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Howās your eyesight? Mineās good, although I have invested in blue light-blocking glasses for work, with slight magnification. I find it relaxes the eyes a bit, or maybe itās the placebo effect. It matters little.
Iām typing this on my 11ā iPad Pro, sat in its Magic Keyboard. The keyboardās a bit cramped, as mentioned previously, but it gets the job done. The screen size is large enough for most tasks, the middle ground of iPads, you might say.
However, the release of the M1 iPad Air (10.9ā), the iPad mini 6 (8.3ā), which I love, and the fact that Iām using Universal Control rather than Sidecar with my Macs, has made me think about iPad screen sizes again. This, obviously, means that I have to share said thoughts with you, so here we are.
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I donāt know if you know, but the snooker world championships is happening now. Itās an event I enjoy a lot, for some reason. I also enjoy playing both snooker and pool, in person as well as in digital form, so when Pro Snooker & Pool 2022+ popped up on Apple Arcade, I was all over it.
Most people know what pool is, usually played in 8-ball or 9-ball in sleazy bars, but snooker might not be as known. Itās a tricky billiards game that involves massive tables, small pockets and balls, and quite a bit of strategy. Snooker isnāt as fast as pool, and, Iād say, itās a lot harder to get into. Thatās why I like it. It also makes for pretty good slow TV, if thatās your thing.
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I haven’t talked about Universal Control at all, up until now. There’s a reason for that: I wanted to actually put it to the test first. So, here’s this week’s Switch to iPad newsletter, about Universal Control.
Universal Control was introduced in iPadOS 15.4, and requires a Mac running macOS Monterey 12.3 or later. Itās a feature that lets you control your iPad with the keyboard and pointing device connected to your Mac, but also lets you do some things seamlessly between the two. So, while connected, you can move your pointer from your Mac screen, to your iPadās screen, and back again. And yes, that means that you can drag a file between the two, which feels like magic the first time you do it.
But is this useful, or just a gimmick. Iāve been using Universal Control for weeks, since iPadOS 15.4 was released, and Iām here to tell you: It depends.
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How are you? Me, Iām back at the office for another day, after last weekās trip. Iāve got some developing to do, which means Iāll be tied to my Mac most of the time. That said, thanks to the new Universal Control feature, the iPadās very much in my workflow.
Universal Control was introduced in iPadOS 15.4, and requires a Mac running macOS Monterey 12.3 or later. Itās a feature that lets you control your iPad with the keyboard and pointing device connected to your Mac, but also lets you do some things seamlessly between the two. So, while connected, you can move your pointer from your Mac screen, to your iPadās screen, and back again. And yes, that means that you can drag a file between the two, which feels like magic the first time you do it.
But is this useful, or just a gimmick. Iāve been using Universal Control for weeks, since iPadOS 15.4 was released, and Iām here to tell you: It depends.
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Easter is upon us, well, almost, and I’m going on a trip. That’s what this week’s issue of Switch to iPad is all about.
How are you? Me, Iām packing for a trip down south (itās not as dramatic, nor as warm, as it sounds) to attend my little sisterās wedding, and get some much-needed vacation. Itāll be good to see my parents and siblings, itās been a while, as youād imagine.
Oh, and itās Easter, too. Thatāll make it a joy to travel through half the country by train, Iām sure… I do hope to get some reading, writing, and researching done on the train, though, so thatās good. Sometimes, being confined to a certain space, and limited as to what you can do, is great for productivity.
Iām traveling light. That means Iāll bring my 11ā iPad Pro, and not that many other things.
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How are you? Me, Iām packing for a trip down south (itās not as dramatic, nor as warm, as it sounds) to attend my little sisterās wedding, and get some much-needed vacation. Itāll be good to see my parents and siblings, itās been a while, as youād imagine.
Oh, and itās Easter, too. Thatāll make it a joy to travel through half the country by train, Iām sure… I do hope to get some reading, writing, and researching done on the train, though, so thatās good. Sometimes, being confined to a certain space, and limited as to what you can do, is great for productivity.
Iām traveling light. That means Iāll bring my 11ā iPad Pro, and not that many other things.
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Iāve been looking for a casual game for my short breaks these past couple of weeks. Something to take my mind off things ā work, as it were ā but not in such a way that I got too stuck, wasting away hours, like I can do with, say, Slay the Spire.
I picked up Silent Dot, a premium release with a very wallet-friendly price because the look and feel of the game felt like it could be a contender. After having played it on and off for a while, Iām uncertain if this is what I was after.
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I wrote a whole issue of Switch to iPad about using the default Calendar app. Normally, Apple enthusiasts favor Fantastical, an app Iāve used for years, but as you probably know by now, I like to return to the default apps at times.
Fast-forward through weeks of Calendar usage, and I had things to say (again, in Switch to iPad #89). One of the things was complaining about the lack of exact minutes.
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Here I am again, talking about default apps and features. This time, it’s Safari’s Reading List feature, and comparing it to the likes of Pocket and Instapaper.
How are you? And more importantly, how and where are you reading these letters? I like to put longer pieces in a read it later service,Ā something Iāve talked about before. I also like to use the default apps as much as possible, since they tend to integrate well with iPadOS.
So, where does that put Safariās read it later alternative, called Reading List?
I ditched Pocket and its ilk for a couple of weeks, in favor of Reading List, and I have thoughts. Read on, or save for later, to find out if Safariās Reading List is good enough.
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How are you? And more importantly, how and where are you reading these letters? I like to put longer pieces in a read it later service, something Iāve talked about before. I also like to use the default apps as much as possible, since they tend to integrate well with iPadOS.
So, where does that put Safariās read it later alternative, called Reading List?
I ditched Pocket and its ilk for a couple of weeks, in favor of Reading List, and I have thoughts. Read on, or save for later, to find out if Safariās Reading List is good enough.
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