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This week: how to avoid embarrassment when you are showing someone else something on your iPad screen, a quick reminder about a very hidden feature, and a tip on personal hotspots.

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This week I take a dive into why iPads make for a less distracting operating system — and how I leverage the tools offered by iOS to make it even less annoying.

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*In lieu of the normal iPad Productivity Report, I present to you my “state of bags” report.*

Over the past year, I’ve tested and reviewed a bunch of new bags. This often leaves readers wondering: yeah but which one should *I* get? I hope to clear that up with this post, as these are the best choices you can make for a range of activities.

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This week, a short note about dictation as a primary means of input.

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A potpourri of thoughts this week from journaling, iPad mini, keyboard sharing, and even a tip for a change. Plus, as a huge bonus, I got to use the word potpourri twice.

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Like many I had the first Apple Watch model and quickly fell to love it, then I hated, then I liked it, and now I am back to being rather ambivalent towards it. It seems that if you regularly used a watch *before* the Apple Watch, that you are much more prone to having mixed feelings about it. Whereas, generally, those who had no watch before the Apple Watch tend to like the watch much better.

I’ve been thinking a lot about this, especially with the impact of a new version of Apple Watch with LTE coming out. This solves a lot of the shortcomings, but doesn’t fundamentally change the value proposition for those who like “normal” watches.

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An update on my file storage search, and thoughts on cellular iPads and FaceID for iPads. Also a quick question about a possible new member feature.

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This week, I want to tackle three areas: home screen layouts on iOS 11, those weird clipboard managers, and what to do when you have a shit ton of files to deal with. Let’s get started, this seems ambitious.

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Diving into the past a bit this week.

Update on Google Drive: the app has now been implemented to work with Files.app, and has removed the shady shit it does to register with every file type. Small win there, big results. Though, amusingly, macOS server is not a native Files integration — collectively we can all laugh and cry at the same time now. Also, it looks as though Readdle’s Documents app does the same shit Drive did. So that’s fun.

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By now, hopefully, you’ve installed iOS 11 on your iPad. One thing that most were not able to test over the summer beta period (including me) was how powerful Files.app really is. Without a robust offering from third party apps, it’s hard to use Files, as it becomes something you actively must think about using, and even more than that, it’s not the defining feature of iOS 11 some would have you to believe it is.

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This week: collaborating on ideas, and on editing — the iPad only excels in one of these two areas.

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This week: I take a look at iOS 11 Spaces and how it has grown on me; website support on iPads; and ask for your help on some iPad woes I’ve been having.

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This week I take a look at how students and developers can drive the change towards greater iPad-only adoption. Then I dive into the hot topic of iPad ergonomics.

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Diving into the Apple Pencil, picture-in-picture on iOS 11, and lastly why doesn’t my iPad pause audio when I get a call? So yeah, lots of nitpicking of iOS this week.

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This week I update you on my search for a 1Password replacement and talk about what Files.app really means for iOS. Or at least what it should mean.

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A couple core collaboration tools for working effectively with Mac users, and the why and how of iOS 11’s Dock, which changes quite a lot all on its own.

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August always feels like such a dead month when it comes to Apple related things. You’ll see a ton of rumors or “leaks” leading up to new iPhones in the fall, and the rest of the community seems to live like hermits preparing grandiose shit no one will read in its entirety. Any ways, back to iPads.

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