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My frustration is that a lot of features that are built-in on macOS sometimes require extra apps to use. Want to resize an image (not crop)? There's an app for

My frustration is that a lot of features that are built-in on macOS sometimes require extra apps to use. Want to resize an image (not crop)? There's an app for that, but it's hard to justify paying $9.99 for a photo editor app when macOS Preview supports resizing built-in. I do find I can focus on specific work a lot better on an iPad. It's so much nicer to use in an intangible way that makes me more productive doing specific tasks on iPad. And in recent days, it has been a great videoconferencing machine (except the positioning of the camera is weird - it should be on the long edge). Why is the camera on the 'side'?

1123581321 7y ago
Sorry, can you explain the resizing limitation a little more? I do agree it’s worth owning Pixelmator or Affinity. I also would like a second front camera that’s center top when in keyboard mode. It’s on the “side” because that’s top in portrait mode and Apple considers that the default orientation of the iPad.
- diebeforei485 7y ago
  It's not worth paying $9.99 to simply resize a 4000x4000 image to a 500x500 (for example). That is basic functionality that should be built-in and not need some third-party app. It's a weird design choice to consider portrait the default, because all first-party accessories (the triangle cover thing, the keyboard cases and folios, and now the magic keyboard) are about using iPad in landscape. When using any of those accessories, the camera on the side is just weird.
  - 1123581321 7y ago
    Ah, I wonder if you just haven’t seen the resize tool in Preview? I thought you were trying to do something more complex. Here’s a support document with instructions: https://support.apple.com/guide/preview/resize-rotate-or-flip-an-image-prvw2015/mac https://support.apple.com/guide/preview/resize-rotate-or-fli...
    - diebeforei485 7y ago
      That's on macOS, but we're talking about iPadOS here.
      - 1123581321 7y ago
        Ah, there’s the misunderstanding. :) Use the Image Size app on iOS; it’s free. You’re probably not going to see a native resize tool on iOS because Apple doesn’t want users thinking about pixels or file sizes, just saving everything and converting down only when needed (Mail’s small/medium/large sending, etc.)

1123581321 7y ago

Sorry, can you explain the resizing limitation a little more? I do agree it’s worth owning Pixelmator or Affinity. I also would like a second front camera that’s center top when in keyboard mode. It’s on the “side” because that’s top in portrait mode and Apple considers that the default orientation of the iPad.

diebeforei485 7y ago
It's not worth paying $9.99 to simply resize a 4000x4000 image to a 500x500 (for example). That is basic functionality that should be built-in and not need some third-party app. It's a weird design choice to consider portrait the default, because all first-party accessories (the triangle cover thing, the keyboard cases and folios, and now the magic keyboard) are about using iPad in landscape. When using any of those accessories, the camera on the side is just weird.
- 1123581321 7y ago
  Ah, I wonder if you just haven’t seen the resize tool in Preview? I thought you were trying to do something more complex. Here’s a support document with instructions: https://support.apple.com/guide/preview/resize-rotate-or-flip-an-image-prvw2015/mac https://support.apple.com/guide/preview/resize-rotate-or-fli...
  - diebeforei485 7y ago
    That's on macOS, but we're talking about iPadOS here.
    - 1123581321 7y ago
      Ah, there’s the misunderstanding. :) Use the Image Size app on iOS; it’s free. You’re probably not going to see a native resize tool on iOS because Apple doesn’t want users thinking about pixels or file sizes, just saving everything and converting down only when needed (Mail’s small/medium/large sending, etc.)