iCreate - UK (2020-02)

Finder

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Timeneeded

Developer

Apple,Inc

Beginner

Use Apple Pencil

Although marking up images with your

finger on an iPhone is possible, it is

best on a recent iPad with a Pencil 2.

Double-tap the lower section of the

Pencil to switch between the current

and last tool or current tool and eraser.

Configure the option in Settings>Apple

Pencil. Drag the tool palette around or

minimise it for more space.

Knowledge base

Edit Mac photos on iOS devices

D

id you know you can edit photos on your Mac using your

iPhone or iPad? The Photos app syncs photographs

and you can edit them on either device of course, but

with macOS Catalina and iOS 13 there are new ways of working

and your iOS device is like an extension to your Mac. Using

Quick Look in Finder, photos appear simultaneously on Mac and

iPhone or iPad and you can use a mouse, trackpad, touchscreen

or Pencil to edit them. Editing features and methods are different

on computers and mobile devices because of their interfaces

and operating systems, and sometimes one has features or

capabilities the other doesn’t. Being able to edit on any device

opensupnewpossibilities.

Open photos on the Mac on your iPhone or iPad

to edit them with a finger or Apple Pencil

You can start editing images on your Mac straight from

Finder’s Quick Look feature and the Markup tools

Markup on iOS

Use iPhone/iPad Markup tools

Browse

and markup

Either select a photo or other

image in the Finder window

and press the spacebar or

use Gallery view and then

click the Markup button to

view it. Then you can edit

it on iOS.

Done or revert

When you have finished

editing on the iPhone or

iPad, tap ‘Done’ on the

device’s screen. On the Mac,

click ‘Revert’ to undo all

the markup actions or click

‘Done’ to save it.

Connect/

disconnect iDevice

Click this button in the

Mac’s Markup editor to

connect or disconnect an

iPhone or iPad. The device

is woken and the photo then

appears on the screen in the

iOS Markup editor.

Fingers

and Pencils

Use whatever tools you have

on the iOS device to mark

up the image. The Mac does

not have a touchscreen, but

you can use a finger on the

iPhone or Pencil on the iPad.