If we can’t have macOS apps on the iPad Pro, Apple might as well kill it

Things have now come to a head, here’s how the company could finally make its best tablets worth buying

Apple may have never meant for the iPad Pro to become as useful or versatile as a Mac computer, but in the case of the iPad Pro it will now have some decisions to make on that front. (Image: Daniel Romero, Unsplash)

Apple’s “Let Loose” event has come and gone — bringing with it new iPad Pro and iPad Air models, as well as some totally unnecessary drama — so all we’re waiting for now are the actual devices and accessories themselves. There was a number of different takes on Apple’s presentation, announcements and products in the media, but the vast majority of commenters seemed to agree on one thing: while the new iPad Pro models are impressive, it was not their hardware that actually needed an upgrade. It’s rather their software that’s in need of some serious changes, as the iPadOS is still holding back the most powerful iPads from realizing their true potential.

Needless to say, we’ve been here before — but, this time around, something is different: people are not asking for a better version of iPadOS anymore. No. What they are asking for is macOS apps on the iPad Pro: a notion that’s hardly unheard of, yes, but also one that somehow feels timely or even necessary now. It’s a possibility that could mark a major change in Apple’s strategy and prove to be a major development for the tablet category as a whole. Here’s why that is — and why…