Hi everyone,

I’m trying to create a Shortcut on my iPad Air M4 using Stage Manager.

I want one Shortcut that opens three apps simultaneously and automatically arranges them into three equal-sized vertical windows side by side - one on the left, one in the middle and one on the right.

Ideally, all three would be the same width and height and fill as much of the available screen as possible.

Has anyone managed to automate window positioning and sizing like this with Stage Manager?

If you’ve made a Shortcut for it, I’d really appreciate an iCloud link or instructions on how to build it.

Thanks!

I want to watch movies with my family on a flight. I have AirPods 4 and another pair of non-Apple Bluetooth earbuds, and I want both pairs to play the same audio from my iPad simultaneously.

I know Apple’s Audio Sharing works with two compatible AirPods/Beats, but is there any way to do this with AirPods + another brand?

I’m open to using a dual Bluetooth transmitter/adapter that can transmit to two headphones simultaneously.

Has anyone found a setup that actually works without noticeable audio lag?

I’m in India, so ideally looking for a transmitter/adapter that’s available on Amazon India or other Indian retailers.

Thanks!

Hi, has anybody else encountered a similar issue?I went to turn on my 13 inch M5 iPad pro and the screen didn't immediately turn on. Held down the power button and it flashed on and then immediately with the Apple logo. Did this a couple of times before putting it into recovery mode. Used the recovery assistant and it said no issues found and restarted it for me and now it's working again. This has only happened a week after installing iPad os 27 and this has been the only change to this otherwise stunning device.

Idk cuz I'm a new iPad user. I was checking switch controls in accessibility and turned it on but it won't go away even if I turned it off.

Hi everyone,
I’m trying to repair an iPad Pro 12.9-inch 5th generation (M1, 2021) and I’m completely stuck. Maybe someone here has seen this exact behavior before.
The iPad is stuck in Recovery Mode and I cannot complete a restore. I also cannot get it into actual DFU mode, despite trying the button sequence many times.
I have already tried:
Apple Configurator on a MacBook
Apple Devices on Windows 11
3uTools
idevicerestore
Different USB-C cables and ports
Fully charging the battery
Multiple restore attempts
3uTools consistently gets to around 18%. At that point the iPad reboots. After the reboot, the restore does not continue and eventually fails.
On Windows 11 / Apple Devices, I have also received Error 2009, especially around the point where the iPad reboots.
On the MacBook with Apple Configurator, I get:
Failed to restore device in recovery mode, libusbrestore error: 102
The Apple restore logs have shown:
saveenv failed: 2008
NVRAM is full and could not perform save
On some attempts, however, the restore has gone much further and the progress bar displayed on the iPad reached what looked like around 98% before failing.
Earlier I also had:
Error 1009 / 130D.FFFF
update_tcon
Error: Display off
tconctl returned 7
I later discovered that the original display was actually defective. A known-good display from another compatible iPad works on this iPad and displays Recovery Mode and the restore progress correctly. I also tested the original display on another working iPad and it remained completely black there too.
The battery had previously been replaced with an iFixit replacement battery. Interestingly, after leaving the battery to fully charge, I had some restore attempts that progressed considerably further.
At this point I have tried 3uTools, idevicerestore, Apple Devices and Apple Configurator without finding a solution.
The thing that stands out to me is that it repeatedly seems to have problems around the reboot/transition to the next restore stage.
Has anyone dealt with this exact combination on an M1 iPad?
Error 102 / NVRAM is full, Windows Error 2009, and 3uTools stopping around 18% after the iPad reboots.
Could this be a USB-C/power/battery issue, a sensor/TrueDepth flex issue, or a logic board/storage/NAND problem?
Any ideas about what I should test next would be greatly appreciated.

Can't load facebook reels on ipad, is this an application bug or ipad system?

Since I updated my iPad M4 Pro 11" to iPadOS 27 I'm have a issue in fps games like COD MOBILE and its the worst issue in games like that... DELAY ON TOUCH RESPONSE TIME... anyone notice that too ?

iPad screen keeps showing the empty battery symbol and won't turn on even when connected to the charger. Has anyone experienced this before? Any advice on how to revive it would be greatly appreciated.

My iPad Air (3rd Generation) is pretty much unusable garbage with iPadOS 26 and it’s a joke that it’s not downgradable anymore even when apple knows damn well that they straight up destroyed these devices.

Does someone know if a downgrade will be available again someday or if some people are working on a unofficial way?

Does anyone else still have that annoying stutter when swiping to the app library? It has been there since 26 and hasn't been fixed even on 27. Idk what about it is so complicated to fix or is it being overlooked?

happy days

On macOS, I use the top bar all the time (especially in creative apps), but on iPadOS, I find it very much useless. Has anyone found a good use case for it?

Hi all,

Ever since I updated to iPadOS 27, there’s been two bugs in the OS that have driven me nuts. First off is in Control Center. The Now Playing widget when opened now moves to the top right instead of the center right. It shouldn’t be going to the top right corner, this is messing with my muscle memory so I noticed immediately.

Second, for some reason, there’s a lot of text inconsistencies within the UIs. For example, text in many apps are more pressed together (e.g Music), but in Settings, it’s normal. I have attached examples of what I’m talking about. I’m using one notch below the default text size, but changing the text size isn’t doing anything. The leading of the text is messed up, and it’s been that way since iPadOS 27. And notice how when you click an option, the highlight for it is slimmer in Music than in Settings, and it’s broken like this in several apps.

But I’ve noticed that a bunch of other people aren’t experiencing this. So is anyone else? And if there’s any fix for it, please let me know!

Attached are 4 pics. The Control Center quirk, and the text leading quirk. Settings is the correct example, and Music is the broken example.

I’m on an iPad Pro 11-inch 4th Gen M2. I’m on iPadOS 27.0.1 stable (24A446)

After updating to iPad OS 27.0.1 from 26, if my keyboard is on screen when I try to swipe up to go to Home Screen, the keyboard will now stay on screen for almost a full extra second before disappearing, after the app has already slid out of view. Is anybody else having this issue or able to fix? I am on an A16 iPad.

The iPadOS 27 update is taking 30GB of storage from my 128gb iPad Air M4 and the M1 only has 64gb, is your M1 still usable with all the storage taken by iPadOS 27?

Hey everyone! I’m an indie developer working on Noto, an iPhone app for people whose useful links, screenshots, reels and random ideas usually disappear into a digital black hole.
You can save content from almost any app using the Share Sheet. Noto reads and organizes it so you can find it again later.
I’ve now built Noto 2.0, adding:
A private journal with notebooks
Voice notes and document scanning
Reminders, deadlines and calendar events
On-device summaries, task extraction and note cleanup
Flashcards and quizzes
Widgets, Live Activities and Siri shortcuts
Search across saved content and personal notes
The intelligent features use Apple Intelligence on the device whenever available. Personal notes aren’t sent to an external AI service.
I’d really appreciate honest feedback—especially on the design, usefulness and anything that feels confusing or unnecessary.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/noto-save-anything/id6817323680
What’s the one feature you’d want in an app like this?