For this week's giveaway, we've once again teamed up with Astropad to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win an M4 iPad Air, an Apple Pencil Pro, and an Astropad Rock Paper Pencil kit to use with it.


The $49.99 Rock Paper Pencil is a screen protector and ‌Apple Pencil‌ tip combo that makes writing on your iPad feel like writing on a piece of paper instead of a slippery glass display. It's a more comfortable and natural writing and drawing experience.


A non-adhesive paper-textured screen protector attaches to the ‌iPad‌'s display, with a custom tip added to the ‌Apple Pencil‌. The paper-like feel of the screen comes from a microscopic texture that adds friction to improve control.


Astropad this week launched the fourth iteration of Rock Paper Pencil, and it now comes with tips that have a different feel. There's a new graphite tip that's meant to feel like writing with a 2B pencil, which Astropad says is ideal for sketching and shading. It even sounds like writing with a pencil on paper when you use it. There's also a ballpoint tip that feels like using with a smooth gel pen. It's ideal for writing and linework. Two of each kind of tip are included in the kit.


When you want to use your ‌iPad‌ for watching videos or playing games, you can take off the screen protector and store it away in a protective sleeve. It attaches to the ‌iPad‌ with Astropad's NanoCling technology, so there's no adhesive to deal with.


For those who dislike the unnatural feel of writing or drawing on a glass surface with a plastic ‌Apple Pencil‌ tip, Rock Paper Pencil is worth checking out.

Rock Paper Pencil is compatible with all of Apple's M2, M3, M4, and M5 iPads, as well as many older iPads.

We have a Rock Paper Pencil kit, an M4 ‌iPad Air‌, and an ‌Apple Pencil‌ Pro for one lucky MacRumors reader. To enter to win, use the widget below and enter an email address. Email addresses will be used solely for contact purposes to reach the winner(s) and send the prize(s). You can earn additional entries by subscribing to our weekly newsletter, subscribing to our YouTube channel, following us on Twitter, following us on Instagram, following us on Threads, or visiting the MacRumors Facebook page.

Due to the complexities of international laws regarding giveaways, only U.S. residents who are 18 years or older, UK residents who are 18 years or older, and Canadian residents who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory are eligible to enter. All federal, state, provincial, and/or local taxes, fees, and surcharges are the sole responsibility of the prize winner. To offer feedback or get more information on the giveaway restrictions, please refer to our Site Feedback section, as that is where discussion of the rules will be redirected.The contest will run from today (September 4) at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time through 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time on September 11. The winner will be chosen randomly on or shortly after September 11 and will be contacted by email. The winner will have 48 hours to respond and provide a shipping address before a new winner is chosen.
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Das M1 iPad Air war im Jahr 2022 ein fantastischer Deal – insbesondere für den Preis in seiner Basisausstattung. Allerdings verfügte diese Version lediglich über 64 GB und das Upgrade auf 256 GB kostete unverhältnismäßige 170 EUR.

Meine Ma folgte meinem (!) damaligen Rat und ließ Sparsamkeit gewinnen. Heute fliegt uns der damalige Geiz um die Ohren.

Allerdings haben wir den knappen Speicherplatz kaum selbst verschuldet: iCloud-Fotos belegen trotz „Speicher optimieren“ dauerhaft über 10 GB – ohne eine dokumentierte Chance, diese Reservierung zu begrenzen. Sich komplett vom Fotozugriff zu trennen, ist keine Option: Dieses iPad ist ihr einziger Computer.

Zweiter Übeltäter: iPadOS-Updates in ähnlich großen Dimensionen, die zuerst heruntergeladen und vor der Installation zusätzlich noch entpackt werden wollen. Je nach OS-Aktualisierung will man dafür fünfzehn Gigabyte in petto haben – mal mehr, mal weniger. Wobei „mehr“ immer zu bevorzugen ist.

Obendrein benötigen Apples Betriebssysteme nämlich ein wenig Luft zum Atmen: unter zwanzig Gigabyte freien Speicherplatz will man meiner eigenen Erfahrung nach nicht rutschen. Mit weniger Spielraum streiken Funktionen; dort hört der Spaß auf.

Also wurde getan, was jeder Sohn tun würde: Ich tauschte mein M1 iPad Air der fünften Generation mit 256 GB gegen das identische 64-GB-Modell meiner Ma – schlicht deshalb, weil’s nicht mein einziges iPad ist (und ich das Ärgernis etwas einfacher mitigieren kann).

Diese Geschichte aus dem familiären Tech-Support endet mit der direkten Datenübertragung von iPad zu iPad. Allerdings schlug sie zuerst fehl, weil das 64-GB-Modell nicht genug freien Speicher hatte, um das letzte iPadOS-Update zu installieren …

Mein Haus, mein Auto, mein Boot: „What’s in my Bag“-Videos haftet immer eine Spur der Angeberei an. Ich versuche, den „Schau her, was ich mir alles leisten kann“-Eindruck mit einem realistischen Blick in meinen Rucksack zu vermeiden.

Hier das Intro der Episode:

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