Give your Mac a new role as…
From a jack of all trades to a master of one
Just because your Mac isn’t quite the star it once was, that doesn’t mean it needs to be extinguished entirely. Even the most veteran Macs have their uses, and more recent ones — we’re talking about anything bought during the last decade and change — can be reimagined in all kind of ways.
In many cases, giving your Mac a new role is all about giving it (and yourself) a sense of focus. What activities do you like? And can a piece of hardware help, say, fashion a distraction–free space for creative work or explore the history of gaming? And what if you decide that you don’t want to use a Mac as your primary computer? With iPadOS 26, the iPad now has the multitasking clout of a Mac, and is just as capable as a laptop. But for those occasions where you still need to dip into Mac apps, you can turn on Screen Sharing and then control them remotely using a VNC app like RealVNC (Free, www.realvnc.com) or Jump Desktop ($14.99,https:// jumpdesktop.com) on the iPad.