The MacRumors Show: Is iPadOS 16 a Good Update? ft. Federico Viticci

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Following the official release of iPadOS 16, Federico Viticci joins us this week on the The MacRumors Show podcast as we talk through our thoughts on Stage Manager and the overall state of the iPad's OS.

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Federico is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of MacStories. He is an iPad and Shortcuts power-user known for writing and speaking about Apple with a focus on apps, developers, and iOS productivity. See Federico's work on macstories.net and follow him on Twitter @vittici.

In this episode, we take a deep dive into Stage Manager, key iPadOS 16 features such as Display Zoom and the Freeform app, the future of iPad multitasking, and where the OS can improve in the future. We also touch on first impressions of Apple Pencil hover, one of the new iPad Pro's key new features, and the Magic Keyboard Folio for the 10th-generation iPad.

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[temende]

Finally a guest that's actually worth listening to.

 

[WiiDSmoker]

Finally a guest that's actually worth listening to.

On the inverse, I’m glad a certain someone is no longer on this show. Their blind bias was completely jarring. Definitely much more enjoyable without them.

 

[ChrisN718]

Weird, the newest episode isn't showing up for me on Apple podcast app

 

[WiiDSmoker]

Weird, the newest episode isn't showing up for me on Apple podcast app

Yeah same. Watching it now on YouTube

 

[tomtad]

The stage manager himself!

 

[eperitus]

Constructive criticism: A certain someone needs to calm that scraggly beard. (And learn to use short sentences when writing.)

 

[bb9]

Love stage manager, even though it is still buggy and can use a lot of improvements.

 

[japanime]

Constructive criticism: A certain someone needs to calm that scraggly beard. (And learn to use short sentences when writing.)

Not that Federico needs defending, but I'll defend him anyway.

He's a cancer survivor. During treatment, he lost his hair. If the guy wants to grow a scraggly beard now, then he should grow a scraggly beard. Why should it bother us?

As for the run-on sentences, that's probably because English is his second language. And still, his command of English is head and shoulders above that of many tech writers for whom English is their native language.

 

[snak-atak]

Constructive criticism: A certain someone needs to calm that scraggly beard. (And learn to use short sentences when writing.)

Glad to know you don't have a problem with his knowledge on the subject.

 

[tubomac]

Not that Federico needs defending, but I'll defend him anyway.

He's a cancer survivor. During treatment, he lost his hair. If the guy wants to grow a scraggly beard now, then he should grow a scraggly beard. Why should it bother us?

As for the run-on sentences, that's probably because English is his second language. And still, his command of English is head and shoulders above that of many tech writers for whom English is their native language.

I agree.
I'm afraid that whoever is criticizing Federico for his English can speak only his own native language. Polyglots usually are not that strict against those who make little mistakes.

 

[Whathappened]

Constructive criticism: A certain someone needs to calm that scraggly beard. (And learn to use short sentences when writing.)

That’s not constructive, that’s you being an… you know.

 

[WiiDSmoker]

Constructive criticism: A certain someone needs to calm that scraggly beard. (And learn to use short sentences when writing.)

Should never judge anyone by their appearance.

 

[cubeover]

- The bugs have to be fixed.
- Who’s to say?!?

 

[MAlbi]

New product supported by three smiling faces, no doubt allowed.
Just nagging hehe

 

[MAlbi]

- The bugs have to be fixed.
- Who’s to say?!?

It is the bug season, some will be fixed, on 12 pro and pro max, all 13 and 14. Ehm

 

[MAlbi]

The stage manager himself!

Staged manager ?

 

[RevTEG]

Stage manager works great for my use case. I turn it on when I‘m doing research. Say, having PDF Expert, a resource app, safari and Pages. Being able to jump back and forth really fast works great for me. However, when I’m not working, I turn stage manager off.

 

[Kierkegaarden]

Stage manager works great for my use case. I turn it on when I‘m doing research. Say, having PDF Expert, a resource app, safari and Pages. Being able to jump back and forth really fast works great for me. However, when I’m not working, I turn stage manager off.

I have a similar use case (out of curiosity, what resource app do you use?). SM + display scaling have become my favorite iPad features ever. I can see myself doing more on the iPad now as opposed to being strictly Mac for some work. Zero bugs for me — everything is fast and fluid.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

Always a pleasure to hear Federico talking about iPadOS.

 

[KennyJr]

This episode got an A+. You guys were great.

 

[raindogg]

I don't know if iPad OS 16 is good or bad. I can't tell the difference.

 

[eperitus]

He's a cancer survivor. During treatment, he lost his hair. If the guy wants to grow a scraggly beard now, then he should grow a scraggly beard. Why should it bother us?

I guess it's OK if he wants to look like a character from Where the Wild Things Are. Had no idea about the cancer though. Sorry about that.

As for the run-on sentences, that's probably because English is his second language. And still, his command of English is head and shoulders above that of many tech writers for whom English is their native language.

I'd love to be able to understand Federico. He definitely has unique and valuable opinions, especially on the iPad. But I can only take his thoughts via Twitter - because Twitter forces him to keep it short.

In spoken and written communication, native and non-native speakers both need to understand something I didn't learn until late in life: Sentences need to be broken up. Put shorter sentences in between longer ones. Omit needless words. Why take 27 paragraphs to say what you could say in 3?