HWM Singapore – August 2019

totheFilesappandaccessthem
laterlikeyouwouldona Mac.And
if youarea YouTubejunkie,youcan
evenwatchvideosinPicture-in-
Picturemode.Evenif thesemean
nothingtoyou,justknowthat
websiteswillnowgenerallylook
betteronyouriPad.

TEXTEDITING

ANDKEYBOARD
OneofthegoalsofiPadOSis tomake
theiPada moreconducivetoolfor
workandsonewtexteditingfeatures
andgestureshavebeenadded,along
withnewkeyboardfunctions.You
cannowpinchonthekeyboardto
makeit smaller—greatforone-hand
typing—andmoveanywhereyou
wantonthescreen.Also,theonscreen
keyboard,likeiOS13,supports
QuickPathtyping,whichis basically
swipetyping—somethingAndroid
usershavehadfora longtime.
Therearealsonewwaystointeract
withtext.Youcannowdragthecursor
aroundandplaceit exactlywhereyou
want,whichis nice.What’snotso
greatis thatthisis thesamewayyou
highlighttextandsometimesiPadOS
getsmixedupbecauseit doesn’tknow

external hard drives, to the

iPad and read and write to them.

It’s a feature that’s been sorely

missing and, frankly, one that

should have been included ages

ago. You can even use the Files

app to connect to SMB  le servers

like your NAS. And like Finder on

macOS, there’s a new Column View

that makes it easier for users to

browse through nested folders. It

also gives high-resolution previews

of  les in the Preview pane,

which Quick Actions like markup

and rotate.

SIDECAR

With Sidecar, you can now extend

your Mac’s display with your iPad

without needing to purchase a

separate app or dongle. It works

wirelessly or over a cable and the

latency is surprisingly low even

on a less powerful Mac like the

MacBook Air. You can even use your

Apple Pencil in Sidecar mode, which

effectively turns your iPad into a

drawing tablet. Take note,

however, that your Mac

needs to be running macOS

Catalina and not all Macs

and iPads are supported yet.

whether you just want to move the

cursor to a different spot or if you

want to select text.

There are also new three- nger

gestures to make cutting, copying,

and pasting text easier. A three- nger

pinch copies text. To cut text, do it

twice in succession quickly. To

paste,simplyspread three  ngers

acrossthescreen. If you make a

mistake,swipe left with three  ngers

toundo.Unless you read or heard

aboutit,it’sunlikely most users

willknowabout these gestures.

Additionally,they take a bit of practice

beforeyoucan execute them reliably.

A moreelegant workaround is to

simplyusethree  ngers to tap on

thetextthatyou highlighted to bring

upa contextual menu with the copy,

cut,andpasteoptions.

FILESAPP

TheFilesappis more powerful than

ever.Thebignews is that you can

nallyattachexternal storage devices

likeashdrives, SD cards, and

Flies app.

Sidecar.

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