Macworld While Apple doesn’t outright say it, the iPad can be used as your everyday computer instead of a Mac in a lot of instances. Those instances where the iPad is unsuitable often involve more mundane but vital tasks, but it appears that Apple is slowly fixing those deficiencies in iPadOS–there’s a new feature in the upcoming iPad OS 18 that is quite useful. Kaleb Cadle, who writes about Apple stuff (among other tech topics) on ByteBits, discovered the ability to erase and format attached storage devices in the iPadOS 18 beta. The function is in the Files app—tap and hold the external stor…