{"id":308517,"date":"2019-06-03T20:22:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T18:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=308517"},"modified":"2019-06-03T21:16:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T19:16:00","slug":"apple-launches-ipados-with-desktop-class-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/308517-apple-launches-ipados-with-desktop-class-features.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple launches iPadOS with desktop-class features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple unveiled a new dedicated operating system for its iPad devices at WWDC 2019 named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2019\/06\/the-new-ipados-powers-unique-experiences-designed-for-ipad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>iPadOS<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>iPadOS features a redesigned user interface which allows users to pin widgets directly to their home screen.<\/p>\n<p>The operating system also makes use of the iPad&#8217;s bigger screen with improved multi-tasking capabilities and multi-window support for selected applications.<\/p>\n<p>Using the mail app on iPad is now more similar to using a standard desktop mail client, and the file browser has also been overhauled to improve navigation.<\/p>\n<p>iPadOS now allows users to connect an external USB drive and access files through the operating system, as well as iCloud drive folder sharing.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Overhauled Safari<\/h3>\n<p>Apple announced that iPadOS will feature an overhauled Safari browser which delivers desktop-class browsing.<\/p>\n<p>The new Safari browser for iPadOS automatically optimises web pages for the iPad&#8217;s large display and touch input, and the browser now includes a built-in download manager.<\/p>\n<p>Apple has also improved its Pencil functionality with iPadOS, lowering the latency of the Pencil to 9ms and implementing an overhauled tool set for greater functionality.<\/p>\n<p>iPadOS is built on the basic functionality of iOS 13, but has been redesigned to improve the iPad user experience, delivering a desktop-class interface and optimised browsing functionality.<\/p>\n<p>The developer preview of iPadOS is available to Apple Developer Program members from today and a public beta will be launched later this month.<\/p>\n<p>iPadOS will be available as a free software update for iPad Air 2 and later, all iPad Pro models, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 4 and later.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/308507-apple-brings-the-app-store-to-apple-watch.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Apple brings the App Store to Apple Watch<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple unveiled a new dedicated operating system for its iPad devices at WWDC 2019 named iPadOS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341028,"featured_media":308519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[39,59327,59325,985],"class_list":["post-308517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-ipad","tag-ipados","tag-pencil","tag-safari"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308547,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308517\/revisions\/308547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}