> For example, if the iPad could seamlessly view and edit files from, say, any SMB server as easily as it can from iCloud, I think that would get people excited

> For example, if the iPad could seamlessly view and edit files from, say, any SMB server as easily as it can from iCloud, I think that would get people excited. This is actually an advertised feature of iOS 13, and I did get very excited about it when it was released last year. Unfortunately, it’s completely unusable; browsing a directory with more than 100 children or copying more than a few megabytes of data is likely to freeze or crash Files, and I’ve even managed to get the app into a broken state that can’t be fixed with an iOS reboot. The same applies to the USB drive “support.” Don’t trust anyone who tells you the iPad Pro is a viable laptop replacement if you need a working filesystem.