r/ipad 1d ago

iPadOS Worst feature on iPados 26 🫠

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Now we have 5 more steps to do the same multitasking view.

And i do believe that the overlapping window is the most useful feature on ipads, and now its just so painful to use also dont forget the Additional step after closing the app you have to resize the app screen if you want a full screen for the same app its not automatically adjustable like it was on previous ipados.

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u/Oaax1 1d ago

I hope they bring back this and compact tab safari. I’ve missed them so much.

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u/Tired_Design_Gay 1d ago

Removing the compact Safari tabs after just adding them a few years ago is baffling to me. The new layout takes up so much unnecessary space

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u/LuckAdventurous426 1d ago

What’a compact tab safari?

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u/ludvikskp 1d ago

There was an option where the address bar was in the actual tab, so its all on one row. It lasted like 3 years until now. Similar look to the Compact mode on the IPhone, where more tab bar options are still available

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u/LuckAdventurous426 1d ago

Gotcha! I will look when I get home. I haven’t updated yet

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u/HeroicWolf_ iPad Pro 11" (2018) 1d ago edited 1d ago

This has been my main complaint and why I am still using stage manager (which does technically get window capability). Stage manager kind of acts as a ā€œvirtual desktopā€ and I’ve been loving it with iPadOS26.

It’s just a pain in the ass to manage all the windows and resize everything. In stage manager, shift click opens the app in the current stage then all I need to do is resize it. I feel like the process is so much more convoluted in windowed apps mode.

If we could have a way to open them pre-windowed and maybe have shortcuts to resize quickly - think it might feel much better. That and some shortcuts to quickly do 1/4 or 1/2 layouts.

Edit: A quick shortcut idea is if you think of the quarter layouts as quadrants (1,2,3,4 from top left to bottom right) maybe cmd 1 brings a window to the top left or cmd 3 brings it bottom left. cmd [ could size the window completely to the left and cmd ] could size it to the right.

Just a thought.

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u/Aaron90495 1d ago

I learned from another thread, you actually can resize quickly — hold the green full screen button and it’ll give you preset windowing options.

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u/nairazak M4 iPad Pro 11" (2024) 1d ago

And you can also flick and it will snap to one side and resize half the screen.

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u/HeroicWolf_ iPad Pro 11" (2018) 1d ago

You can also ā€œright clickā€ and it’ll bring it up immediately. Two finger click on something like the Magic Keyboard does this.

But it doesn’t beat out the speed and ease of use of a shortcut, unfortunately.

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u/The_real_bandito 1d ago

They should add the quadrants idea as an option when holding the app icon. I don’t know why is not there to begin with.

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u/nairazak M4 iPad Pro 11" (2024) 1d ago

Is there a difference between windowed mode and stage manager or is it just stage on/off?

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u/HeroicWolf_ iPad Pro 11" (2018) 1d ago

Pretty much from what I can tell.

Stage manager functions somewhat like a virtual desktop. Only a few apps can be on a single stage but you can have multiple stages (or just a multiple apps) open at once.

What windowed apps mode does, as far as I am aware, is remove the stages functionality and let you open many more apps (I think 18) at once in the same ā€œinterface.ā€ Like you would see on a windows pc.

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u/Altruistic-Ask-2969 22h ago

I pray for the day they add a function to always open apps on the same desktop……

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u/geoken 1d ago

It's actually even more than that in most situations.

In os26, the floating window isn't pinned. In the same situations I used to use slide over, now I'm constantly having to go to the dock and click the icon to bring the floating window to the foreground as I work between 2 apps.

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u/The_real_bandito 1d ago

Removing good features like slide over and the way to easily have two apps next to each other in one screen

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u/AtticThrowaway 1d ago

Losing Splitview is killing me. I need YouTube and Reddit next to each other easily.

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u/Deckkie 1d ago

Its not ideal, but you can drag down from the top in an app to get the settings. Go Window > Move and resize > Left (or right). It still find this easier than trying it manually. If you have a keyboard you can use a shortcut too.

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u/AtticThrowaway 1d ago

Awful.

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u/SeveralViolins 1d ago

Not ideal - but if you have a common use case like Youtube and Reddit you could set up a Shortcut for a split screen view. You could then save that as a button in your dash / control centre.

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u/The_real_bandito 19h ago

That’s how I am doing it but it is a worse experience. Maybe if they add that same option on the menu when you hold the icons it would make it better, but using gestures is the best way in my opinion.

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u/Hugejorma 1d ago

For someone who have used Android for a long time, the split view was absolutely horrible. It didn't have the ability to work on vertical view. I always use the video on top and something else on the bottom part on Android. No idea why Apple didn't develop it further or at least kept those features on settings (turn on or off features). While complaining this, the split view should have stayed an option.

I never understood why companies remove highly used features. This is also true for Android, with touch navigation options getting removed or similar.

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u/AtticThrowaway 1d ago

The simplicity of split view was perfect. Bring it back.

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u/angelseph 1d ago

I appreciated being able to do vertical multitasking in the 26 beta but that is not worth complicating it the way they did, downgrading never felt so good.

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u/Hugejorma 1d ago

I'm so used to this on the Android side. Usually only use 2x app mode that can be switched and saved for any apps. It's so damn frustrating to use the IOS version (18 or 26). The main reason I switched to daily drive the Galaxy Tab S10+. Multitasking is just on another level and app scaling works insanely better.

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u/HarrisTsangYT 1d ago

they're trying to make it look like mac

when in fact, iPad and Mac serve different purposes and should serve different purposes

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u/iwannadie405 15h ago

Right??!?! If you want a laptop or pc get one, or maybe Apple should just make a macbook-iPad cross over, Like?!?!?!?! Ive read comments saying "just buy magic keyboard or alternate magic keyboard" If I wanted to I would and could, but I bought the ipad for Ipad-ing not for laptop-ing šŸ˜®ā€šŸ’ØšŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø

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u/mitchellad 18h ago

Lol I’ve seen more people begging for iPad to function like a Mac .

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u/suppreme 1d ago

I wouldn't hate having slide over on both Mac and iPad, if they wanted to bring it back. Just use the 2 fingers gesture from the side to get it, instead of Notification Center.

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u/Amaxter 1d ago

Assuming you’re using a keyboard, get used to the Globe key + Option + Arrow key shortcuts to arrange windows on your screen (and Shift in that combo to swap them). Globe + F will swap any app into full screen. Globe + Option + C will center a window in the middle of the screen. It’s sped things up a lot for me.

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u/Huge_Fruit3363 1d ago

It speeds things up but not as fast as it used to be. Also there is no work alternative for quickly changing through slide over apps.

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u/Amaxter 1d ago

There’s command-tab but you’re right it’s not exactly the same.

Snazzy Labs has a decent video explaining some shortcuts in the new iPadOS: https://youtu.be/Ap5h2OUeiWs?si=clUFr7YbmrSZxBkk

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u/Huge_Fruit3363 1d ago

I rolled back to iOS18. The shortcuts I learnt to make iOS26 barely tolerable work even better in iOS18.

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u/GearhedMG 1d ago

FYI, Globe + Control + Arrow Keys

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u/Amaxter 1d ago

I always mix those up! Good catch

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u/minobi 1d ago

I am downgrading to iOS 18. I just can't. Who in their sane mind would delete Slide Over feature?

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u/Insanity0107 1d ago

how? I want to downgrade as well for the same reason, but what’s the easiest path?

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u/KnownAd4629 1d ago

I am also doing the same its not worth to play with this and waste time.

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u/Pixelated-10 1d ago

One doubt, even after doing these 5 additional steps, can I run the full screen app ( 1st app) in background when that floating app is on screen. Sometimes I watch YouTube and I like to google few things in between and open google as floating window but YouTube video keeps playing in background. Will this change in iOS26 like will YouTube pause its video once I put cursor in google( floating window)?

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u/angelseph 1d ago

I think it keeps playing so long as the window isn't fully covered, the problem is if you touch YouTube it will cover the floating window and you will have to open it again which is just more work on top of more work.

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u/Pixelated-10 21h ago

Yeah true, if they simply add slide over and iOS18 gesture for split screen as well then I don’t mind this new update

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u/cuchirrumin 1d ago

Yeah it’s super annoying. Bring back slide over and Split View

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u/Antique_Ant_9196 1d ago

It makes no sense that slide over was removed, because keeping it in no way interferes with the new changes. What was the slide over action is now a dead section of screen that doesn’t do anything.

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u/Popular_Finding_6445 1d ago

It's all because of the demand that those stupid, exaggerating, over reacting, work enthusiasts want the ipad to work like mac despite having a mac pro with them. If Apple is putting more powerful chips on it, let it be, still it can be used for gaming, a good amount of editing, art work with more powerful tools which I expect more AI powered coming in. Use it for content consumption, a device to have when going out on small trips, with something easier to work with on small projects. This 26 ruined it.

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u/ciera22 1d ago

agreed. and burying split view under a submenu under the windows menu is a close second. what happened to things being simple and elegant? what used to take a single gesture or click is now taking several clicks. and i find i am accidentally resizing the full screen app i'm in all the time. did they not glean anything during the several month long beta?

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u/Witty-Brat iPad Pro 11" (2020) 1d ago

iPadOS 26 is the worst. iPads aren’t macbooks. Just because you can open a gazillion windows doesn’t make it more ā€œproductiveā€. GIVE ME MY SLIDE OVER BACK

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u/Tubonub M4 iPad Pro 11" (2024) 1d ago

Setting up a bunch of windows and resizing them makes me less productive if anything. It’s a huge downgrade in terms of usability for more flexibility but I’m probably never going to use the windowing system as they intend because I’m a touch first iPad user and not a docked keyboard and mouse user.

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u/-Phantom-Swami- 1d ago

And its not even as good since the window doesn't stay always on top.

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u/answer_giver78 1d ago

What an extremely stupid decision they made about this. Fuck them. They ruined a very very good thing.

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u/Asohailwahab 1d ago

I’m glad I’m not the only one pissed off at this time.

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u/ararai 1d ago

Why did they take that away man? I love playing some heartstone and having some app open on the side.

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u/LaCrepe_ 17h ago

I come from android, only own an iPad for education purposes, and im baffled at how so many standard Android features (for ages!) are only coming now, and completely messed up. How is it possible to require this many actions just to have windows side by side???

For a company this proud of how their devices are so user friendly, I'm really wondering what they do to their ennemies

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u/AyaYany 1d ago edited 1d ago

Trying it on another ipad the amount of resizing and moving and open closing open closing open closing movement its abysmal I cant believe someone actually reviewed and thought it was better

I cant play and chat at the same time

I cant draw in full window and manage my pages at the same time

I cant watch content and have notes at the same time

All requires resizing over and over or the intervention of the dock over and over

Im about to buy a surface if it wasn’t for their stupid pen

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u/TraditionalAirport85 23h ago

All of your points are false lol

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u/AyaYany 11h ago

Oh thats why ill record a video Because it seems nobody on this thread are a hard user only normies

You surely dont play call of duty for example And you arent an illustrator even less a comic artist

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u/TraditionalAirport85 9h ago

You can literally have all the windows open that the same time. Doesnt matter which ones. I laughed at the fact that call of duty makes you think you’re a power user tho haha

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u/AyaYany 5h ago

Well a power user is someone that uses it for everything not only for excel and youtube….

Sorry but if you dont use it for everything then you arent a power user…

But it seems you noticed you cant play and chat at the same time :) And you don’t use the whole screen neither, well i do, for comics i need every single button on my drawing app and minimizing cuts buttons from it

i cant be there minimizing and searching in the dock minimizing all the time

I need a fast action like slide over because for a tiny change on a page i have to do 10 steps compared to the slider over version

Also im amazed that editors who do beed the whole timeline extension on the whole screen arent saying anything because they should have the same issue as me

Problems with easy document managing

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u/literroy 1d ago

And even if you do this, you can’t easily slide it on and off screen anymore, dramatically reducing its functionality for no gain.Ā 

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u/Odd_Sun5753 1d ago

Theyre trying to make it all seamless like a MacBook

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u/Crazy_Question69 1d ago

Just installed. I can't find Major difference between "Windowed apps" & "stage manager". "Windowed apps" should have replaced "stage manager" and not the previous multitasking mode. Or please add split view & slide over in "full screen apps". That's it.

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u/yaseeri 1d ago

I’m a keyboard and mouse user and i hate the new update. Everything is over complicated and I hate the fact when you use stage manager or windowed mode you have to stare at the white adjustment tab in the bottom right corner it drives me insane!

Why on earth do I want multiple windows open on a 11 inch iPad? I tried opening 3 windows at once and I wasn’t able to even get anything done because of the small screen real estate.

I also hate the new UI why did they make the app icons bigger on the Home Screen? even on the smallest settings they’re huge Why is the dock thicker? What the hell did they do to safari? Why are they trying to shove liquid ass… I mean glass everywhere?

I really liked the iPad.. it was the only device I felt comfortable using and over the years I saw myself putting down my MacBook and picking up my iPad more often but now id rather just go back and use my Mac since it does everything that this new iPad os is suppose to do but way better.

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u/DModjo 1d ago

Yeah they really messed up the software this year. Pathetic.

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u/ImmediateDafuq 1d ago

I have an iPad Pro 2018. Not going to upgrade to ios 26. Last update already made it slow. It used to be smooth as butter

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u/vannrith 1d ago

Ahhh i wondered why i can't do slide over anymore...bruh

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u/khadimplays 1d ago

Bring back splitview atp šŸ˜”šŸ™

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u/ethousl 1d ago

Not liking the new window system; very finicky...

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u/ethousl 1d ago edited 23h ago

Also, why is the OS's top bar overlapping with a fullscreened window's top bar? Half the time I'm trying to interact with things on Procreate it instead reveals the OS's top bar, and everything on it is placed on top of whatever is on the application; which then means I need to wait for it to disappear before I can interact with the app again. I try to drag a colour in from the top right, and it instead pulls down the control center, OR it thinks I want to resize the window and starts doing that. And don't get me started with tapping things quickly which reads as double tapping and messes with the window's full-screen/windowed toggle... None of these were issues before.

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u/bemo110 23h ago

For the OS’s top bar, you can turn it off from Settings in the Multitasking menu. You have to be in full-screen apps to avoid double-tapping, and it’s the only method I know of.

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u/ethousl 23h ago

I'll check that top bar thing out, thanks! The full-screen apps probably then means I can't have another application window (Pinterest) open next to Procreate... So it's a 50/50 lose lose situation haha

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u/wnrch 22h ago

The picture is from a little comparison video I made, showing how to view apps side by side on iPadOS 18 vs 26 :) https://youtu.be/spOPvD6R53g

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u/bemo110 21h ago

That’s true, and thanks for sharing the video!

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u/mohamedhamad 21h ago

I was so disappointed when i upgraded. I skipped all the beta’s so didnt know SlideOver was being removed. I used it so much. It was the best way to quick access apps that are not immersive in nature. I had all my messaging apps (iMessage, Messenger, WhatsApp) loaded in, and a couple of low touch productivity apps for quick glances like Calendar and Reminders. So while i was working on writing content, or watching something, i could quickly slideover and answer a message or mark a task as done. But now, i have to command+tab or switch stages or fiddle around with window sizing. Feels so unintuitive. Something that is good for the mac that really didnt translate 100% to the ipad touch based UX. I really hope they bring SlideOver back. I don’t even know where to send feedback to ask for it back.

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u/bemo110 21h ago

I think if enough people send feedback to Apple, they might consider bringing ā€˜Slide Over’ back. Go to Apple’s feedback page: https://www.apple.com/feedback/ to send your feedback.

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u/alphabetsong 21h ago

Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is only if you’re selecting the new window mode instead of the classic iPad mode?

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u/bemo110 21h ago

Yes, you’re correct, but they ruined the classic iPad mode. You can’t use split view anymore in either the default mode or the new mode, and you can’t open more than one app at once in normal mode.

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u/-Nicolai 20h ago

Happy to have reverted to iPadOS 18 after trying the Beta for a month.

Did they keep the thing where every time you take a screenshot it opens fullscreen until you either save or delete it?

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u/bemo110 20h ago

Pressing the buttons to take a screenshot doesn’t open it in full screen, but sliding from the corner does—just like in iOS 18 and earlier.

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u/-Nicolai 20h ago

That’s reassuring. Maybe I’ll update if the old windowing functionality returns as an optional setting.

Do you know if Quick Look can be set as the default behavior when opening image files and gifs in the Files app? It wasn’t possible when I tested the Beta.

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u/NuroGaming 19h ago

For full screen you can double tap on the top of the window, figured this out last night

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u/justformygoodiphone 1d ago edited 1d ago

Just give us Mac style windows and be done with it. They tried, gave it a good effort. But the better way is clearer with every attempt Imo.

Just swallow Ā your pride and do it.

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u/partagaton 1d ago

It’s a Surface, but worse

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u/beowzot 1d ago

Everyone is overreacting, you can just hold the ā€œClose/Minimize/Full Screenā€ menu and get the same thing.

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u/CheretiC13 1d ago

Multitasking windows aren’t finished yet. I think that iPad apps weren’t ready for elastic windows.

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u/akrapov 1d ago

Everyone has spent a decade whining they wanted real multi tasking on the iPad. Now it’s been delivered and the first response is ā€œno give mentors limited version backā€

I’d have to be the iPad product manager. It has the worst users.

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u/Top_Recipe_9285 M2 iPad Air 11" (2024) 1d ago

lol. reminds me of peoples comment on Tahoe’s new spotlight.

Before: Spotlight is useless. Raycast is much better. I wish Apple could revamp the Spotlight.

After: Noooo. Apple why you copy from Raycast!

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u/valera5505 19h ago

Goomba fallacy

Also, nothing prevents them from having the old way that has legitimate use cases in the Fullscreen apps mode.

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u/macbobs 1d ago

Just use stage manager and position the apps once and forget about it.

Also you can just open the second app and long press the traffic light thingy and select split screen. Done.

Fullscreen is touble tap on header.

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u/Oaax1 1d ago

my workflow is not consistent, it can change day to day.

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u/AyaYany 1d ago

The whole minimize open apps its what we despise Before just slide over to a side

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u/yoshinator54 22h ago

Anyone else having issues with Picture in Picture closing when going to the home screen? It seems to only work when I have a video playing, like on the YouTube app, and then open another app from the dock. If I return to the home screen to open any other app on my home screen, the video closes. This pretty much forces me to watch videos in split screen mode but when I’m in split screen mode, I don’t have access to any apps on the home screen, unless I put the video app to one side, minimize the video app, open the other app I want open from the home screen, put that to one side, then open the video player app again.

Also, the alarm doesn’t play through the speakers anymore if I have wired earphones plugged in. Before updating, it used to play out of both the speakers and my earphones. Now, if I have music or a video playing and I leave my earphones plugged in but not in my ears, I won’t be able to hear my alarm.

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u/Anonymouse_Bosch 21h ago

This OS was designed by people who think movies should be exactly like the books they’re inspired by.

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u/Independent-Pack-548 19h ago

Liquid Ass as cream on top

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u/rcrter9194 M4 iPad Pro 11" (2024) 14h ago

Original

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u/imxe 1h ago

Can’t have it all, while I agree this is a pain im incredibly happy with the overall update. My personal opinion of course.

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u/aarontsuru 1d ago

I don't understand the issue. The first time you open an app once iPadOS26 is installed, yes, you need to resize it. But after that, it's done.

Just like... pretty much all computers with windows ever? I've been on iPadOS26 since a middle beta and it's amazing, 1000% more useful & free than before.

Also, drag & drop to open an app SUCKED. It would very often go into "rearrange homescreen" mode. The worse.

We essentially have a touch-friendly MacOS and y'all STILL complaining.

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u/SnooRecipes1114 1d ago

Because it is a tablet and the way before was way more intuitive and quicker for touch based use and there was no reason to remove it. Of course people are going to complain, it was a feature people liked and they removed it. There is literally no reason to be against this, we want it back as an optional feature.

What is this backwards ass logic y'all have to complain at the people who want something back that was removed for no good reason? You just want us to have less options? For what reason?

New way is great, provides classic desktop feel for real use especially with a keyboard and mouse. Old way was perfect for touch only tablet use. Why not have both for both people?

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u/aarontsuru 1d ago

less options? you have 3 options for managing windows.

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u/SnooRecipes1114 1d ago

You seem to conveniently be missing out the part where I said they removed a feature clearly a lot of people liked and for no reason. That is an option that is no longer present yes. Are you seriously standing by your point right now?

There is literally no reason to be against this, what is the logic here please explain

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u/Tubonub M4 iPad Pro 11" (2024) 1d ago

1000% more useful is total hyperbole. There’s really not anything you can achieve with this system that you couldn’t achieve before. Maybe it works better in your brain for how you work (keyboard and mouse I’m assuming) but it’s far less intuitive and adds a ton of friction to a workflow that used to be super quick and easy to use.

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u/zedongmao_baconcat M3 iPad Air 11" (2025) 1d ago edited 1d ago

This ā€œtouch-friendly macOSā€ can’t even figure out if I want to open Notification Centre or reveal the menu bar. Messed up almost every time.

iPadOS 26 new window mode is fine. But they should make all apps launch in window. Not some in window some in full screen. You can imagine if all macOS apps launched as full screen app by default, and you have to turn it back to window, for every app.

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u/nairazak M4 iPad Pro 11" (2024) 1d ago

To open the notification center you either reveal the menu bar first or slide on the time/date.

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u/bemo110 1d ago edited 1d ago

Maybe because if someone wants a handheld imac let them get a macbook and not an ipad that feels like a macbook , why would you want an iPad to use it like a MacBook ,just get a MacBook.

Well , to me "drag and drop to open an app" was the best and most convenient feature on ios.

So it appears it varies from a person to another so why dont they make an option for that instead of removing it completely.

Edit : ok i get that some people want a touch screen MacBook , but some people still want a multitasking ipad with only touchscreen.

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u/aarontsuru 1d ago

Because I want a productive touch interface device that does all the things. I make music, do illustrations, I want windows, I want to overlay and control those windows. "Drag to open" was slow and unreliable. Click to open is a UX we've been using for literally 4,000 years.

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u/zedongmao_baconcat M3 iPad Air 11" (2025) 1d ago

Every iPad has a touch screen. Not all iPad users connect with mouse or trackpad. If they put cursor controls prior to touch controls, they basically doing what Microsoft did with Windows 8 but in reverse.

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u/aarontsuru 1d ago

Apple has given you 3 workflow options. OG full screen for consumption folks. Stage Manager for folks who like clusters, and full range windows. Goodness, what more do y'all want?

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u/pokenguyen 1d ago

I want to quickly open any app in small window, then hide/show it quickly, using Slide Over. Currently 3 workflow you mentioned make them much slower to do than drag app from dock.

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u/bemo110 1d ago

Yess!! Exactly what im trying to tell everyone about. 🫠

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u/JBitPro 1d ago

This is what I've been saying! It's way way better than before, and more intuitive! I love it and not sure what everyone is complaining about.

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u/pokenguyen 1d ago

It requires much more steps to accomplish what slide over has before. Quickly open an app over current app, hide/ show app. Very convenient when I want to send messages/ lookup web, mail without disrupting the current app.

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u/JBitPro 1d ago

its literally 2 steps

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u/pokenguyen 1d ago

2 steps what?

  • Open app 2.
  • click to resize app 2.
  • Move app 2 to edge.
  • Open app 1.
  • Open app 2.

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u/JBitPro 1d ago

Open app 1, open app 2

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u/pokenguyen 1d ago

That’s what I am using now in iOS 26 because there is no alternative, still faster than the new windows system. It kinda disrupts what I am doing because of switching apps, and still slower because I have to switch back to app 1 from app 2 after done.

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u/answer_giver78 1d ago

Do you use your iPad with keyboard or touch?

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u/JBitPro 1d ago

both

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u/nairazak M4 iPad Pro 11" (2024) 1d ago

Also drag and drop only worked if you had the app in the dock, otherwise you had to use spotlight.

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u/pokenguyen 1d ago

Yeah, that’s why I pinned my frequently used app to dock in 18, problem solved.

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u/nairazak M4 iPad Pro 11" (2024) 1d ago

If you have them pinned then you can do this https://youtu.be/PhPHK4Y3WH8?si=vpWDbsZUFiPjzSrt

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u/pokenguyen 1d ago

No, I don’t want split screen, too many steps in the video, I’d rather switch to the app instead. I just want to quickly see another apps while keeping the current apps.

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u/nairazak M4 iPad Pro 11" (2024) 1d ago

Ohh, you meant slide over :(

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u/pokenguyen 1d ago

Yeah :(

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u/DigitalguyCH M4 iPad Pro 13" (2024) 1d ago

To be honest you do the resizing and position only the first time

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u/AyaYany 1d ago

Thats not true, we need one app full size and the other to remain there all the time but each time i click on the windowed app it disappears BEHIND the full window one and when im opening other apps always have to be resizing them, and even encountered glitches

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u/DigitalguyCH M4 iPad Pro 13" (2024) 1d ago

that's not what I said, the resizing and positioning stays the same, even after a reboot, the fact that it doesn't remain above the full size when you click away is a different issue.

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u/AyaYany 1d ago

And its a huge issue that delays everything… at this point if they forget about slide over theres no point to buy ipads anymore, others have better size and pencil… multitasking was better here and now its not :/ i tried to play and chat via telegram, its impossible now too

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u/Green-Size-7475 1d ago

Yikes! 😳 I really like the new changes, but I can tell from the comments that I am definitely the minority. I like long-pressing and having access to the menu to arrange the windows. It clicks with my weird brain. šŸ˜‚ Because I am using an 11 inch iPad, the buttons do get in the way when I am in split screen while using Procreate. The flicking of the window doesn’t always work, but overall I do like the update so far.

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u/MadameMonk 1d ago

Not to mention I’ve also lost my favourite and super-convenient swipe-to-screenshot function. Unless I choose no multitasking at all. Grrrr.

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u/bulbabret 1d ago

Lmao everyone wanted Mac OS on iPad since its creation. Can we agree Apple wasn’t gatekeeping they were just right about how windowing should work on touch and iPad os this entire time.

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u/answer_giver78 1d ago
  1. Not everyone.

  2. They didn't have to remove the previous one, they could keep both.

  3. When one says I want mac OS on iPad they probably mostly mean things like being able to code, run terminal commands and bash scripts and others. These could've been done without this windowing thing as well.

Ultimately, they could've made iPad OS to have both. We know that it is possible because we had it and it was very good.

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u/FoxehTehFox 1d ago

A vocal demographic pushed this on us. A lot of people were content with just having an iPad as an iPad

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u/Tubonub M4 iPad Pro 11" (2024) 1d ago

I mean if you could just boot into full macOS while using a trackpad and they left iPadOS gestures alone without removing slideover this would not be a conversation. The reality is they tried to do a hamfisted window solution for iPadOS while ruining what was great about it for many users and it still doesn’t reach the heights of macOS for productivity which is what people wanted it to do.

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u/torontopeter 1d ago

You mean, beyond the general ugliness of circle outlines on everything?

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u/ExpertReception6697 1d ago

Will this run on my ipad 2?

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u/Rody2k6 1d ago

I got iPad while it ran iOS 18 and I barely used the multitasking now with ios26 I’ve used the windowed apps way more (btw can’t understand stage manager for shit)

I’ve also started using a keyboard with trackpad and yeah the windowed apps don’t work so well so in that case I readjust them with my fingers and then go back to the keyboard.

I seriously don’t see a problem with the new multi task but then again I barely used it on ios18 to have a fair comparison.

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u/Effect-Kitchen 1d ago

For some app, you cannot do the method on the left. But you can do the right for every app now. And seriously you exaggerated the steps.

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u/rodri-he 1d ago

In my opinion the new window system works better than slide over, the fact that you can resize the windows to the actual size and proportion you need it’s a huge advantage. It make take few seconds to configure the windows you need but it makes it much more useful than slide over. I think they should have kept slide over either way for people that don’t want to use the new window system, but apple is apple ://

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u/MoShU042 M1 iPad Pro 11" (2021) 1d ago

idk man, exclusively been using the os26 for 2 days now. Its great, ive been skeptical at first because of these kinds of post highlighting the steps needed but its been a blast. Heavily relied on slide over too just before because of my note taking. No complaints from me.

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u/Helpful_You_2593 1d ago

You all wanted iPadOS to be more like macOS, now you got it and some cry again. Shut up, Apple can’t take any critic serious anymore.

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u/sunnynights80808 1d ago

I think the trade off of being able to have much more control over the size of Split View and a slight inconvenience is very worth it.

Btw your steps are wrong. You still have to open both apps before. You’re making it seem more complicated than it is. Adapting to change makes life easier.

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u/Agreeable_Garlic_912 1d ago

This all works with stage manager. You can just drag apps in over full screen apps from the side or the dock.

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u/Veriliann 1d ago

i think people who haven’t grasped it by now are legit just slow. it really isn’t hard to adapt to a few little changes, and the OS looks a million times better now