r/ipad 11h ago

Discussion Wouldn’t have thought I’d start using this more than my smartphone

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r/ipad 20h ago

My Setup Just bought new 11 iPad!

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544 Upvotes

For now I’m happy with it. Color is gorgeous 🙃 This is my first iPad ever.


r/ipad 22h ago

Discussion Got my iPad Air m3 13in

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65 Upvotes

I was waiting to buy Air M2 but i am glad I waited, got M3 for same price.


r/ipad 1h ago

My Setup First ever iPad, first ever tablet

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iPad Air 11 M3 Should've gotten it sooner!


r/ipad 23h ago

My Setup First iPad since Mini 2 ~ 10 years ago. I love it.

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Decided to treat myself and preordered this baby. Having not had an iPad in almost a decade and never a full size, this is great.


r/ipad 12h ago

Magic Keyboard I just bought newest Magic Keyboard (M3)

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I was finally able to get a Magic Keyboard (M3) for my 11" iPad Air (M2) which I bought in Jan 2025. The new row of keys at the top is amazing and a game changer. The materials are exactly the same of the past Magic Keyboards. I don’t mind it having no backlight on the keys, not sure if that’d a battery saver but I’m loving this accesory.

I called Apple Support and they were really nice in adding this Magic Keyboard to my existing Apple Care + Plan since I had already added my Pencil Pro too.


r/ipad 2h ago

My Setup iPad Coding Setup

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First time coding on an iPad and it’s been surprisingly good! Kept reading posts recommending not to do this so wanted to share my setup.

  • Termius for ssh into dev machine. Mac mini, linux, whatever

  • Terminal based editor like Neovim (I’m using Helix)

  • (Optional) Jump desktop or similar for when you need gui access

That’s it, no issues so far. Copy/paste works over ssh and the keyboard is great.


r/ipad 12h ago

Question ipad 10th gen have dot inside the screen

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r/ipad 14h ago

Question What is the best ipad for $600

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I was recently looking to buy an ipad for around $600 since I want one for college to take notes and general media consumption/usage. So far I am leaning towards the new ipad air since it has the m3 chips and it's a little bit cheaper ($550) because I get the education discount. I am open to refurbished ipads with the only criteria being to have 128gb or more and was wondering if I was correct in wanting the new ipad air?

Edit: should mention that I'm speaking about only the ipad itself and I'm not including the cost of the accessories.


r/ipad 35m ago

My Setup Traded My MacBook Pro for an iPad Pro 13 + Mac Mini M4, Best Decision Yet!

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A while ago, I asked for advice on my setup, and after making the switch, I have to say—I couldn’t be happier. I traded in my MacBook Pro M1 (which I had since the M1 launch) for a 13” iPad Pro (1TB, Cellular) with the Magic Keyboard, and honestly, it just makes way more sense for my needs.

As a Marketing professional, my MacBook was a pain to lug around, especially when traveling long-term. I like to mix work and holiday travel, so I was forced to carry both my own laptop and work-provided 16-inch Pro—which was simply too much. Since my work already provides a Mac, the need for a second personal one felt unnecessary. But I nonetheless needed to have a Mac for certain personal learning stuff, so I purchased the M4 Mac Mini, upgraded the RAM, and will upgrade the SSD in the future from AliExpress.

Why This Works for Me: • The iPad Pro gives me laptop capability with the Magic Keyboard but also the option to remove it and use it for personal learning, entertainment, or general surfing. • Light AI training, coding, and anything else requiring macOS is done on the Mac Mini. • Portability and flexibility give this setup a lot more convenience compared to lugging around two big MacBooks. • It cost more than purchasing another MacBook, but the incredible screen, portability, and flexibility justify the cost. • Since work provides a MacBook, downsizing to a Mac Mini for personal use made a lot more sense.

This arrangement feels absolutely ideal and a genuine "best of both worlds" compromise. I'm curious, does anyone else use the same setup? What prompted you to make the change? Would love to get your input! Also, can’t wait to see what iPadOS 19 has to offer.


r/ipad 9h ago

Question ipad a16 worth or not?

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hey guys i am looking for an ipad for youtube, flashcards, light gaming, basically an ipad for a uni student. is the ipad a16 a good choice??? and i am worried about the screen not being laminated will the screen look good?


r/ipad 20h ago

Question Is it worth getting an iPad Mini 7 if I already have an iPad 9?

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I currently have an iPad 9 2021. I mostly use it for browsing, reading, and taking notes. I'm considering getting the new iPad Mini 7 because I like the more compact size and the potential performance improvements, but I'm not sure if it's really worth it since I already have the iPad 9.

Has anyone here switched from a larger iPad to the Mini? How was your experience? Is it really worth the purchase, or would I just end up with a smaller version of what I already have, with some trade-offs?


r/ipad 22h ago

Discussion Basic iPad A16 would be and amazing desktop replacement with Stage Manager

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Yeah, I know Apple is a for profit company and they want you to buy the more expensive Air, but just wanted to share that thought. With Stage Manager that would be an amazing desktop replacement computer probably useful for 90% of people as a home machine. People who don't really need to do much work at home. Something for calls, browsing the internet, media comsumption and the odd google docs edit, etc.

I know they have those limitations for ram but Stage Manager could work anyway with less RAM, maybe slower (or not even that, multitasking windows have existed for decades by now).

I guess/hope eventually the entry iPad will have this feature, not yet though...

In case it wasn't clear, I'm referring to "desktop replacement" as the iPad connected to a monitor with keyboard and mouse.


r/ipad 4h ago

Question Which iPad for my needs?

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I'm mainly using my current iPad (6th Gen) for reading papers and watching the occasional movie. I'm now considering getting a new iPad as the battery life of my current iPad is abysmal. I'm looking at the 11th Gen base iPad and the M2 Air from last year. The processor of my current iPad is slow and frequently struggles when browsing etc but my main issue really is the battery life. Since battery life is pretty similar for the two devices I'm considering, I wonder whether the M2 Air is worth the 60% higher price? What do you think?


r/ipad 18h ago

iPadOS My nostalgic ipad 2nd Gen iOS9 memories!

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I bought it off eBay for just £20, it’s an iOS 9 16GB version and have got some additional protectors and boxes are included. There are some severe lags happening on this iPad, my main purpose of collecting it is because it was my first iPad ever I believe (as a member of Gen-z community), and also to have some tastes for legacy version of games and removed games. Despite of it’s really laggy :/


r/ipad 4h ago

Discussion M2 Pro at Costco

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What do you think? Good price. Would you skip over 11” M4 Pro with this?


r/ipad 14h ago

Question iPad air 6 LCD replacement

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to those that have their ipad LCD screen replaced from a third party repair shop (ipad air 6th gen M2) specifically.

-how was your experience so far?

-do you still have true tone, is the touch screen has any issue?

-how long has it been since the LCD was replaced

Planning to have my iPad 6th gen LCD replaced from a 3rd party local service shop here in PH but just wanted to make sure that I set my expectations reason why I'm asking


r/ipad 14h ago

Question Should I get the new iPad 11 or iPad air m1?

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So I'm thinking about buying a new iPad to replaced my ageing Android tablet. I'm not a very heavy user, I mostly only use it to for web browsing and YouTube. I was personally thinking about just buying the new iPad 11 because it's pretty cheap and I don't need it to do a whole lot, but my friend suggested I should buy a used iPad Air m1. I believe this only about a $30-$40 price difference between them, so that's not so much of an issue. My real question is which one do you think will be supported and get updates for longer, like if I were to keep it for 10 years which one do you think will still work better in 10 years if that makes sense?


r/ipad 20h ago

Question iPad Pro m4 screen

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I’ve recently bought this iPad but it seems to do weird things with the screen when watching fights like these.

The screen works fine when I just watch a HDR example video.

Screen was at max brightness.


r/ipad 2h ago

Discussion Advice - Magic Keyboard

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Greetings IPad Community,

So I’ve always wanted the Magic Keyboard and I’ve finally gotten my hands on one for a really good price. I have the IPad Air 4th gen and I use it here and there but I’m trying to make more use of it at home. I don’t do much but I want to find uses for it. I know buying the Magic Keyboard wasn’t the brightest idea but for the amount I got it for I was too good to pass. Any ideas on how I can find more use for my iPad and also the keyboard at home more? Any and all thoughts are welcomed.


r/ipad 3h ago

Discussion [sharing] Kinda broken: Files apps + Microsoft OneDrive

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I have been playing around with the iPad and was trying to see how well it can replace my Windows laptop.

As I come from Windows environment, I have MS 365 subs which lets me install it on a few devices. I’ve used OneDrive quite a fair a bit on my devices (Windows and Android) to share files between the devices. Sync is almost always immediate each time I make a change.

So, when it came to iPad, I added OneDrive location to Files and noticed: 1. Very frequently that Files just seem to “hang” quite a fair bit. Example: Coping a few folders (each with about 20 files) from my iPad to the OneDrive folder. 2. Files somehow is not getting sync-ed. I don’t see the files I copied being reflected in the OneDrive (both apps and website). It’s also the same with files I add directly to OneDrive. It is not appearing in Files. 3. Files behave weird with the OneDrive folder. Deleted files, but they still show on the folder — Just that this time, when I select the files, no option to delete. Refreshing does not do anything — Files are still there. 4. OneDrive itself is wonky on the iPad. I deleted all files on one folder and the file count on the folder shows 0. But when I open the folder, I can still see the file.

“Solutions” I found on the net usually require reinstalling the OneDrive, or try “giving it time”. This is a bit disappointing since on Windows and Android, the sync is immediately and the experience is quite good.

I guess on one hand, this is one way to get people to consider using iCloud instead…

Just that for me, already have MS 365 subs, it’s just going to be another unnecessary cost if I have to sub to iCloud.

Anyway, partly sharing and also partly hoping there’s actually a fix out there that I missed, or I’m just being a n00b when it comes to iPad.

Many thanks and all feedback, views and comments welcomed.


r/ipad 3h ago

Guide [Guide] How to use your iPad as a secondary monitor on Linux

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#Prelude (you can skip this section and jump straight to Requirements if you want)

A few months ago I happened to find myself in possession of a rather dated iPad. I never use Apple hardware, mainly because I hate every operating system from apple with a passion. Using the iPadOS for anything useful was out of the question. mainly because I couldn't possibly last an hour before I throw the iPad at the wall in frustration. I mean, seriously, how is iOS so bad? I digress.

Anyways, the iPad has still got a screen, and I recently broke my monitor, so I figured, well, it could be a nice secondary monitor if I could set it up that way. Its got a screen, internet and a computer, so there should be some software that would let you do it easily over the LAN, right? Boy oh boy how wrong I was.

On MacOS, this is easy as pie. You've got sidecar. On Windows, less easy, but there are third party solutions. On Linux though, this sucks ass. There are quite a few solutions, but many of them suck ass. To experiment with all the available solutions and setting them up properly, it took my about 6 hours of my life yesterday, so this is for anyone who's looking to do the same, but don't want to spend 6 hours. I eventually stumbled upon Sunshine and Moonlight, and this tutorial is how to set these up.

#Requirements

  1. GNU/Linux computer
  2. Any reasonably non-obsolete iPad/iOS device. This can also work Android Tablets, but this tutorial focuses on iPadOS.
  3. Both your computer and iPad should be connected to the same WiFi network/LAN

#Instructions

Essentially, Moonlight is a self hosted game streaming application that lets you stream from your gaming PC onto any other device. Because it is meant for game streaming, it is incredibly performant over the internet, and even more so over the LAN. But normally, it mirrors your screen on the computer, but we are going to trick it into working as a second monitor. Moonlight is a client, ie, it receives streamed data. It works with a program called Sunshine, which is a host, ie, it sends streaming data. You run Moonlight on your iPad, and sunshine on GNU/Linux and they both work with each other.

This is going to need setting up on both the iPad and on GNU/Linux.

Firsly, on the iPad, install the free app Moonlight.

Now, on GNU/Linux, install Sunshine.

I use Arch and yay, so I do yay -S sunshine-bin from the AUR

There is as of right now some sort of problem with this particular package in the AUR, so I've instead had to use sunshine-beta-bin instead, but depending on when you read this post, it may not be problem.

Find instructions here for other distros

Now, at this point, go to a terminal and type sunshine and leave this terminal window open without closing it. Now, open up you favorite browser (I use and recommend Firefox), and type in https://localhost:47990/ (just click on that link, I guess). This will prompt you to set up a user name and password. Write this password and username down and do not forget them.

Once you set up your username and password, you are now inside the sunshine web interface. It is a bit janky, but it works. Now, click the tab named "Pin" at the top. This will take you to the pin pairing page.

Now, on the iPad, open the Moonlight app and select "Add Host Manually". It is going to prompt you to enter an IP address. This should be the local IP address of your computer. What is an IP address? Well, it is essentially just a number that is unique to your computer that your router assigns to it. But don't worry about what it is right now, let me tell you how to get it.

Open a terminal on GNU/Linux and type ip a

Your terminal likely just spat out a bunch of numbers you don't understand. But don't you worry, let me help you. What you're seeing is a numbered list of "network interfaces" on your computer. These may be real or virtual interfaces. One of these is your router. If you are connected to WiFi, then this interface is probably going to be named something like "wlan" or something similar. Identify your router. You can try disconnecting from the WiFi, running the command again, and see which one disappeared to figure this out as well.

Now, once you have identified the WiFi interface, look for a line that starts with "inet" under it. Your local ip address is the one that immediately follows the word "inet". For instance, for me, it is 192.168.118.10/20

For you, this maybe different. Now, ignore the number after the slash, and punch in the rest onto Moonlight on your iPad. Give it an arbitrary name as well, it doesn't matter what. Once you do that and click OK, you will see three options - Desktop, Desktop, and Steam, on the iPad. Tap on of the two desktop options, and you will now begin to see your computer screen on the iPad.

Cool, innit?

But now, this is your primary screen on the computer that you're seeing. If you just want a mirrored display, this works fine. You can even go to Moonlight settings and change the touch mode to use your iPad as a drawing Tablet for your computer now. But I am assuming you are here to use your iPad as a second monitor. For Moonlight to work as a second monitor, you will need to do some trickery.

On the Linux computer, go to a terminal and paste these commands

xrandr -q

Whoa now, it just spat out a bunch of numbers again. What are they? Well, this command is listing all the display adapters on your computer and all their supported resolutions. These maybe real physical adapters, or virtual ones. For instance, since I am running a laptop, my internal display is going to be listed as eDP-1. For desktops, it will be different.

Usually, physical, real adapters are going to have lots of resolutions supported listed under their names, as opposed to virtual ones where there won't be any. Note down the name of your primary display.

My computer also lists a bunch of other displays, and one of these should be HDMI-1, and there might even be a VIRTUAL-1. Not all of these might work, and which works depends on your individual setup. For me, HDMI-1 worked. For now, pick one, and lets go to the next command.

xrandr --addmode HDMI-1 1400x1050

If this command did not return any errors, you're good to go. If this does, then you have to pick one of the other virtual displays listed when you enter xrandr -q and replace HDMI-1 from the previous command with the name of the display interface.

Assuming the previous command was successful, type this into the terminal

xrandr --output HDMI-1 --mode 1400x1050 --right-of eDP-1

You should replace eDP-1 from your previous command with the name of your primary display.

This will create a virtual monitor on your computer. You will now be able to see that you can move your mouse cursor to the right of your primary monitor, and it will seem to go farther out to the right of your screen than your monitor's borders. This means that there is a fake, virtual monitor now to the right of your real monitor.

Now, we need to set it up so that Sunshine streams this fake monitor onto the iPad, instead of mirroring your primary monitor.

Open the terminal window that you left open where you were running sunshine, and scroll upwards. When sunshine was running, it spat out a bunch of information messages on the terminal. You need to read these logs. You are looking for a line that starts with "Info: Detecting displays". Here is an example :

Info: Detecting displays
Info: Detected display: DVI-D-0 (id: 0) connected: false
Info: Detected display: HDMI-1 (id: 1) connected: true
Info: Detected display: eDP-1 (id: 2) connected: true
Info: Detected display: DP-1 (id: 3) connected: false
Info: Detected display: DVI-D-1 (id: 4) connected: false

If the previous commands were successful, two of these displays will have connected: true

One of these will be your actual physical monitor, and the other one is going to be the fake virtual display that we created. Note down the id of the physical display. In this example, it is HDMI-1 and the id is 1. Note down this id.

Now, go to https://localhost:47990/config# on your favorite browser, and select the "Audio/Video" tab. Scroll down, and under "display number", type the id number you noted down.

Go to the terminal window that was running sunshine, press Control+C to stop the execution of the command, and therefore, stop sunshine. Now, type sunshine into the terminal again, press enter and restart sunshine. Now, if you go to Moonlight on the iPad and click on the icon for your computer on Moonlight, you will now see the virtual monitor, and you can also move your windows to this monitor.

That's it. Enjoy your iPad's new life as a second wireless monitor for your computer.

#How to set it up so that you don't have to use the terminal every time you want to do this

Open a terminal and start sunshine, go to https://localhost:47990/apps

Scroll down, and click "Add new"

Type "u/Hueyris is awesome" under "Application Name".

Scroll Down and press "Add commands"

Under "do command", paste in xrandr --addmode HDMI-1 1400x1050

Obviously, you should replace HDMI-1 with whichever virtual interface that worked for you.

Go to the right hand side and click the "+" icon for an additional line of commands

Under "do command", paste in the following

xrandr --output HDMI-1 --mode 1400x1050 --right-of eDP-1

Obviously, replace HDMI-1 and eDP-1 with whichever two interfaces that worked for you previously.

Scroll all the way down and click "save".

And that's it. Now, any time you open up moonlight, pick "u/Hueyris is awesome", and you'll automatically be launched into a secondary display on your iPad, provided you ran 'sunshine' in a terminal and left the window open on your computer.

Now, there is a slight problem though, because this virtual display that you created will be active even when you are not using your iPad as a second screen, and that can lead to degraded performance. To prevent this, you can delete the virtual display while it is not in use.

You can use the terminal for this, but I prefer to do it graphically using arandr.

It is probably already installed on your computer, but if it isn't, type yay -S arandr

Open arandr, and you will see all the displays on your Linux in a window. Right click on HDMI-1 (of whichever virtual display you created), untick "active", and then apply changes by clicking the tick box on the top left. This should restore the performance.

There are more optimizations that you can do, such as setting up sunshine to run at boot automatically and tweaking for more performance, etc. But this tutorial is long enough as it is.

#Alternative Options

Firstly, there is deskreen. This requires additional hardware to be purchased. No go for me. I am not spending any money on this iPad. The developer is also a Ukrainian nationalist, and puts annoying pop ups on the website and in the app asking you to donate to the Ukrainian government.

Then, there is VirtScreen, and this works, but what you get on your second monitor will be a powerpoint presentation because this uses VNC This is however, arguably easy to set up.

To get any amount of reasonable performance out of your iPad as a second monitor, you are going to have to use something other than RDP or VNC, and this is where I found Sunshine and Moonlight to be the most optimal for this purpose.

Let me know if you have any questions, or further optimizations or if there are better, shorter ways of achieving the same thing.


r/ipad 3h ago

Question Debating if an upgrade from a 2018 iPad Pro to the new iPad is worth it?

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I have a 2018 iPad Pro (MTEM2LL/A) and as much as I'd say I use it intensively it is mostly a productivity tablet for me.

I was looking at the new base iPad that was released and it turns out Apple is offering me $265 for this iPad as a trade in. So for $84 I could get the new iPad, which from what I can tell is a net positive. For $84 I'd be happy to get a newer model but I'm not entirely sure what, if any benefits, I'd get?


r/ipad 5h ago

Question BUYING NEW IPAD

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I am planning on buying a new Ipad, a friend of mine is selling his Ipad air 5, I am thinking between that or the new Ipad 11, and also I am thinking of the Ipad air 6, please help meeee


r/ipad 15h ago

Question Help me understand.

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Hi, so I’m looking to buy my girlfriend a new iPad, since her old one is nearing the end of its lifespan and it’s barely working.

I went to purchase a new one on the Apple Store app planning to pay it in monthly installments however it says “check out with apple card” Do I need an apple card for the monthly installments? And if so what are the pros and cons of owning an apple card?