![]() The iPad standard placement is bottom right, so, again, non-standard design fooled my muscle memory. The other quibble was the keyboard hide button is on the bottom left. I kept getting sentences with no spaces until I figured out what was going on. The biggest issue was using the virtual keyboard: the spacebar doesn’t extend under the “M” key like on most keyboards because the designers made the inverted T arrow keys too large. I edited and uploaded the text and photos to this article from my MacBook through my iPad. Any Mac app will work with Astropad, and Apple Pencil is quite a bit more accurate than a mouse. Much of the hype around AstroPad has been around getting the full version of Photoshop on the Mac (see photo above) with the control of the Apple Pencil, and I must say it was quite an effective combination, but you’re not limited to just drawing and editing. There is a toggle to allow you to virtually hold down modifier keys while clicking or drawing as well. You can also choose to view the entire defined area or zoom into 100% for closer work. On the iPad, you have access to a wealth of controls: finger-gestures that give you control-click or option-click, quick switching between “draw” and “erase” if you’re using a drawing tool, etc. From within the Mac app, you can choose which monitor (or part of a monitor) will be viewed by the iPad. ![]() Multiple monitors pose no special problem either. Even on a different wifi network from my house, AstroPad studio reconnected without missing a beat. ![]() Besides using the setup at home for testing, I used the Mac/iPad Pro to present to a user group at a restaurant we frequent. If there is a lot of traffic or spotty connectivity, you can actually connect your iPad directly with a USB cable, or manually tweak the connection, but I never had a problem. There’s a bit of handholding you have to do the first time, but every time after that, launching the Mac app gets you the “launch the app on your iPad” dialog box, (or launching the iPad version from your iPad and get the “Launch AstroPad on your Mac” dialog.) and you’re in business. To set up, you simply launch each one from their respective machines, making sure you’re on the same wifi network. But if you don’t need the pressure sensitivity pen input, or the “macro”-type feature of custom gestures, you’ll be OK with the Standard. I’m going to concentrate the rest of the review on the Studio edition, but the Standard edition would be great for anyone who needs to use their Mac from their iPad occasionally for such things as file transfers, running programs that behave differently on a Mac than an iPad (* koff* WordPress’ * koff* arcane web client * koff*), or even Windows programs via Boot Camp/Parallels/Fusion. You not only get constant updates for free but priority support, Magic Gestures, Custom Pressure curves, the Eraser tool and a lot more. There are two pricing plans: the Standard, one-time-pay version for $30, and the Studio version, with a subscription that costs $65/year or $8/month. For the Mac app, you’ll need to visit to download. The install/download of the two pieces is easy enough – go to the app store for iOS and download. In fact, instead of 2 USB ports i've now got 4, it's given me less need for a hub than ever before.Īt this point USB-A should be banned - and there's a replacement USB-C cable for every USB plug possible on the other end.Note: Photos may be tapped or clicked for a larger image. This hasn't ever ever been an issue for me, i've never used or needed a dongle for a MacBook Pro with USB-C ports. It's better in every way possible, upgrade your USB-A devices or buy new USB-C cables for them, problem solved. I can't believe it's nearly 5 years later and you lot are still complaining about USB-C. I/O may be faster now but if you need extra dongles or docks just to connect to it, the "reality" is it's a step backwards from the simplicity of multiple internal ports.ĭismissiveness of other viewpoints than one's own is also not a shining example of progress. Removing previous functionality without replacing it with the equivalent or better/more is the definition of regressing, not advancing. What is considered "advancing" is highly subjective.
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