THE FIRST iPADS didn’t
multitask: you could do one
thing at a time and nothing
else. A very basic kind of
multitasking was introduced in iOS 4 for
iPhones, but iPads didn’t get it until iOS
4.2 in 2010. Even then, it wasn’t really
multitasking: it was fast app switching
and the ability for a very small selection
of apps to use a handful of features
— such as location services or audio
playback — in the background.
Today, though, iPads really do
multitask. You can run apps in Split View,
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the same app run side by side. Or you can
run them in Slide Over, where one app
hovers over the other(s).
Some of these features were in iOS 12,
but they’ve been improved for iPadOS 13:
its version of Slide Over supports up to
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apps or app windows. There’s also a new
App Exposé option that shows every open
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Slide Over and Split View views. To see it,
press and hold on the app’s icon in the
iPad dock then tap on Show All Windows.Multitasking in iPadOS
Do more things at once with Split View and Slide Over
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be honest: it isn’t always obvious what
you need to do in order to do what you
want, and sometimes it takes more
than one swipe or drag to get Slide
Over or Split View to function. But it’s
worth persevering with, because iPad
multitasking is a real time–saver. You’ll
get used to the right movements quickly!
CARRIE MARSHALLREQUIRES
iPad running iPadOSYOU WILL LEARN
How to use the
new multitasking features
on your iPadIT WILL TAKE
10 minutesIf you don’t want to use multitasking and want to turn
off its gesture support, you can do that in Settings >
General > Home Screen & Dock.GENIUS TIPYou can drag apps into
Split View or Slide Over
from Spotlight if you have
a keyboard: in an app, use
Cmd + Space Bar to open
Spotlight, then search
for an app.iPad
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