- Yo guys, Jonathan here, 2018 has been an amazing year
for tech, but hands down, one of my favorite releases
is the 2018 iPad Pro.
I have been working furiously on the in depth, full length,
monster review which is dropping tomorrow morning,
so keep your eyes peeled for that, but today,
I'm gonna give you a little taste.
More than likely, every iPad video you've watched,
there's been a statement echoed throughout.
It's fast, it's powerful, it's overall really good,
but what holds it back is that you can't put Mac OS on it,
but what if you could?
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So yeah, this is the iPad Pro being used wirelessly
as a display for the 2018 Mac Mini.
The touchscreen works, the Apple Pencil works,
and I'm not gonna lie, when I saw this hit the internet
this week, my immediate reaction was...
- It's amazing, it's amazing, it's amazing, it's amazing.
- Now, while this may seem like magic...
- (imitates explosion)
- All this is actually happening thanks to this little guy,
the Luna Display by Astropad.
So what it is is this tiny little compact adapter
that was initially supposed to be plugged in
to your MacBook Pro or your iMac and then use your iPad
as a secondary display.
Naturally, they were like what if this works
with the Mac Mini, and oh my god, it works.
Now in addition to USB-C, it also comes
in a display port version, and I wanna stress
that you must use this with a native port on your computer,
you cannot use it with the dongle or adapter,
and it only works on Mac, sorry PC boys.
Without getting too technical, essentially how it works
is through WiFi, so both the iPad Pro and Mac Mini
must be connected to the same network,
and I will emphasize that you must have
a really solid WiFi connection, or forget about it.
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What I really like is the customization.
You can orientate it as your right screen,
as your left screen, and I was actually surprised
at how well and how smooth the software experience was.
So when I set this up last night, my mind was actually blown
and I'm not sure if I've yet recovered.
I was runnin' around, spinnin' on chairs
because I was that excited.
It's one thing to have your iPad as a secondary display,
but to have touchscreen functionality
to grab that Apple Pencil, press Safari
and see it work, (imitates explosion).
Now kind of divin' back to reality for a second,
because as awesome as this is, as well as it works,
honestly, what surprised me most with this
was the lack of lag.
It's almost instantaneous, but really,
I wouldn't say don't go out and buy an iPad Pro
just to use as a monitor for your Mac Mini.
If you happen to have both, then it makes sense
because the adapter itself is relatively inexpensive.
Now smaller details like audio, from what I can tell,
there doesn't appear to be a way to get that
to come through the iPad Pro, it comes through the Mac Mini.
What more than likely makes sense though
is you're gonna use Bluetooth headphones or AirPods
or a Bluetooth speaker.
In this case, the HomePod actually works surprisingly well.
What's also really awesome is you have a handful
of setup options.
So you can go the traditional route of a keyboard,
a trackpad, or a mouse, Matthew Moniz.
What's crazy cool is you could even use
the iPad Pro keyboard, the mind blowing just doesn't stop.
I do also want to mention and stress
that while you're initially setting this up,
you need some sort of external display, so again,
don't just buy these two together
and expect them to work out of the box.
Once you get this setup and going though,
you can totally use it without that display,
just the Mac Mini, just the iPad Pro,
but there are a couple caveats.
One, you gotta use it without a password,
or two, you gotta be really good at typing in
that password without seeing what you're doin'.
Again, the biggest factor in this entire thing
is going to be your WiFi connection.
If it's bad, it is going to be a horrendous,
laggy experience, but if it's good,
it is crazy how well it works.
So in a nutshell, it works way better
than I ever could have imagined and also kind of gives
a sneak peek of what if Mac OS came to iPad?
While I wouldn't hold my breath for that to happen,
what excited me the most with this whole concept
is the idea of Final Cut Pro on the iPad.
That is absolutely the thing I'm going to dive into next.
So if you guys want to see a detailed video on that,
let me know by smashin' that like button.
Thank you guys very much for watching.
Again, the full in depth, monster iPad Pro review
is dropping tomorrow morning.
This is Jonathan, and I will catch you guys later.
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My lips are frozen.
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