**Using Trackpad with iPad**

The introduction of trackpad support to the iPad brings a new level of functionality and interaction model, making it even more wildly functional than before. With trackpad support, the iPad takes cues from both the Mac and the iPad itself, resulting in a seamless interaction experience. If you've been using the iPad for a while and are familiar with its multi-touch gestures, many of those will be familiar on the trackpad as well.

**Basic Interaction**

The most basic thing to do with the trackpad is simply use a single finger to navigate around the interface. The trackpad acts just like moving your finger on the screen, complete with a little cursor on the screen that moves around to identify where you are on the iPad. With this interaction model, you can move over app icons and then do a single click to launch an app. You can also move over notifications or elements on screen and just click to interact, just like you would with a tap of your finger.

**Tap-to-Click**

If you've been using a Mac for a while and have tapped to click enabled, you can also enable this feature on the iPad by going to Settings > General > Trackpad and toggling on "Tap to Click." This allows you to perform the same single-finger gestures on the trackpad as you would with tapping on the screen. With tap-to-click enabled, you can pull up the dock by simply dragging the cursor down to the bottom edge of the screen, pull up multitasking by pulling all the way down to the bottom of the screen and then pulling just a little further, and even access Notification Center by going all the way to the top left corner of the status bar.

**Single-Finger Gestures**

There are also many other single-finger gestures that can be performed on the trackpad. You can dismiss slide over windows by dragging from the edge of the slide over app off to the edge and pulling into the center of the screen, or even plug something into Slide Over by just dragging it kind of over into that Slide Over window. These interactions are all surprisingly intuitive and natural, making it easy to get up and running with your trackpad.

**Two-Finger Gestures**

In addition to single-finger gestures, there are also many two-finger gestures that can be performed on the trackpad. Most of these revolve around scrolling or moving around the interface, such as scrolling up and down on a list view or web page, or scrolling side-to-side in an image that zooms in. There are also some more advanced two-finger interactions, such as archiving items in your inbox by swiping side-to-side with two fingers instead of trying to click and drag with one.

**Three-Finger Gestures**

Finally, there are three-finger gestures available on the trackpad, which replicate the old gestures that have been around on the iPad for nearly a decade. These include taking three fingers on the home screen and pulling up just slightly to bring you into the multitasking switcher, pulling up with your fingers again and then sending you back to the home screen, or navigating through instances of previously open apps by swiping side-to-side while in an app. These interactions are all quick and convenient, making it easy to switch between multiple apps or spaces.

**The Future of iPad**

While trackpad support is a huge step forward for the iPad, there's still one major limitation: carrying around a separate trackpad. When Apple releases its iPad Magic Trackpad case cover keyboard thing, it will be a beautiful combination that makes the iPad an even more powerful and functional device as a computer replacement. Until then, the introduction of trackpad support to the iPad is a game-changer for anyone looking for a more traditional computing experience on their mobile device.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's going on everybody in here for growth of Mack and with apples release of iPad OS 13.4 they've given another huge shot in the arm to the iPad with all new trackpad support and while the trackpad support is ideally designed for Apple's new iPad magic keyboard it does also work with the Magic Trackpad 2 that you're used to using with the Mac then with trackpad support the iPad takes a bunch of cues from both the Mac and the iPad for a really wildly functional interaction model and best of all if you've been using the iPad for a while and you need to know some of those old-school multi-touch gestures that you can do on the screen a lot of that will be really familiar on the trackpad so with your trackpad paired the most simple thing you can do with the trackpad is just use a single finger and navigate around the interface it'll act just like moving your finger on the screen you said you'll see a little cursor on the screen actually moving around to identify where you are on the iPad and with that you can move over app icons and then do a single click and you'll launch an app where you can move over a notification or something else on screen or elements on screen and just click to interact just like you would a tap with your finger now if you've using a Mac for a while and you have tapped to click enabled where you can just tap on the trackpad without actually clicking you can also enable that on the iPad by going to settings general trackpad and toggling on tap to click so other things can be done with the single finger interaction on the iPad like pulling up the dock which is done by simply dragging that cursor down to the bottom edge of the screen pulling up multitasking which is pulling all the way down to the bottom of the screen and then pulling just a little further pulling down Notification Center which is done by going all the way to the top left corner of the status bar pulling down control center which is going all the way to the top-right of the status bar or taking apps into split screen by dragging them from the dock over to a split screen side or even plug something into slide over by just dragging it kind of over into that slide over window you can also do things like dismiss slide over and pull it back out by dragging from the edge of the slide over app off to the edge or from the far right edge and pulling into the center of the screen now most of this sounds really complicated but it's really just doing what you would do with a single finger now top of all those single finger gestures there's also a bunch of things you can do with two fingers on the trackpad most of them revolve around scrolling or moving around the interface things like scrolling up and down on a list view or a web page things like scrolling side-to-side in an image that zoomed in but there are also things like accessing spotlight which you can do with two fingers on the home screen and a lot of things that you're gonna do with two fingers are things that you'd normally do with one finger that have to do with very precise interaction that are less easy to do when you have a cursor moving on-screen so things like archiving items in your inbox or dismissing notifications can now be done by swiping side-to-side with two fingers instead of trying to click and drag with one now finally there's the three fingered gestures you can do with the trackpad and iPad OS 13.4 and these are things that replicate the old gestures that have been around on the iPad for nearly a decade things like taking three fingers on the home screen and pulling up just slightly and that'll bring you into the multitasking switcher from those it has some cuiture pull up with your fingers again and they'll send you back to the home screen and if you're in an app and you take three fingers and pull up quickly it will send you home and if you pull up three fingers and hold for a second it will open up the multitasking switcher so it's always going to take you into one of those two contacts taking through fingers and swiping side to side while you're in an app will actually navigate you to the previously open app as you move through the currently running apps and doing the same in the other direction will move you back forward through those instances making it quick to switch back and forth especially between two apps that you're working with or two spaces that you're working in all in all trackpad support for iPad is a huge step forward and making the iPad even more functional for a lot of people as a computer replacement it's not ideal right now to have to carry the iPad and a Magic Trackpad with you but when Apple does release this iPad Magic Trackpad case cover keyboard thing it will be a beautiful little combination to really be a nice powerful iOS power laptop let me know what you guys think in the comments down below while you're down there be sure to give the video a thumbs up also subscribe to the channel if you're not already and hit the notification bell so don't miss any videos as we post I mean it for Cult of Mac and I'll catch you guys in the next onewhat's going on everybody in here for growth of Mack and with apples release of iPad OS 13.4 they've given another huge shot in the arm to the iPad with all new trackpad support and while the trackpad support is ideally designed for Apple's new iPad magic keyboard it does also work with the Magic Trackpad 2 that you're used to using with the Mac then with trackpad support the iPad takes a bunch of cues from both the Mac and the iPad for a really wildly functional interaction model and best of all if you've been using the iPad for a while and you need to know some of those old-school multi-touch gestures that you can do on the screen a lot of that will be really familiar on the trackpad so with your trackpad paired the most simple thing you can do with the trackpad is just use a single finger and navigate around the interface it'll act just like moving your finger on the screen you said you'll see a little cursor on the screen actually moving around to identify where you are on the iPad and with that you can move over app icons and then do a single click and you'll launch an app where you can move over a notification or something else on screen or elements on screen and just click to interact just like you would a tap with your finger now if you've using a Mac for a while and you have tapped to click enabled where you can just tap on the trackpad without actually clicking you can also enable that on the iPad by going to settings general trackpad and toggling on tap to click so other things can be done with the single finger interaction on the iPad like pulling up the dock which is done by simply dragging that cursor down to the bottom edge of the screen pulling up multitasking which is pulling all the way down to the bottom of the screen and then pulling just a little further pulling down Notification Center which is done by going all the way to the top left corner of the status bar pulling down control center which is going all the way to the top-right of the status bar or taking apps into split screen by dragging them from the dock over to a split screen side or even plug something into slide over by just dragging it kind of over into that slide over window you can also do things like dismiss slide over and pull it back out by dragging from the edge of the slide over app off to the edge or from the far right edge and pulling into the center of the screen now most of this sounds really complicated but it's really just doing what you would do with a single finger now top of all those single finger gestures there's also a bunch of things you can do with two fingers on the trackpad most of them revolve around scrolling or moving around the interface things like scrolling up and down on a list view or a web page things like scrolling side-to-side in an image that zoomed in but there are also things like accessing spotlight which you can do with two fingers on the home screen and a lot of things that you're gonna do with two fingers are things that you'd normally do with one finger that have to do with very precise interaction that are less easy to do when you have a cursor moving on-screen so things like archiving items in your inbox or dismissing notifications can now be done by swiping side-to-side with two fingers instead of trying to click and drag with one now finally there's the three fingered gestures you can do with the trackpad and iPad OS 13.4 and these are things that replicate the old gestures that have been around on the iPad for nearly a decade things like taking three fingers on the home screen and pulling up just slightly and that'll bring you into the multitasking switcher from those it has some cuiture pull up with your fingers again and they'll send you back to the home screen and if you're in an app and you take three fingers and pull up quickly it will send you home and if you pull up three fingers and hold for a second it will open up the multitasking switcher so it's always going to take you into one of those two contacts taking through fingers and swiping side to side while you're in an app will actually navigate you to the previously open app as you move through the currently running apps and doing the same in the other direction will move you back forward through those instances making it quick to switch back and forth especially between two apps that you're working with or two spaces that you're working in all in all trackpad support for iPad is a huge step forward and making the iPad even more functional for a lot of people as a computer replacement it's not ideal right now to have to carry the iPad and a Magic Trackpad with you but when Apple does release this iPad Magic Trackpad case cover keyboard thing it will be a beautiful little combination to really be a nice powerful iOS power laptop let me know what you guys think in the comments down below while you're down there be sure to give the video a thumbs up also subscribe to the channel if you're not already and hit the notification bell so don't miss any videos as we post I mean it for Cult of Mac and I'll catch you guys in the next one\n"