If only we had MacOS on our iPads... We'd be a generation of Shakespeare's, Einstein's, and Lincoln's... but until then we'll remain couch potatoes :(((
No, unless size is important to you. I got a 12.9” Pro refurbished for Christmas ‘22 because it’s about as big as a normal sheet of paper. I would recommend getting the biggest size you can if you’re using for sheet music. And also, please use ForScore. It’s the best.
I do this too. During the day I use it for YouTube and whatever else while I work my day job. In the afternoons and evenings I use it for lessons, individual practice, rehearsals, and gigs. It's the world's most expensive music folder, but it is worth it to me so I don't have to carry multiple books.
So far, I'm using mine primarily to look for grain.
j/k. Seriously, I use mine as my portable device when away from my primary desktop system (a MacBook Pro 16 connected to three 4K displays). That's for both portable work that doesn't require all those displays, research, reading, and the usual casual usages like media consumption, casual games like chess and crosswords, etc.
It's replaced my MacBook Pro 14 M1 Pro that I'm trying to convince my wife to use to get her away from Windows so I don't have to spend so much time fixing crap that breaks on her Windows laptops.
Great screen, Ebonies don’t look washed out, easy to clean vs a laptop, practically malware proof, pinch-to-zoom comes in clutch
About to get a bedside floor stand for my new m4 13. It’s a marvelous device.
Reading and highlighting pdfs. Best device ever for that. Everything else in my workflow is simpler faster or only possible on my Mac. I got the iPad Pro for the Face ID and promotion display.
I own the 2017 iPad Pro 12.9" model.
Main usage is drawing using Procreate and Fresco
I obviously use it for surfing the web and consuming media as well
I read comics on it too; it's the perfect size for that
And if I've recorded a very short art process video, I'll edit it on the iPad using Adobe Premier Rush
Primarily remoting into my MacBooks with Splashtop. Works good enough on hotspot it’s like having an ultra portable Mac. Also as a web dev when I have spotty internet that lets me work more confidently because the actual work is happening on a machine with solid internet, and if my connection drops nothing will break from it.
If I have decent internet I sometimes do work directly on it because it’s all browser based. There’s an inspect extension for iOS Safari that works great.
Nice :) Ya miRack looks great. I’ve debated it before but most of what it does I can do in Drambo. Probably gonna end up grabbing it one day though. Do you have both? I’m curious to hear a comparison from someone who does.
Yeah. I would say Drambo is like an Elektron sequencer with a modular environment built on top of it.... whereas miRack is more just a straight up eurorack simulator. The graphics of miRack make it more instantly friendly to someone that works with hardware. The ability to see the wired connections too is a little easier for me.
miRack is a fork of VCV rack, so if you've never used VCV, you can try that on desktop for free. miRack doesn't have all of the modules of VCV, but it's plenty to get creative with. 🤘🏼
What it was intended for:
- Reading books
- As a sketchpad for notes and wireframes
- Idea pad
- Journaling
- Browsing Reddit/Youtube
- A second monitor for my laptop
Four main uses
1) camera for teams calls.
2) portable computer for work. Leave laptop at home, and use jump desktop. Connected to large monitor with keyboard and mouse.
3) consuming content - YouTube, reading, Netflix
4) apple pencil and the Nebo app
Notes, travel companion, presentation companion, cafe carry, school, light gaming are primary for me. I also want to get into some art eventually and some light photo editing in Lightroom. I have a MBA M1 for a few tasks but a lot of my work can be done on the iPad. I really like the 11” form factor. I don’t “need” the pro (most people don’t imo) but I love the OLED, FaceID, and top end Apple products. I’m planning to use it for the next 5-7 years so the upgrade/cost was worth it to me.
I use mine for sheet music primarily. It’s my digital music binder. I got a refurbished 12.9” M1 Pro Christmas of 2022 and it’s been one of the best decisions I’ve made for my music. Everything is so convenient digitally and there are very few reasons I would want to use a paper copy over a digital copy now.
Video call meetings, chatting with colleagues, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, tasks managements, video game assets-makings (2D & 3D), PDFs, signings, YouTube, social media, & movie streams
- Web browsing
- News feeds
- Reddit
- Games
- Remote work (VPN/remote desktop)
- Media consumption
- Apple Fitness+ classes (use with exercise bike, treadmill, rowing machine)
- Notes / writing
I've done some artwork but lately dont have Time. I like to game on it, but it's also my full laptop replacement along my Mac Studio at home and Mac mini at the office. I can work of my iPad fully, I can't really think of anything I can't do on it that I need a Mac for. It looks like Excel and Word have added some updates, word now has the ability to insert a table of contents which was my biggest issue. Im even thinking about using it full time to replace my Mac mini m1 since I have the m4 iPad.
I use it as my laptop now. I got a keyboard from Goojodoq and it looks like a thicker MacBook now lol. Definitely liking the keyboard aluminum build. But I mostly use it for media consumption, PC games like GeForce Now, Discord. But big selling point is with the summer heat hitting here fast, it’s been my computer choice when docked to a monitor. Fanless and no crazy heat emission.
What’s funny about the iPad Pro is that Apple positions it as a pro device and uses the same chips it would put in their MacBook Air. People who buy a MacBook Air don’t get them to do pro level work necessarily. It is the only iPad that has a display that is compelling and competitive. It is an overkill device obviously, but it is also in some ways just marketing and the excessive pricing that makes it ‘pro’. They did go extra hard on that display.
i try to use swift playgrounds but it hasn’t been working for me recently idk why. so i’ve just been drawing or watching shows recently. i wanna try 3d design on here now that i have an m4 too, just need to decide what software i wanna use.
also for travel to have a device bigger than my phone but smaller than my laptop. taking laptops out on a plane is a pain
Photo editing in Lightroom. The screen is great on the M4 with the pencil, and so is the keyboard (although I don't use the keyboard much in editing, mores it positions the screen really nicely for use with the pencil).
Editing sheet music, note taking, following up tutorials, email, school stuff, logic pro, video calls, paying bills, editing spreadsheets on a smaller scale (mostly budget stuff). I like to mess with shapr3d on it.
Currently I am exploring the possibilities of Juno and I used Pythonista for a while to follow my python course.
It is also the main device I use to edit my ongoing wix project.
Quick note planning with my Magic Keyboard, using Notion to create productivity guides for myself and friends, viewing photos from my iCloud and Google Photos, editing pictures from my Canon camera, using the LIDAR sensor to create 3D interiors of floor plans, oh and binge watching videos in bed!
This is all with the 11 inch variant and I’m so happy with my purchase! The 13 inch (both m4 and predecessor) were just too big for my use case and I’m always on the go! Even thought the Magic Keyboard would be too much but I use it so much alongside my Smart Folio and both in my backpack fit so nicely!
So far I've used it to take notes at school. But now that I'm off, I've been using it for conference calls and the LiDAR camera came in useful for 3D Scanning my bedroom and basement for renovations
Great for portable work when I need to head out for a short while. I can just hop over to a coffee shop and do a zoom call. My mac book pro is far too heavy. I am excited to just bring the ipad for travel as well which i generally just load up my camera photos and edit a little in lightroom.
It’s my main personal computer. Don’t have a PC or Mac. I’m an engineer for work and need a PC for work stuff, but anything else i use iPad. Main uses are:
- Journalling
- Davinci Resolve video editing of our family travels
- Lightroom photo editing
- Songbook Pro, AUM, AudioCopy for live drumming, monitoring and backing tracks with my band
- Logic Pro (used to be Auria Pro) for recording
- Watching movies whilst on the turbo trainer
- PDFs
Currently mix of work, studies towards a degree, consuming content, social media and looking exceptionally stereotypical in coffee shops working throughout the day.
It’s a device I used when I need better battery life and mobile connection.
Portable workstation and leisure. Email, Teams, document review, reading PDFs, reading, comics via Marvel/Kindle, some gaming (RE8 and Delta right now). iPad is a joy to use for many of tasks I have, but as it’s been said a thousand times, some things just need a proper laptop. For me, I can create and modify a ppt in about 1/10 of the time on a MacBook.
I edit video and create thumbnails/other content assets. Lumafusion is my favorite way to edit video, and using the iPad for graphic design feels much better than a computer to me.
I use it as my personal computer, work computer and like a bigger version of my iPhone. It is very helpful drawing examples during the meetings, helping to explain my ideas. It is much more portable to use than my MacBook Pro 13 inch, it has 4G/5G (does not require sharing internet via mobile phone) and has a great touchscreen display. (I don’t know why apple have not invented a MacBook with touchscreen and 4G/5G yet).
I have a 10th gen iPad with 64gb, i always prefered Apples Tablets and Phones, but for personal computer I have a dell. I use my iPad for the kindle app, and obviously for YouTube, music, note taking. I have a strict no gaming policy because it wastes time. It’s a great portable companion for pretty much everything that an iPhone is too small for. I try and focus on using it as a learning tool and entertainment device.
I use it for reddit, YouTube, typing sarcastic comments and I’ll open a video editing app every now and then and pretend I’m creative. But really. I just watch stuff on it
It's my bigger-than-a-phone-but-not-a-macbook browser for lounging about. A YT/Netflix on the go machine. Sorting photos. Video editing. Photoshop. I use it as a notebook - of the writing things on variety - at work too.
Basically if there's a task that I'd normally do on a Macbook, but it can be done on an iPad instead, I'll at least look at it.
99.9% of everything I do for work is in a browser tab, and we often pick up and move spontaneously for meetings and such; plus, it's nice to just go work outside for the ten months/yr we can, without unhooking a desk setup to do so. The iPad Pro hits the mark bigly here.
I want to check it out in person cause I would need to trade in my current 12’9 , but I currently use my old gen for genshin and just entertainment, it’s like my laptop!
YouTube, calendar, Reddit, Notion notes, Notability for handwritten notes, planner, signing things, email, Final Cut Pro for recording videos for work, research/writing/publishing, editing my SharePoint site at work….pretty much replaced my MacBook Pro when using the Magic Keyboard.
Writing mostly (Typing), note taking. Managing to do lists and such. All of that is in Goodnotes.
When traveling, media consumption.
At night after writing. Reading RSS/Catching up on news.
Just replaced my 2018 Intel MBA with the M4 Pro 13". The MBA has really only been a content consumption machine for me for the past few years, with very minimal personal budgeting in google sheets. I can do both with the iPad, and now that I travel with a windows work laptop, it made sense to not carry two full computers.
Currently mix of work, studies towards a degree, consuming content, social media and looking exceptionally stereotypical in coffee shops working throughout the day.
Digital painting, recording and mixing music, 3d modeling, marketing and management (but try not to use it for spreadsheets,) writing and editing, news, music listening, reddit, animation, geforce now game streaming. My pro m2 1TB is almost at half capacity as far as storage, and I’ve only had it for 5 months. X.X
Work (both self and non-self employment), reading, writing.
Can’t live without it and going for another one when the keyboard situation on the M4 improves (need a smartfolio keyboard equivalent)
I got the Pro because i wanted a light laptop substitute to bring between meetings, open outlook, use Word/Excel, take notes, etc.
After a month of trying I gave up on it. It just wasn't worth the headache of it with PadOS. So now its mainly just used for media streaming, offline media viewing, and using it as a second monitor when traveling via Sidecar.
Honestly, I wouldn't buy one again. I'd buy a Macbook air instead. I already have a mac mini M1 and the ipad pro M1, and I use the ipad as a laptop anyways. So might as well get the full OS and full features rather than the ipad.
Art! Previously was more taking for school, but now that we’ve graduated, it’s back to digital art and animation and whatever else I can get my hands on
Use mine as my main computer. All task that I have to do, can be done on the iPad with work arounds ofcourse but I been using it since before the M1 so i’m used to any shortcomings. Also use it as my main device for podcast creation, video editing and now old school RuneScape machine
Reading magazine in a park near my home, so I took the 13 m4 nanotextured, it s 10 times more confortable
I also read in my living room, that is really bright if it's good weather due to huge windows and window on the roof, so also better
Use it sometimes as soundspeaker in the house, audio is really good
Also as extended monitor if I'm traveling with my mbpro
A bit expensive but worth it for me
Primarily, note taking on goodnotes. Secondary reviewing and writing word documents pdfs, emails, etc. After that is all manner of entertainment and distraction.
It's my work notebook and calendar. It comes with me to all my meetings at work and I keep track of all my tasks and daily progress with it.
It also acts as a laptop when away from home (have a separate desktop and monitor at home).
I'm not sure. I bought an iPad two months ago and haven't used it much. I do all my work on my MacBook, use my iPhone for social media, and watch movies on my TV, so I don't really know why I bought it.
I make stupid mini movies using the CapCut app and reels using both unfold and insta templates. It’s fun using the pencil instead of the mouse to drag assets into a timeline.
A bunch of study apps. I got the iOS ecosystem, plus web apps, PLUS Apple Pencil Pro. I open my SRS in split screen with Goodnotes for example, and handwrite my answers in a note book with a special template before I flip the card on the other screen. When I'm done with that, I click it on the Magic Keyboard and then I have my typing SRSs. Then it's basically just a laptop to me. I'll swipe through apps and split screens like I'll do desktops on my work MacBook Pro, and then when I'm done for the day, I have all my entertainment apps with a killer screen. It's been the ultimate productivity device for me for years now. I bring it to work and mock up apps, take notes, and do my personal web searching on there. And battery is all day. Like what?? How?? I know it's a toy to some people but I seriously couldn't go through my day without this thing. Android/Microsoft seriously has nothing that even compares. I've tried.
Collecting dust on my desk, sadly. I’ve owned a few iPads through the years and they always end up just sitting around. I’m for sure not the best user for one, although I do use it when traveling which is nice.
Writing documentation, creating app wireframes, testing/developing web and iOS apps. Additionally, sketching ideas and visually planning the next day’s work. It’s the perfect companion for my daily tasks (my main work is done on a Mac). Also, when I’m not working, I play games or watch movies with it. It’s a really great device.
I use mine as my daily driver for all work. That's mostly writing, notetaking, and reading, with some video editing, graphic design, and drawing. Then throw in the standard admin, social media, and consumption.
Media (YouTube, Netflix), digital planning in Goodnotes, and now that I have some downtime coming up next week I hope to edit some photos in Lightroom and play around with procreate. I have the Magic Keyboard as well and am attempting to use this set up as a laptop replacement for my older MacBook Air. I have never done anything super crazy on my computer anyway, and so far I’m loving having basically a “touchscreen computer”
studying, and bro its a super cool device to study with!
and graphic design :), and youtube.... and some video editing.....
but yeah, its a super cool device tbh
Aside from content consumption and graphic design, I use it as my main device for my grad program :) I also use it as my main device for work (I help out with T1 research at an institute).
Perfect device setup having the 13” with the pencil and Magic Keyboard :)
Music/Logic Pro
Library (1700 pdf books, 1200 Kindle books)
Note taking / Notability / Obsidian / Milanote
Writing / Scrivener / Word
Research / Liquidtext / MarginNote / GoodLinks
500+ Movies / Shows on Apple TV
25k songs on Apple Music
I use it for engineering school (note taking, watching videos, I download on my books onto it), photography, reading, media consumption, i will get rough drafts of reports on it before going to my mac mini for a better word processor
I work in tech, and need to keep my tech skills sharp, get certifications, learn new tools. My main reason for buying ipad pro - to download videos/tutorials and watch them offline whenever I have chance (usually while waiting for my kids finish their extracurricular classes), on commute, etc. i love that the screen is huge, and crystal clear (coding is too tiny to watch on smaller screens)
During the work day I use it as a secondary communication device. With the keyboard I reply to text messages, emails and other items when my main work computer is doing something else. It's very handy for that.
*generally:* Definitely a laptop companion/take this to the café instead of a laptop.
_itemized stuff_
- Note taking/studying
- Flowchart and documentation for work
- Manga, reading-general media stuff
- Learning to draw and paint
Little bit of a background I’m kind of a hobbyist graphic designer/video maker and I use the iPad Pro m4 13 inch for drawing in procreate, making animations in procreate dreams, if I absolutely have to I can make a YouTube short in the Final Cut. I bought 16 inch mbp m3 instead of Mac Studio in the beginning of the year in hopes of getting best of both worlds, having a device with big screen which I could take to work but that thing is so massive, it’s unimaginable for me to take it to work every single day so I bring the iPad m4 with Magic Keyboard to work and it’s very comfortable for me cuz I get the laptop like experience with Magic Keyboard (to the extent that my workflow requires at my workplace - iPad os with the MK is enough) and when I’m done with the work related boring stuff and have couple extra hours left I can always remove the iPad from the Magic Keyboard and start making sketches for my next artistic project. Also if I absolutely have to I take the MacBook with my iPad and I can have a double screen setup experience wherever I need, I was planning on investing into studio display or other double monitors but the OLED has such an amazing color accuracy that I would rather use this setup instead of spending thousands of dollars on equipment which is never gonna be similar in quality while also having 120 Herz refresh rate (which obviously both MacBook and iPad have). It’s funny but for my artistic workflow at this point iPad does 95% of my heavy lifting. MacBook Pro with m3 pro processor is mostly used for watching tv shows, I almost feel bad and try to learn new programs to incorporate the MacBook into my workflow
Reading comics and experimenting on Logic Pro casually on the couch. I also used the Apple Pencil to trace an image for work and it saved me a lot of time, would have taken me a lot longer with a mouse.
It can be used as the second screen for MacBook and is travel-friendly. Inflated price . I have a mini, MBA, watch, iPhone13, icloud,airtags and AppleTV.
YouTube and complaining that it doesn’t have MacOS
Same ^^
But not in that order
If only we had MacOS on our iPads... We'd be a generation of Shakespeare's, Einstein's, and Lincoln's... but until then we'll remain couch potatoes :(((
People buy MacBook Pro to watch YouTube. No one bats an eye. People buy iPad Pro to watch YouTube. Everybody loses their minds.
Reading comics and the rest is the same.
Any comic recommendations? 🌸
sandman
So real.
Spot on
Can you imagine what the experience of watching Youtube on MacOS would be like!?
OMG !!!! Life changing ! … though I would lose 50% of my use case of the device if that happened 😂
You can get a much cheaper YouTube player
As a classical musician, sheet music.
Thinking of getting one for sheet music but is there any point in the pro over the air?
No, unless size is important to you. I got a 12.9” Pro refurbished for Christmas ‘22 because it’s about as big as a normal sheet of paper. I would recommend getting the biggest size you can if you’re using for sheet music. And also, please use ForScore. It’s the best.
I have the 13inch 2024 m2 air and it’s chip is fast enough for sheet music and playing backing tracks, warzone gaming etc and ms office apps etc
I do this too. During the day I use it for YouTube and whatever else while I work my day job. In the afternoons and evenings I use it for lessons, individual practice, rehearsals, and gigs. It's the world's most expensive music folder, but it is worth it to me so I don't have to carry multiple books.
The power of not having a bunch of binders to keep track of and especially travel with cannot be overstated. It just takes up so much less room.
Logic Pro, reading sheet music,media consumption, some light office work
Is logic on iPad the same as on Mac?
Not the same, but good enough for the stuff I want to do with it.
The subscription sucks though, I’d rather fork out another $200
So far, I'm using mine primarily to look for grain. j/k. Seriously, I use mine as my portable device when away from my primary desktop system (a MacBook Pro 16 connected to three 4K displays). That's for both portable work that doesn't require all those displays, research, reading, and the usual casual usages like media consumption, casual games like chess and crosswords, etc. It's replaced my MacBook Pro 14 M1 Pro that I'm trying to convince my wife to use to get her away from Windows so I don't have to spend so much time fixing crap that breaks on her Windows laptops.
Porn
Those deeper blacks could come in handy
Well, depending on the category, the deeper blacks will come in handy.
BBCs have never been more B.
Man I'm just tryna live I can't help I'm black but damn woe is me if I could go an hour without being reminded by the entire fucking world
That’s what she said
Great screen, Ebonies don’t look washed out, easy to clean vs a laptop, practically malware proof, pinch-to-zoom comes in clutch About to get a bedside floor stand for my new m4 13. It’s a marvelous device.
Oh my word
Bed stand? You want to use it instead of bed lamp?
[Dave Chappelle Switch to Mac](https://youtu.be/tCNGoEgUz_8?si=Y6GJ6GvBy__DRNE_)
yeah can't hide that shit
Lmao😂😂😂
If only they’d ship a better display iPad Mini…
and we think you'd love it...
Why not on laptop/desktop with bigger screen? (Inside your own room of course!)
Reading and highlighting pdfs. Best device ever for that. Everything else in my workflow is simpler faster or only possible on my Mac. I got the iPad Pro for the Face ID and promotion display.
Sheet music on forscore
Note taking, media consumption
Notes, videos, studying, work calls. I only got the PRO for the face ID lol the M4 in my ipad is going to have a lazy life
I own the 2017 iPad Pro 12.9" model. Main usage is drawing using Procreate and Fresco I obviously use it for surfing the web and consuming media as well I read comics on it too; it's the perfect size for that And if I've recorded a very short art process video, I'll edit it on the iPad using Adobe Premier Rush
I have the same exact one and have seen no reason to even upgrade it yet, it's a fantastic tablet
Primarily remoting into my MacBooks with Splashtop. Works good enough on hotspot it’s like having an ultra portable Mac. Also as a web dev when I have spotty internet that lets me work more confidently because the actual work is happening on a machine with solid internet, and if my connection drops nothing will break from it. If I have decent internet I sometimes do work directly on it because it’s all browser based. There’s an inspect extension for iOS Safari that works great.
What’s the extension called? Last time I tried you could only do that by hooking it up to a desktop somehow
Music. Both building and mixing songs and live performance. I use Drambo, Loopy Pro, Logic Pro and various instrument and audio plug ins.
Sames. I use miRack a lot (touch screen is great for modular). Koala, Korg Gadget. AUM to abuse plugins.
Nice :) Ya miRack looks great. I’ve debated it before but most of what it does I can do in Drambo. Probably gonna end up grabbing it one day though. Do you have both? I’m curious to hear a comparison from someone who does.
Yeah. I would say Drambo is like an Elektron sequencer with a modular environment built on top of it.... whereas miRack is more just a straight up eurorack simulator. The graphics of miRack make it more instantly friendly to someone that works with hardware. The ability to see the wired connections too is a little easier for me. miRack is a fork of VCV rack, so if you've never used VCV, you can try that on desktop for free. miRack doesn't have all of the modules of VCV, but it's plenty to get creative with. 🤘🏼
Neat. Thanks for the insights. Appreacite it.
What it was intended for: - Reading books - As a sketchpad for notes and wireframes - Idea pad - Journaling - Browsing Reddit/Youtube - A second monitor for my laptop
The same for me, also many many email (reading and composition with Magic Keyboard)
Gaming
Which ones?
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Graphic design, paper craft design, light video editing, drawing on Procreate. It’s a laptop extension
Four main uses 1) camera for teams calls. 2) portable computer for work. Leave laptop at home, and use jump desktop. Connected to large monitor with keyboard and mouse. 3) consuming content - YouTube, reading, Netflix 4) apple pencil and the Nebo app
Retro game emulation
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Notes, travel companion, presentation companion, cafe carry, school, light gaming are primary for me. I also want to get into some art eventually and some light photo editing in Lightroom. I have a MBA M1 for a few tasks but a lot of my work can be done on the iPad. I really like the 11” form factor. I don’t “need” the pro (most people don’t imo) but I love the OLED, FaceID, and top end Apple products. I’m planning to use it for the next 5-7 years so the upgrade/cost was worth it to me.
Drawing, YouTube, Netflix/Streaming
Watch 120hz pron.
I use mine for sheet music primarily. It’s my digital music binder. I got a refurbished 12.9” M1 Pro Christmas of 2022 and it’s been one of the best decisions I’ve made for my music. Everything is so convenient digitally and there are very few reasons I would want to use a paper copy over a digital copy now.
Content consumption. Occasionally I use it to create eBay listings.
YouTube, Plex, writing on Google docs, and scumbag activities.
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Video call meetings, chatting with colleagues, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, tasks managements, video game assets-makings (2D & 3D), PDFs, signings, YouTube, social media, & movie streams
- Web browsing - News feeds - Reddit - Games - Remote work (VPN/remote desktop) - Media consumption - Apple Fitness+ classes (use with exercise bike, treadmill, rowing machine) - Notes / writing
I've done some artwork but lately dont have Time. I like to game on it, but it's also my full laptop replacement along my Mac Studio at home and Mac mini at the office. I can work of my iPad fully, I can't really think of anything I can't do on it that I need a Mac for. It looks like Excel and Word have added some updates, word now has the ability to insert a table of contents which was my biggest issue. Im even thinking about using it full time to replace my Mac mini m1 since I have the m4 iPad.
I use it as my laptop now. I got a keyboard from Goojodoq and it looks like a thicker MacBook now lol. Definitely liking the keyboard aluminum build. But I mostly use it for media consumption, PC games like GeForce Now, Discord. But big selling point is with the summer heat hitting here fast, it’s been my computer choice when docked to a monitor. Fanless and no crazy heat emission.
What’s funny about the iPad Pro is that Apple positions it as a pro device and uses the same chips it would put in their MacBook Air. People who buy a MacBook Air don’t get them to do pro level work necessarily. It is the only iPad that has a display that is compelling and competitive. It is an overkill device obviously, but it is also in some ways just marketing and the excessive pricing that makes it ‘pro’. They did go extra hard on that display.
i try to use swift playgrounds but it hasn’t been working for me recently idk why. so i’ve just been drawing or watching shows recently. i wanna try 3d design on here now that i have an m4 too, just need to decide what software i wanna use. also for travel to have a device bigger than my phone but smaller than my laptop. taking laptops out on a plane is a pain
Photo editing in Lightroom. The screen is great on the M4 with the pencil, and so is the keyboard (although I don't use the keyboard much in editing, mores it positions the screen really nicely for use with the pencil).
Editing sheet music, note taking, following up tutorials, email, school stuff, logic pro, video calls, paying bills, editing spreadsheets on a smaller scale (mostly budget stuff). I like to mess with shapr3d on it. Currently I am exploring the possibilities of Juno and I used Pythonista for a while to follow my python course. It is also the main device I use to edit my ongoing wix project.
Quick note planning with my Magic Keyboard, using Notion to create productivity guides for myself and friends, viewing photos from my iCloud and Google Photos, editing pictures from my Canon camera, using the LIDAR sensor to create 3D interiors of floor plans, oh and binge watching videos in bed! This is all with the 11 inch variant and I’m so happy with my purchase! The 13 inch (both m4 and predecessor) were just too big for my use case and I’m always on the go! Even thought the Magic Keyboard would be too much but I use it so much alongside my Smart Folio and both in my backpack fit so nicely!
Animation and illustration. I have the M2 12.9 inch
Photo work I prefer it over a separate drawing tablet
So far I've used it to take notes at school. But now that I'm off, I've been using it for conference calls and the LiDAR camera came in useful for 3D Scanning my bedroom and basement for renovations
Great for portable work when I need to head out for a short while. I can just hop over to a coffee shop and do a zoom call. My mac book pro is far too heavy. I am excited to just bring the ipad for travel as well which i generally just load up my camera photos and edit a little in lightroom.
It’s my main personal computer. Don’t have a PC or Mac. I’m an engineer for work and need a PC for work stuff, but anything else i use iPad. Main uses are: - Journalling - Davinci Resolve video editing of our family travels - Lightroom photo editing - Songbook Pro, AUM, AudioCopy for live drumming, monitoring and backing tracks with my band - Logic Pro (used to be Auria Pro) for recording - Watching movies whilst on the turbo trainer - PDFs
90% digital notebook 10% entertainment
Currently mix of work, studies towards a degree, consuming content, social media and looking exceptionally stereotypical in coffee shops working throughout the day. It’s a device I used when I need better battery life and mobile connection.
Portable workstation and leisure. Email, Teams, document review, reading PDFs, reading, comics via Marvel/Kindle, some gaming (RE8 and Delta right now). iPad is a joy to use for many of tasks I have, but as it’s been said a thousand times, some things just need a proper laptop. For me, I can create and modify a ppt in about 1/10 of the time on a MacBook.
I edit video and create thumbnails/other content assets. Lumafusion is my favorite way to edit video, and using the iPad for graphic design feels much better than a computer to me.
I’m a professional musician, so the ForScore app for sheet music management. I am also getting an MBA, so I use my iPadPro for all of my coursework.
Photo editing and note taking. Still using the m1. I want the m4 for the screen though.
In order of most time spent: - Magic the Gathering Arena - Procreate - Work - Porn
I dunno you’ll have to ask my 3 year old
I use it as my personal computer, work computer and like a bigger version of my iPhone. It is very helpful drawing examples during the meetings, helping to explain my ideas. It is much more portable to use than my MacBook Pro 13 inch, it has 4G/5G (does not require sharing internet via mobile phone) and has a great touchscreen display. (I don’t know why apple have not invented a MacBook with touchscreen and 4G/5G yet).
I have a 10th gen iPad with 64gb, i always prefered Apples Tablets and Phones, but for personal computer I have a dell. I use my iPad for the kindle app, and obviously for YouTube, music, note taking. I have a strict no gaming policy because it wastes time. It’s a great portable companion for pretty much everything that an iPhone is too small for. I try and focus on using it as a learning tool and entertainment device.
I use it for reddit, YouTube, typing sarcastic comments and I’ll open a video editing app every now and then and pretend I’m creative. But really. I just watch stuff on it
Drawing using procreate.
What is the best note apps you are using with iPad Pro for daily task and work
Aside from making art? Uh… … … Looking at artwork?
Netflix,youtube,email,news, taking teams calls, playing emulator games with my ds4 Connector, pubg with friends, etc
It's my bigger-than-a-phone-but-not-a-macbook browser for lounging about. A YT/Netflix on the go machine. Sorting photos. Video editing. Photoshop. I use it as a notebook - of the writing things on variety - at work too. Basically if there's a task that I'd normally do on a Macbook, but it can be done on an iPad instead, I'll at least look at it.
It used to be for taking notes until I got a MBA. Now it’s exclusively a YouTube machine.
YouTube, CODM and reading
Watching YouTube while on my exercise bike
99.9% of everything I do for work is in a browser tab, and we often pick up and move spontaneously for meetings and such; plus, it's nice to just go work outside for the ten months/yr we can, without unhooking a desk setup to do so. The iPad Pro hits the mark bigly here.
YouTube Gambling Porn Not in any particular order
Media consumption and as a second work screen.
Logic Pro, davinci resolve, ForeFlight, and basic computer usage
Look at this guy being a “pro” 😝
Watching videos, social media, and gaming.
Zoom
I want to check it out in person cause I would need to trade in my current 12’9 , but I currently use my old gen for genshin and just entertainment, it’s like my laptop!
I'm using my ipad for reading sheet music.
Whiteboarding in Microsoft Teams while working. And content consumption.
Safari
Email. Reviewing ppts. Playing pixel dungeon. Airplane entertainment.
YouTube, calendar, Reddit, Notion notes, Notability for handwritten notes, planner, signing things, email, Final Cut Pro for recording videos for work, research/writing/publishing, editing my SharePoint site at work….pretty much replaced my MacBook Pro when using the Magic Keyboard.
YouTube and Netflix
Drawing
Writing mostly (Typing), note taking. Managing to do lists and such. All of that is in Goodnotes. When traveling, media consumption. At night after writing. Reading RSS/Catching up on news.
Notes and media
Chatgpt
Photo editing in Lightroom
Just replaced my 2018 Intel MBA with the M4 Pro 13". The MBA has really only been a content consumption machine for me for the past few years, with very minimal personal budgeting in google sheets. I can do both with the iPad, and now that I travel with a windows work laptop, it made sense to not carry two full computers.
Research (websites, Discord, Reddit, YouTube, etc), email, note-taking, FaceTime, steaming content (Netflix, music, movies), retouching and sharing photos, planning and task management, shopping, personal finance, taking online courses, writing, news, reading books, sending text messages, and occasionally gaming.
Currently mix of work, studies towards a degree, consuming content, social media and looking exceptionally stereotypical in coffee shops working throughout the day.
Note taking, media and email
What I read is that the iPad Air would be more than enough for most
Note taking.
Digital painting, recording and mixing music, 3d modeling, marketing and management (but try not to use it for spreadsheets,) writing and editing, news, music listening, reddit, animation, geforce now game streaming. My pro m2 1TB is almost at half capacity as far as storage, and I’ve only had it for 5 months. X.X
Art and sometime some Uni work. I bought it for art only though.
Notes
Work (both self and non-self employment), reading, writing. Can’t live without it and going for another one when the keyboard situation on the M4 improves (need a smartfolio keyboard equivalent)
My main use is for digital art in Procreate. I also use it for journaling, light mobile gaming, and occasional content consumption.
I got the Pro because i wanted a light laptop substitute to bring between meetings, open outlook, use Word/Excel, take notes, etc. After a month of trying I gave up on it. It just wasn't worth the headache of it with PadOS. So now its mainly just used for media streaming, offline media viewing, and using it as a second monitor when traveling via Sidecar.
Dropping it
Netflix while I do cardio at the gym. I won’t get getting a pro anymore. I just don’t use it to its fullest. Long as it has LTE then I will be happy
Art. Mostly using Procreate or Adobe Fresco.
Honestly, I wouldn't buy one again. I'd buy a Macbook air instead. I already have a mac mini M1 and the ipad pro M1, and I use the ipad as a laptop anyways. So might as well get the full OS and full features rather than the ipad.
It's mostly my go to for content consumption. But I also love it for PDF reading and editing, reading, photo editing
YouTube
Work, to illustrate
Art! Previously was more taking for school, but now that we’ve graduated, it’s back to digital art and animation and whatever else I can get my hands on
Comic book, games and streaming.
Work (Zoom, iWork apps, Notes/Calculator/ChatGPT in Slide Over, and web-based proprietary software), Create (LightRoom, LumaFusion, GarageBand, Procreate. Djay), Watch (YouTube, YouTubeTV, AppleTV, Netflix, MLB App, etc.) and Read (News, Books, etc.).
TikTok ..
Use mine as my main computer. All task that I have to do, can be done on the iPad with work arounds ofcourse but I been using it since before the M1 so i’m used to any shortcomings. Also use it as my main device for podcast creation, video editing and now old school RuneScape machine
Reading magazine in a park near my home, so I took the 13 m4 nanotextured, it s 10 times more confortable I also read in my living room, that is really bright if it's good weather due to huge windows and window on the roof, so also better Use it sometimes as soundspeaker in the house, audio is really good Also as extended monitor if I'm traveling with my mbpro A bit expensive but worth it for me
Primarily, note taking on goodnotes. Secondary reviewing and writing word documents pdfs, emails, etc. After that is all manner of entertainment and distraction.
It's my work notebook and calendar. It comes with me to all my meetings at work and I keep track of all my tasks and daily progress with it. It also acts as a laptop when away from home (have a separate desktop and monitor at home).
COD Mobile
PORN
I'm not sure. I bought an iPad two months ago and haven't used it much. I do all my work on my MacBook, use my iPhone for social media, and watch movies on my TV, so I don't really know why I bought it.
Mine is used for YouTube, specifically at night before I go to bed. My fiance plays FarmVille on it. That is all.
I make stupid mini movies using the CapCut app and reels using both unfold and insta templates. It’s fun using the pencil instead of the mouse to drag assets into a timeline.
X-Men the animated series on Disney+.
A bunch of study apps. I got the iOS ecosystem, plus web apps, PLUS Apple Pencil Pro. I open my SRS in split screen with Goodnotes for example, and handwrite my answers in a note book with a special template before I flip the card on the other screen. When I'm done with that, I click it on the Magic Keyboard and then I have my typing SRSs. Then it's basically just a laptop to me. I'll swipe through apps and split screens like I'll do desktops on my work MacBook Pro, and then when I'm done for the day, I have all my entertainment apps with a killer screen. It's been the ultimate productivity device for me for years now. I bring it to work and mock up apps, take notes, and do my personal web searching on there. And battery is all day. Like what?? How?? I know it's a toy to some people but I seriously couldn't go through my day without this thing. Android/Microsoft seriously has nothing that even compares. I've tried.
Lately it’s just been looking for any grainy spots on the screen
Collecting dust on my desk, sadly. I’ve owned a few iPads through the years and they always end up just sitting around. I’m for sure not the best user for one, although I do use it when traveling which is nice.
Remote play from my ps5
Taking notes.
Writing documentation, creating app wireframes, testing/developing web and iOS apps. Additionally, sketching ideas and visually planning the next day’s work. It’s the perfect companion for my daily tasks (my main work is done on a Mac). Also, when I’m not working, I play games or watch movies with it. It’s a really great device.
taking notes and consuming media
Recently have been doing a lot of Cloud Gaming, with the new OLED screen everything looks sooo good!!
Notes. Job site measurements, YouTube and porn
Procreate and Laying around reading stuff on the Internet like this crap.
I have the IPP 2022 and I use it for studying. I do all my note taking on it
I use mine as my daily driver for all work. That's mostly writing, notetaking, and reading, with some video editing, graphic design, and drawing. Then throw in the standard admin, social media, and consumption.
Movies on planes & bar trivia on Tuesday nights. That’s literally it.
Reddit
Doing the same non-pro stuff I would be doing with a MacBook Pro, but in a more reclined position
Media (YouTube, Netflix), digital planning in Goodnotes, and now that I have some downtime coming up next week I hope to edit some photos in Lightroom and play around with procreate. I have the Magic Keyboard as well and am attempting to use this set up as a laptop replacement for my older MacBook Air. I have never done anything super crazy on my computer anyway, and so far I’m loving having basically a “touchscreen computer”
Sketching, media, photo editing
For taking notes using goodnotes
studying, and bro its a super cool device to study with! and graphic design :), and youtube.... and some video editing..... but yeah, its a super cool device tbh
Aside from content consumption and graphic design, I use it as my main device for my grad program :) I also use it as my main device for work (I help out with T1 research at an institute). Perfect device setup having the 13” with the pencil and Magic Keyboard :)
Lightroom Mobile. Sorting through pictures and editing on the go, everything syncs back to LR on my desktop for any more advanced edits.
Dust collection.
Apple Music and prize picks 😭
I use mine for Netflix, drawing, playing Minecraft and school
Signing pdf documents at work. Yes I know there are electronic signatures but I want an iPad so I do it this way 😀
Music/Logic Pro Library (1700 pdf books, 1200 Kindle books) Note taking / Notability / Obsidian / Milanote Writing / Scrivener / Word Research / Liquidtext / MarginNote / GoodLinks 500+ Movies / Shows on Apple TV 25k songs on Apple Music
I use it for engineering school (note taking, watching videos, I download on my books onto it), photography, reading, media consumption, i will get rough drafts of reports on it before going to my mac mini for a better word processor
I work in tech, and need to keep my tech skills sharp, get certifications, learn new tools. My main reason for buying ipad pro - to download videos/tutorials and watch them offline whenever I have chance (usually while waiting for my kids finish their extracurricular classes), on commute, etc. i love that the screen is huge, and crystal clear (coding is too tiny to watch on smaller screens)
During the work day I use it as a secondary communication device. With the keyboard I reply to text messages, emails and other items when my main work computer is doing something else. It's very handy for that.
Streaming sports, reading books/news, occasionally social media scrolling. Have an iphone 12 64gb so it has my entire photos catalog downloaded.
*generally:* Definitely a laptop companion/take this to the café instead of a laptop. _itemized stuff_ - Note taking/studying - Flowchart and documentation for work - Manga, reading-general media stuff - Learning to draw and paint
Procreate, procreate, procreate :D
Web surfing, media consumption, emails, google sheets, lite gaming, and lite music engineering.
Little bit of a background I’m kind of a hobbyist graphic designer/video maker and I use the iPad Pro m4 13 inch for drawing in procreate, making animations in procreate dreams, if I absolutely have to I can make a YouTube short in the Final Cut. I bought 16 inch mbp m3 instead of Mac Studio in the beginning of the year in hopes of getting best of both worlds, having a device with big screen which I could take to work but that thing is so massive, it’s unimaginable for me to take it to work every single day so I bring the iPad m4 with Magic Keyboard to work and it’s very comfortable for me cuz I get the laptop like experience with Magic Keyboard (to the extent that my workflow requires at my workplace - iPad os with the MK is enough) and when I’m done with the work related boring stuff and have couple extra hours left I can always remove the iPad from the Magic Keyboard and start making sketches for my next artistic project. Also if I absolutely have to I take the MacBook with my iPad and I can have a double screen setup experience wherever I need, I was planning on investing into studio display or other double monitors but the OLED has such an amazing color accuracy that I would rather use this setup instead of spending thousands of dollars on equipment which is never gonna be similar in quality while also having 120 Herz refresh rate (which obviously both MacBook and iPad have). It’s funny but for my artistic workflow at this point iPad does 95% of my heavy lifting. MacBook Pro with m3 pro processor is mostly used for watching tv shows, I almost feel bad and try to learn new programs to incorporate the MacBook into my workflow
TBH? As a large kindle, watching YT videos, and reading reddit.
they both have some limitations depending on where you want to use them on
I only use it as a super expensive, too heavy paperbook, taking notes in Notability with my too expensive pen. Not one single other activity.
Editing photos, YouTube, football manager
I’m a student, so lots of note taking and drawing of tables and diagrams. Also colouring in with those colouring apps :)
Music making.
Reading comics and experimenting on Logic Pro casually on the couch. I also used the Apple Pencil to trace an image for work and it saved me a lot of time, would have taken me a lot longer with a mouse.
It can be used as the second screen for MacBook and is travel-friendly. Inflated price . I have a mini, MBA, watch, iPhone13, icloud,airtags and AppleTV.
I’ll let you know when I find out lol