Using an iPad as my Productivity Tool

Darwin Cruz
6 min readOct 30, 2024
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I’ve been using my iPad as my primary computer for over six months now, and I’ve learned a lot along the way. Reading on Medium has revealed that many people use their iPads primarily for writing. As someone who’s been interested in productivity and working on an iPad, this feels like a haven to me. So, I dove into the rabbit hole of reading articles and discovered how others use their iPads mainly for writing and have created an iPad-only workflow.

iPad Productivity Setup

I am currently rocking an iPad Pro M1. Yes, I recently switched, and I feel so blessed to have tasted working on a 120hz M-series device. For me, the stage manager is really one of the best features why I think having an M-series iPad is so cool.

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For someone who has used a Samsung Tablet with Dex Mode, it is really cumbersome that Apple has limited a desktop class UI (or maybe not so desktop) to their M-series iPads. I know, it could be because of the power of the SoC (system on a chip) but at-least give some options to a device that seemingly capable of doing it.

External display support is also a plus, since the stage manager works as well in external…

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Darwin Cruz
Darwin Cruz

Written by Darwin Cruz

A pastor and counselor who is very passionate about faith, mental health, tech, simplicity, mindfulness, productivity and intentional living.