The walled Apple Park is the largest IPAD barrier to become a Mac device

iPados 26 makes appleDisk More like Mcus. It is better to end? Check. List bar? Yes. Even more adjusting files are applied, as well as editing documents in the inspection. It seems as if Apple has taken a reference menu for user requests for a long time and achieved them all. It is sufficient that the park in the application store is the last remaining reason for adhering to your Mac.

For me, IPAD’s production changes were the most interesting part Apple WWDC 2025 key. Years ago, when I made Apple for the first time iPados more convenient to work, I tried to replace my MacBook with my iPad Pro. After several reviews Microsoft surfacesI wanted to reward apples, curse. Therefore, despite the clear iPad limits, I gave her a bullet.

For most things I did, it was … fine. But there were always tasks that slowed me. Apple Show the divisionAnd that puts two applications side by side, was solid. Theater manager He added more differences. But it was not the same as Windows manually. All I had to do is jump on the Mac, and things became clear: IPAD was not close to my workflow. I was trying to contain a square connection in a round hole.

The changes in iPados 26 will finally bring the tablet near something that can replace the Mac. For many, I think it will be more than enough. You can put Windows anywhere and change its size smoothly. The menu bar will make easy access to micro -app control tools. You can all window tiles in a mesh with the exhibition. The file application arrests Mac’s Finder. The new inspection application should make editing documents. You can easily return to the simplicity of the iPad on the screen on the screen at any time.

This raises the question: Where is the iPados still less than McCos? It is a lock, stupid.

Mac grew up in an era where you can install applications from anywhere. First, the tablets were. Then, the Internet. Certainly, Apple has made changes in the past decade that makes MacOS a little more restricted. System safety (SIP) comes to mind. Gatekeeperalso. However, in general, a relatively open environment remains. It often means getting your applications from anywhere a wider choice, faster updates and lower restrictions.

IPAD, on the other hand, has evolved from iPhone. (These old people may remember enough to comment “IT Just IPod Touch”, which mocks the first model.) The application store has always been the only official way to install applications on iPad (Exceptions of the European Union in spite of). This remains in iPados 26.

The tablet program prevents applications from exceeding safety and privacy restrictions. Although this may not look a good idea, it can be a fatal feature of reliable Mac applications.

For example, the Maestro keyboard on MacOS can automate anything you can do almost using the keyboard and mouse. Bettertuchtool also offers an endless (almost) list of customizations, including window controls. (My favorite is to change the yellow “traffic signal” button to hide applications instead of reducing them.) Karabiner-Elements allows you to redraw any key. The wallet manager, with one key compression, can display everything I copied.

Then there are Mac applications that allow you to use alternatives to Apple versions. Third -party bombers such as Raycast and Alfred are similar to steroids. (Their extension libraries are very wide, and they have their own storefronts.) It gives you applications like Rectangle and MOOM alternatives to managing the Apple window. Many Mac applications provide a more flexible text replacement than Apple’s built -in solution.

What iPados 26 does is to draw a line between two types of energy users. As before, Power Mac users will use a mixture of the above examples. Meanwhile, a new category of iPad Power users will enjoy the desktop capacity of the tablet. But the latter will remain limited to the Apple version, well, Everything. Power is much stronger now. Openness, however, is not.

For this reason alone, I will likely stay a man in Mac-Fairst in the foreseeable future. But iPados 26 will definitely tempted me the experience.