iPad Pro M4 One Month Later | It DOESN’T need saving

[@SlatePad]

Chapters: 01:40 - Hardware 04:41 - M4 07:12 - iPadOS 18 and Software 08:48 - Accessories 10:34 - Negatives 13:00 - ‘Saving the iPad’ & Conclusion

[@adonaivictor4493]

You make a good point, I almost forget the 13 inch M4 is thinner than my pencil, so thin and light with such a bright screen. The best part for me has to be that the screen doesn’t overheat, even while charging. That helps a lot while I’m teaching.

[@SlatePad]

It’s a really impressive piece of technology

[@Rhyminrichie]

I haven’t even heard this whole thing yet, and already you sound like the best reviewer yet… You sound practical, knowledgeable, and you may be my go-to guy on the subject… I am typing this on the 11in pro m4…. I’ve never had one as great as this.!

[@SlatePad]

Thank you for watching and for your support! The 11 inch Pro is really a special device. Perfect size for so many things.

[@chidorirasenganz]

This video perfectly captures what is wrong with how techtube covers the iPad. Also having double tap with haptics and squeezing has made a huge difference to me for drawing. I think it would make a big difference for anyone who uses the pencil as a primary input because now you have effectively two different buttons

[@SlatePad]

That’s a good way of looking at the pencil interactions. I wish I was more of an artist to understand this perspective a bit more.

[@chidorirasenganz]

@@SlatePad yeah in Procreate I use the squeeze gesture to switch between the eraser and brush tools and double tap to activate the quick menu

[@jon5161]

I upgraded from the M2 for this very reason. No regrets though! The other smaller upgrades added up to a worthy upgrade for me.

[@chfgn]

I'm curious about the squeeze gesture but I'm skeptical because the double tap on the M1 pencil was sadly unusable for me. I eventually had to disable it because it triggered accidentally quite a bit, but I couldn't make it happen on purpose reliably when I wanted to.

[@chidorirasenganz]

@@chfgn Yeah I prefer squeeze but having both is ideal for me. Having the haptic vibrations go off when do the gestures makes a big difference for me

[@Lead_N_Iron]

I’ve been mobile gaming on my M4 iPad Pro. I absolutely love it.

[@SlatePad]

It so much more comfortable than gaming on a smartphone.

[@jimscard]

The M4 brings a few things - way better energy use, and incredibly fast AI and the ability to do professional workflows. It’s amazing to be able to leave my macbook pro at home, use Final Cut Pro for iPad to both edit the videos I take while on vacation, as well as use multi camera recording. I’m an artist as well, and the Apple Pencil Pro and my nano textured iPad Pro are incredible to draw with. To answer the question on why both double tap and squeeze? One reason is backwards compatibility for people whose muscle memory already has double tap in it. The main reason, though, is because people like artists for whom their use is Pencil-centric. The more options we have, the better. Some things need the multi-select capability of Squeeze. Others, like switching between brush and eraser, are toggles, and more efficient to do with a quick double-tap.

[@SlatePad]

I love it when actual artists can educate me on how they use the Apple Pencil. Thank you, your explanation makes sense.

[@timmy2guns00]

VERY WELL DONE. What a great video, thank you for sharing your thoughts and insights. I appreciate you!

[@SlatePad]

Thank you so much! I appreciate you for watching!

[@theemusicman]

Excellent video, presentation and breakdown. Probably one of the best takes on the iPad, IMO.

[@SlatePad]

I appreciate it, thanks for watching!

[@Htiy]

The ipad pro is so close to perfect for me. Im a college student, I have a mac but barely need it, and much prefer using the ipad with how nice it is, but its a real shame that the experience with microsoft office isnt great and that you cant download desktop apps, and as Much as it’s improved the multitasking isn’t as good

[@SlatePad]

I don’t know what it would take for Microsoft to improve Office on iPadOS, but I feel like that would enable a lot of more people to use an iPad as a primary device.

[@matthewchunk3689]

Maybe the smartest iPad review I've seen. As a coder, I don't see the iPad replacing my macbook, but for everything else (music, notes, art, etc) the iPad works beautifully.

[@SlatePad]

I appreciate the sentiment! As a fellow coder, I’m pretty okay with reserving coding for my MacBook (though I do use Swift Playgrounds from time to time). Gotta use it for something, right? 😜

[@benko7ab]

What a pleasantly positive yet empirically solid commentary.

[@SlatePad]

Thank you!

[@Tech4YourNeeds]

I use my iPad for everything. Unless I need to use my Windows laptop mandatory. I own the iPad Pro 2020 11 inches so therefore I’m over due for a new one. I have been thinking about the iPad Pro M4 13 inches. Note: One more the Apple Intelligence is coming only to M chips iPads just clarifying that.

[@SlatePad]

Thanks for watching and adding that clarification. The 13 inch iPad Pro would be would be a pretty solid upgrade for you, I hope you end up picking it up 😁

[@Rhyminrichie]

OK, I finished your video…. I shook my head “yes” to to everything you have said… great job…. You are now officially one of my go tos. Congratulations lol

[@malfaro3l]

Great video on the iPad. I’m glad someone finally looked at the iPad “as and iPad”, instead of complaining about it not being a Mac. It’s gotten so bad that iPad OS is being criticized because it HAS the same features as iOS. I use the iPad to try cases, keep track of my time, prepare for client meetings, marking up PDFs, and drafting 50 page briefs. I kills it every step of the way. The one thing that most people don’t get is that for people like me who have ADHD, multitasking is a bug, not a feature and I am never as productive on my Mac as I am on my iPad. Keep the videos coming, I’m definitely gonna sub.

[@SlatePad]

Thank you for watching, I appreciate the support! I also find I focus way better on an iPad than I do on the Mac, where it's super easy to have a million things going at once.

[@airixxxx]

I think the problem is caused by Apple making the iPad more expensive than a laptop. When it was half the price of a laptop it was considered the companion device it always was supposed to be. They should have improved everything EXCEPT the processor to keep it at a lower price, and no tech youtuber would complain.

[@SlatePad]

I wonder if adding “Pro” to the product name is what gets people so upset. Since I’ve been following Apple, Pro has always meant “best hardware”, but for others it means a lot more. And I agree, the pricing on the Pro can be confusing when looking at Apple’s entire product line. I’m glad there are so many other iPad choices at different price points under the Pro.

[@jimscard]

@@SlatePadIt’s called a “Pro” because you can do professional workflows on it - same reason Final Cut Pro has “Pro” in its name - which, along with Logic Pro for iPad, are examples of how the m4 and high speed memory in my iPad Pro. The thinness of the iPad Pro, while making a nice sounding marketing point, is really there for technical reasons - thin dissipates heat faster.

[@manart6506]

@@jimscardI think Pro mostly means the one with more positive features… like “Cons” versus “Pros”… pro is like saying “Plus” but Plus is used for size. Pro is like “the one that has the most and better features”… as the “Air” products aren’t about “less heavy”… Air is “better than basic but less than Pro”.

[@bad.chickie66]

It can do more

[@jon5161]

Great video, Apple needs to fix the bugs and improve stage manager in my opinion. They should’ve never advertised the iPad as being a laptop replacement. Then nobody probably would’ve said anything. I love my M4 for what it is though.

[@SlatePad]

I’m hoping they can get back to improving stage manager after they start getting the Apple Intelligence features rolled out.

[@ronsummerill2496]

Best review yet.

[@SlatePad]

Thank you, and thanks for watching!

[@KyleKunze]

Loving that youtube is trying to surface small creators now. I agree the iPad pro is a great device and loved the points on what "mainstream" tech media talked about. I do wish though that "clamshell" mode was more better on the ipad. I think stage manage is neat to have for my parents. However, i just would like slightly more control over windows and passing between them. there is a lot of bugs there. However, it is a very versatile device. I also would note that its great, but Apple still treats it as a 2nd class citizen sometimes. Where is apple watch support? where is diversification (ipad ultra?twin usb c thunderbolt with 32gb of ram) and etc.

[@SlatePad]

Apple Watch, yes! It’s bugged me for years that iPad and watch have almost no connection. It’s kinda crazy that’s still a problem all these years later. I also agree about Apple treating the iPad as a second class citizen. It seems like even as big as they are, they can only focus on a couple product lines at a time, and everything else kinda suffers.

[@peteranderson7497]

Thank you for a great review. I have recently upgraded to an iPad Air 6, 13 inch and absolutely love it. I have had a long term plan to make iPad (and iPhone) my sole computing device. My only wish is for a Time Machine equivalent for iOS. I would like an alternative to iCloud for my backups. Thanks again for such a good review.

[@SlatePad]

Thank you for your support! I would also like to see something like time machine for the iPad for back ups. I’ve been locally backing up to an external SSD through my Mac for a bit, but that has its own side of trade-offs and it’s kind of finicky.

[@Rhyminrichie]

OK, I finished your video…. I am shook my head “yes” to to everything you have said… great job…. You are now officially one of my go tos. Congratulations lol

[@DaveCummings76]

Great review. I love my 11 in M4 pro…as well as my 12.9 M2 Pro. As an illustrator, all I need is an iPad

[@SlatePad]

Are you using the Apple Pencil Pro or USB-C model?

[@DaveCummings76]

@@SlatePad definitely the Apple Pencil Pro. Can’t do the USB-C one, need the pressure sensitivity

[@techhubwiltsuk]

Great video pal and I also treat my iPad as a third device but I would say it is my favourite

[@SlatePad]

Thanks, appreciate it!

[@CJSmith-j3z]

Thanks for doing this. I intend to use it for work on the go but it's pricey.

[@SlatePad]

Very pricey, but a great machine for the right person.

[@uniquesoul73]

Thanks for such a great review.

[@SlatePad]

I appreciate you watching 😁

[@george-ng5gj]

Over time I realize I need to do fewer and fewer computer things

[@SlatePad]

And hopefully Apple continues to improve the iPad so that it handle those few computer things for you too 😁

[@chfgn]

I'm an M1 iPad Pro user and I'm not going to upgrade until they at least double the ram. Mine is constantly shutting down apps that I'm still in the middle of using. This is the biggest thing holding the iPad back from being a "real" computer. The UI is fine, I just need it to stop closing stuff without my permission. It's kind of absurd that the most powerful mobile computer in the world can't reliably switch between 3 or 4 mobile apps without losing your work. iOS's abysmal memory management is the thing that keeps driving me back to Mac and Windows even for simple things that iPad is otherwise pretty good at. Every time I start getting in the flow and working "the iPad way" I'll find myself switching back to an app that's sitting on the landing page with my in-progress work lost forever, or a Safari tab that's refreshing from scratch and losing my place. It's crazy to me that anyone finds this level of unreliability acceptable in a $1000+ computer.

[@SlatePad]

I do know what you mean. Without naming names, there are some apps that seem to get more aggressively backgrounded and don’t reload as smoothly as others. And that is frustrating.

[@BuddySteinJunior]

Good stuff!

[@SlatePad]

Thank you!

[@manart6506]

This video gets the iPad… a lot of tech KZbinrs don’t get it, they don’t know what they talk about… and it isn’t that useful to bitch about the iPad, it is better to explore how make the best use of it.

[@SlatePad]

Most tech KZbinrs have a “glass half empty” view on the iPad. I like to focus on the things iPad can actually do. 😁

[@shartzie]

Do you ever bring out the iPad or carry it around the house or use it on the bed? Does the 13 get unwieldy?

[@SlatePad]

When I bring it out with me, it’s usually in a bag, often by itself. It only gets unwieldy when I don’t have two hands to use it. To be fair, every iPad that’s not the Mini has that problem. The 13 inch being so much lighter has made maybe the biggest difference to my use than anything.

[@cappuccinofrosties]

I use it single handedly to read/ watch during queuing for my turn seeing my doctor in the hospital. Light enough despite the size! Very good display! Very fast! I love my M4 13!

[@Rhyminrichie]

You’re right. if you can watch a video, listen to music, watch KZbin, watch TV on it, watch a movie on it, send an email on it, a document on it, edit a video, produce music, make a phone call, read a book, play a game,…. What the hell are people complaining about? … i’ll put a challenge out there. Buy one and do all that for two weeks and tell me you needed it for something else.!

[@jon5161]

People just want Apple to improve on stage manager and multi-tasking. Apple really shot themselves in the foot when they tried to advertise the iPad Pro as a laptop replacement. That’s why people are fired up. The iPad Pro also costs a little more than a MacBook in a similar configuration. I’m happy with my iPad though. It does everything I want it. I just wish Apple would fix the bugs and improve stage manager. I don’t need Apple to run MacOS on it.

[@EmuNext]

You can’t compile & run code.

[@SlatePad]

@EmuNext you can compile and execute some Swift code through Swift Playgrounds, including building and deploying basic apps.

[@LilDreDaRapper]

What’s the wallpaper at 3:15 ?

[@SlatePad]

I *think* I got it from here: www.uhdpaper.com/2023/11/dune-colorful-abstract-digital-4k-1921n.html?m=0

[@LilDreDaRapper]

@@SlatePadthanks I just subbed btw

[@SlatePad]

Thanks, I really appreciate the support

[@paulcohen4051]

Excellent presentation. I appreciate the conversational tone.