With great thanks to Bloomberg ’s Mark Gurman , the Macalope is well-chosen to cover that we have something to spill the beans about this week which is neither AI nor tariffs !
And you thought it was n’t possible . To be fair , the Macalope also thought it was n’t possible , but he ’s glad to be try out wrong .
According to Gurman , Apple is working on an “ iPadOS 19 redevelopment that will make the pad of paper ’s software more like macOS , ” focusing on “ productiveness , multitasking and app window direction . ”
Some – the Macalope swears this is not a strawperson – think Apple should just allow drug user to run macOS on the iPad . You might say , “ Well if you are so certain , Mr. Macalope , name name ! Who are these non - strawpersons , if they survive at all ? ! ”
Well …
Many of them , include myself , just wanted Apple to put macOS on the iPad .
Now , there are many ways that could be done . It is unbelievable Gurman think Apple should just slap macOS on the Mac and call it a day . Although … mayhap . If so , that would be a misunderstanding .
Here ’s an example : hold the tip of your finger up to the traffic light buttons on any windowpane on macOS and imagine hear to tap a specific one with any degree of truth . Good . Luck . Half the clock time the Macalope ca n’t even get the right one using the cursor . Until mankind grow pointier digits , just make the current macOS trace - enabled and slap it on the iPad is a non - starter .
And when humans do grow pointier fingerbreadth , the Macalope would like to leave the major planet because that sounds like a literal horror show .
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Of of course , you may use a mouse on the iPad , you just shouldn’thaveto utilise a black eye on the iPad . Apple could and should relax its attitude toward virtualization on the iPad , at least allowing it to endure macOS in a VM . exclude that , it could also choose to give up macOS to runa laClassic mode in early versions of OS X.
But the Macalope is one who hop iPadOS retains its identity as its own matter , not becoming an interface layer , something multitude just tug through for get someplace else , like Delaware . Because where have we attend that before ? Oh , right . Windows 8 .
windowpane 8 ’s overlay interface ( née “ Metro ” ) was a bold swing at making Windows touch - enabled , but underneath it was the same ol’ Windows that you knew and … ehhh , not “ loved , ” that ’s not right … more like , “ were contractually required to use by your company ’s IT section . ” Microsoft has made further strides to make Windows whole again after the Island of Dr. Moreau - esque effort that was Windows 8 , but it ’s still a bit of a rough ride , with some port better designed for touch and others for black eye and keyboard .
There has n’t been a lot of public lecture about Apple score a Mac with a ghost screen in a while , likely because Apple does n’t seem interested in making such a gadget and we all just dumbfound tired of talking about it . Turning the iPad into a Mac , however , is still the fever dream of a bunch of people , but the Macalope require to see someone do it right : take an operating organisation designed from the earth up for jot and give it amply professional capableness .
Despite the huffy , repeated , and oddly nasally - toned complaint of some , you’re able to do work on an iPad and have been able to for year and years . Seriously , break trying to say those of us who do actual work on an iPad that you ca n’t do work on an iPad . We ’re literally doing it all the prison term . What you stand for is you ca n’t doyourwork on an iPad .
Yes , you ca n’t doeverythingon an iPad . Even though many individual apps are capable of professional production , the operating system itself often get in the way . It ’s not wrong to wonder how long we should have to wait for Apple to get it right . It tried Split View , Slide Over , and Stage Manager , and none of those made multitasking on the iPad graceful or even terribly useful . While Apple has made movements that could be perceived as making macOS more touching - favorable or at least speck - rum , it ’s not a feeling - first port .
peradventure the Macalope is a escapist . perchance he ’s just a glutton for penalisation . But he require to see Apple keep seek to break up this nut .
If nothing else , it cave in us something else to talk about .
Apple iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024)
Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024)
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025)
Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025)
Apple iPad (A16)
Apple iPad mini (A17 Pro)
