A Modder Created The Ipadbook That Apple Won’t

The iPadBook doubles arsenic a MacBook Air and an iPad Pro. | Screenshot: YouTube

Apple has small liking successful merging iPadOS and macOS, aliases bringing its desktop operating strategy to its touchscreen tablet. So a Chinese modder took it upon themselves to create a hybrid laptop they’re calling nan iPadBook featuring some operating systems successful a azygous instrumentality that lets you move from macOS to iPadOS by simply detaching its screen.

Modder Shu Chan started by removing nan show from an M1 MacBook Air and installing a custom-designed, 3D-printed magnetic hinge they’ve dubbed MagBaka that uses 12 magnets to clasp an iPad Pro successful spot arsenic its replacement screen. The dock useful alongside a civilization lawsuit for nan iPad Pro, and though nan tablet isn’t rather arsenic wide arsenic nan MacBook Air erstwhile connected, there’s a precocious level of polish to this mod that almost makes it look for illustration thing Apple would make.

When attached, nan iPad Pro serves arsenic an outer (and primary) show for nan MacBook Air complete pinch touch and Apple Pencil support, and erstwhile removed it becomes a modular M4-powered iPad Pro.