HOW TO Multitask in iPadOS
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Drag it out
Slide Over is great for quickly checking
documents or messages. To use it, open
the main app you want and then slide up
to see the Dock. Drag the icon for the
second app towards but not onto the
edge of the screen.2
Drop the app
When you stop dragging, the second
app will appear in a panel at the side of
the screen. You can use it like any other
app. To move it, drag from the top around
the screen. To close it, swipe it off the
side of the screen, again from the top.3
Slide Over switcher
You can switch apps just within the
Slide Over window! Swipe up from the
bottom of it to see all apps you’ve used in
Slide Over recently – pick one to switch to
it. You can also swipe left or right at the
bottom of the window to switch.4
Use Split View
Split View works much like Slide
Over, but shows both apps all the time.
Follow the same process as you would for
Slide Over but this time drag the icon to
the very left or right edge. The screen
will show your app icons side by side.5
Adjust the split
See that thick divider between the
two apps? Press and drag it sideways to
change the proportions of the two apps.
We use this one a lot with PDFs and
documents that don’t automatically
resize to fit the app window.6
The same app twice
You can have multiple versions of
the same app in Split View: two Pages
documents, two folders in Files, two
websites in Safari. Just open the app as
normal, pull up the Dock and drag the
app’s icon to the edge, like usual.7
Drag between windows
If you open two instances of an app
in Split View, you can drag items from
one to another. Here we’re dragging a
Logic project from iCloud Drive to
Dropbox. To close one, just drag the
divider to the edge of the screen.8
See what’s running
Swipe upwards from the bottom
edge of the screen and don’t let go until
the thumbnail view appears. This shows
your recently opened apps, including
Split View pairings. You can also see this
by pinching with four fingers anywhere.9
See one app’s windows
If you have multiple windows of one
app running tap and hold on its icon on
the Dock, then tap Show All Windows.
This shows every instance of it, so you
can jump to the right one. Tap the plus in
top-right corner to open a new window!Multitasking in iPadOS iPadOS