Web User - UK (2019-11-13)

iPadOS:bit.ly/ipados488 | 20 mins | iPadonly

52 13 - 26 November 2019

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heiPaddebutedin 2010,and

Applehasrolledoutnewmodels

andrevisionseveryyearsince.

Untilrecently,thetabletranthesame

iOSoperatingsystemastheiPhone,but

nowApplehasdesigneda special

iPad-onlyversioncallediPadOSthat

makesbetteruseofthelargerdevice’s

sizeandcapabilities.Amongthe

additionsarea newhomescreen,better

multitaskingfeatures,theabilityto

downloadfontsfromtheAppStoreand

changestoSafari.Macuserswhoupdate

tomacOSCatalinacanevenusetheir

iPadasa wirelessseconddisplay.

ThenewiPadOSis quitedifferentfrom

iOSbutinthisWorkshopwe’ll

walkyouthroughthehighlights.

Get the most from iPadOS

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TheSlideOverfeatureletsyouplace

oneappontopofanother.While

usinganapp,swipeupfromthebottom

edgetorevealthedock.^1 Taptheapp

youwanttoslideover,thendragit tothe

sideofthescreen.It willappearasa

floatingsidebar.^2 You can interact with

the second app as usual there.

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Thenewhomescreenin iPadOSlets

youdisplaywidgetsalongsideyour

apps.Swipein fromthelefttoseethe

newTodayView,^1 whichincludes

calendarevents,newsstories,Siriapp

suggestions,weatherandmore.Youcan

addthispermanentlytothehome

screen.^2

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TocustomisetheTodayView,scroll

downtothebottomofthesidebar

andtaptheEditbutton.Youcanreorder

thewidgetsbytappinganddraggingthe

threelinesnexttoanitem.^1 Moveyour

favouritestothepinnedarea.^2 Scroll

downtoseemanymorewidgetsyou

canaddtotheview.

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AswithiOS13,thenewiPadOS

offersa darkmode.Enableordisable

it bygoingtoSettings,‘Display&

Brightness’.^1 SelectLight^2 orDark

mode,^3 andit changesimmediately.

SwitchonAutomatic^4 and the mode

changes depending on the time of

day (Dark at night).

Apple hascreated a version of iOSspecifically

for iPads, with newfeaturesthat aren’tavailable

on the iPhone. Here’s what you needtoknow

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With iPadOS, Apple has made better

use of the screen space, cramming

up to 30 app icons on each page. If you

prefertheoldlook,gotothebottomof

theDisplay& Brightnessscreen,where

youcanswitchbetweentheMore^1 and

Bigger^2 options. You canadd or remove

the Today View here, too.^3

SAFARI

The iPad’s default web

browser now shows you

the desktop version of any

websites you visit, rather

than the mobile one

SHORTCUTS APP

This app is now part of

iPadOS and lets you

create new shortcuts to

tasks you perform

regularly, such as ‘Get

current weather’ or ‘Add

new event to Calendar’

16 pages of workshops, tips, projects

and problem solving

Practical

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