Outcome satisfactory - I’m going to miss that in-store option! I sent those images off to the printer while on a break and picked them up after work (when Costco printed 16x20 in-store), mounted them using the tailgate as a work surface and submitted them (an hour before deadline) on my way home. I’d be lying if I didn’t mention that I have done quick-and-dirty edits on the iPhone while working against a salon deadline. For big, archival prints I work closely with my local lab to avoid problems but most of my competition/salon/local expo printing is done online. I currently use a lab for all printing beyond 4圆 (which I can do on a Canon Selphy.) I’m considering dipping my toes back into the ink reservoirs…because I don’t learn. On the rare occasion I’m masking, I’ll usually connect the iPad and Pencil to the Mac to use either Affinity Photo (which I can also run natively on iPad) or Luminar Neo. My primary software for this is RAW Power. I do most of my culling, cropping and global edits using an iPad - usually a Pro 12.9, but sometimes (in the field) using an older Mini. I use my iPad for initial culling but still prefer Lightroom Classic on the Mac for image processing I do wonder about printing on the Canon (are there even drivers for IOS), but this is not a major issue since I can use the old MBP for just printing.

Especially importing RAW files and the LR software experience on both systems (IOS vs macOS). So the question really relates to the practicality of using an Ipad (vs MB).

Similar price gets me a new Ipad Pro 12.9 inch 0.5 or 1tb storage. I could do like-for-like and get a new Macbook (not Pro) with M1 or M2 chip, plus a standard base model Ipad. It also has primary storage for images as well as being the main house computer for docs, admin, banking, and the age as well as no further macOS system updates (security!) is the main reason for retiring it. Processing a few hundred images per year (Canon RAW). I currently use the MBP for editing (Lightroom) and hi-res printing (Canon Pixma Pro 100 S). I have a 2013 Macbook Pro and an old Ipad.

Snapseed on macbook