![]() ![]() ![]() I have a very particular workflow for this (which I document here and here), which I expected I would do from my iPhone at the end of the day. The most surprising one to me has been using it for journaling in Obsidian. I’ve also found some new uses for the iPad in my workflow. And when my iPad occasionally goes to sleep (seems to happen irregularly regardless of settings), it’s much easier to wake it back up using TouchID on stage than FaceID. But since I try not to look at my music anyway and use it only for reference, it isn’t that big of a deal. If I’m going to see the entire document at once, the iPad mini screen size is honestly a little small. I pair an AirTurn Bluetooth pedal that allows me to turn pages without touching my iPad. I play guitar on the worship team at my church and use scanned documents in GoodNotes for my sheet music. One area where I do miss the larger size is for sheet music. But this has been completely fine and the smaller size of the iPad mini makes it a little bit easier to position it correctly. I also use my iPad as a teleprompter using OBS for presentations and Zoom meetings (details can be found at the bottom of this post), and I was concerned the smaller screen size might be an issue. Being able to physically touch your ideas and move them around feels magical on any device, and the small screen (or canvas) hasn’t bothered me. I also enjoy mind mapping on the iPad mini using MindNode, though not much has changed here since my move from the 11″ iPad Pro. The size of the iPad mini makes it easy to grab as well. In fact, the iPad mini is almost identical in size to my Ugmonk Heirloom journal:Įven though I primarily work from home, I always have my notebook with me. I LOVE the roughly A5 size of the iPad mini. When I first saw the iPad mini announced, I immediately thought that it would be the perfect tool for my sketchnote workflow using GoodNotes. And as I do, I’m finding my usage of the iPad has drastically increased in the last month. I can simply let the iPad mini do what’s it’s good at. I can do it if I need to in a pinch, but I don’t even think about using the device that way.Īnd with the lower price, I don’t feel like the iPad needs to be capable of absolutely everything in order to justify a place in my personal workflow. I don’t even think about sitting down to write with my iPad anymore because attaching a keyboard to a screen that small would be ridiculous. I couldn’t justify the high cost for a powerful “computer” I was going to primarily use as a notebook.īut the iPad mini has significantly improved my relationship with the iPad.įor one thing, the smaller size forces me to abandon some of the use cases that weren’t appealing to me anyway. I was starting to think that the iPad just didn’t have a place in my life anymore. Yes, it’s great for audio editing and taking sketchnotes, but I was increasingly hesitant when considering spending $1500+ on a new iPad (and accessories) if I’m not going to use it “the right way.” ![]() I felt like my use of it was only a small percentage of what it was made for, and I felt more and more resistance when trying to justify an upgrade based on my limited use. This left me in a weird place of not wanting to use my iPad for my “real work.” Even though I create sketchnotes videos every week, I felt like I was not using the iPad the way it was meant to be used. Even though iPadOS has advanced in recent years, I still want to use my Mac if I need to have multiple windows open at once (which I often do for a lot of my admin tasks). But given the choice, I’d rather use my clicky keyboard (or even my MacBook Pro).Īnother example is any kind of multitasking. I’ve had a version of Apple’s keyboard case attached to my iPad Pro since the original keyboard folio for the 10.5″ model, but I don’t enjoy writing on it. It is an absolutely screamin’ machine, and it’s kind of wild to think about how capable and powerful a thin slab of glass can be.īut over the years, I’ve discovered that being able to do something on my iPad and wanting to do something on my iPad have increasingly become two very different things for me. I’ve used some version of the iPad Pro from the moment it was released. I ordered one before the end of the event, and having used it for a month now, I have to say this is by far the most fun I’ve ever had with an iPad.Īnd more importantly, it has completely absolved me of my iPad guilt. New iPhones are cool and all, but this iPad mini seemed like it was tailor-made for how I was (and wasn’t) using my iPad Pro. When it was announced during the September iPhone event, I immediately thought that the sixth-generation iPad mini was the star of the show. ![]()
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