iPad OS 18 - 7 New Features!

[@mvl6827]

I had an ipad for a couple of years in order travel. While still doing home computing on a very slow / stuck windows PC. Shared with hubby. For years. Then I took the plunge and bought myself a used Macbook . It took me a while but not once did I regret. Hubby still on his tortoise machine 😅.. 🛠️

[@jimcoon]

New subscriber, Rich. I’m 70 and just now semi-retired. I have been a farm and ranch broker for 20 years in Central Oregon. I use an iPad Pro M2. I have always been an early adopter - I still have my first palm pilot from 1984. I am going to enjoy your content, I can tell. Jim

[@zrohit]

Why not add a “design” calculator, that helps one to design different items, bridges, buildings, cars etc

[@davidyohman6322]

Great review of the newest helpful features on ISO. I think a videos on the basics of Numbers and Pages would be helpful to us older folks. For those of us trying to make a transition from MS to ISO, the basics of entering data into spread sheet and word document are quite different. I have looked at a few but, they all go so fast. Your explanation’s and demonstration are very helpful and they certainly are not rushed.

[@CherColo]

I agree. Pages, to me, isn’t intuitive to use.

[@LindaCapra]

How is it that I have never seen your videos come up in my searches or on the home page of the KZbin App, since I spend more time on here than I care to admit? I won’t miss them now because I subscribed. I can’t tell you how nice it is to watch videos about the iPad mainly, but also the iPhone more now that I plan to upgrade from the iPhone Pro Max 11 this year, that the creator doesn’t talk a mile a minute. I was excited to get the public beta too! I have been a beta tester for the iPad for years, but this one, I couldn’t wait for.

[@paulcohen4051]

Thanks. I appreciate your calm presentation.

[@mikebedford4362]

Great video! If you have a bunch of reminders dated to the same day - aren’t they going to clutter up calendar?

[@peterc2248]

Great video. The iPad has become much more usable in the last few years. The password manager is excellent - I do hope it is included with the update to Mac OS and syncs with Keychain? I'm not fussed about the Photos App or the pretty Wallpaper which are just fluff to me personally. One thing I do wish Apple would look at is the Books App - it’s far too clunky. I read lots of PDF reports and papers so I use it as a PDF reader mainly but it can be a challenge to get the PDF 'into' Books.

[@childersls]

Wow! look at that! iPad is finally getting some of the Android tablet features. I've tried using iPad but they are too far behind a good Samsung S9 Ultra. Ditch your iPad and get a good, full featured, Samsung Tablet.

[@shelleydavis9956]

Enjoy your enthusiasm showing new features.

[@RichBowlin]

Thanks!

[@marshallknox3945]

This release along with the m4 iPad Pro is nothing short of awesome

[@user-le1te9hg4p]

Rich I have noticed that you never use a keyboard. Have you tried the Apple Magic Keyboard (outrageous expensive for the product), or Logitech's keyboards. I have used the Logitech keyboards for a long time but this year I updated my iPad Air 2022 to an iPad Pro (m4 chip) and decided to try the Apple Magic Keyboard. Quite honestly I prefer the Logitech keyboards. Pros and Cons: Pros 1- The keyboard is very comfortable to use 2- It works when writing foreign languages (I do that a lot) 3- The trackpad is smaller 4- Their support in general is very good. 5- It really protects the iPad better than the Apple Magic Keyboard. Cons: Too heavy but if you use it mostly on a desk setup the weight is not a problem

[@ecruise2479]

When will Apple put a simple feature in photo’s whereas you put individual photo’s into separate folders and then do not leave the photo in the library section.Therefore makes it easier to find the specific folder to see specific photo’s

[@AlanHH]

Great little video - thank you! Like you I’m signed up to the public beta programme but after downloading latest release tonight your video popped up on YT - great timing. The pace is just right too.

[@MaxairEngineering]

Apple product fan but the calculator situation really chaps my backside. For years, they’ve been telling us that they didn’t include a calculator on the iPad because they wanted to do something fitting of Apple and the iPad, something great. This omission has been a real sore point for us iPad people. It seemed surreal in its conspicuous absence. So what did they finally do? Nothing more enlarged version of what they put on the iPhone in iOS 18. Nothing special for the iPad, nothing fancy. And quite frankly, I’m glad. I’m just ticked off that it took this many years to get a native calculator on the iPad. Ridiculous!

[@RichBowlin]

I think I like the math notes features. I can see where that might help me out. Time will tell. But like you, it wasn't a blockbuster feature I thought it might be. I guess math is math. Thanks so much for watching!

[@MaxairEngineering]

@@RichBowlin yeah I like the draw feature, innovative. Not sure how useful it will be to me but time will tell. My point is that that is included in the io18 iphone os so as far as I can see this is nothing more than a scaled up iphone app for iPad. Which is perfectly fine. My problem is that in interviews they said several times that they wanted to do something special for the iPad and that’s why it didn’t come with a native calculator. So all these years they were saying that and not including a Calculator it was just BS. They could’ve given us the iPhone Calculator years ago……Thanks for the great content. New sub now.

[@drjohngdrozdal3091]

You have been running the beta on iPad Air- will iOS 18 also work iPad 10th generation - you sold me on this iPad in a previous video thx Dr John

[@Samuli501]

I hope this new update improves battery life. My ipad battery life has just got worse with every major update. hardly lasts half a day normal use...

[@leemoorman7318]

Great content! As a tech challenged retiree, you are my “go to” source .

[@RichBowlin]

Well, that's probably risky! Thanks so much for watching!

[@arlenemurphy804]

Excited about this.

[@mbn4852]

Looks like handy upgrades now I can plan a new I Pad purchase to upgrade my Old IPad Air than you for your presentation 🙂

[@donnahillen9500]

What I pad are you using? Thanks

[@michaelhughes8649]

Great video

[@lindamorse1335]

Thank you. Lets us know when this available

[@RichBowlin]

Will do!

[@ArthurWright-uv4ww]

Thanks, that was helpful

[@richardallen2682]

I wish Apple had left the Photos app as it was before, or give one the option to leave it alone. I constantly refer to the app and it is now becoming too complicated to use. This is an unnecessary change.

[@hanksimon1023]

Good summary and demos. Will this work on my iPad Mini 6 ? And, can I use Math Notes with the Handwriting to Text feature, rather than leaving my handwriting on the display?

[@RichBowlin]

Yes! I just put this on my iPad mini 6 and so far, no issues. Thanks so much for watching!

[@hanksimon1023]

@@RichBowlin Thanks!

[@swimfit57]

Looks like a great upgrade!😊

[@RichBowlin]

I think so too!

[@N.81145]

😀 Great Video!

[@RichBowlin]

Thanks! 😀

[@josephdaigneau430]

Nice job with the info

[@RichBowlin]

Glad it was helpful!

[@paulditzen2708]

I've heard a couple of people who have apparently reviewed the new Apple photo app with IOS18 and they're not very happy with it. Have you ever given any thought to looking for alternatives to Apple apps in a case like this. Obviously I don't know much about the app but if it's as complicated and as it's being portrayed and you like to keep things simple maybe the new answer would be here's another app that might be more suitable for people like me who just want to keep it real simple. Just a thought. Also, this may be outside your area of focus but I was watching one of your iOS file videos the other day and it dawned me that while it seemed to work well for the iPad if you make all the changes for your iPad how does it affect the file system if you have another Apple computer such as a Mac mini or a MacBook Pro. Maybe someday you could get people like me squared away

[@fbales]

Good video, thanks.

[@scottmassey4330]

Good review, as usual.

[@RichBowlin]

Thanks again!

[@714rsturk]

Does anyone know if you can upgrade a “27 inch 2016 IMac. I read it could be changed with adding an iMac mini to the the older IMac. Does anyone know if it’s possible to upgrade this computer? It has a 4K monitor , and plenty of storage. Appreciate any ideas.

[@JJFlores197]

What are you referring to by upgrade? Are you wanting to upgrade the hardware or software?

[@714rsturk]

@@JJFlores197 I read that you can use an iMac mini, to be able to run the latest version of apple software, on the older iMac . Can you hook up an iMac mini, to an older iMac? I personally didn’t understand how it would work. Any ideas? My iMac software needs updating. Thanks for asking

[@JJFlores197]

@@714rsturk Hmmm.. I'm honestly not sure about that. Sorry.

[@714rsturk]

@@JJFlores197 thanks anyway. Actually I heard it on a radio station that did tech stuff. He said if you hooked an iMac mini to an older iMac, it would recognize the newer system. It sounded like a good idea, but I’m still trying to find out.

[@peterjohnson1739]

@@714rsturkSurely if you hook an iMac mini up to an old iMac what you are doing is using the old iMac as a display with the computer power coming from the newer iMac mini (which is a Mac to which you have to add a keyboard and screen before you can use it). Try looking for the MacMost channel for good tutorials on all things Mac.

[@BlingyBea]

I don’t like that photo app, I like seeing all my albums when I open it up😢

[@ka1133]

I have to be honest, that sometimes these features are nothing more than fluff, smoke and mirrors. I am not interested whatsoever on changing my wallpaper. I would think that Apple would be served much better by working on the technical aspect of their program to ensure that the bugs are cleaned out of it before they even introduce it to the public. Changing things like wallpaper and things of that sort is just absolutely asinine in my opinion. I use the same wallpaper that I’ve used for the last 10-15 years that I’ve had an iPad. It serves no useful purpose in my view to be changing it. As a matter of reference, I’m 74 years old and I could care less about that kind of stuff. I want the program to work, and I wanted to work well without the bugs that are inevitable when they introduce a new operating system.

[@ericac7870]

Does the new password app replace icloud keychain? Or if they will both still exist, what would the use cases be for one or the other?

[@RichBowlin]

It looks like it'll be an iCloud Keychain replacement. I think the underlying part is still keychain, Apple just finally built a nice interface around it.

[@ericac7870]

@@RichBowlin Thanks!

[@artbrutnewyork]

Good overview. Do you know if you can use Smart Script with a non-Apple stylus?

[@RichBowlin]

I'm sure you can. I've got a much cheaper pencil that I'll be testing out soon. But I don't anticipate any issues.

[@artbrutnewyork]

@@RichBowlin would like to see the results if your tests. I’ve never felt the need to spend exorbitantly for an Apple Pencil or Apple Pencil Pro because I’m not an artist. I’ve always got by with a cheap Amazon stylus. However, I love this Smart Script feature because like you, I take lots of handwritten notes …and my handwriting is horrendous.

[@nathanaelculver5308]

Everybody thinks Math Notes is a calculator feature. It’s not. It’s a Notes feature. All the button in the Calculator app does is switch to the Notes app. Just open up Notes and do the same thing. Notice also that there’s no integration between Math Notes and the calculator. You can’t copy-paste results back and forth between them; you can’t reference the results in one from the other; and so forth. I’m actually finding it more convenient to open up the calculator and Notes and arrange them side by side. You can then use the Math Notes feature in Notes and the calculator remains visible.

[@BigBearBloo]

Nice! I’m most looking forward to the Password Manager. It looks good, I’m hoping I can drop my costly third party password manager.

[@RichBowlin]

I hope so too! Thanks so much for watching!

[@gaazag6643]

wow ios 18, total load of rubbish

[@Qvanegas]

Professional? Do not buy an iPad! Do not lose your money. I’m a senior doing a master degree. I bought a iPad Pro to replace my old Microsoft Surface. Err! Just Keynote is useful, there are a few apps for professionals, no all work 100% like in Mac or MS laptop and tablets.

[@dry509]

Not understanding… are you saying IPad Pro does not run enough applications? Are you recommending MacBook or Windows laptop instead?

[@anthonydewayne712]

I’m a senior I’ve used I pad pro for years and very happy with it. Even tho I dislike the company itself

[@rogercollins3588]

Microsoft Office?!

[@DJ_Cue]

All MS Office Apps work just fine on my iPad Pro. Battery life is at least 10 hrs, my old Surface Pro lasted 4 hrs max. 😊

[@dry509]

@@DJ_Cue Thanks.

[@Buzz264]

Meh.

[@stevencirile]

Apple…listen up!..unlock all the ram in the newest iPad models for us audio guys otherwise no point in buying your new iPad. We need all 24 gb of the ram for audio production period. 5 gb limit won’t work forever.