How I Use My iPad Mini

It has become my “almost” everything device.

My iPad Mini.

My love for the iPad Mini has never faltered, but my need for one was always confusing. You see, I have come to realize that the iPad Mini has always been the perfect device for me, except I never had a setup that allowed it to be what I needed to be most — my everything (else) device.

If you read my last post, Back To The iPad For Good, you know that I now have two iPads as part of my setup; a 12.9-inch iPad Pro and an iPad Mini 6. Because I love iPadOS so much, I got frustrated by trying to make the iPad Mini do everything, since I preferred using it over other devices — most times a Mac but sometimes a Windows laptop too.

The frustration didn’t come from me feeling that iPadOS was gimped, which some people poorly try and argue. Instead, I wanted to use iPadOS, but the size of the Mini always left me wanting more. Though it is perfect for quick tasks or doing something on the go, but for more intensive tasks, I prefer to have something larger to tackle it.

Now that I have my preferred OS on a larger computer for those more intensive tasks, that leaves room for the Mini to breathe and be a more flexible device without the baggage of needing to be more. I can still do most things that my larger iPad can do on the Mini, but this isn’t about capability but…