iPadOS 26 fixes nearly everything wrong with the platform after everyone already left

It's been a rough decade for iPad users as promises of the future of computing kept arriving at unintuitive windowing interfaces and a broken file system, but iPadOS 26 checks nearly every box. Will it matter?iPadOS 26 could pull back some of those that left the platformIt's no secret that I'm a fan of the iPad. I started work at AppleInsider as an iPad-only user with a Rube Goldberg-sequence of adapters, docks, and cables while using an accessibility mouse pointer.Our Managing Editor, Mike Wuerthele, was not happy about it. I will admit it got in the way of production sometimes. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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iPadOS 26 fixes nearly everything wrong with the platform after everyone already left
It's been a rough decade for iPad users as promises of the future of computing kept arriving at unintuitive windowing interfaces and a broken file system, but iPadOS 26 checks nearly every box. Will it matter?

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iPadOS 26 could pull back some of those that left the platform

It's no secret that I'm a fan of the iPad. I started work at AppleInsider as an iPad-only user with a Rube Goldberg-sequence of adapters, docks, and cables while using an accessibility mouse pointer.

Our Managing Editor, Mike Wuerthele, was not happy about it. I will admit it got in the way of production sometimes.


Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums