35 // The future of iPad

It’s been over a decade since Steve Jobs introduced Apple’s tablet as a “third device” between Mac and iPhone. Mark, Adam, and Lennart discuss iPad’s potential as a creative platform; multitasking, filesystem, and scripting/extensions; multimodal inputs; and the background process problem. Plus: why Apple should build its own pro apps for iPad to demonstrate their vision for the platform. Discuss this episode in the Muse community Follow @MuseAppHQ on Twitter Show notes iPadOS 15 The Tragic iPad Procreate iPad with cellular network connection user confusion on minimizing vs closing an application Steve Jobs on the third category of device prosumer software iOS fork / iPadOS rebrand in 2019 the Dock, drag and drop iPad morphing cursor the history of mouse cursors keyboard shortcut quick reference by holding down ⌘ macOS Big Sur Control Center seems designed for touch Apple says it has no plans to merge Mac and iPad Surface Studio and Surface Hub Tony Stark’s lab Apple device wifi password sharing Universal Control to share a pointing device between a Mac and an iPad episode with Rasmus Andersson Macbook Touch Bar frustrating text selection on iPhone and iPad