I bought my mom her first iPad and would love some recommendations.

She likes simple games, cooking, animals, photos, and watching videos. What are some easy and relaxing apps or games I can download for her?

The frustrating part is that Apple upgraded almost everything else, but left out one feature that makes a huge difference in everyday smoothness. And also Touch ID🫩.

I’ve used iPad Pros for years, and honestly, iPadOS 27 multitasking has been incredibly frustrating.

I own an 11-inch M5 iPad Pro, an iPad mini, and a MacBook. I don’t need my iPad to become another Mac. I primarily use touch and Apple Pencil for studying, reading, drawing, and productivity.

Remember how effortless iPadOS 18 was? Just drag an app into Split View, stack multiple Slide Over apps, swipe them away, and bring them back instantly.

Now I’m constantly fighting accidental window resizing, conflicting gestures, intrusive window controls, and the loss of Slide Over stacking. I’m spending more time managing windows than actually working.

I’m NOT asking Apple to remove Windowed Apps or Stage Manager. They’re great for keyboard and trackpad users. Just bring back classic Split View, stacked Slide Over, and the original touch gestures as an option in normal full-screen mode. Let both systems coexist.

I love my iPad Pro, but powerful hardware means little when basic multitasking becomes frustrating.

More features should mean more choices, not fewer.
If you agree, please submit feedback to Apple: https://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad/

Does anyone else miss the old touch-first multitasking?

Help

So I sold my iPad Pro M1 on eBay and I quickly went into the settings and hit the erase all content and settings and it started doing its thing while I cleaned the screen and got the packing read… I was in a hurry and I don’t think I ever saw it complete and I just realized it’s still in my “find my”now that the post office already has it and it’s off to its new owner. I went in and requested that it erase remotely but it needs to be connected to wifi for that to happen… how can a new owner even connect it to wifi without gaining access. I definitely don’t want to send some stranger my passcode or make it a nightmare for said buyer to setup.

I was thinking to buy an ipad lately. Probably the basic A16 which is for $650 plus taxes.

Does the price go down or does any retailer offer giftcards during black friday?

Is it worth the wait?

I'm not desperate to get one but if the prices won't be going down that much, I'll just buy it right now.

Ios 27.2 is out now. I once came across a post about those with lower storage to wait for ios 27, but I'm still a bit skeptical. Has anyone tried it? Is your ipad still up and running?

I am weighing a Kindle purchase for reading, yet I wonder whether an iPad mini might serve as a substitute. My reading centers on novels and practical books, though I may browse magazines and manga at times. If anyone uses the iPad mini as an e-book reader, I would appreciate hearing their impressions.

Just trying to prepare in advance. was going to start saving up to buy one before the new year.

they're like cluster of air bubbles but i dont have any screen protector on right now (removed them 5 minutes ago.) i thought they're only in the screen protector but no, it's lcd. omg help

i think my ipad a16 battery health is concerning. 88% at 249 counts and i started noticing it recently 2-3 weeks ago it was 89% at 233 cycle count and its only been 10-11 months of use. tho i do use it everyday, its not heavy work just notes, netflix, youtube playing in the background. just recently started playing genshin and it did heat up the ipad and now im going to stop as its concerning me how fast the battery percentage is draining. is it that bad to get it checked?

Hi - I am wondering if anyone can tell me if they use an 11” or a 13” iPad?

I’m torn between the two sizes of the M4 air. Another option would be an M3 13” but it has less ram and an older chip.

It would mainly be to draw backgrounds in feather 3d and some artwork in procreate. I have a Cintiq and movink for my manga work in clip studio.

I like to have the flexibility of drawing in bed, on my lap on the sofa etc, is the 13 inch one too heavy/big?

I like the idea of the 11 inch models portability but I’m worried it will be cramped.

I don’t really draw on the go. The idea does sound nice though it would be rare.

As topic, something I was wondering if you had like an e-book/PDF of crossword puzzles could you use a pencil to fill it out? Do you need a app that specifically allows that can Apple books? Something else not done at all?(Really less crossword just anything with a PDF like that a maze ,scribbles just drawing on it)

(SOLVED) my iPad 9th generation was fine just yesterday, I forgot to charge its over night and left the pencil plugged in. I've been charging it for 2h and still not responding, can't even reset. The only option they give me is to take it to an Apple Store.

Never had this problem before.

Please let me know!

Don’t know if this post will get taken down, it keeps getting flagged before I post but I don’t know where else to go. Is this a normal amount of storage for the operating system and system data? It takes roughly 40 GB. I hardly have anything on my iPad, disabled my photos (wiped my iPad and didn’t allow photos to sync with my iCloud so now I have just a few photos on this thing), and have tons of storage on iCloud but I can never update because I only have less than 8 GB available at all times. Does anybody have this problem and hopefully a solution?

Considering swapping my M1 MacBook for a iPad A16. Would people say it’s worth the switch? I only really use it for browsing/social media/videos. Or should I stick to the MacBook.

Hello.
I own an iPad mini 7 for about 5 months and the first screen protector I bought was a Paperlike 3. I hated it because it was so scratched by my pencil pro in so little time.
Then I bought the Belmont Kent (that I have till now) and it’s much better, it’s barely scratched but the problem is that is mate and makes the screen very “dirty” I mean no crispy.
Is there any better screen protector for writing that has a more crispy effect? I know about the removable ones but I don’t like the idea.
What other suggestions do I have?
Thanks.

On side of ipad got oink hue and writing with pen specific part of screen is not working any idea what went wrong

Hi everyone,

I need to record audio on a website using Safari on my iPad. Recording works perfectly when I use the iPad's built-in microphone.

However, when I connect my external microphone (DJI Mic Mini), the website doesn't seem to detect it. It appears to continue using the iPad's built-in microphone instead.

I'd like to know whether this is a limitation of Safari or iPadOS/iOS when it comes to recording audio directly on websites.

[Questions]

1. Does Safari on iPad or iPhone support external microphones for website-based audio recording?

2. Has anyone encountered a similar issue or successfully used an external microphone to record audio on a website using Safari?

Thank you!

Da quanto tempo esiste stage manager ? da quanto tempo esistono le app ridimensionabili in finestra ? e da quanti anni apple si vanta delle sue impeccabili linee guida ? ED ALLORA MI SPIEGATE COME SIA POSSIBILE CHE SU 5 APPLICAZIONI OGNUNA SI COMPORTA COME CAZZO GLI PARE, SI DICE IN ITALIANO A CAZZO DI CANE ? MA è QUALCOSA DI ASSURDO.. OGNUNA SI RIDIMENSIONA COME GLI PARE, OGNUNA PUO O NON SEGUIRE STAGE MANAGER ED ADDIRITTURA MANCO LE SHORTCUT RISPETTANO. Io adoro una cosa di ipad: mettermi sul divano, con un cuscino sopra la pancia e l'ipad con la magic keyboard e aprire ll terminale per programmare e lavorare... utilizzo quindi 3 4 programmi (shellfish textastic, windows rdp, jump desktop e quando mi serve claude... e questo lo trovo fantastico perche che ci si creda o no è l'unico dispositivo che tollero sulla mia pancia.. un portatile, anche un mac, è molto piu scomodo.... ma è incredibile come 3 o 4 programmi che uso di piu si portino dietro questi bachi e non vengono mai messi a posto). Che cazzo

I am unable to join the Network Called: “Fritz.” On my IPad. Based on the Setting, it is Temporarily available On My IPad. This an WIFI Network is To Join This Network and I hope Apple will update this Network for future user to Connect it. 

I currently have an iPad Pro M1 12.9 inch. I am planning on trading it in for another iPad. The mini intrigues me just because of my lifestyle - I do a lot of reading, planning with Apple calendar and writing with my pencil on the go, I also game on my iPad but not super heavily. I see the mini is A17 or A20 - would I be downgrading by a lot? I don’t know what any of this means I just want someone to tell me what to do 😅🤣 maybe just an air? But idk if that’s as portable? Sos.