Among all the news of WWDC 2022, there is a very interesting one related to the iPad and Mac. This is the visual organizer, also known as the stage manager, a function that increases and improves multitasking capabilities on both devices. Let’s see what it consists of.
What is Stage Manager for Mac and iPad
Visual Organizer is a new way to manage multitasking. Available in iPad OS 16 s macOS 13 adventure How A new way to manage windows. The main idea is that, despite the dependence on one device or another, the implementation is slightly different:
- On a Mac, Stage Manager brings the active application or window to the front and center. The rest of the active windows are grouped on the left side for quick access to them. Groups of windows can be created when we use them together for the same thing.
- On the iPad, Visual Organizer for the first time in iPadOS allows more than one window to open, and to be of different sizes. The active window is also placed in the middle, and the rest is placed on the left side in the order of last use. With the iPad connected to an external display, you can manage up to four apps on the iPad and four more on the secondary display.
What is a visual organizer?
The Visual Organizer in macOS 13 and iPadOS 16 is a new way to use Windows. Let’s all come in handy All in one place, without having to launch Mission Control or Spaces on your Mac. And on the iPad, this is the first time we’ll be able to have windows for a Mac-like multitasking experience.
As it happens in this type of job, Stage Manager will work better the larger the screen. a iPad Pro M1 2021 13 inches or a iMac M1 2021 With 24 inches they are the best candidates To press the stage manager. We’ll see if it’s rumored iPad Pro 2022 It comes in over 13 inches.
The Visual Organizer is especially interesting on the iPad, because we will be able to take advantage of it by connecting an external monitor
According to Apple, we will be able to Mac Combine Visual Organizer, Mission Control, and Spaces. We’ll have to see what the experience looks like on a daily basis, but macOS 13 Ventura First Impressions They are very good.
Visual Organizer: iPad and Mac Requirements
The visual organizer is Highly advanced functions. Therefore, it requires high energy to be able to run. Although Apple hasn’t revealed exactly the details of its Mac compatibility, we have List of Macs Compatible with macOS 13 Ventura.
Apple has finally added window multitasking to the iPad, although it does it its own way
As for the iPad, the list is much shorter. Despite the fact that iPadOS 16 has a fairly wide compatibility, the truth is that Stage Manager Only available on iPads equipped with the M1 chip. That is, iPad Pro M1 2021 and iPad Air 2022. All future iPads that come with M2 . chip They will also bring it as standard.
Those of us who realized that the M1 chip in the iPad was so Important step for Apple tablet, we were right. Everything points to the fact that if you want to get all the features of iPadOS, you’ll need an iPad with at least this chip.
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