How To Use MacOS on iPad Pro in 2025!

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The iPad Pro has always had incredible hardware—but what if you could run macOS on it? In this video, I walk you through how I remotely access macOS using my iPad Pro with Jump Desktop, what works well, where it still falls short, and how this setup fits into my real-world workflow as someone who’s used the iPad as a main computer since 2018.

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## Chapters
00:00 – iPad Pro is Still a Hardware Beast
01:04 – Why We Still Want macOS on iPad
01:26 – My Real-World iPad Pro Workflow
03:08 – Where macOS Still Wins
03:36 – How to Run macOS on iPad Pro (Remotely)
04:25 – Step-by-Step Setup Tutorial
05:30 – macOS on iPad: The Experience
07:25 – Stage Manager and App Multitasking
08:30 – Limitations and Workarounds
09:21 – Final Thoughts and Takeaways

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34 Comments

  1. I uninstalled jump desktop and got a refund for it, because you can’t quit it – it’s always running on your mac. it looks like it quit, but if you open activity monitor and search for it, you’ll see a process is still running which can’t even be force quit (huge red flag)

    Instead now I use tailscale (on both devices) and RVNC viewer on ipad / client to do for free

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