John Siracusa in Elk: "Turns out the Mac had some pretty goo..."

Turns out the Mac had some pretty good ideas when it comes to managing files.

June 9, 2025 at 6:21:26 PM

again, yea, but it’s not macOS.

iPadOS will get a spatial Finder before macOS.

@jamesthomson @siracusa Deep cut: Apple HotSauce 3D

turns out macOS had some pretty good ideas for opening and editing PDFs too

"Even now, we still can't just admit that we should have put macOS on the iPad"

@danbarber @siracusa They are likely working on it, but there needs to be arbitrary requirements for you to still need both a

and . I genuinely think they are afraid of making it too complex with a desktop OS.

@adacosta @siracusa Honestly, despite my joke, I think they should remain separate. A primarily touch based interface is going to feel clunky with a mouse, and a mouse based interface too fiddly for touch.

@danbarber @siracusa I think its time the

moves into a larger screen category, 15.5 or 16.2 inch would be good.

it’s the touch screen Mac called the iPad!

Turns out “Back to the iPad” is a thing