iPadOS 26 moves the iPad closer to the Mac than ever before. But don’t take the upcoming operating system as a stepping stone toward an eventual unification between iPadOS and macOS. That’s clearly ...

A lot has been said about iPadOS 26 bringing many powerful Mac-like features to the iPad. While that’s true, the exchange is also mutual. Apple has several iPad-inspired changes coming to the Mac in ...

The lines between iPad and Mac have never been blurrier – and with iPadOS 26, currently in beta and expected later this month, Apple is leaning further into that overlap than ever before. The update ...

The public beta is here and it's probably worth checking out more than ever if you care about turning your iPad into an almost-Mac. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore ...

Long before WWDC 2025 kicked off, I said the big operating system redesign rumored for all of Apple's products this year wasn't just some sort of marketing trick to make us forget Apple Intelligence ...

With iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe, Apple is expanding the Phone app to the Mac and the iPad for the first time. It might not make a lot of sense for these platforms to have a Phone app, but you can ...