Wild rumor claims macOS 14 is coming to the M2 iPad Pro

File this one beneath Too Crazy to Ignore: A leaker on Twitter claims that Apple is engaged on a “smaller model of macOS” that may run “solely” on the brand new M2 iPad Pro subsequent 12 months.

We’re with you—there are loads of causes to be skeptical. For one, the leaker, Majin Bu, doesn’t have a lot of a monitor file past case leaks and the yet-to-be-confirmed 14-inch iPad. For one other, there’s little or no proof that Apple is working to merge the iPad and Mac traces apart from the 2 sharing the identical Stage Manager function in iPadOS 16 and Ventura. And lastly, limiting such a dramatic change to a single iPad Pro mannequin would increase the ire of many customers.

But nonetheless, it’s an fascinating, if not thrilling rumor. The iPad Pro stays a tool with untapped potential, with a screaming quick processor, gorgeous ProMovement show, Thunderbolt, and Face ID. However, whereas there are a number of options in iPadOS 16 which are unique to M1-powered iPads, Apple hasn’t actually elevated the iPad Pro above its different less-expensive iPads.

Bu claims that the “simplified” model of macOS 14 may have “a 25% bigger macOS UI” that’s presumably optimized for contact. But since iPadOS already helps trackpad navigation with the Magic Keyboard, the overall macOS expertise wouldn’t want to alter. And now that Apple has added Stage Manager to each iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura, there’s one thing of a unified navigation system as effectively.

So possibly it’s not so loopy. As it stands there aren’t a ton of causes to purchase an iPad Pro over an iPad Air, and a “lite” model of macOS would completely shake issues up in a giant means. We received’t know if this rumor is true till Apple uvneils the subsequent model of macOS at WWDC in June—or till Mark Gurman or Ming-Chi Kuo corroborates it—however for now, we’re comfortable to maintain dreaming.