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n iPadOS 15, Apple is making another
round of changes to iPad multitasking.
It would be easy to consider this yet
another spin on the merry-go-round as
Apple struggles to figure out how to break
the iPad out of the iPhone’s fundamental
one-app-at-a-time interface.
But I think Apple is finally assembling all
the pieces of the puzzle that will allow the
iPad to become more Mac-like than ever
before—all the while retaining its unique
position in Apple’s ecosystem. Is Apple
waiting for the right moment to unveil
proper external-display support on the iPad,
perhaps alongside the release of a new
Apple display? I’m not saying it will happen,
but I want to believe (fave.co/3xbPk5K). So
let’s look at the evidence.A WINDOW INTO THE FUTURE
Apple has been flirting with the idea of
putting floating windows on the iPad for aThe iPad’s inevitable Mac-like
future is hiding in iPadOS 15
Keyboard shortcuts, windows, and menus add up to something big on the horizon.
BY JASON SNELL