Question: Q: can you plug in USB data to the ipad mini. Documents or music or the such from the USB to the iPad, and zero support to transfer anything off the iPad. Nov 15, 2012 4:40 AM. Dec 26, 2013 2:00 PM in response to Texas Mac Man In response to Texas Mac Man. Les Kamens wrote: I'm a location photographer that is looking for a new solution for on the road editing. My short work flow: Using a MBP i going thru 1000's of images using PS & camera raw (sorry lightroom). Doing batch edits. MBP's vary the image depending on the angle the monitor is facing you. IMac could be a good choice but air travel with an already full thinktank case and everything else could be difficult. So i thought maybe a mac mini and an iPad pro as monitor. Has anyone used this combo in the field? The devil's in the details. Do you need a keyboard? More clutter and weight and fuss. Can you deal with the latency of using an iPad as a monitor? I have used one with VNC type apps and it's annoying for some stuff. Some apps are better than others. Duet is reputedly quite fast, but you need a wired connection to achieve that speed. What about interface? Applications designed for touch have different inputs designed into the interface for a reason. Whether desktop Ps works for you with touch probably depends a lot on what exactly you're doing. But an obvious question is why not a touchscreen convertible or Windows tablet then? Ps on a Surface Pro? Is it the touchscreen you're after? And if it's just viewing that is the impetus behind the question, it still seems just adding the iPad to your existing MBP would be a better solution. Everything runs on batteries, two screens, fast, keyboard and trackpad included, probably actually easier to carry with about the same weight. Les Kamens wrote: MBP's vary the image depending on the angle the monitor is facing you. There seems to be a fatal flaw in your plan. Have you actually tested the iPad Pro? Because the viewing quality of my iPad (which is not a Pro) also gets worse as I move my head away from viewing it straight on.just like a MacBook Pro. I am not sure but I think the MacBook Pro and iPad Pro both use an IPS-type screen. That's about the best you can get for image editing, but If they do both use the same type of panel, the viewing angle issue is going to be the same. If the viewing angle problem also exists on the iPad Pro, then your proposed solution does nothing but trade in your old problem for a longer list of newer, bigger problems. Because by trading in a MacBook Pro for a Mini+iPad Pro, you will only have made your field kit bigger, heavier, and more complex, you lose the ability to operate the Mac on battery, and with slower video responsiveness (since the only way to drive an iPad Pro as a Mac monitor is through workarounds like Duet Display), all without solving the problem you wanted to solve. The way everybody solves the laptop screen angle problem is to simply make sure you're viewing the screen straight on when editing. This is a free solution. And it tends to be easier to adjust a MacBook Pro screen to the optimum angle, than an iPad. Unless you buy a nice iPad stand with fine angle adjustment, which makes your field kit even more complex. Les Kamens wrote: I'm a location photographer that is looking for a new solution for on the road editing. My short work flow: Using a MBP i going thru 1000's of images using PS & camera raw (sorry lightroom). Doing batch edits. MBP's vary the image depending on the angle the monitor is facing you. IMac could be a good choice but air travel with an already full thinktank case and everything else could be difficult. So i thought maybe a mac mini and an iPad pro as monitor. Has anyone used this combo in the field? For a few bucks, you can try Duet Display (). It's a two-part system of using an iPad (or iPhone) as a second display. The computer part is free; the iOS app is frequently on sale (can't recall the price and since I have the app, the app store doesn't show the current price). I can say the display is excellent (I use both my iPhone 6s and an iPad mini 4), there's no noticeable latency issues (unless you're playing certain games with very high fps), and it is very reliable. My guess is that if you find the viewing angle on an iPad to be acceptable, then this combo would work well. I installed Parallels and have been using Microsoft Excel and Word in my Mac since then. I had also been looking for similar solution since last 10 months. Happy to share with every one that there is a very simple solution for Home and End key in a Mac Keyboard. Control + Home in Excel for Mac One of my all-time favorite keyboard shortcuts in Excel is CTRL+Home, but on a Mac there is no Home button. Hence a constant source of frustration these last two years. Control home on excel for mac. For users with mobility or vision disabilities, keyboard shortcuts can be easier than using the touchscreen and are an essential alternative to using a mouse. This article itemizes the keyboard shortcuts for Excel for Mac. Many of the shortcuts that use the Ctrl key on a Windows keyboard also work with the Control key in Excel for Mac. Using a laptop or other 'condensed' keyboard? If so, in order to get the left arrow key to work as the Home key you need to use the fn key as well, so the stroke would be: fn+Cmd+Left Arrow or fn+Ctrl+Left Arrow - either will work. Excel Control+Home Key on Mac. What I found is that the Windows Control+Home keyboard combination can be replicated on a Mac by either of the following keyboard shortcut combinations. This is the home key on Mac: fn+Command+Left Arrow. Fn+Control+Left Arrow. Another mystery solved. Keyboard Shortcuts.
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