register this one under Too Crazy to Ignore : A leaker on Twitter claims that Apple is work on a “ smaller version of macOS ” that will run “ exclusively ” on the new M2 iPad Pro next yr .
We ’re with you — there are a lot of rationality to be skeptical . For one , the leaker , Majin Bu , does n’t have much of a track record beyond font leaks and the yet - to - be - substantiate 14 - in iPad . For another , there ’s very trivial grounds that Apple is work to merge the iPad and Mac line other than the two share the same Stage Manager feature in iPadOS 16 and Ventura . And finally , limiting such a dramatic change to a single iPad Pro model would raise the ire of many drug user .
But still , it ’s an interesting , if not exciting rumor . The iPad Pro remains a machine with untapped potential , with a shout truehearted processor , stunning ProMotion display , Thunderbolt , and Face ID . However , while there area few feature in iPadOS 16that are exclusive to M1 - powered iPads , Apple has n’t really lift the iPad Pro above its other less - expensive iPads .
Bu claim that the “ simplified ” variant of macOS 14 will have “ a 25 % declamatory macOS UI ” that ’s presumably optimize for touch . But since iPadOS already endorse trackpad navigation with the Magic Keyboard , the general macOS experience would n’t need to change . And now that Apple has added Stage Manager to both iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura , there ’s something of a unified piloting system as well .
So mayhap it ’s notsocrazy . As it stands there are n’t a short ton of reason to buy an iPad Pro over an iPad Air , and a “ lite ” version of macOS would absolutely shake things up in a large way . We wo n’t know if this rumor is honest until Apple uvneils the next adaptation of macOS at WWDC in June — or until Mark Gurman or Ming - Chi Kuo underpin it — but for now , we ’re happy to keep dreaming .
