In a way it makes sense, it is useless to have a chip as powerful as the M2 in the new iPad Pro if the operating system does not allow you to take advantage of it. Apple has noticed thisand has already announced that these new devices will be compatible with full versions of Mac applications like DaVinci Resolve.
A rumor that gives us some hope
According to the leaker Majin Bu, Apple would be working on a simplified version of macOS 14 “Mendocino“That it would work on the iPad Pro with the M2 chip. Specific details of what this version of macOS would bring are not yet known, but of course it promises at first. The iPad would stop being a big iPhone to become a small Mac, although many are unaware of the course that the iPad is taking.
According with my source Apple would be testing a smaller version of macOS exclusively for the new iPad Pro M2!
“Mendocino” should be the codename for macOS 14. A simplified version should be planned for the M2. pic.twitter.com/f4RrainlZ1— Majin Bu (@MajinBuOfficial) October 20, 2022
Being able to have macOS on an iPad Pro would greatly change the way some users use Apple tablets. I have tried to replace my MacBook Air M1 with my iPad Pro 12.9″ from 2018 on occasion, and I have not been able to, and I am not the only editor of Applesfera that has happened to it. There are many tasks that, although can be done with iPadOS 16, the process for this is much more complex.If this leak is true, all that would change and many of us could consider using the iPad to work.
In any case, this filter is not the one that has the most successes of all. He has had notorious mistakes and important blunders, although on occasion he has been successful. We don’t know if it’s real or not, and until a leaker with more hits like Gurman or Kuo comes out, we recommend that you take it with many tweezers.
In any case, if this is true we could be facing a revolution in the iPad. Personally I don’t think it will happen, at least not in the short term. Apple has spent a few years trying to sell the iPad as “your next computer” and in my opinion that message is not getting through.
Also, this would be a very delicate step for Apple. Running macOS on iPad could leave iPadOS in the background. And not only that, but it would also affect the sales of Macs, there would be many implications, etc. Sales of all computers from all companies are down, but oddly enough Macs are up, and I personally think Apple doesn’t want to break that trend.