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July 19, 2025
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Cannot get full laptop tools via IPad Pro

  • July 19, 2025
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Hi, guys!

I have IPad Pro M4 12.9 with Magic Keyboard and I need to edit PDFs very often.

IPad OS app has poor baby tools and it is simply not usable.

Then I decided to use WEB online for get all laptop tools  

But the site recognizes my IPad and still offferes iPad app even online.

 

Can you help me to switch to laptop version please?

Thanks

Dinar

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creative explorer
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July 20, 2025

@Dinar25369101ks2h  even though your iPad Pro is incredibly capable, it's still running iPadOS, which websites typically interpret as a mobile operating system, leading them to offer you the app or a mobile-optimized (and often feature-limited) web version.


To try and "trick" the website into giving you the laptop version, you'll need to change how your iPad's browser identifies itself. Here's how you can usually do it in Safari on iPadOS... Open Safari and go to the website you want to use for PDF editing. In the Safari address bar, on the left side, you'll see a small "aA" icon. Tap on the "aA" icon. From the dropdown menu that appears, select "Request Desktop Website." This action tells Safari to send a user agent string that makes the website think you're Browse from a desktop computer (like a Mac or Windows laptop), rather than an iPad. In most cases, this will force the website to load its full desktop version, hopefully giving you all the robust PDF editing tools you need.

It's a small workaround, but it should hopefully work! 

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