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How to Turn Your Messy Handwriting Into Legible Text With an Apple Pencil

Taking notes with an Apple Pencil on your iPad? The Smart Script feature in iPadOS 18 can make your scribbles more readable.

By Lance Whitney
woman writing with an apple pencil on an ipad

How to Navigate Your iPad Pro and iPad Air Without a Home Button

With the home button gone on the iPad Pro and iPad Air, you'll have to learn a few gestures. Here are all the tips and tricks you need to navigate Apple's high-end tablet.

By Lance Whitney

How to Use a Mouse With iPadOS 13.4

The iPad finally gets the major feature that held it back from being a true laptop replacement, the ability to navigate with a mouse or a trackpad. This greatly expands on the accessibility feature that allowed mouse use in the previous version of the OS.

By Michael Muchmore & Max Eddy
WWDC - iPad OS

Icons Too Small on iPadOS? Here's How to Fix It

iPadOS offers several ways to change the look and feel of your iPad screen. Here's how to change icon and text size, edit color settings, and turn on dark mode.

By Lance Whitney
iPadOS

How to Use the New Keyboard in iOS 13 and iPadOS

The new keyboard in iOS 13 and iPadOS includes a few surprises, including a swipe-to-type feature, new Animoji, and Memoji stickers.

By Lance Whitney
iPadOS quick path typing

How to Manage Widgets in iPadOS

For those familiar with iOS, Apple's iPadOS changes a few things, including how the mobile operating system handles widgets. Here's how to manage widgets on iPadOS.

By Jason Cohen
iPadOS

iPad 2 Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts

If you've seen an Apple commercial, you have an idea of the latest iPad can do, but iOS holds some hidden gems—we've uncovered 20 of them.

By Wendy Sheehan Donnell
Apple iPad 2