I just added a permanent Menu Bar to my iPad in iPadOS 27, and it's made my Apple tablet feel much more Mac-like
Tablets iPad I just added a permanent Menu Bar to my iPad in iPadOS 27, and it's made my Apple tablet feel much more Mac-like Opinion By Lloyd Coombes Published 14 September 2026 Is this the closest we’ll ever get to a MacPad? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. After all, iPads now run MacBook-level M-series chips; the iPad Pro (2025), for instance, uses the M5.
- ▪Tablets iPad I just added a permanent Menu Bar to my iPad in iPadOS 27, and it's made my Apple tablet feel much more Mac-like Opinion By Lloyd Coombes Published 14 September 2026 Is this the closest we’ll ever get to a MacPad?
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- ▪After all, iPads now run MacBook-level M-series chips; the iPad Pro (2025), for instance, uses the M5.
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| Canonical URL | https://www.techradar.com/tablets/ipad/i-just-added-a-permanent-menu-bar-to-my-ipad-in-ipados-27-and-its-made-my-apple-tablet-feel-much-more-mac-like |
| Publication time | Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:37:02 +0000 |
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Tablets iPad I just added a permanent Menu Bar to my iPad in iPadOS 27, and it's made my Apple tablet feel much more Mac-like Opinion By Lloyd Coombes Published 14 September 2026 Is this the closest we’ll ever get to a MacPad? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The iPadOS app dock in iPadOS 27 (Image credit: Future) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Apple has traditionally kept the iPad closer to the iPhone in terms of core functionality (even after it released iPadOS as a standalone software package in 2019), but iPadOS 26 marked a distinct shift towards…
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