Macworld - USA (2020-04)

80 MACWORLD APRIL 2020

FEATURE iPADOS 14 WISH LIST

As things stand, Apple only lets you
mirror your 2018 iPad Pro’s screen to
another display with a wired USB-C
connection. It’s handy, but in most cases
you’re stuck using the iPad’s native aspect
ratio even though many contemporary
monitors have a 16:9 aspect ratio. As a
consequence, you often end up working
with thick black bars on both sides of the
display. You can get images in Photos to
expand to take up the full screen, but the
effect is jarring for almost everything else.

First off, Apple should

let the base iPadOS

interface fill the entire

screen when we’re

working on an external

display. If it worked that

way, I’d be fine if Apple

“cramped” the interface on

the iPad itself to 16:9 to

accommodate it—after all,

most of my attention is

going to be on the monitor.

Secondly, Apple

should let us use an

external display as a

secondary display. Again,

with the current design,

Apple is basically just

mirroring what you see on the iPad, so

you’re still using just “one” screen. Apple

would need to improve mouse support on

the iPad in order for this to work, of course,

because most monitors don’t have touch

inputs. As we’ve seen above, though, I’m

perfectly fine with that.

SUPPORT FOR

MULTIPLE PROFILES

Right now you can only use the

iPad as a single-user device—unless

you’re using an iPad that’s owned by a

school district. As I’ve argued before (go.

macworld.com/argu), Apple should extend

the ability to add multiple accounts on an

Apple only lets you mirror your 2018 iPad Pro’s screen to
another display with a wired USB-C connection.

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VIDEO: iPADOS 14

WISH LIST

Watch now at go.macworld.com/14w