Craig Federighi Explains Why Apple Won't Merge iPad and Mac: 'We Don't Want to Build Sporks'

Craig Federighi Explains Why Apple Won't Merge iPad and Mac: 'We Don't Want to Build Sporks'

MacStories' Federico Vittici, who is known for his focus on the iPad as a main computing device, recently did an interview with Apple software...

Apple Software Chief Rejects macOS on iPad

Apple software chief Craig Federighi has ruled out bringing macOS to the iPad, amusingly using a kitchen utensil analogy to explain the company's design philosophy. "We don't want to create a boat car or, you know, a spork," Federighi said in an interview. "Someone said, 'If a spoon's great, a fork's great, then let's combine them into a single utensil, right?' It turns out it's not a good spoon and it's not a good fork. It's a bad idea. And so …

Craig Federighi Breaks Down Apple’s iPad Vision in New Interview

Yesterday, Federico Viticci from MacStories (an iPad power user and probably the most polite critic Apple ever had) published a long-awaited interview with Craig Federighi,...

Apple’s Federighi: Macs will be Macs, iPads will be iPads, and never the twain shall meet

Macworld The star of last week's WWDC25 keynote was the new iPadOS 26 windowing system. It's not only a long-requested user feature, but it's easily the best-designed and executed multitasking system the iPad has ever had. It's an exciting change and one that will start a new chapter for the Apple's tablet. In an interview with Federico Viticci of MacStories, Apple's Craig Federighi offers insight into the development of iPadOS 26. The Apple VP …

Apple's Federighi: Macs will be Macs, iPads will be iPads, and never the twain shall meet

Macworld The star of last week’s WWDC25 keynote was the new iPadOS 26 windowing system. It’s not only a long-requested user feature, but it’s easily the best-designed and executed multitasking system the iPad has ever had. It’s an exciting change and one that will start a new chapter for the Apple’s tablet. In an interview with Federico Viticci of MacStories, Apple’s Craig Federighi offers insight into the development of iPadOS 26. The Apple VP…