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Have you ever used an iPad? I get the feeling you don't really know how it actually works.

Haven't used one since the iOS/iPadOS split, so honestly don't know how much more flexible they've become.

More familiar with iOS on iPhones though, but can't see how I'd do 'serious creative work' - which usually ends up involving large numbers of files that need keeping organised - on an OS that's traditionally tried so hard to hide the underlying file system from the end user.

And I've never tried connecting a camera or video capture device directly to an iOS device, so not sure what is or isn't possible in that area.

Unless you were part of the team designing and building them I'm not sure you know how an ipad works. Pop Quiz: How does an ipad work?

It's unfair to change the verb from use to build.

I didn't say how to build I asked how does it work. If someone knows how to use something they can explain how it works at least in their mind.

> If someone knows how to use something they can explain how it works at least in their mind

Can you explain how this squares with your other comment about how I couldn't possibly know how it works if I wasn't on the team who built it?

Not sure any single person who worked on it knows how it works either.

Not a single person understands all of unix either but many can tell you how it works.

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