iPad Pros

Welcome to a very special episode this episode is being released in celebration of me becoming a first time dad and having one less thing to worry about recording when she does arrive. So this episode is all about baby tech and baby photography and joining me is another expectant first time dad, Andrew O’Hara from Apple Insider. Bonus content and early episodes with chapter markers are available b...

This episode kicks off a new photography and photo editing series for iPad Pros! If you have a photography story to share please reach out to be on a future episode!  In this episode is Rishi Ó. He is a photographer in Taiwan and is all in on the iPhone and Pixelmator Photo on the iPad Pro. We dive into his capture and editing style and deep dive into Pixelmator Photo.  Listen to episode...

Matthew Cassinelli is back for our 5th annual catchup on what’s new with Shortcuts! In this second part we dive deep on what’s new with Shortcuts for iPadOS 16, iOS 16, MacOS Ventura, and watchOS 9. This includes a super awesome tip on how to control your iPad with your Apple Watch! If you want to listen to our past episodes; check out episodes 41, 42, 58, 90, 91, 122, and 149. You’ll also hear ab...

Matt Birchler and Tim Chaten dive deep into Apple’s Far Out event where the company announced several Apple Watches including the Series 8, SE 2, and Ultra plus the AirPods Pro 2, and the iPhone 14 lineup.  Bonus content and early episodes with chapter markers are available by supporting the podcast at www.patreon.com/ipadpros .  Bonus content and early episodes are also now available in...

Matthew Cassinelli is back for our 5th annual catchup on what’s new with Shortcuts! In this first part we catchup on how he sees the iPad, all of the updates Apple rolled out after the initial releases for Shortcuts last year, and begin our discussion on what’s new with Shortcuts for iPadOS 16, iOS 16, MacOS Ventura, and watchOS 9. If you want to listen to our past episodes; check out episodes 41,...

In this episode Brent Clark and Tim Chaten do a deep dive on Apple’s Reminders app. You can follow Brent on Twitter ( @brentacPrime ). Bonus content and early episodes with chapter markers are available by supporting the podcast at www.patreon.com/ipadpros .  Bonus content and early episodes are also now available in Apple Podcasts! Subscribe today to get instant access to iPad Possibilities,...

Niall Daly is a business coach and longtime iPad Pro power user. He was last on this podcast for episode 23. We catch up with how his setup has changed in those past four years including discussions on pointer support, the Apple Pencil, Shortcuts, and his usage of Drafts, Concepts, Muse, and Things. Check out BackPocket-CFO.com for more on his coaching business.  Bonus content and early episo...

Jong Fui Fa owns a used clothing store in Kuching, Sarawak. He has been using the iPad Pro to run his business since 2017 and he shares some super interesting apps that I’ve never really heard of and I think you will get some awesome tidbits in this episode from a different part of the iPad Pro user base that I wish I had on more often.  Bonus content and early episodes with chapter markers a...

Tastan Cansu is the UX Designer of Defter Notes. In this episode we discuss all things Defter Notes and a bit on how she uses the iPad as a designer and artist.  Bonus content and early episodes with chapter markers are available by supporting the podcast at www.patreon.com/ipadpros .  Bonus content and early episodes are also now available in Apple Podcasts! Subscribe today to get insta...

The iPadOS 16 beta is now a couple weeks old and in this episode we will be sharing our experiences using it. Brian Baggett of the Infinite Loopback podcast was at the top of my list to hear from as he is one of the few people I know that has the Apple Studio Display and I was super curious to hear what it is like using the iPad Pro with a 5K external display. So we dive into what that experience...

The iPad now has overlapping resizable windows with a feature known as Stage Manager. Along with this is true external display support! This is available on all M1 iPads and enables up to 8 unique app windows plus a picture-in-picture video player window and a Quick Notes window! iPadOS 16 will be a transformational change to iPad when it launches this fall.  To discuss iPadOS 16 plus all of...

Simon B. Støvring is the developer of Data Jar, Jayson, Scriptable, and now Runestone. In this episode we deep dive into his latest app, Runestone.  Bonus content and early episodes with chapter markers are available by supporting the podcast at www.patreon.com/ipadpros .  Bonus content and early episodes are also now available in Apple Podcasts! Subscribe today to get instant access to...

Robert Bye is the Project Manager of Native Apps at Figma. Figma is a collaborative design tool aimed primarily at website and app designers. This episode of iPad Pros is sponsored by Agenda, an elegant new take on notes for iPad, iPhone, and the Mac. Learn more at www.agenda.com . Agenda 14 is now available as a free download for macOS, iPadOS, and iOS. The focus of this release is powerful organ...

Marko Markolovic has been a high school social studies teacher since 2001; his class is now 1 to 1 iPad and in this episode we discuss how school technology has changed since 2001. This includes a lot of really cool details like a new ability Apple released for schools to remote screen monitor iPads. He started experimenting with iPads in the school when the iPad 2 was released and there are a lot...

Matt Gemmell is the author of numerous books including the Kestrel series, the Once Upon a Time series, and the recently released Middleshade Road. In this episode we discuss how his writing process has changed, how he is now able to publish entirely from the iPad, how trackpad support has changed things for him, Focus mode, and much more.  This episode of iPad Pros is sponsored by Agend...

Vortex is a music producer that works entirely on the iPad. He also runs MobileMusicPro. A website and YouTube channel that helps you learn how to become a music producer.  This episode of iPad Pros is sponsored by Agenda, an elegant new take on notes for iPad, iPhone, and the Mac. Learn more at www.agenda.com. Agenda 14 is now available as a free download for macOS, iPadOS, and iOS. The focu...

Pawel Lopusinski is the creator of a tool for developers called PlaygroundTester. PlaygroundTester is a SPM package that enables testing apps developed using Playgrounds 4 with automatic test discovery and execution. In this episode we chat about this new tool and his experiences with Playgrounds 4. Bonus content and early episodes with chapter markers are available by supporting the podcast at ww...

Fernando Silva works for a data analytics company where he uses the iPad Pro as his main computer. He also runs a YouTube channel focused on iPad related content. In this episode we cover a lot of ground including Microsoft Office on iPad, the cloud version of Windows, video editing, Affinity Photo, some accessory recommendations, what it’s like using Universal Control, and we even have a 4 m...

Anthony Wilkes is the CEO of PlayScore; the makers of PlayScore 2 and the Optical Music Recognition library ReadScoreLib that 3rd party developers can license from PlayScore. This app lets you snap a photo of sheet music and convert it to a digital file you can work with in apps like Dorico or use within PlayScore 2 to use as a practice tool to learn a piece of music.  In this interview...

David Ginsburg is the host of the In Touch with iOS Podcast. His day job is as a Principal Information Specialist. In this episode we dive into how iPads are used in corporations, the OS upgrade cycle for Apple devices versus the Windows approach, and how he uses the iPad in his personal life.  Bonus content and early episodes with chapter markers are available by supporting the podcast at ww...

Stephen Robles hosts and produces several podcasts including the AppleInsider Podcast, HomeKit Insider, and Movies on the Side. He edits all of these shows on the iPad mini. In this episode we dive into why he loves the iPad for editing and much more.  Bonus content and early episodes with chapter markers are available by supporting the podcast at www.patreon.com/ipadpros .  Bonus conten...

Frank Foster is a developer who was given early access to Swift Playgrounds 4. This update provides the ability to write, test, and publish an iPhone or iPad app entirely from the iPad. In this episode we discuss his experiences over the past month developing an app in Playgrounds both on a new M1 iPad Pro and a very old iPad Air 2. You can find Frank’s blog post about his experiences at FrankEFos...

For the final episode of 2021 we take a break from iPad to look back at all of our favorite entertainment in 2021. Matt Birchler and Tim Chaten discuss our favorite music, TV shows, movies, and video games from the year.  Bonus content and early episodes with chapter markers are available by supporting the podcast at www.patreon.com/ipadpros .  Bonus content and early episodes are also n...

Robby Burns is a middle school band teacher and host of the Music Ed Tech Talk Podcast. In this episode we dive into what role the iPad plays in helping him teach class and do private music lessons. Bonus content and early episodes with chapter markers are available by supporting the podcast at www.patreon.com/ipadpros .  Bonus content and early episodes are also now available in Apple Podcas...

Matt Ronge is the co-founder and CEO of AstroPad. AstroPad Studio transforms your iPad into a drawing tablet and you can extend your Mac display to any iPad with Luna Display. We also chat about how he got his start by working at Apple and Garmin and later his own company that focused on email. Bonus content and early episodes with chapter markers are available by supporting the podcast at www.pat...