Benjamin Levicek Almost all of us have been affected by the current era, when most of our meetings, job interviews and personal meetings have moved exclusively to the online environment. Of course, it is important for a person's mental health to maintain personal contact at least in some way, but everyone will surely agree with me that the current situation does not favor any parties twice. Many of us had to buy newer technology so that it wouldn't slow us down at work in any way, which was also reflected in the higher sales of Macs and iPads. In its advertisements, Apple proudly praises its tablets to the skies, even according to him, they are able to replace a personal computer for most users. Die-hard desktop fans, developers and programmers, however, claim the exact opposite. And as usual, the truth is somewhere in the middle. In our magazine, you can therefore look forward to a series of articles where we pit the iPad and Mac against each other and show which system is better, and in which situations it falls significantly behind. Today we will focus on basic work such as browsing the web, video conferencing or writing to e-mails. So, if you want to know more about this issue, feel free to continue reading.
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Browsing the web
Virtually all of us need a web browser. In both macOS and iPadOS, you will find the pre-installed Safari application, which has moved significantly since the arrival of iPadOS 13 and at first glance does not appear to be the poorer sibling of the Mac browser. As you may have guessed, you can handle basic web browsing, as well as downloading, playing videos in the background or working in web applications on both devices without any major problems.
You can use the iPad both independently and with accessories such as a keyboard, mouse or Apple Pencil. Compared to the Mac, for example, the usability of the Apple Pencil appears to be an advantage, but in practice you will use the pencil more in applications designed for creativity or text editing. Regarding the keyboard, I see the biggest problem in the absence of keyboard shortcuts on some websites optimized for the iPad. For example, if you are going to work with the web version of Google Office, I will certainly not make you happy when I tell you that you will not see support for some keyboard shortcuts at all. You can switch the page to a purely desktop version where the shortcuts will work, but it's not optimized for the iPad screen and won't always look the way you want it to.
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Another specific feature of working on the iPad is multitasking. Currently, it is possible to open one application in multiple windows, but a maximum of three windows can be added to one screen. Personally, I see this very fact as an advantage, especially from the point of view of distracted users who are constantly clicking between Facebook, Netflix and work. The iPad forces you to focus on a specific activity and other windows do not unnecessarily distract you. However, this style of work does not necessarily suit everyone. There are also third-party browsers available for both macOS and iPadOS that currently work quite well. Personally, I liked the native Safari the most, but you may find that certain websites may not work correctly in it. At such a moment, it is useful to look for competing applications such as Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.
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Amaya Toman Video conferencing and handling of correspondence
If you are thinking of switching from a computer to a tablet and often join various video conferences, the iPad is probably the best way to download a specific application from the App Store. Programs like googlemeet, Microsoft Teams i Zoom they are well made and work smoothly. The only thing you have to take into account is the fact that the moment you leave the window of the given application or place two applications next to each other on the screen, the camera will automatically turn off. However, you don't have to worry about other more significant limits, if necessary you can also connect using the web interface.
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You can write emails or chat with friends just as efficiently on both devices. The indisputable advantage of the iPad is its lightness and versatility. Personally, I only take a tablet for shorter communications, and if I need to write a longer e-mail, I have no problem using an external hardware keyboard. Working with attachments is relatively convenient in the tablet version of Mail, as well as in other clients. However, file management sometimes rubs and becomes more complicated. However, we will focus on this in one of the next articles. If you were used to using a web browser to open e-mail, Messenger or other similar communication applications on a Mac, it is useful to download specific applications from the App Store on a tablet. Not that the website isn't working properly, but neither Safari nor other third-party browsers still support web notifications.
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If you do not primarily work for a living, which is closely related to technology, and you use your device more for entertainment, surfing the Internet and handling e-mails, the iPad will literally be fun for you. Its lightness, portability, versatility and the ability to connect a keyboard at any time outweighs the small shortcomings of missing keyboard shortcuts on certain websites. If you really miss the shortcuts, you just have to look in the App Store and install the necessary application. Of course, you first need to find out if an app is available in the App Store for those actions, but you can do that without owning an iPad on your iPhone or on the App Store website. If you want to learn more about using iPad and Mac, keep following our magazine, where you can look forward to other articles in which iPadOS and macOS will test their strength.
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The problem is precisely in those conferences - when I have to have the camera on at the seminars and write notes in splitscreen at the same time, when the camera turns off, it's a bummer.