Essential Apple User Magazine - UK (2020-03)

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to a professional artist’s canvas. With an Apple Pencil, you
can sketch, draw, paint and write on the iPad just like it was a
physical piece of paper.
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with the silver band at the end), start by removing
the cap at the top of the pencil to reveal a Lightning
connector plug; make sure your iPad is switched on
and unlocked, then plug the end of the Apple Pencil
into the Lightning socket at the bottom of your
iPad. An alert appears on the iPad’s display saying
‘Bluetooth Pairing Request’. Tap Pair to connect
the Apple Pencil to your iPad Pro. Wait for the alert
window to disappear, and then remove the Apple
Pencil from your iPad. Now reattach the cap to the
Apple Pencil to cover the Lightning connector.
The second generation Apple Pencil (with no
silver band), does not need to be paired like the
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the pencil on the iPad and it pairs automatically. It
couldn’t be simpler. As well as pairing, connecting
your Apple Pencil to the iPad like this also charges
it wirelessly, using your iPad Pro’s own battery. No
need to plug it into the iPad’s charging port as you
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Apple Pencil.
To see how much your Apple Pencil is currently
charged, swipe down from the top of the screen to
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you can see the Batteries section. Below the iPad,
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run out of power, you get alerts; just plug it back in
(1st generation) or place it on the top of the iPad
(2nd generation) to charge up.
System Requirements.
The Apple Pencil, 2nd Generation, is currently
compatible with:
iPad Pro 11-inch
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation).
The first-generation Apple Pencil can be used with:
Pad Air (3rd generation)
iPad mini (5th generation)
iPad (6th generation)
iPad 10.2-inch (7th generation)
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (1st and 2nd generation)
iPad Pro 10.5-inch
iPad Pro 9.7-inch.
To find out which model iPad you have, go to
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201471.
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