason Apple is trying in every way to force us to back up in iCloud is because the user is switching to a paid tariff plan.

A novice iPhone user (mostly girls), the appearance of such a message even on a new iPhone can be confusing:

iPhone (iPad) – Backup Fails. There is not enough free space in iCloud storage to back up iPhone data.

Moreover, this notice is specially posted everywhere. Judge for yourself. This is indicated on the lock screen, on the home screen (the icon on the Settings icon), a banner on the main screen of the Settings application, a message in the backup settings.

It would seem that the new iPhone is already missing some space … In most cases, this is due to the automatic creation of backups in iCloud or the active option ICloud Photo.

The thing is that by default, Apple provides only 5 GB of free space in iCloud for free (and this is 2020). And given the fact that on our smartphone or tablet most of the available space on the drive is occupied by photos and videos, it is not possible to place them in a free backup copy of up to 5 GB in size.

And the larger the internal memory of the iPhone or iPad, the more expensive it will be to buy a tariff plan to create a backup copy of it.

In other words, the free 5 GB of available space in iCloud does not allow you to back up all iPhone or iPad data, including photos and videos. This can only be done by purchasing additional space in the cloud.

And people buy … thinking that it is really necessary (in fact, you can do without a purchase, more on that below).

Actual prices for a place in iCloud (price in rubles per month):

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ICloud backup clutters up free iCloud space that you can use

iCloud is a very convenient cloud storage for iOS (iPadOS) and macOS, and with skillful use, even those 5 GB of free space will be more than enough.

For example, for many years I have been an active user of one iCloud account on 4 devices (iPhone, iPad, MacBook and iMac). At the same time, I do not see the need to purchase additional space in the Apple cloud. My free 5 GB in iCloud for years daily Usage is only 2 GB. How is that?

Since iCloud (iCloud Drive) is the standard cloud storage on Apple devices, first of all, for convenience, I use it not to store all kinds of junk, but really for files (folders) that I may need every day for a day.

What is stored in my iCloud account? Firstly, all the data that simply syncs with my devices (contacts, notes, calendars, etc.). Secondly, iCloud Drive contains folders with documents (text files, scans, screenshots, photos, music files and videos), which I use regularly from all my devices. Thirdly, iCloud Drive stores application cloud folders (they are created automatically when installing some applications with synchronization support in iCloud), which I use on Mac, iPhone and iPad, for example, Pixelmator, Pages, TextEdit, iMovie, etc. .

I always turn off the automatic creation of backups on the iPhone and iPad, because it is they that trash all the free space in iCloud.

You ask: “what about photos and videos?”

My photos and videos are always safe. For this, I use 3 tools at once.

1. Google Photos – free unlimited cloud storage for photos and videos (subject to storage ofoto and video with a resolution of up to 16 MP and 1080p HD)

Download Google Photos for iPhone, iPad, macOS (free)
Web version of Google Photos

2. Yandex.Disk – Free unlimited cloud storage for photos and videos (subject to synchronization only with mobile devices).

Download Yandex.Disk for iPhone, iPad, macOS (free)

3. External storage. All the restrictions described above, for example, storing original videos in 4K (you cannot upload them in Google Photos for free) are leveled by using an external SSD or HDD, which is also used to collect all kinds of photo and video garbage before processing.

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The backup in iCloud does not actually store the most important data (contacts, photos, etc.)

ICloud backup not included following data:

Contacts;
Calendars
Notes;
ICloud Photos *;
Messages from iMessage *;
Voice notes
Text (SMS) and multimedia (MMS) messages *;
Health data;
Data stored in other cloud services, such as Gmail and Exchange;
Apple Mail Data;
Information and settings for Apple Pay;
Face ID or Touch ID settings;
The contents of the music library and iCloud app store.

* If options are enabled in iCloud settings Messages in iCloud and ICloud Photo, iMessage, SMS, MMS, photos and videos are automatically synchronized with iCloud. However, they are not included in the iCloud backup.

Some of this data is also available by Apple, even if it is not included in the iCloud backup. If the information is available on the Internet: it can be photos, notes, contacts, etc., then Apple is able to access it. This means that the company can transfer data to law enforcement.

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ICloud backup isn’t the only way to transfer data from your old iPhone to a new one

Do not worry, if you disable this feature, you can always create local backups on a Mac or PC using iTunes or, in macOS Catalina (and newer versions), in the Finder (instructions).

In addition, with the release of iOS 13, it became possible to wirelessly transfer data from an old iPhone or iPad to a new one. To do this, just bring the devices to each other.

In addition, there are third-party applications, for example, iMazing, which can also be used to automatically backup your devices and restore them.

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How to disable iCloud backups on iPhone and iPad

Disabling iCloud backup is a very simple task, it comes down to clicking on one switch. Just go to the app “Settings”click on the icon with your name and then click on iCloud.

Now scroll down to the menu “Backup“And click on it.

Deactivate the switch to disable iCloud backup.

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How to delete old iCloud backups to clear space

Before deleting cloud backups, you need to make sure that you have made at least one local copy of your data. To delete previous backups, go to Settings → <Ваше имя> → iCloud → Storage Management.

Wait for the page to fully load and you will see what exactly is stored in iCloud. Click item “Backups” and you will see a list of backups for all your devices. Click on one of them to view additional information and delete it.

Here you can also find old backups for unused devices. It is worth removing them.

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Tricks that will make working with the iPad more convenient & review

29/01/2020 by ALOK DAS

Gestures

How to open App Switcher

Swipe up and keep moving your finger in that direction. So you open the App Switcher and you can switch between open applications.

How to enter the “Control Center”

To do this, swipe down from the battery icon in the upper right corner of the screen. A long press on the icons located in the “Control Point” will allow you to see additional parameters and settings. You can change the controls by opening “Settings” → “Control Point” → “Configure Controls”.

How to check system notifications

To see the latest iPadOS notifications, swipe down on the left side of the screen. A data window will appear in its center.

How to find information on iPad

On the home screen, swipe down. This will open the search bar and Siri Offers. If a keyboard is connected to the iPad, you can press Cmd + spacebar for the same purpose.

How to quickly switch between applications

If you’re working on the 2018 iPad Pro, you can switch between apps by swiping your finger from bottom to top on the long white bar at the bottom of the screen, exactly the same as on iPhone models without buttons. On other iPad models, you’ll need to double-click the Touch ID home button.

How to close windows and applications

Launch the App Switcher (see above) or swipe up while in the application or window that you want to close.

How to return to the home screen

In iPad Pro, you need to quickly swipe up, in other iPad – press the home button Touch ID.

How to wake up an iPad

If you have an iPad Pro 2018, just tap the screen. On other iPad models, waking up will require a click on the Touch ID home button.

How to return to the previous page

If you are reading a document on iBooks, click on the left side of the iPad screen and you will return to the previous page. In other applications, including Safari, you need to swipe to the right.

How to change the screen orientation

Just flip the iPad horizontally for landscape or vertical for portrait. If you want the iPad screen to not spin, open the Control Center, and then tap the arrow icon around the lock.

Multitasking

How to open a floating window

Slide Over mode allows you to open one floating window on top of the main one. Here’s how to do it: slowly swipe up → the Dock panel appears → remove your finger from the screen → press and hold the icon of the desired application → drag it from the Dock onto the screen.

How to move a floating window

Drag the floating window while holding down a long series of lines from the top. You can move it to the left or right of the screen.

How to split a screen

Drag the floating window up or down. It will fill its half of the screen, sharing it in this way with the main application. You can use them at the same time.

How to resize a window

When splitting the screen, each application occupies 50% of its area. If you want to enlarge one of the windows, drag the dark dividing line left or right.

How to remove screen split

Swipe from the dark dividing line to the bottom of the app you want to close. It will move to a floating window. To completely remove it, swipe up.

How to insert files into emails and messages

Make sure you have a file management application compatible with Mail and Messages. Then find the desired object and drag it into the text.

How to copy text / URL into notes

Launch Safari along with Notes in split screen mode. In Safari, select the text or URL that you want to copy and drag it into Notes.

General tips

How to enable a dark theme

Open “Settings” → “Screen and Brightness” and turn on or off the dark theme. By clicking on the Options below, you can configure a schedule for it.

How to find out which iPad you have

Open “Settings” → “General” → “About the program”. It will indicate the software version, iPad model and device serial number.

How to enable the Today mode

Today mode with the most needed applications and widgets can be enabled on the iPad home screen in landscape orientation. To do this, swipe to the right, click “Change” and activate the corresponding option.

How to set up the Today mode

Scroll down the home screen in Today mode and click Edit. In the menu that opens, you can configure the set and order of applications and widgets.

How to find an iPad

If you have another Apple device, open the “Find device” application (green circle with a blue dot on a white background) → click on “Devices” at the bottom → select iPad from the list → then you can use a number of options, for example, enable sound playback, If you think that the tablet is somewhere nearby.

How to copy and paste

Select an image or text and squeeze it with three fingers to copy. Release three fingers to insert.

How to scan a document

Open the Notes application → tap the camera icon in the lower right corner → select “Scan documents” and take a picture of the document.

How to take a screenshot

Press and quickly release the Home button and the Sleep / Wake button. All screenshots will appear in the Photos application. On the 2018 iPad Pro, you need to press and quickly release the volume up button and the Sleep / Wake button.

How to send photos to all devices

If you turn on iCloud Photos, then all the pictures you take or edit on your iPad or other Apple device will be available on all your gadgets. To launch this function, open “Settings” → click on your name at the top → iCloud → “Photos” → “Enable iCloud”.

How to create an application folder

Keep clicking on the application, drag it to the one with which you want to merge into one folder, and it will appear. Then you can rename it by clicking on the title at the top.

How to connect a mouse

To do this, you need a Bluetooth mouse. Open “Settings” → Bluetooth → make sure that the Bluetooth on the mouse is turned on → select the mouse in the “Other devices” section → follow the further instructions that the tablet will show ..

How to set up Face ID for a second person on iPad Pro 2018

The Face ID function to unlock the tablet on the face allows you to enter biometrics of two people. To save the data of the second user, select “Settings” → “Face ID and Password” → configure “Alternative Appearance”.

How to add another fingerprint to Touch ID
In Touch ID, you can add fingerprints of up to five people. To do this, go to “Settings” → “Touch ID and password” → “Add fingerprint”.

How to clear your search history

Open “Settings” → scroll to Safari → scroll to “Clear site history and data”.

How to change the visibility of information on the lock screen

Open “Settings” → “Face ID and Password” or “Touch ID and Password” → scroll to the “Allow access when locking” section and select what will be displayed on the screen.

Battery

How to make iPad charge faster

Try putting your tablet in airplane mode. To do this, on the home screen, swipe down from the upper right corner and click on “Airplane Mode”.

However, a more reliable way is to buy Apple’s 30-W USB-C charger and USB-C-Lightning cable or USB-C-USB-C cable, depending on the iPad model. If you have a MacBook, then you may only need a cable, as the new MacBooks come bundled with a fast charger.

How to find out about charge

Open “Settings” → “Battery”. There will be two tabs: with statistics for the last 24 hours and for the last two days. Each has a graph and a list of applications with information on how much energy they consume.

Apple pencil

How to access notes from the lock screen

Activate the screen and double-tap on it with the tip of the Apple Pencil. After that, you can open Notes and start writing new text. This will work even if the device is locked.

To enable this feature, go to “Settings” → “Notes” → “Access notes from the lock screen”.

How to search for handwritten notes

The field for this is located in the side menu of “Notes”. You can use it to search for both handwritten and printed texts. If your handwriting is clear enough, the application will understand it.

How to change the double-tap role of Apple Pencil

If you’re using the second-generation Apple Pencil with the 2018 iPad Pro, you can change the double-tap role.

Go to Settings → Apple Pencil. After double-tapping, it can switch between the current tool and the eraser, the current tool and the last used one, or display a color palette. You can also completely disable this feature. It is not available for the first generation Apple Pencil.

Smart keyboard

On the Apple smart keyboard, you can press and hold the Cmd key to see all the available keyboard shortcuts. In most cases, they match the combinations on the Mac.

Keyboard shortcuts

Cmd + N: open a new window, which is convenient for splitting the screen in Safari.

Cmd + H: return to the home screen.

Cmd + space: open the search on the tablet.

Cmd + Tab: allow you to scroll through open applications.

Cmd + Shift + 3: take a screenshot of the entire screen.

Cmd + Shift + 4: take a screenshot and automatically open it in layout mode.

How to unlock iPad Pro using Smart Keyboard

If you are using the 2018 iPad Pro with Face ID, you can unlock the tablet by simply looking at the camera and pressing the space bar.

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10 years of the first generation iPad. Overview of the same

27/01/2020 by ALOK DAS

Great day today.

In 2010, I was one of those who considered the iPad only an “enlarged iPod Touch” and dismissed the announcement. At that time, it seemed logical. Touch iPod was then a very hot little thing in the people – the most affordable ticket to the world of Apple and at the same time one of the most powerful gadgets that could be bought for that kind of money. Almost like an iPhone, only without a cellular module.

10 years later in the market no tabletable to stand up on an equal footing with the iPad. Catching up is considered on the fingers of one hand. All other “killers” were dissolved in scandals, failures and oblivion.

Apple actually created the category, promoted it, updated it year after year and turned it into a device that has no analogues. And his prospects are still ahead.

I have a first-generation iPad, purchased in the first half of 2010. And the iPad Pro 2018, which I love. In honor of today’s date, I decided to compare both – and remind you of how the breakthrough Apple gadget began.

Compostal together? Moreover, this is not a standard review, but rather an applied retrospective.

Design and housing. First started, last back

The rounded, thick and solid edges of the first iPad migrated to it straight from the Unibody-enclosures of the MacBook Pro. The all-aluminum, silver, one-piece back panel looked advantageous against the background of boring black plastic, which heaped up the shelves of shops of those times. Nothing could be confused with the ipad.

The tablet instantly attracted eyes, it was only necessary to get it out of the bag: in 2010, the world did not see such devices outside of futuristic films and concepts. Actually, it was the effect of the first iPhone. I just heard questions. Wow, is that IPAd? Well, how is it, like it? Show me what it does. Can I hold it? …

Wow effect fixed huge glass display at a time when transparent plastic was considered the norm. In the hands of the device seemed heavy even by the standards of 2010 (680 grams or 730 grams with the 3G module), but not so much that the hands fell off after an hour of surfing, watching a video or reading a book.

The design of the iPad became decisive for the entire category of devices in the future, and to this day all other tablets follow it by inertia. It turned out to be difficult to do better what was almost perfect from the very beginning. The cases were shrinking, the frames were “losing weight”, the weight was “blown away” – but the iPad was as it was and remained unique.

How are you today: the case has stood the test of time. Critically bending the first iPad is almost impossible. And to break the display is not easy with such a high glass thickness. It’s easy to damage little things.

For example, my erased back panel from years of contact with something metallic in the cabinet, and the display is covered with a web of scratches of different depths.

It is striking how confidently the tablet accepts blows in the frame and the body as a whole. Dents, dots, and even craters do not interfere with the “tank” impressively working after 10 years. The Home key, volume rocker, silent mode switch and lock button work as clearly as they did in 2010.

If you have this rare device in working condition, try not to break it in 2020, and even more so later. Almost no spare parts for repairs.

Compare with iPad Pro 2018

1st generation iPad thickness: 1.3 centimeters. Weight from 680 grams.

2018 iPad Pro Thickness: 0.6 centimeters. Weight 468 gram.

10 years of progress allowed halve the thickness of the iPad while increasing productivity by almost a hundred times. At the same time, both tablets look more or less similar.

From convex Apple’s back panel subsequently switched to a fully flatthat I personally like a lot more. Since 2010, aluminum has never left the back panel of all iPads, preserving the identity of the device against the backdrop of lurid competitors.

Otherwise, both tablets look surprisingly similarand it’s for the best. I always liked the design of the first generation, and the continuity of the most advanced iPad in history is definitely a plus.

The only thing the iPad Pro 2018 is worse than the very first is durability. There is so much iron and so little space for metal in the modern “monster” that some people manage to bend the tablet in a backpack and even at home imperceptibly. Mine has not yet been hurt, but to the monolithic progenitor of the “proshka” as to the moon on foot.

Display. Then it was worthy, but now it’s magical

When the iPad came out in 2010, finding a display of this level was not easy. Color reproduction was very commendable, viewing angles were unusually impressive (iPhone 4 appeared later), and the resolution of 1024 × 768 was normal.

It was one of the few gadgets with an IPS screen, and next to smartphones of those times (and laptops too), it looked very advantageous, especially from an angle.

Not the highest resolution at that time was a little annoying. Apple tried to make fonts and small details look as clear as possible and did not strain their eyes.

Some wrote down the thickness of the frames in minus, but objectively at that time there was nothing to blame the tablet for. Given the heavy weight, such a framework was very helpful. The tablet had to be held much stronger and more confident in hands than, say, the pretty better iPad Pro 2018.

How are you today: differently. If you have been actively using the first iPad for at least a third of the past 10 years, its display has begun to slowly “leak”. There were highlights and spots that indicate the consumption of the display resource. Nothing lasts forever.

It is difficult to replace the completely damaged screen of this iPad not only because of the design features (there is a lot of glue inside), but also because of the lack of spare parts themselves. So if your model is OK, take care of the display.

Compare with iPad Pro 2018

Both at maximum brightness.

Just look at this photo, and everything is clear without words.

Time lets you know when you put alongside the simply incredible iPad Pro 2018 with its juicy, bright, laminated Super Retina screen (resolution above 2K). Absolutely all display parameters, from viewing angles to contrast, in the new “firmware” delight even in comparison with other gadgets of recent years.

Frames have become more than 2 times thinner, and the screen itself is more than an inch. The hull also decreased.

And you still say that progress stands still. Yes, these two displays are from different universes. And the fact that the first iPad, many were delighted when it came out.

Iron. Apple begins full leadership with iPad

Launching the iPad in 2010, Apple supplied it with a single-core A4 processor – the most powerful ARM processor in 2010, which after six months migrated to iPhone 4 with minor changes.

A4 power exceeded the processor iPhone 3Gs from one and a half to two times, and the performance of the graphics subsystem has grown more than 2 timesto ensure efficient operation of the system while doubling the screen resolution.

The weak point of the tablet was RAM: 256 megabytes moderately pulled iOS 3, but already on iOS 4 it turned into an Achilles heel.

But at first the iPad very vigorously launched all the games from the App Store andalready caught re-releases of GTA 3 and Vice Cityas well as the Minecraft release for iOS. The overall performance of the device was no less pleasing, until you tried to open many tabs in Safari or too actively use the new-fangled multitasking that appeared in iOS 4.

Yes, this is Plague Inc. and it works!

How are you today: given such a huge period – worthy. Many 1st-generation iPads, including those bought at the start of sales, still work. Performance has been hit hard since the release of iOS 5.1.1, and many applications, even those times, do not shine with responsiveness. Departures happen first due to lack of RAM.

You can use most of the functions of the system without critical problems, including local playback of music and movies through built-in applications.

It is amazing how ten-year-old iron turned out to be tenacious. The tablet owes this result, including its thick, legendary sturdy case: It is simply statistically predisposed to survive the hardships of many years of use.

By the way, the 2010 iPad supports 5 GHz Wi-Fi networks. Many modern Android smartphones are cheaper than 30 thousand rubles so they still do not know how.

Compare with iPad Pro 2018

There will be no revelations here. The A12X Bionic octa-core processor in the iPad Pro 2018 is comparable to modern MacBook Pros and to this day is bypassed all Android smartphones and tablets. And its 6 GB of RAM is almost endless against the background of 256 megabytes of the first iPad.

It was not easy to find a universal benchmark that can measure the performance of two devices with an interval of 10 years. Apple has long been unable to publish 32-bit applications to the architecture of old processors in the App Store. Therefore, many tester applications of those times are completely removed from the store (including the first Geekbench)

In search of an option, I came across a SunSpider 0.9.1 test. This is a test of the speed of execution of Javascript code in Safari’s WebKit environment.

Given the huge changes in the standards of the “web” for 10 years, the test results can not be called an accurate comparison of the power of tablets. But they show well how far technology and hardware have gone in devices.

1 1st generation iPad: 2958.6 milliseconds

2018 iPad Pro 2018: 112.9 milliseconds

According to this test, 2018 iPad Pro surpasses first iPad 26 times.

Then we managed to find a free test compatible with the first-generation iPad – PerfomanceTest Mobile. It has been updated little in recent years and is unpopular, so its results should also be considered only in the context of curiosity.

▸ iPad 1 generation scored 440 points. The processor was given 4668 points, 3217 points in memory, 112 points in RAM, 266 points in 2D, and 621 points in 3D.

▸ 2018 iPad Pro scored 7300 points. The processor was given 746356 points, memory 244948 points, RAM 31213331 points (it seems like an error), rendering 2D 15895 points, and 3D – 1187 points (similar to an error).

In this test, the iPad Pro 2018 surpassed the 1st generation iPad processor 159.9 times, memory 76 times, RAM 278 690 times (MDA), 2D rendering 70 times. The 3D results are clearly wrong, because the iPad Pro 2018 in games shows results that bypass dozens of times the theoretical performance of the first iPad.

A huge jerk was made in 10 years. Apple began to lead in the category of mobile processors with A4, and a further focus on creating its own chip architecture made it possible to create the iPad Pro 2018 – thinner, lighter and more powerful than many modern laptops.

Battery. 10 years 10 hours of work

I remember how much this feature of the first iPad captured the people. Many did not believe at all. 10 hours of battery life in those days seemed an unrealistic figure for a mobile device with such a large screen.

Apple has set the highest bar for battery life, to which not only tablets of those times – even computers could not jump. With continuous video playback, the first iPad managed to work more than 12 hours4 times more laptops or portable DVD players. Under load – 9 hours.

Since then, every iPad, including mini and Air, has adapted to this gold standard. Competitors tried to catch up with him for several years, and then completely died out with the total failure of non-iOS tablet computers. Meanwhile, the 2019 10.5-inch iPad works 13-14 hours without difficulty.

The legendary long battery life helped the iPad find many niches for use: flights, trips, work in the field. A thin device with a large screen that you can rely on – 3 years before the announcement of the iPad, this seemed impossible.

The battery is almost 10 years old.

How are you today: even taking into account the natural degradation of cells, the 1st generation iPad manages to keep from 5 to 8 and a half hours of battery life. The duration depends on the operating conditions of the tablet. Many users put the first iPad in a box after the release of iPad 2 or a little later, sometimes remembering and recharging.

Therefore, in 2020, many of the devices came in with a very tenacious battery. Definitely more alive than most Android tablets. I have a couple of such “buckets”, one does not turn on without a cable, the second holds 40 minutes. Both are less than four years old.

I can advise owners of the 1st generation iPad only: make sure that the battery does not swell. No matter how capacious it is, physics and chemistry are inexorable. We noticed that the display or the case is a little swollen – dispose of it, do not wait for the exhaustion of the resource to end with cotton and smoke.

Compare with iPad Pro 2018

Data taken from CoconutBattery.

2010 iPad Battery 6600 mAh. With half the thickness of the case, iPad Pro 2018 fits more battery: 7812 mAh, and in my for some reason whole 8132 mAh. Progress is evident.

iPad Pro 2018 can work the very “golden” 10 hours, for him this is not a problem. But the device is indecently powerful, with a thin body and a high-resolution display. So, its power consumption significantly outshines that of a tablet 10 years ago.

When testing the iPad Pro as a laptop replacement, I discovered a specific life hack. If the brightness of the screen is set equal to or higher than 60%, then the operating time drops by a third. It’s worth lowering the brightness slider to at least 40%, and battery life is growing before our eyes. Apparently, the display backlight in this model is very energy-consuming.

With moderate workload and low brightness, the 11-inch iPad Pro lives with me for the same 9-10 hours, and when reading books at low brightness it easily lasts 11 hours. In games or CPU-heavy tasks 5-8 hours.

So Apple fulfills its unspoken promise to this day. And comparing tablets directly is not entirely correct: the range of capabilities and functionality of the first iPad is miserable against the background of the iPad Pro. It’s like complaining about the fuel consumption of a sports car and contrasting it with a lawn mower. No offense, just face reality.

iOS 5 on the first iPad is even ashamed to compare with iPadOS

The multitasking panel in the first-generation iPad with iOS 5.1.1 installed.

The 1st generation iPad came preloaded with iOS 3.2. In that version of the OS there was no multitasking, which cast a shadow on the functionality of the device. In November 2010, the tablet was updated immediately on iOS 4.2.1, and it literally played with new colors. Like the brakes, alas.

By the release of iOS 5, using the iPad was very difficult, and Apple stopped supporting the device after iOS 5.1.1. The tablet was critically lacking not so much processor power as random access memory.

Ipad was just out of luck: he came out at the time of rapid growth in requirements for hardware and the beginning of a significant expansion of iOS capabilities. In 2011, many complained about performance and were in a hurry to move to iPad 2. I myself watched while the App Store was thinking hard and Safari crashing down when opening several tabs.

Software support eventually ended just 2 years after the start of sales (the subsequent iPad 2 was supported for 6 years!). Today, we are accustomed to miracles like the iPhone SE, it seems nonsense.

How are you today: expectedly Not really. App Store apps have been released for many years without iOS 5.1.1 support, so you won’t put anything new on the tablet. Many older versions of games and programs released before 2013 are successfully installed, but they do not work either because of disabling support for old OS on the server side, or because of the critical incompatibility of web standards and iOS 5 technologies.

Many sites that use Javascript (for example, Reddit or iPhones.ru) do not open in Safari or do not load to the end. The built-in YouTube application has been blocked by Google for a long time because it was too eager to show you ads. IMessage sync works poorly, but sending them is still possible.

The meaning in the application Kiosk long gone iBooks no longer syncs your iCloud library. Notes from new Apple devices not supported on iOS 5.1.1. application iTunes still functional as music player.

The built-in stand alone mail client: It not only works successfully, but also allows you to confidently read and respond to letters. If the iPad supported Apple Music, the tablet would have a real use case in 2020. But alas: even the web player does not start, so you can’t listen to the tracks from the service.

Due to the very meager available functionality of the first iPad, I see no reason to compare iOS 4 and iPadOS of the 2019 model. The first is only logical to remember (a “skeuomorphic” interface!), Brush away a mean tear of nostalgia and put it back together with the tablet. The second one instantly solves 90% of the work tasks of most people on Earth and even replaces the “desktop” OS with many.

And you know, after half an hour of such nostalgia, I wanted to go back to the iPad Pro with its calm interface. Nothing lasts forever, and “skeuomorphism” in 2020 really no place.

10 years have passed, and the iPad is the liveliest. Maybe the PC will survive

Instead of the ending, I’ll mention Steve Jobs’s hackneyed phrase about the post-PC era, adding a little literary translation to it without changing the context. It is often used in an abridged version, and in vain.

When we were an agrarian nation, all cars were by trucks. But when people began to get drawn to the city centers, they began to change to cars.

I think that PCs will be like those same trucks. Fewer people will need them than before. And this will seem alarming for some, because computers have allowed us to achieve a lot. They were incredibly helpful.

But everything is changing. Interests too. It seems to me that we have already begun to move in this direction. Will the iPad be that direction? Who knows? Will this happen next year or in five years? …

We are discussing the post-PC era, but when it really begins to advance, it will not be very comfortable …

So even Jobs did not know whether the era of post-PC came along with the release of the iPad, or whether he would need many more years (second). But he understood the direction absolutely correctly.

Only after many years, the iPad crossed the line of the entertainment device. This happened relatively recently, with the release of iPadOS and iPad Pro 2018. I believe that the possibilities of the latter have not yet been disclosed.

So the golden years of the iPad are yet to come. We are waiting for what Apple will surprise in 2020 and say the very first “thank you”. Not everyone liked him, but really changed everything.

The file manager for iPhone and iPad, what it should be: a review of Documents by Readdle

26/01/2020 by ALOK DAS

It took Apple almost ten years to finally teach its iPhone and iPad how to work with files. This happened, thanks to the emergence of the standard application Files in iOS 11. At the same time, an enterprising third-party developer from Odessa was creating his own application for working with files. As a result, this product is significantly superior to the creation of Apple in almost all aspects.

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Features Documents from Readdle

Documents from Readdle is a universal utility for iOS that originally existed in the format of the smart web application ReaddleDocs. Under this name, there was a startup that created the product. MacOS’s mobile Finder has proven to be universal, allowing iPhone and iPad owners to easily find, view and manage files. This is facilitated by an intuitive user interface, which turned out to be even better than that of Apple’s own developments.

Readdle Documents is ideal for reading books in EPUB format, viewing Word and Excel documents, opening ZIP files, PDF files, images, downloading music to MP3s and watching movies on iPhone and iPad.

And although in the previous releases of the product a lot of the user interface didn’t suit, now Documents began to play with new colors. This was also helped by another fresh development of the company, PDF Expert, a reliable tool for editing documents and annotations. The result of the development was an improved user interface that makes viewing and organizing files more organic, there is support for the new dark iOS mode and a floating keyboard. IPad users can now also open more than one application window at a time, which is great for comparing documents in parallel or for dragging content between them.

Now, not only on the iPad, but also on the iPhone, the “Plus” button has appeared, which is a convenient pop-up window in the lower right corner for one-touch calling. With it, you can speed up the creation of new folders, text and PDF files, scan new documents or import existing files from iCloud Drive, Photos, cloud or network storage.

In addition, Documents will unite all cloud services, collecting disparate files in one place. Now they can be synchronized on all devices. Of course, there is integration with the built-in Files application for unhindered access to its contents, as well as for opening files stored in Documents folders without the direct participation of this application.

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Working with files in Documents

This application ability is key. Documents can create new documents and sort them into folders, work with archives, move documents between applications using Drag and Drop technology. File Manager allows you to protect files with a password or Face ID (Touch ID).

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How to add files to Documents on iPhone and iPad

There are several easy ways to add files to Documents. First of all, you can use the powerful built-in browser to quickly download multimedia, books, documents or any other information. You can get it, for example, through email attachments. The FileDrop function allows you to share files with other devices. In fact, this is AirDrop on steroids. Photos, documents, or even entire folders can be sent to a nearby iPhone or iPad. The file structure inside the folder will remain the same.

In addition, you can transfer music, videos or photos to devices with iOS, Mac or PC using ultra-fast Wi-Fi transfer technology. You just need to enter the code from the screen and for further file transfer one click is enough.

Well, of course, you can transfer files to the Documents application on your iPhone or iPad via a cable using the iTunes application (Finder in the latest versions of macOS). To do this, connect the device to the computer, select it in iTunes (Finder) and in the window that appears, select the tab Files.

A screen appears with applications that support file transfer via cable. Click on Documents and drag and drop the files you want to add to the drop-down list.

After this procedure, the added files will immediately appear in the iTunes Files folder of the Documents application on the iPhone or iPad.

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Work with media and music in Documents on iPhone and iPad

You can download your favorite songs from the cloud for further offline listening, or even listen to them from the cloud.

Smart and beautiful media player organizes folders in playlists, adding functions of mixing and looping. Allows Documents to watch and video.

The file manager using iOS 13 and iPadOS uses the “Layout” mode, creating libraries of photos and making them brighter and more fun.

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Browser and PDF Editor

Documents includes a built-in web browser that can now work in secure browsing mode. On iPhone, browser settings are conveniently accessible on any open tab – you no longer need to return to the application settings to simply clear data or change the file upload location. Now you can choose DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Ecosia or Yahoo as the default search engine instead of Google.

Documents has always been considered a convenient PDF reader, but it is possible to turn its full-fledged editor. This service, available by subscription 3,890 rubles a year, provides a complete set of professional tools that allow users to edit, convert and reduce the size of PDF files. Documents will literally sparkle in a new way with stickers, markers and colored text.

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Total

For those who are not enthusiastic about the built-in “Files” application, Documents will be a great option. This free file manager is worthy of installation on every device with iOS and iPadOS. It can read PDF, EPUB, Word and Excel documents, open ZIP archives, view images, download and listen to music, watch videos and much more. Documents appears to be a powerful multi-functional “combine”, and not just a file manager.

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How to connect a regular USB-stick to iPhone or iPad

21/01/2020 by ALOK DAS

With the release of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, Apple’s mobile devices received many interesting and useful innovations, thanks to which there was even a rethinking of the capabilities of these gadgets. For example, now in the “Files” application on iPhone and iPad external drives are fully supported. Now even the iPhone can connect the most standard USB-stick and work with it without any restrictions. It is worth using such a solution and feel all the benefits of it.

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Connecting a flash drive to an iPhone or iPad is an inexpensive way to expand memory

Previously, it was believed that everything that relates to Apple products – accessories and expandable functionality, is certainly expensive. Connecting an external drive at first glance can also be an expensive task. But do not be afraid – you won’t have to buy an expensive proprietary Lightning / USB adapter for connecting a camera from Apple for 3 thousand rubles. An adapter can be any high-quality analogue.

You can find such an adapter in any store with various cables or even on Aliexpress, which supplies all these products to our market. And the adapter from Lightning to USB will cost much cheaper than the branded one.

Buy Lightning / USB adapter

Buy a Lightning / USB adapter with the ability to simultaneously charge your iPhone or iPad via USB-C

So, you have the adapter on hand, and iOS 13 (or newer) is installed on the iPhone or iPad. Now use it to connect a regular USB flash drive to your smartphone. The connected drive should be defined in the section Placestabs Overview standard iOS application Files.

The adapter itself looks very simple – on its one end is a mother-type connector for connecting USB devices, and on the other – a Lightning connector for connecting to the iPhone. Differences from the proprietary adapter lie only in the quality of the assembly. Nevertheless, the Apple product stands out with a pleasant to the touch material, the plastic is monolithic and does not creak.

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USB Flash Drive Features on iPhone or iPad

So, we have already found out that connecting a USB flash drive to an iPhone or iPad is simple and really inexpensive. Now let’s look at the possibilities of working together with Apple devices, the Lightning / USB adapter + USB storage device. You can copy files of various types to a USB flash drive, and then open them on a smartphone or tablet.

1. Video. The dimensions of modern smartphones already make it quite comfortable to watch movies and TV shows on them. That’s just the volume of the drive is constantly not enough. Connecting a flash drive solves this problem. You don’t have to download gigabytes of video to your iPhone or iPad to watch it later on a trip. You can simply write files to a USB flash drive, and then open them in the Files application and then view them using the built-in player. Of course, this application is not flexible and functional, but for a simple view it is quite enough.

2. Music. A similar approach applies to the music library. True, more and more users are not even bothered to download tracks directly to the iPhone or iPad – the Apple Music solution makes this task meaningless.

3. Migration of photos and videos. A flash drive allows you to throw on it any photo or video from a smartphone. To do this, you must first transfer the file from the “Photo” storage, where it is located initially, to the “Files”. Of course, this solution looks like a kind of “crutch,” nevertheless, the final goal is achieved – multimedia in its original resolution is on a flash drive. And then you can do with it anything you want – give it to friends or transfer it to a computer.

4. Documents. Using a USB flash drive to work with documents on the iPhone is very convenient. For example, you can copy files in PDF or DOC format to the drive, and then open it in the “Files”. At the same time, it is desirable to install a high-quality file manager on the device, for example, Documents from Readdle, which allows you to comfortably work with documents. It is possible that the “Files” will not even support the format of the existing file, but there is the possibility of working with it in an application that supports it.

Bonus Thanks to the Lightning / USB adapter, you can also connect a wired gamepad to your iPhone or iPad.

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Flash drive format required

Describing all the possibilities of working with a USB flash drive, it is important not to miss an important point – the USB drive should be formatted in exFAT or FAT32 format, as a last resort (instruction). The popular NTFS file system will work on a smartphone or tablet only to read files from a USB flash drive, without the ability to write data to it. To fully work with the drive, you need to format it correctly.

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Wi-Fi does not work on iPhone or iPad: possible solutions to the problem

13/01/2020 by ALOK DAS

Among all the problems faced by owners of mobile gadgets, poor performance or a complete lack of Wi-Fi connection is one of the most common. Usually the fault is the incorrect user settings of one of the devices (router or smartphone), but sometimes it is not possible to resolve the current situation without intervention at the hardware level.

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Below we consider the most effective Wi-Fi treatment methods in terms of the ratio of the total number of attempts to successful ones. That is, it is these methods that most often help users solve the problem with this type of wireless connection.

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Wi-Fi on iPhone or iPad is bad or not working, what should I do?

Eliminate external causes (interference, covers)

First of all, you should make sure that there is no interference with the signal. If there is no microwave oven between the router and the smartphone, in which there are several working radiotelephones, then it should pass unhindered. Most often, the problem lies in covers and bumpers, which were made by shortsighted craftsmen from metal materials – eliminating such an accessory can remove the issue of unstable Wi-Fi connections.

Table of materials with different levels of interference:

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On iPhone or iPad (reboot, “forget network”, reset network settings, flashing)

Naturally, the first thing to do is to make a full range of measures to eliminate a possible error in the iOS settings, moving along the list from the simplest to the most complex:

1. Turn off and turn on Wi-Fi in the Control Center, reboot the device.

2. If the iPhone or iPad does not connect correctly to the Wi-Fi network, try to “forget” the network. To do this, open the Settings app, go to the Wi-Fi section and click on the “i “ next to the signal strength icon.

3. If this does not help, reset the network. To do this, go along the path: Settings → The main → Reset and click on Reset Network Settings.

4. In some cases, you can resort to the procedure Software Recovery. About what is different Software Update from Software Recovery, as well as how this process is carried out, we described in detail in this material.

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On the router (router)

1. Reboot the router. No matter how trite it may sound, but restarting the router in some cases really helps to improve the wireless network on iOS.

2. Change the encryption method (often for this reason, iOS devices do not want to connect to Wi-Fi).

3. Change the channel and region.

4. Reset the router (router) to the factory settings.

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Folk remedies

However, if you have an old iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 with a broken screen and an inoperative Home button on your hands, you can risk his health and do one of the methods of temperature exposure tested by thousands of users. Namely – to heat the smartphone with a hairdryer to a critical temperature and then reboot, or vice versa – freeze the iPhone in the refrigerator (and this is not a joke).

Sometimes this gives a positive but temporary effect and confirms the presence of hardware problems.

Contact a service center

If the iPhone still refuses to connect to the Internet, then with a high degree of probability there are mechanical damage or factory defects of the corresponding module. Such a problem should not be fixed independently at home and it is better to contact a service center.

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Why it is not necessary to close (unload) applications on iPhone and iPad from the multitasking panel

07/01/2020 by ALOK DAS

Until brands take up the issue of drastically increasing the active time of smartphones, ordinary gadget owners will be interested in all kinds of popular tips. One of them says that the application is not enough to close, it is also necessary to unload it from the iOS memory. That’s what we’ll talk about.

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Interpretation of the common “life hack”

Having finished working with the application, we tap twice with the usual gesture on the Home button or use the corresponding gesture on the iPhone with Face ID, minimizing the program window. However, it still continues to hang in memory, starts processes and brazenly consumes system resources. In order to save the latter, it is recommended that you manually remove the “dependent” and close it – at our command, iOS forcibly unloads from the RAM all data packets associated with this software. The load on the system will decrease, and the amount of energy consumed by it will be proportionally reduced. Logically, isn’t it? Only partially wrong.

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IOS multitasking algorithm

Lecturer and educator Fraser Speirs offers the following explanation from the Dummies category (officially confirmed by Apple). Any application in the apple mobile OS at a particular point in time is in one of five states.

Does not work. The period between the complete shutdown of the program and until the next start, during which the system does not interact with it in any way. Of course, there is no battery charge.
Launched but Inactive. Occurs when the screen is locked without minimizing the current window. The software occupies the nth volume of RAM, but the processor is not active and no energy is spent on its operation.
Actively. Full-fledged work with the application, during which the maximum use of system resources is observed.
Background mode. The window closes, but a number of services continue to work, for example, searching for and downloading updates. The load on the gadget is full, but iOS gives such processes a minimum priority, redistributing resources in favor of applications that are active.
Closed. Data exchange between the program and the system is stopped, however, it remains in the RAM. This does not require any significant amount of energy, iOS just makes a “bookmark”, which allows you to significantly speed up the loading of the application when you access it again through the multitasking panel.

Having finished working with the program, we press the Home button or use the appropriate gesture on the iPhone with Face ID – from “Active state” she immediately moves to “Background mode”.

If there are existing services, it will hang until they finish completing their tasks, after which a forced transition to the “Closed state” will follow. It will happen in any case – iOS waits a few seconds and if there is no background activity, it automatically performs this procedure.

Now our application does not create a load on the system, but still takes up megabytes of RAM. When they become in demand, for example, when you start something heavy, iOS will automatically clear the required amount of memory. And the program will translate into a state “Does not work”, which completely eliminates her use of system resources, including precious electricity.

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What happens when a person decides to intervene

VisuallyBackground mode“From the state of”Closed“Cannot be distinguished in any way – this will require special utilities that analyze activity in iOS in detail. However, the icon, just a picture, continues to hang in the multitasking menu, confusing the user. From his subjective point of view, the application is still working, read, consumes system resources. This is required to stop – a person puts his finger on the screen, thereby forcing iOS to respond.

For an application that has long been “Closed” and does not actually interact with the processor, a separate session of forced unloading from memory is launched. It lasts for nothing, but this is a load on the system, entailing the consumption of a certain amount of resources. For a second, the work of other programs will slow down, the battery will part with a fraction of the charge, and when the user wants to start the same application again, everything will happen again – there is no more data in the memory, you need to load it.

As a result, it turns out that manual unloading of applications allows you to free up the memory they occupy, but it provokes additional battery consumption. That is, we get an effect that is completely opposite to what was expected. If we are talking about popular software, then the combination of constant “start + paranoid closure” provokes a completely meaningless overspending of a valuable resource without any tangible benefit. That’s right – iOS automatically redistributes memory according to the optimal scheme, without overloading the processor, but for interacting with the user, it is obliged to activate a more bulky and gluttonous window interface. One output image of the menu on the screen with the backlight of what it costs.

An example on the fingers: we go into the kitchen, pour juice from a decanter into a cup, put the container back in the refrigerator, and return to the living room ourselves. After taking a few sips, we can set aside the cup, but since right now it is not needed, then we again go to the kitchen and pour the unfinished liquid into the decanter. And then suddenly another hand gets tired of keeping the vessel on weight, again, forces will be wasted. But I want to drink something – after some time the procedure will have to be repeated, again and again. Not too smart, is it? So let a half-empty cup with juice stand on its own, without taking up either a place in the hand or thoughts, but then you don’t have to run back and forth. It is another matter if you want tea – then it makes sense to go to the kitchen and work to wash the cup, preparing it for a different purpose.

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Effective method of saving system resources

Formally in “Background” the application does not have to stay long, but certain categories of software abuse their authority. Partly due to the negligence of the developers, but more often this is done deliberately. For example, a Mail app configured for instant push notifications never switches to “Closed state”. The lion’s share of software loves to monitor maternal sites in search of updates without any demand, and each empty communication session leads to the activation of a number of device modules and energy consumption.

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In order to stop this disgrace, iOS introduced a mechanism to limit the operation of the system by applications in the background. Allowing them to access the Internet only when installed in a dock is a great idea. In order to save resources, it is advisable to set the access to the Network in the inactive time of the day when the person is sleeping.

Energy will be saved indirectly, due to the fact that there is no need to use the screen and distract the processor to priority data processing in the active window. In this regard, iOS completely depends on a competent user – to go over the menu after installing the software and choose which application to give the green light to and which red, the system with the proper level of efficiency will fail.

And of course, don’t forget to set up notifications on your iPhone and iPad.

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How many iPhone, iPad and computers can I attach to Apple ID: where to look, how to remove unnecessary devices

06/01/2020 by ALOK DAS

ITunes (replaced with app in latest macOS Music) on Mac and PC, allows you to view a list of devices associated with the Apple ID, as well as delete devices that are no longer needed.

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When devices are tied to Apple ID

IPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, Windows computers, and Android smartphones automatically bind to Apple ID when the owner uses certain features.

Apple ID was used to authorize Apple Music;
Music was downloaded to the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch using the Music app;
ICloud Media Library was included;
Previous purchases have been downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store;
The feature has been enabled. “Automatic downloads”;
The feature has been enabled. “Family access.”

After that, the device can download and play music (Apple Music), movies, TV shows and other content purchased from the iTunes Store. In addition, connected devices enable you to activate the function. “Automatic downloads” (when new purchases are automatically installed on all devices tied to the same Apple ID).

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How many and which devices can be tied to Apple ID

You can associate with Apple ID no more than 10 devices (Mac, Windows computers, as well as Android and iOS devices) at the same time, of which only 5 can be computers.

List of devices connected in iTunes, does not necessarily match the device listin which the user logged in with an Apple ID. This list can be viewed on the Apple ID account page.

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Why remove related devices

Devices associated with Apple ID are deleted in the following cases:

You must add a new device, but the limit on the number of connected devices has already been reached;
Cannot load previous purchases from the iTunes Store;
Apple Music does not work or you cannot log into your Apple Music account;
The connected device is about to be sold or given away.

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View and delete related devices on Mac and Windows

Go to the page “Account Information” following the link “View my account” in order to automatically open iTunes (application Music on macOS Catalina or newer macOS) and enter your Apple ID for authorization on the system. The same can be done differently:

1. Open the iTunes program (you can download here) or the application Music on new macOS versions;

2. Click “Account” → “To come in” and log in using Apple ID;

3. Select “Account” → “View …” in the menu bar or iTunes window or application Music on macOS Catalina or newer macOS;

4. The system may require you to re-enter your Apple ID password;

5. The Account Information page opens. You need to scroll to the section “ITunes in the cloud” and choose Device Management. The section will not appear if no devices are attached to the Apple ID.

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How to view related devices

Select Device Management in order to view information about each associated device. To the right of the devices will be the date they are associated with the Apple ID. In addition, this page will contain information about how many days are left until the device can be linked to another Apple ID.

If the device is not listed, you can try to associate it with Apple ID.

How to remove related devices

Select Device Managementand then the button Deletelocated to the right of the devices. It must be remembered that up to the moment when the device can be associated with the new Apple ID, it may take up to 90 days.

In case the button Delete near the device is inactive, the user needs to log out of the iTunes Store account on this device and try again.

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How to remove paired devices on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

On iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch there is no function to view a list of related deviceshowever, a device that can be accessed can be easily removed without using a computer. To do this, you need:

1. Select on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch “Settings” → [Имя пользователя] → “ITunes Store and App Store”;

2. Choose your Apple ID;

3. Select View Apple ID and if necessary, enter a password;

4. Scroll to the section “ITunes in the cloud” and click “Remove this device”.

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Pairing Android Devices

On Android smartphones, you cannot view or delete related devices. At the same time, the smartphone itself is included in the limit on the number of attached devices.

“The device is already associated with an Apple ID. The device can be associated with another Apple ID through […] days. “

This message appears when you try to associate the device with another Apple ID. In this case, the wait may take up to 90 days.

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How to set up a dock on your iPad: all the features you might not know about

01/01/2020 by ALOK DAS

Recently, Apple has been paying much attention to the iPad – now the “apple” tablet is much more like a computer than before. One of the most interesting productivity features is a panel taken from macOS for Dock applications.

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An important step will be the setup, as well as the personalization of the tablet dock. This convenient panel is located at the bottom of the screen and your applications are located on it. And the design element is more flexible than originally thought.

For new iPad users, we’ll show you how to set up your dock so that it helps you in the best way.

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How to add, remove and reorder application shortcuts in Dock on iPad

The Dock on the iPad houses your favorite applications, allowing you to launch them with one touch. This solution is ideal for applications that you use on a regular basis: messages, mail or calendar. To get started, think about what programs you run every day for their subsequent placement in the Dock.

For additions applications in the Dock, press and hold the program shortcut until it sways. Then drag to the Dock and release.

To remove shortcut, press and hold the shortcut of the program until it sways. Then drag it from the Dock.

To reorder applications in the Dock, press and hold the program shortcut until it sways. Then drag the shortcuts to the necessary places in the Dock-panel.

Remember that when you press and hold an application shortcut, you will first see a pop-up context menu. To use any of the above actions, just keep holding the shortcut and this menu will disappear. The icon itself will sway. Now you can already move it.

If you prefer to use the popup menu, just select Reorder Applications, and then move the shortcuts to or from the iPad dock or to another location.

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How to create a folder in the Dock on iPad

Another useful feature of the iPad dock is that you can add folders to it. Therefore, if you already have a folder on the screen containing, for example, office applications, social networking clients or games, you can also move them to the Dock. To add, delete, or move folders in the dock, simply use the methods described above.

If you have never previously created a folder on an iPad, then this is very simple. Click and hold a shortcut and drag it directly to another application.

When a small window appears with both applications, release.

You can then give your folder a new name if you do not like the default value.

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Show or hide recent or suggested apps in Dock

On the right side of the Dock are recently used applications.

It is quite convenient to quickly return to them. But if the shortcuts bother you, then this feature may be disabled.

Go to Settings → Home screen and dock and deactivate the switch “Show featured and latest apps in the dock“.

After you do this, only applications you manually placed for quick launch will remain in the Dock.

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How to open dock in active application

You can call Dock from any application. If desired, up to 13 applications are placed on it, and on the right side of the panel a place is reserved for three recently opened programs. The latter function allows you to quickly navigate between two or three applications that you need most often, this is a kind of tab in the browser. In addition, there is synchronization with Handoff, so that iOS will display the last three applications that you used, for example, on the iPhone. As a result, you can easily continue on the iPad what you started on the tablet.

When you open the application, the Dock automatically hides, giving you the opportunity to work in full screen. But you can see the dock again by swiping up from the bottom of the screen.

Dock will appear on the screen, while not interfering with your current work. If you continue to pull up, you will be taken to the multitasking screen – all recently opened applications, Dock and Control Center (on the right side) are displayed there. Another way to call the Dock is to double-click the Home button – this will bring you to the multitasking menu, where, as we know, there is also a Dock.

This technique is very convenient for hosting applications in split view mode or using Slide Over.

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How Slide Over and Split View work with Dock on iPad

The Dock also allows quick access to the split screen. This is all the more important, since in iPadOS to launch two applications at the same time, you need to open the first program, call the Dock, find the application on it and drag it to the display. If you drag left or right, the display will split into two parts, if you drag the icon closer to the left or right corner, the familiar Split View will open, which we have known since iOS 9.

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How to call the application context menu in the dock on the iPad

Applications hosted in the Dock support a context menu. The function works on all iPads with installed iOS 11 and newer. The appropriate set of additional actions is offered only by those applications that are provided by the developer. To go to the menu “as with the right mouse button”, just press and hold your finger on the icon.

For example, a standard application Files displays a list of recently opened files. From there, they can be opened or dragged to the main screen.

Dock in Dark Mode

If you want to use “Dark mode” on your iPad, this will automatically apply to the dock, whose background darkens. You can enable “Dark mode” on the tablet with a few taps using “Command centre”.

Swipe down from the upper right corner to open “Command centre”.

Press and hold the icon. “Brightness” and select “Dark mode”.

You can disable it in the same quick way.

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Completion

If you decide to set up a dock for the iPad, the system offers quite flexible options. Even with minor changes, it’s possible to organize the dock so that it helps you in the best way.

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Selected the best available accessories for iPhone, iPad and MacBook

23/12/2019 by ALOK DAS

December is the time to take stock. Among the ratings on iPhones.ru there was a place for the most affordable accessories for the equipment of our favorite brand.

Gathered all the best, as yourself. For such gifts will not be ashamed. Be sure to come in handy and will be the best in their category.

Do not agree? We will be happy to discuss in the comments. In the meantime, a personal top 11 accessories worth up to 10 thousand rubles looks like that.

1. Moonfish AC Charger

The charger is better than moonfish PowerPro has not yet been invented. Everything is simple: it can charge any gadgets at the highest speed, from smart watches to laptops. And he does it with high quality.

USB-C output supports recoil up to 60 watts in 4 different modes. The remainder will go to the output with Qualcomm Quich Charge support (orange) or a couple of regular USB (blue).

Although, what does it mean or? PowerPro is good because it can charge simultaneously on all ports. You only need to fit in the declared 75 watts.

Total, at the same time you can put in a MacBook, iPhone, clock and headphones. In one outlet – and no more messy wires and heaps of chargers. By the way, he is the size of a native to his favorite laptop.

Buy for 5990 rub.

2. Urban backpack XD Design

The fresh 18-liter version of the popular XD Design backpack was named Bobby hero hero. The most common size for the city, without IMHO.

In accordance with this design is a classic “from Bobby”, anti-vandal. A well-designed back makes everyday wear easier and unloads your back.

There are as many pockets as you need: in addition to the main compartment with a compartment for a laptop, there is a place for a tablet, mobile phone and wallet.

Even in a critical situation, something will remain protected. However, Bobby rightfully received the status of protected: with it you can not be afraid of pickpockets of any city in the world.

Buy for 8490 rub.

3. Optional Satechi Keyboard Unit

All versions of the MacBook have one drawback that many users do not pay attention to. But for video editors and active lovers of hot keys, it’s like a thorn.

They, like me, cannot imagine life without a nampad. What to do? Buy good wireless digital block.

Satechi Releases Superb Continuation of Native Keyboard Aluminum Extended Keypad. One design, and the quality is not inferior.

Together with the digital unit, the accessory carries a set of quick navigation buttons, which can also be useful. By the way, a very rare and really convenient implementation.

Buy for 3990 rub.

4. Wireless Bose speaker

This season, Bose turned out to be the undisputed leader in the middle segment of Bluetooth speakers, not least thanks to a portable speaker system. SoundLink Color BT speaker II.

Compact, comfortable, lightweight – and perfectly protected by standard IPX4. Add the original look and bright colors, and the hit is ready.

However, they love acoustics for their sound. And then Bose managed to surprise everyone, because you simply can’t expect such a deep and clear sound from a pair of 40 mm speakers.

And even more so volume sufficient for a small disco. But they are.

Buy for 8990 rub.

5. Beats Wireless Headphones

Beatsx one can rightly be called one of the most successful wireless headphones of the year. In the segment of up to 10 thousand rubles, they have almost no competitors.

For the owner of Apple technology, this is a real find: a quick connection with all devices up to hours and a strong connection is worth a lot. In the end, AirPods love it.

BeatsX sit in your ears much more convenient than the most popular wireless headphones in the world. Yes, and they sound noticeably richer.

Finally, one cannot fail to mention the corporate style and reliable design. Still thinking? But in vain: you won’t lose this model.

Buy for 8490 rub.

6. USB-C Hub with Moonfish Wireless Charging

The perfect transformer combine from the world of USB hubs and hubs. Just think: one port turns into 4. And there are a couple of surprises.

The main connectors are a pair of USB standard 3.0that are so lacking in modern laptops. Sacrifice Type c no need, he remains in place and almost does not lose speed.

In addition, it is necessary to connect wireless chargers from the kit. Want for Apple Watch, want for all other devices.

All this very compact even by the standards of a jacket pocket. Yes, there is still a free bonus in the form of an output for a headset!

Buy for 9990 rub.

7. Stylus Apple Pencil (1st generation)

What could be more necessary than the best stylus on the market? Replaceable stylus pen, of course!

Let me remind you that the pen is suitable for all iPad Pro, iPad Air, iPad mini and regular iPad (from the 3rd, 5th and 6th generation, respectively), allowing you to draw no worse than on the “wakome”.

IMHO, with the advent of the branded “pen” these devices got a second wind and learned how to solve real work problems. If not yet, it’s worth a try.

If you already have one, the extra never hurts. And do not forget about removable “stings”, without them it’s completely nowhere.

Buy a stylus for 8990 rubles.

Buy tips for 1990 rub.

8. Wacom Wireless Graphic Tablet

If the working tool is a laptop or desktop (and, for example, with Windows 10 on board), completely different devices will be required for drawing.

Among which stands out strikingly comfortable Wacom Intuos S Bluetooth: Fresh 7-inch model of the popular brand with wireless connectivity.

The guys know a lot about drawing. Even Apple Pencil can not yet surpass the accuracy of their devices with honest 4096 pressure recognition levels.

Popularity also does its work, because the novelty will connect to any computer under any OS without tambourines. We must take it – without wires it is very convenient.

Buy for 8590 rub.

9. Wireless speaker JBL

Updated JBL Charge 4 It is the standard of secure wireless mid-segment audio systems (rather in size and power, but also in price).

You can take it with you wherever you go. The spray is not afraid, the rain is not afraid. The rubberized case protects against shock, the notorious certificate from sand IPX7.

What else is needed? Of course, the good sound that the Charge 4 has is enough for everyone. For a kilogram device, it is simply indecently loud and bass.

Battery life also looks cool: up to 20 hours without a break they will allow holding more than one event, or returning home with a margin. Conveniently.

Buy for 8990 rub.

10. Belkin Car Charger

A successful instance of charging in the cigarette lighter, which is suitable for any car. Unlike others, it supports not only fast charging QC, but also works with Power Delivery.

It converts the standard voltage to 27 watts DC for mobile devices and other gadgets.

I almost forgot: this is the first car charger with support for the latest Quick Charge 4.0+that has not even become the “gold standard.”

The best acquisition for growth. Quality will not let you down.

Buy for 4990 rub.

11. Case for iPhone 11 moonfish

According to the Pantone Color Institute, the main color of the new year 2020 was Classic Blue. Something between ordinary blue and the color of barely worn jeans.

It’s hard with such accessories, but Space blue or “dark blue” moonfish is a replacement. No one will notice.

Covers are high-quality, durable and very tenacious. Or do you not wear your 100,000th “iPhones” in defense, preferring to wear it for repairs?

Buy for 2490 rub.

P.S. and which of these will you take?

I worked on the iPad Pro for a month and replaced it with a laptop. I share my impressions

18/12/2019 by ALOK DAS

In 2010, Steve Jobs announced that the era of post-PCs was approaching: the time when computers would give way to smartphones and tablets in solving the daily tasks of most people. He was right in his own way.

So I have been looking closely at the device that de facto laid the foundation for this trend.

Our 2018 iPad Pro review came out over a year ago. All this time I walked in circles, not daring to buy. It was not in him, but in me. He is very good. But why me like that? What will I do with him?

Anyway, what’s wrong with him can do what fails with a regular iPad?

In November, curiosity finally prevailed. I set myself a challenge: next six weeks iPad Pro was supposed to be my main working device. Once, exactly the same way I switched to my first MacBook, and it was one of the best solutions in life.

At the end of the sixth, I write these lines directly from him, editing a hundred photos for articles and writing tens of thousands of words on a keyboard cover.

Further, my story: thoughts, impressions, specifics. I’ll go a little to the side, because in 6 weeks my impressions have not died out. The text turned out to be emotional and a little “untied”. It’s good that no one will hit Pencil on the fingers, the editor himself. 😈

In addition, the device has been sold for a whole year, and they managed to say a lot about it. I didn’t want to repeat myself and give a typical geo-tech review.

The answer to the most important question

Immediately voiced.

Can an iPad Pro replace a computer completely?

Yes. And … no. Because he is not a computer. it really different device.

iPad Pro will help achieve more than would allow the most powerful computer in the world. Or, conversely, less. Everything rests on two things: a type your workflow and a wish change something in it.

If you are primarily working with text, the Apple tablet plus a branded cover-keyboard will close 99.5% of the tasks, and for the remaining 0.5% it will be possible to find tricky solutions. It took me 15 minutes to get used to the keyboard and a week to fit the tablet into the editing process. And then I typed on it 5 thousand words of review AirPods Pro. I didn’t want to stop.

If you retouch photos, it all comes down to how deeply you edit each frame. All the basic and even many advanced features, including direct editing of RAW directly from the camera, have long been available on the iPad Pro. But there is no complete replacement for desktop Photoshop yet. The key word is bye. The work is on.

So much power and size – less than half the MacBook Pro.

If you want to create, draw and in general to develop your creative impulses into something tangible, you will not find a better gadget than the iPad Pro. Together with the Apple Pencil and Procreate from the App Store, you can compete with the best digital artists in the world. Not for nothing that many of them use this “combo”.

Well, if you just need entertainmentthen the iPad Pro easily reveals itself as an uber gadget. A retina display with breathtaking color reproduction in an ultra-thin case with killer quad-speakers and virtually the leading power of the processor and video chip … Honestly, even after a year he actually has no competitors, and to keep all this in his hands is a real geek pleasure.

Where the iPad Pro might not help you is in highly specialized scenarios. Let’s say your company uses some specially designed software for Windows 7 and is closed from the outside world by dozens of proprietary systems. The approach in this case is manual – google, as others did. It happens that a solution is found, and there is something suitable in the App Store. It happens that not.

As you can see iPad for everyone will be completely different, and its actual benefits will be just as different. By the way, it’s interesting to collect stories from the owners of iPads. How do you use it? Especially interesting are thosehighly specialized scripts“. If there is something to share in this regard, write in the comments below or on [email protected], I will be grateful.

Anyway. Let’s move on to my own impressions. 6 weeks, iPad Pro 2018 from morning to evening and occasional breaks on the MacBook.

How is it?

Why did I decide to try the iPad Pro right now

Power, portability, functionality. Okay, still a really cool display. And yes, that same curiosity.

The iPadOS release this fall turned the Apple tablet into a different class device, and I really got excited to fit it into a working routine. A functional file browser, almost “desktop” Safari, advanced multi-windowing and multitasking – yes, half of this is on the iPhone, but the screen is a bit small …

The last bastion was the expectation of the release of the new iPad Pro in October-November. Still, regular releases of new generations of technology – Apple skate. But this time there was no iPad. And having become the owner of the 2018 model, I understood why.

Cupertinians no need to rush. The 2018 Pro is already so good that you can not even think about an upgrade until 2020. There are no analogues; iron is still cosmic.

So here is my iPad Pro 2018

11-inch version, 1 terabyte model with LTE modem. Color Space Gray. The 12.9-inch modification is good in its own way, but for me it is not as universal. Size matters both ways, all things.

Above is a complete set of all official Apple accessories: cover-cover Smart folio, keyboard Case Smart Keyboard Folio and 2nd generation Apple Pencil.

Still to it glass, a film, a film for a film. Well, a pocket bag.

About the last kidding. Well, partially. In the early days I thought to stick at least something on top. It’s a pity to accidentally scratch. Then common sense woke up. It became clear that the covers are more than enough for protection. And from the crooked hands and five layers of film will not save.

Both branded cases for the iPad Pro are worn on the tablet with magnets. Very comfortable and does not thicken the edge.

The set turned out to be the most complete, only the paintings of Tim Cook were not enough. This knocked down a bit in the early days: what to grab, what to deal with first? You take off some films for about 20 minutes. I wanted to shoot this, but my son sat on his knees and let’s “help”. I still find their scraps in unexpected places.

I decided to accelerate evenly, so at first I rolled up a backup from the iPhone. Then I downloaded all the applications. Then I downloaded the entire Apple Music Library. Following downloaded all the games Apple Arcade. All episodes of all Apple TV + series …

Yes, 1 terabyte was too tough for me. After 6 weeks on the iPad Pro, more than 600 gigabytes remain free, and of course I have no words. A couple of years ago I went with the iPhone X at 64 gigabytes, and the freedom to not think about memory inspires, intoxicating.

For this indulgence, the first three evenings passed, after which the iPad really went into business.

What I did with the iPad Pro 2018 these 6 weeks

The more I got used to the iPadOS and explored its capabilities, the more interesting the challenge itself became. I remind you that I set myself the task of abandoning the laptop as much as possible. Even the output of the 16-inch MacBook Pro did not break the motivation. Although the hands itch already take as it should for a full gaming test.

Little by little, from the clumsy “poking” in Settings and lonely neat tapas on a soft keyboard, I gradually switched to confident, automated work with the tablet.

iPad Pro crashes and flies into the bag dozens of times a day, at the first opportunity it reliably registers on tables and knees, and the solution of work issues and tasks is perceived solely through the prism of the use of iPadOS.

In short, I already get used to it…

… work with text

No matter how good the on-screen keyboard is, the physical is still more convenient. Writing large texts on it is faster and more convenient. I immediately fell in love with virtual split modewhen the two halves of the block cling to the frames of the screen – I use it to print on the go when I hold the tablet in portrait orientation.

On the first day I installed the package Microsoft Office, Google and Yandex translators (you never know!). I learned keyboard shortcuts in a week. I also tried Markdown editors so as not to waste time typing in the admin panel of our site. And you know what?

I constantly return to my native application Notes. Yes, to that one. Instant synchronization with iCloud, proven reliability over the years, direct access to texts from other Apple gadgets and a simple, button-friendly interface – well, I don’t need all kinds of “chips”. The only thing, Pages several times helped out when it was necessary to open the sent documents.

Office also involved several times, I needed Excel. In it, I have a giant worksheet with a bunch of formulas and macros, tabs, and other nightmares of an accountant. I thought it would slow down, but no: the search is quick, there’s no delay when editing cells and saving the result.

For the rest Notes – one love. Opened, knocked, closed. Then I copied it to the admin panel, uploaded pictures from Media Library uploaded and clicked “Publish”. Zero difference with a laptop.

Simple tasks do not require complex tools, right? Writing on the iPad Pro is faster than on the iPhone. Well, the multi-window system (I’ll talk more about it) is unrealistic when you conduct correspondence or study the source of information for an article.

By the way, the iPadOS liked the new gestures of copying (bring three fingers together) and pastes (…breed?… three fingers). Not immediately adapted to them. But now I can’t imagine how I used to select the text, wait for the pop-up window at the cursor, and so on.

… edit photo

Some photos in the article were taken on the iPhone 11 Pro. For example, this one is on his ultra-wide-angle camera.

We at the editorial office ourselves are shooting on the Sony A7s digital SLR, our iPhones, and generally on everything at hand. We edit the photos ourselves, on our own. Well, or whatever, more often with my forces and with the efforts of the chief editor Mick.

Every week you have to process pieces of 20-30 “RAW-ok”, and in busy weeks and under a hundred.

All this would be simple, if not for one “but”: I strongly drive with refinement of subject photos. I can sit over some for an hour until I feel like I’m starting to go crazy. I really do not trust algorithms and lightrooms, all kinds of batch processing. They will not remove dust, as well as various unpleasant imperfections of surfaces. I prefer a manual approach.

From the side of the iPad Pro and iPadOS, everything is super. Copying RAW to the tablet itself is nowhere simpler: I I directly hook the camera via USB-C to micro-USB and fill in the “RAW-ki” directly into the camera roll. Editing them is also convenient. Most often I use Photoshop Fix and Express, sometimes Lightroom for a change. Pixelmator didn’t “log in” at all, and I have not tried the Photo version yet.

And it would be possible to end this, if I just “rolled” the pictures on the auto-enhancers and left them like that. But with my stupid perfectionism, one thing is terribly lacking in Adobe tools for iPadOS. Not even two. But I have not yet found a good alternative for the package.

The first is normal resize and export settings. There is a processed RAW photo with an original resolution of 4 thousand pixels in width. And you need strictly 1240px. How to turn one into the other, where is the menu? Everywhere I clicked and googled. He is not there. How did it happen. I have to bother with a third-party program. Do not flood the .JPEG admin panel with several meters, including the length. You will begin to kick first then.

The second thing is generally specific. This is just the story of “highly specialized scenarios,” or rather, established habits. I really love (OK, adore) the tool “Color swap»In full Photoshop. This is such a cheat for correcting yellowness and other mistakes when shooting, which when used with tonal “brushes” allows you to squeeze a commercial-quality picture from a failed photo, wielding it “by eye”.

As you already guess, I have not yet found direct analogues to this tool on iPadOS. If you know, tell me.

The rest of the iPad Pro does photo editing. just a bang. He chews RAW very quickly. We don’t need, say, Adobe Bridge to select 10 normal photos from 100 bad RAWs: right in the Camera Roll, I leaf through and mark the successful “Favorites”, and then erase the rest mercilessly.

Over the course of 6 weeks, several of my reviews and strangers came out with photos that were processed in whole or in part on the iPad Pro. Just a little bit is enough for me to call the tablet an ideal platform for professional-grade retouching. And then I don’t know yet – maybe this is exactly experience I don’t have enough, and nothing to do with applications or iPadOS.

… create content for social networks

The word “content” really do not like. Anyway. IPad has the ability arouse creativity in people initially prone to this. For some reason, I decided that I also belong to such.

And then I once looked for photo editors for the iPad. One by one, I dived deeper and deeper until I came across three programs. it Plotaverse, Enlight pixaloop and Lumyer. I must say right away that the latter should not be set, although it is useful, it does not support the Stories format for Instagram.

These programs allow you to create short animated videos for social networks and sites. Animations themselves are ready, downloaded from a huge database and constantly replenished. It remains only to transfer them to a static photo, twist, well, and if you want to play with color and masks.

The result is very unusual. You should have noticed it on iPhones.ru – I put a couple of these video pictures in my previous articles. But I also found guys who really need such mini-videos for commercial “Instagram” and advertising on Facebook.

In general, completely unexpected for myself began to earn extra moneymaking such straightforward animated videos for social networks. And the site also falls. Doing the same on an iPhone is not so convenient, there is not enough physical screen area.

Plus iPad Pro with its killer processor easily puts at least 10 simultaneous animations. I am satisfied, the wallet, too, and I learned something new.

… use on the road and when traveling

By the way, the red sports bracelet on the Apple Watch Series 5 – new thing, (PRODUCT) RED. The color is gorgeous.

If you followed the site, a couple of weeks ago published impressions of a trip to Amsterdam. I didn’t take a laptop there at all: only an iPad Pro with a Smart Keyboard Folio keyboard case. It was unusual, after all, without a laptop – like without hands when you are responsible for a large site.

I can’t say that I used shock directly on the trip. Still, we did not work, but planned to relax. But on iPadOS, it was absolutely mundane to get a post, correct texts, edit the photos taken there.

On the plane, I finally watched several episodes of the Morning Show. Not even a few, but all that came out at that time. The flight back and forth was generally absent, I remember they just took off, put the ipad on its knees – hop, they’ve flown for three hours already, asking to remove it on the landing. And the charge is not much spent, well, maybe 25-30 percent with a high brightness and Bluetooth headphones.

The display is cool, color reproduction and resolution are such that all the wrinkles on the main actors are examined. And in general, Aniston is doing great. Everyone would look and play like that at 50.

As a working device and entertaining, iPad Pro fit perfectly into the trip and proved that without a laptop a business trip would not get any worse. Even if I had to work at the pace of everyday life, I would not be lost in Amsterdam.

Do not forget that the whole “sandwich” weighs a little: 764 grams is even smaller than 12 inch macbook (920 grams). I was the only one who did not take the laptop with me, and therefore, in my half-empty backpack, we distributed the entire “advantage” of my colleagues’ hand luggage before departure.

… constantly drown in Apple Arcade

Work is work, and games in Arcade are taken by surprise. Almost all are very high quality, without pumping money. Many of them are “disposable”, but unusual and interesting. Such courage would not have been possible if Apple had not supported the developers with money and allowed them to freely create without looking back at monetization.

On the big screen, it turned out to be better to play absolutely any title. Somewhere it’s easier to appreciate the detail of textures, somewhere you don’t have to squint to see the small text and artwork details. The immersion is also incomparable, 11 inches of Retina-display at a distance of bent arms is like a 4K TV almost point blank.

The only personal minus was not as wide support for gamepads as I expected. In iOS 13 and iPadOS, they added compatibility with Dualshock 4 and the Xbox One controller, which is great. But so far I have seen their support in only a few games, such as “thick” on the schedule Hot lava and Oceanhorn 2.

I heard that in mobile Call Of Duty for iOS, they also added support for gamepads – do not forget to try. In this mode, the Smart Folio case is very helpful. On the table, he serves as a stand, and on his knees raises the screen in your direction. You can safely clamp the gamepad with both hands and forward, as if chopping on the game console.

Thank you for all this. You need to say not only the iPad Pro, but also the iPadOS.

Apple seriously took up the OS of tablets. iPadOS endowed iPad Pro, and other iPads with a host of new features, many of which were in the “top” of user desires almost from the first year of the existence of the entire category of devices.

iPadOS shares 99% of the functions of iOS 13, but at the same time it added on top a few innovations that the iPhone simply cannot have. Not that display and form factor, after all.

And the most important among these “exclusive” chips is the multi-window mode.

This is multi-windowing, not multi-tasking. The latter was in previous versions of iOS. It’s about the Slide Over feature, and it’s just a bomb. I am ashamed to admit now, but in the first one and a half weeks I never used it. Just forgot. Affect old habits from the iPhone.

See the window on the right? This is Slide Over.

Slide Over works like this: on top of any open application, you open the Dock and “pull” the icon of another program. A new window appears on the side of the screen. It loads the selected software. This window works simultaneously with the main one. It can be dragged in opposite corners. Something like picture-in-picture.

Slide Over allows you to freely use the second program at the same time as the first, whose workspace does not narrow down. It’s as if they put a widget application or “sticker” on top.

But that’s not all. Applications in Slide Over mode have their own multitasking. You can “pull out” at least 7 different programs in this mode, and then switch between them with a simple swipe without leaving the screen of the main “software”.

And so, in iPadOS, each application can turn into a separate working area with its own set of sticker programs. The “stickers” themselves keep the current state of activity, even if you accidentally close them.

The multitasking inside the Slide Over in iPadOS is something.

When I opened two identical applications inside Slide Over, and each one actually worked independently of the other, I understood why Apple clearly separated the iPadOS from iOS 13. This is generally a different class of usability and features that you need to get used to and then not understand how without This used to live.

But the system still has a Split View mode, which splits the screen into two custom zones, in each of which different applications can work simultaneously.

Against the background of such an upgrade of opportunities, I want Apple to tell us more and more clearly how to use this multilayer multitasking and multi-windowing. That and look, people will no longer evaluate the iPad according to the standards of functionality of 2010.

Split View mode on iPad Pro with iPadOS.

I use Slide Over when I need to consult a plan or list. For example, now I’m looking at the plan of this particular article, saved in Notes. And the text itself I write in Safari.

And Split View most often saves when you need to copy-paste content (brr!) From one application to another. Or watch YouTube in parallel with other things. Yes, that’s also possible.

With all this, I feel that I have not even “rocked” the iPadOS multitasking capabilities by even 50%. Yes, you need to change habits and relearn, include not only muscle memory. But the result is worth it.

Well, the amazing thing is how easy the iPad Pro juggles this cloud of tabs, workspaces, and simultaneously running applications. It proves once again that the “piece of iron” turned out with a power reserve for years to come.

Work with files also pleased. Squeeze and throw in different “clouds”, as if in macOS

I already said that now I can just take and drop RAW photos directly from the camera into the memory of the iPad. But this is a superficial topic.

Here is a typical work situation. I took 200 photos, took them off the cable on the iPad Pro. Selected a few dozen of the best, deleted the rest. I open the photo editor, process them all. I keep it.

Now I select all the corrected photos and send them to the Files application. I go there, create an archive from them. Now I need to share it with the author. But not by the archive itself, but simply by a link to it in the “cloud”.

We are somehow used to using Yandex.Disk – not everyone has free space on iCloud. Therefore, I click on the archive, select “Share” and send it directly to the Yandex.Disk application. There, it is automatically uploaded to the server.

It remains to click “Share Link” and throw in the chat to the author. The workflow is completed, no laptop was needed. The beauty.

The capabilities of the Files application can be significantly expanded not only through compatible software from the App Store, such as Yandex.Disk. Teams are also very helpful.

Now I will not go deep into how Teams work in iOS and iPadOS, we had articles about it. But I can say that through them I was able to globally solve one highly specialized problem that previously strained our authors and the editorial board as a whole: creating draft links of finished articles so that someone outside admin privileges could familiarize themselves with them.

Roughly speaking, I made a team that, through Javascript, “parses” the full HTML code of the page without the media content attached to it. Then it creates a clean .html file from it. And saves it to Files.

By uploading this .html file to the site, I or any author get a link to a public draft article that can be sent to someone outside the admin area. To do something like this without the Commands was previously impossible. And now, right in Safari on my iPad and iPhone I have a shortcut – “Create a draft”.

There are a lot of such examples of advanced functions. The main thing is that with the upgraded “Files” and “Teams” you can solve complex tasks with one button – and significantly simplify the work process for yourself and your colleagues. Respect Apple for all this.

Important: iPad Pro must be taken with a SIM card. This is a completely different gadget.

Before drawing a line over these long-lasting impressions, I want to give the last advice. If you have the opportunity, take iPad Pro with LTE-module. Roughly speaking, with a SIM card.

Complete independence from Wi-Fi turns an already powerful tablet into a universal tool that can help out anywhere and in any situation. It is clear that you can always turn on the modem mode on the iPhone – but in Russia it is increasingly limited in speed, becomes a paid service or is blocked by the operator at all.

Unlimited tariffs for tablets are nowhere cheaper, and LTE speeds will give odds to any free “Wi-Fi”, and office “grids” too. You are always online, and it is worth a lot.

Eventually. Will I continue?

The idea of moving from a laptop to an iPad Pro began as a personal challenge. And in the end, she opened my eyes.

I learned new things. I solved a lot of small problems, automated part of the typical tasks. Stopped carrying a laptop in the end.

And most importantly, I finally stopped looking at the iPad as an entertaining thing. Even now, it has not revealed the full potential of the Pro-model. Therefore, it is somehow embarrassing to recall that a year ago I was asking who could find such a super-powerful, but supposedly “simple” thing useful.

Having written all this, I will temporarily transfer to a 16-inch MacBook Pro. A new article about him has been waiting long enough in Notes. But now I don’t need to carry it with me every day to work and have fun 100%. Because for all this I have an iPad Pro.