Stage Manager is one of us characteristics of multitasking introduced by Apple operating systems iPadOS si macOS. Before you find out what it is and how you work with it Stage Manager on Mac and iPad, the operating systems must be updated to the new versions. iPadOS 16 si macOS Ventura (13.0)
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What is a Stage Manager?
This feature helps to reorganize open applications and windows, giving the user a better focus on productivity. Multitasking.
From personal experience so far with Stage Manager, I can say that on macOS I don't see it as useful anymore, but maybe it's just the usual thing. On the iPad instead, it is very useful if it is used with a few tricks.
As can be seen in the image above, Stage Manager allows the opening of several applications whose shortcutare kept on a bar on the left side so that the user can access them more quickly. In addition, the active application windows can be resized according to the user's needs.
How do you work with Stage Manager on Mac and iPad
First, Stage Manager must be activated. So on Mac as on the iPad, activation can be done from Control Center or from the settings Desktop & Dock (on Mac) and Home Screen & Multitasking (iPad).
How do you activate? Stage Manager on Mac
The most accessible is from Menu bar → Control Center, click on the icon Stage Manager.
The feature can also be activated from System Settings → Dekstop & Docks → Stage Manager.
Here we also have some customization options.
We can choose whether the recently opened applications appear or not in the bar on the left side and the same for the files on the Desktop.
Next, in the left bar we will have recently opened applications, so that during a work process we will have access to the used applications.
Not all applications stay in Stage Manager. For example, if we want to remove an application from Stage Manager, but we don't want to close it completely, with Command + H (hide) we can hide it. It will remain open and we can access it at any time Dock.
How do you activate? Stage Manager on the iPad
Next you will see how you work with Stage Manager on the iPad.
If, as I said above, on macOS I don't really see its usefulness, on the iPad it is a very useful option when we are in productivity.
We are no longer dependent on Dock, we have the possibility to keep open the applications used in productivity and allows the opening of several applications on the screen.
Enable Stage Manager on the iPad it can be done from the Control Center (just like on macOS) or from Settings → Home Screen & Multitasking → Stage Manager → Use Stage Manager on iPad.
After activation, the user has the opportunity to choose whether or not they want recent applications and / or Dock to appear on the screen.
For the iPad, it is a very useful feature, offering quick access to applications that matter in productivity.
How do you work with Stage Manager on the iPad
After activating the feature, the applications that will be opened remain in it Stage Manager in the bar on the left (if you chose the option "Recent Apps") with the recent application on the screen. The windows of active applications can be resized by dragging the lower right corner of the window or they can be switched to full screen, using the option in the menu that appears at the three dots “…” at the top of the window.
Also from the window menu we can add more applications on the screen. With the option "Add Another Window".
On a iPad Pro 11-inch I couldn't keep open more than four applications simultaneously, but it is enough for productivity.
Stage Manager allow drag & drop of files between applications. For example, you can drag files from Files in Notes if the two applications are open, they appear on the iPad screen. You can take pictures from the application Photos in an editing application or a document from Files in an e-mail message that you compose.
How do you work with Stage Manager on the iPad I think sopinvery much and everyone's activities. I see a very useful feature for office, graphics or even entertainment applications.
