r/ipad

I’m getting an iPad for school for note taking bc my MacBook took a 💩. Since I’m using for note taking I obviously need the pencil.. someone please explain to me why one would buy the $139 Apple Pencil over these $15 iPad pens on Amazon? What is the significance of this iPad pencil???

I had an iPad A16 that randomly stopped charging and eventually died. Tried different combinations of cords/blocks and nothing was working. The outlet still works because other devices receive power.

Took the iPad to my local Genius Bar and they replaced it. Soon after getting home, the replacement stopped charging as well. Same combination of cords/blocks/outlets and no results.

Amazingly, the third replacement is having the same issue of not charging. I even tested it at the store and it began charging, but it stopped at home. I don’t think it’s an outlet or equipment problem because they work for other devices. Am I missing something? Am I stupid? Just wanted to ask others before taking yet another trip to the Genius Bar.

tldr- iPad and subsequent replacements not charging at home despite testing at store and other devices and charging at home

I want to buy an iPad for studying and i had my eyes set on the new iPad Air that comes with the m4 chip while looking around I found a sealed iPad Pro m4 that came out in 2024 with the same price and I can’t tell what to go for do I pick more ram and newer iPad Air or do I pick the 2024 iPad Pro for the screen and other pro features any help would be appreciated

Hi! I just got an iPad for college and need recommendations for apps. Whether it’s for work or just for a brain break, let me know what’s worked for you!

Hello lovely people, I’m sure there’s been a lot of chatter on here of which iPad is best and all that but I am the most indecisive person when it comes to making big purchases like this. For background, I’m entering medical school in the Fall and my 10.5 inch ipad that carried me through undergrad and graduate school since 2019 has finally given out on me.

I’ve been looking into buying a new ipad. I was gifted an MacBook Air since my computer is also on its last breath. It sounds ridiculous but I need an ipad for note taking and studying. I’ve been eyeing the 13 inch M4 iPad Air — i like the idea of a bigger screen for split screen and such (it was a feature I liked for my old ipad but I found the space was too small). I’m torn between storage. Do you recommend the 128 GB or 256 GB for an extra hundred something? This is probably a no duh answer but it’s a huge investment and financial decision that I’m doing alone. Any advice or feedback is appreciated! Thank you!!

Hi, I wanted some opinions, my parents wants to gift me an Ipad or airpod, they received some inheritance. I love music and I heard that airpods are probably one of the best in noise canceling, and I travel quite a bit. For my ipad, I thought to have it as my teams device, work device, engineering drawing reader and my digital “ring file” where I can store all my documents like salary slip, tax files, birth certs for easy access and safekeeping. So Im conflicted which one should I choose. Ipad or airpods. If Ipad, which Ipad is a16 256gb good enough but its more expensive than the airpods I kinda dont want to have my parents get the more expensive one just because but it is an inheritance tho. So yeah, thanks in advanced

I am looking to finally upgrade my VERY old iPad. The one I am currently looking at is the iPad Air M3 (2025). Would this be a good upgrade, or would something like an iPad Pro M1 or M2 be better? I do not like the Apple Pencil Pro either, if that would change anything.

I would be exclusively using it for digital art, and possibly video editing.

Hi, I saw some posts last week but I wasn't at home to try any of them out immediately on my iPad 8th gen:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ipad/comments/1vlgi4c/managed_to_downgrade_ipad_8th_to_ios_18/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ipad/comments/1vl0jjw/apple_actually_released_18710_for_the_ipad_8/?sort=new

I've downloaded iPad_10.2_2020_18.7.10_22H373_Restore.ipsw but every time I try to restore it either via iTunes or Apple Devices app across two separate computers, I get this error: The iPad "iPad" could not be restored. an unknown error occurred. (3194)

I searched plenty to try and find anything to resolve this but all the proposed fixes have not addressed it yet. It's not the hosts file, I can ping gs.apple.com just fine, I've tried on two different PCs now, etc. I disabled Find My before putting the device into recovery mode.

I need an ipand soely for taking notes in uni. battery life should last the day and it should be used and cheap.

Im looking at the Ipad air 4 and the 2018 ipad pro. the question is will they last 3 years and is it still good enough especially with the ipad pro being 8y old

also what should i pay?

i have an ipad Air 1st gen (ios 12.5.8)... does anyone know if there's a work around for using and external HDD or pen drive with the ipad, except for SanDisk iXpand...

hi i am an apple user. I have an iPhone 13 which has 256gb storage and like i still have a 100gb left on it. Now im planning to buy an ipad air 4 but for some reason its so overpriced over here because of which only the 64gb variant is in my budget. I will need it for youtube, 1 game, art and notetaking. Should i buy?

I'm contemplating between getting either the lifetime version on goodnotes or the pro version on noteful for college. I am looking for a long term app (4+ years) that I would use daily. Thanks in advance!