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What to do with an old iPad

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190 points owenmakes | 4 comments | 05 Sep 25 17:14 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

Coming back with my own blog (hosted on iPad 2) after asking here the same question
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mettamage ◴[06 Sep 25 23:24 UTC] No.45153826[source]▶
So question: is it possible to put MacOS on an M1 iPad?

I want a Mac with a touchscreen and a pencil. So not sure if it's easier to retrofit MacOS on an iPad or retrofit a touch screen on a Mac.

I know this question is adjacently relevant, but I wonder if someone has some experience in it and are willing to share :)

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1. vinnymac ◴[06 Sep 25 23:32 UTC] No.45153860[source]▶
There are plenty of successful mods and even paid products capable of making a MacBook include a functional touchscreen.

As far as I know the closest thing you can do with an iPad running macOS is some form of Remote Desktop / VNC. The QEMU attempts on jailbroken iPads are unusable, and impractical. Certainly no one has done it natively (outside of Apple of course)

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2. saagarjha ◴[07 Sep 25 00:23 UTC] No.45154131[source]▶
People have ran macOS userspace on iPhone
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3. Wowfunhappy ◴[07 Sep 25 12:01 UTC] No.45157422[source]▶
Wait really? Can you link me please?
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4. saagarjha ◴[07 Sep 25 12:39 UTC] No.45157662{3}[source]▶
https://twitter.com/khanhduytran0/status/1954724636727587237