points by solarkraft 2 days ago | 0 comments
That’s so cool. It makes it even more of a bummer that iDevice bootloaders are locked. It’s an ongoing tragedy there’s still no macOS on iPads. Looks like if you want that, you’ll have to go with non-Apple hardware.
[–] RunSet 2 days ago
[–] rmnclmnt 2 days ago
Yes so many iPads that are dead bricks, while they could be running some pure Linux distro for many purposes
[–] gentlerain 2 days ago
I think this should extend to all device manufacturers. I have a few android devices that can be renewed with Lineage OS
[–] mindslight 2 days ago
To prevent anti-competitive behavior (illegal tying/bundling), Apple should be legally obligated to unlock the bootloader of devices once they are offered for sale.
[–] gorilla_fight 2 days ago
Amusingly someone found out how to run macOS on iPad, by jailbreaking older devices (iPad Pro (M1, M2) or iPad Air (M1)), with an older iPadOS which has a virtualization framework: https://github.com/nfzerox/VirtualMacOniPad
[–] y1n0 2 days ago
Everybody thinks macOS on ipad would be great, but it's not. If you are in the ecosystem, you can use your ipad as a remote display for your mac. Boom, macos on ipad.
And. It. Sucks.
It's a terrible, shitty experience.
[–] andrekandre 1 day ago
> your ipad as a remote display for your mac
[–] alirezaxdehghan 2 days ago
But now that the new macos is forced to have touch-friendly UI, it actually could be nice.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/102772#ipadobsolete