iPad Tips - iOS 13 Multitasking, Pencil and Touch Gestures, Split View – DIY in 5 Ep 104

Опубликовано 23 августа 2019, 17:00

We’ll be going over how you can use your iPad like a laptop with features like multitasking, pencil and touch gestures, split view, file management and more.

iPadOS is a version of iOS 13 specifically designed for iPads. It's compatible with every iPad device except for iPad Minis 2 & 3 and the original iPad Air. iPadOS includes almost all the features available in iOS 13 like dark mode, upgraded photo and video editing, and updated maps. It also gives the iPad the features to function like an entry-level laptop so users can start using their iPads in place of laptops for most use case scenarios.

Home Screen, Split View, and Slide Over
iPadOS supports a new home screen which shrinks down the app icon size and allows you to fit more apps on each page. To allow multi-tasking, go to Settings, General, Multitasking & Dock and make sure all the features you need are turned on. Split View now allows you to open two windows (or spaces as Apple calls them) from the same app side by side. This is extremely convenient for editing and web-surfing or watching a video and taking notes. Another multi-tasking option is the Slide Over mode. Now, you can add a stack of apps to slide over by dropping another app on top of the Slide Over panel that’s already open. To switch the windows over as your full screen apps, simply use the small home bar below the open Slide Over panel. Swipe horizontally on it to switch between apps. Note, not apps support spaces.

Typing and Writing Text
iPadOS allows you to dislodge and shrink down the virtual keyboard to make it easier to tap with just one hand. Just pinch-in on the keyboard to shrink it down to the size of the iPhone keyboard. The floating keyboard allows you to drag it anywhere you want. QuickPath for the keyboard will let you swipe instead of tapping to type. Just swipe from one letter to the next as they form each word. Anyone who uses SwiftKey on Android knows how fast swiping can be. You can quickly select a block of text with a gesture by swiping from the starting part of the text you would like to select and swiping to the end and letting go. The trick is to swipe quickly. Don’t tap and hold in the beginning. After you select text or an image, a three-finger pinch will copy the item and a three-finger flicking gesture outwards will paste the selected item. To undo and redo text entry, just swipe left with three fingers to undo text and swipe right with three fingers to redo the text entry.

Screenshots
Another new feature in iPadOS is updated Screenshots. The old way of pressing the “Sleep + Volume up” buttons at the same time still exists. However, there is a new way to snap screenshot in iPadOS. You can use an Apple Pencil and drag up from the bottom left corner to the right into the screenshot markup screen, same as the Command + Shift +4 keyboard shortcut on Macbooks. With Apple pencil, it’s easy to annotate screenshots. Double tap any of the tools to change the thickness and color of your pen. A new “+” button is also on the panel, and you’ll be able to add some new elements to your screenshots with it like a text box, saved signatures, a magnifier to bring attention, etc. There’s an opacity slider in the upper right corner. Slide right to decrease the opacity of your screenshot and slide left to regain the full opacity. New in iPadOS, you’re now able to save an entire webpage as a PDF document from Safari. Once you select “Full Page” at the top, a document scrubber appears on the right side. You may use the scrubber to move quickly to a different part of the full page. And with the crop tool on the upper left corner on the screen, you ‘ll be able to crop out unwanted parts easily.

File Management
One major headache for users previously attempting to use their iPads as notebooks was dealing with file management. iPadOS offers a more computer-like file structure with the Files app. You can now share an entire folder than just individual files. You’re able to access files from external storage like SSDs, USB flash drives, and SD cards. The app now supports a new column view, which is like Finder on Mac OS, and provides a better look at folder hierarchy. This is great for a photographers and videographers who only bring their laptop on location to make backups of their cards. Now, you can connect a USB-C hub like Kingston’s Nucleum and copy footage from your SD card to an external SSD or hard drive. Files also support shared folders through iCloud so you can share documents, images, or various files with your friends, family and coworkers while always staying up-to-date.