Can the iPad finally become your main productivity machine? Rosemary Orchard and Stephen Robles get honest about the quirks, hacks, and must-know shortcuts that make iPad multitasking actually work for power users.

• iPad multitasking upgrades: Stage Manager, windowing, and device setups
• Productivity workflows: Magic Keyboard, trackpad, and app layout tips
• Stage Manager quirks vs. Mac window management workarounds
• Split View and Slide Over return to iPad multitasking with iPadOS 26
• Shortcuts automations for Stage Manager, external displays, and Ferrite
• Pushcut battery notifications: Automatically track device charge across iPad and Mac
• Travel routers for creators, hotel wi-fi hacks, and networking tricks
• Feedback: Creator Studio value, pricing, and one-time purchase alternatives
• Shortcuts Corner: Programmatically opening reminders lists in new windows

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard

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Learn about the coolest smart tech from CES 2026, including automated wood blinds, an ultra-wideband smart lock, and a shift toward Matter-powered devices. Will Apple step up and finally deliver the smart home features we've been waiting for?

• CES 2026 roundup: HomeKit, smart locks, robot vacuums, and more
• Ultra-wideband smart locks improve HomeKit proximity unlocking
• Matter standard reshapes smart home device compatibility and branding
• Aqara's Matter devices and integrated smart home ecosystem
• Fragmentation in smart home platforms driven by proprietary features
• Occupancy sensors versus motion sensors for smarter lighting automation
• Lutron's new smart blinds and humidity-sensing switches
• MOFT launches Find My-enabled MagSafe wallet and smart accessories

News

• Apple launches AirTag 2 with louder speaker and better range
• Civilization VII announced for Apple Arcade alongside other upcoming games

Shortcuts Corner

• Automating complex phone workflows medical education credits

Host: Rosemary Orchard

Guest: Stephen Robles

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Apple is shaking up creative workflows with its Creator Studio subscription, bundling pro apps and unleashing new AI-powered features that could change how students, artists, and power users work. But does this shift mark a new era or just another subscription headache?

• Creator Studio pricing, student and educator discounts, and included apps
• Paid features vs. existing free and owned apps clarified
• Subscriptions vs. 1-time purchases
• Family Sharing option extends Creator Studio to up to five users
• Student and educator benefits
• Freeform's role, delayed features, and real-world usefulness
• Pages, Numbers, and Keynote gain premium templates and content hub
• Keynote to auto-generate presentations from outlines using AI
• Final Cut Pro: new AI tools, transcript search, beat detection, montage maker
• Logic Pro: AI-assisted music creation, chord ID, royalty-free packs, smart search
• Motion, Compressor, and Mainstage overview and macOS exclusivity
• Pixelmator and Photomator transition concerns addressed
• Creator Studio lowers pro app entry barriers but keeps 1-time purchases
• News: Setapp's EU iOS app store to shut down due to business model issues
• Feedback: switching from iPad Pro to iPad Mini experience
• Shortcuts Corner: shortcut for HAM radio contact location logging
• App Caps: Spigen Classic LS case and CANSHN magnetic case

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard

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