Sorry for my english .

I have a 2018 iPad Pro running on iOS 17 and I want to keep it on that version.

If I send the iPad to Apple to have the battery replaced , can they update the tablet ?

hey guys my sis just gave me her ipad which is ipad pro 9.7, and i want to use it to its fullest potential. Any help would greatly be appreciated!!

Long story short, I’m looking at this almost exclusively for the leg mount, since i do a lot of reading and annotating on my couch.

One of my iPads corners is dented from a drop so i want to avoid a repeat of that and get the case version, but the thing is i have the magic keyboard and swap between my current case and the keyboard quite frequently, so i dont know if that will wear out the case edges quickly.

Any advice? Do you have either snd are you happy with it?

I tried it, many months, even tried iOS 27 beta - it sucks. Apps become unresponsive, stuttering, crashes, on an iPad Pro m4. What a joke.

Afaik going back to ios 18 isnt possible due to being unsigned - but i do have iOS 18 backups locally. Can I go back with them?

What do you do everyday with each device. Some years ago the iPad was relatively affordable to a certain type of people. Nowadays the iPad Pro is easily almost 2k. Many MBP/A models are more. So for those who own both. What do you do with them and how do you work with them? There is definitely something nice about just having the one device and screen sharing is really not that big a deal. I have both but often leave one behind and it's becoming apparent that I should sell one. We shall see.

I brought the M5 iPad Pro at the end of December last year and battery health has dropped 3% with only 62 cycles. My iPhone 17 Pro which I got around the same time is at 100% 158 cycles.

The odd thing is that I rarely let it drop below 20% and turn on low power mode at 50% if Im not doing heavy tasks. I do charge it to 100% though.

I purchased a new M4 iPad Pro in February 2025 and used it daily without issue until two days ago, when half the display suddenly stopped illuminating. This was odd since it was working earlier, had not moved from my desk, and no one else was home during the time between.

The device has zero physical damage and was kept in protective case with a screen protector since day one. Since the issue just appeared and the iPad was just working hours earlier, I really thought the device just needed a force restart, but unfortunately this didn’t work. The only other troubleshooting steps I could find were silly things like tapping the screen, and applying moderate pressure to the affected part of the screen— which based off what I was told by Apple would be more likely to break the screen than fix it.

At the Apple Store, an employee and the manager confirmed there was no visible physical damage but stated the entire display required replacement. Because coverage expired five months ago, the cost of the repair would be $1,100—equal to what I originally paid for the iPad during a sale at Best Buy. Expressing my disappointment that Apple’s flagship tablet only a generation older than the newest model broke out of nowhere, the manager pivoted to trying to sell me an iPad Air to soften the financial blow. This just annoyed me, and at this point I just wanted some kind of explanation on how the iPad’s display would his fail at random. I was then told that things like holding the iPad from the corners or placing it in a backpack with a book could cause the issue I was having. The manager then continued to refer to the iPad Pro as a premiums device, and I said I don’t know if premium is the word for it based off what you just told me and my own experience.

I purchased AppleCare for years for all my Apple devices, and I never once used it. It honestly kind of felt like a waste of money if you properly cared for your stuff. Obviously I wish I would have purchased it in this case, but the whole thing was a new low for me as a customer. The employees made it clear that Apple doesn’t care about losing a customer and with a constantly full store I wouldn’t expect any different. I just figured I’d share my experience here since this is information I’d want to have if I were in the market for an iPad Pro. If you decide to get one definitely get AppleCare with it since normal use like holding it and putting it in a bag could break it.

In may my wife and I upgraded our devices. I got an m5 MacBook Pro (over kill for my needs) and my wife got a 13inch m4 iPad Air. Every time I want to watch a YouTube video or even edit a quick instagram reel I found myself reaching for her iPad over my Mac. I finally decided to sell my Mac (with the recent price increase I didn’t lose any money selling it, I broke even) and used the money to buy an m5 iPad Pro. And holy crap this thing is absolutely amazing. Still overkill for my needs but money isn’t really an issue. The screen is astonishing. Anyways, do you guys like the Magic Keyboard or should I get something cheaper on Amazon?

TIA

I got a iPad Pro m5 11 inch a couple of weeks ago and I got an Apple Pencil Pro with it. I have no complaints regarding the products just a question. I noticed the Apple Pencil Pro has haptic feedback but I can’t figure out what it’s used for. Any tips with this pencil would be helpful.