The cursor, for starters, looks different. A Brand New Kind of CursorĪpple has clearly put a lot of thought into how trackpad and mouse support on the iPad would have a personality all its own. Lack of pointing device support was one such iPad shortcoming that, well, stopped me short. I find all of this exciting because I’ve made many attempts to use iPads in work scenarios over the years, but I often ended up aborting my experiments due to the platform’s limitations compared to traditional computers. Logitech’s Combo Touch keyboard case with trackpad works with iPadOS 13.4 and will be available for the seventh-generation iPad, third-generation iPad Air, and the 10.5-inch iPad Pro. Third-party accessory makers such as Logitech and Brydge are following suit, releasing iPad keyboard cases with built-in trackpads that work with iPadOS 13.4. The iPad Pro floats above the upcoming Magic Keyboard The accessory, due in May, will work with all versions of the 11-inch iPad Pro and the third-generation and later versions of the 12.9-inch iPad Pro. In addition, Apple has announced a pricey iPad Pro keyboard case, the Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro, which incorporates a trackpad (see “ Hell Freezes Over: Apple Ships an iPad Pro with an Optional Trackpad,” 18 March 2020). I suspect they wouldn’t support multi-touch gestures either. Third-party mice connected via Bluetooth or USB also work, as do, reportedly, third-party trackpads, but I had none to test. Apple says it also works with the original Magic Trackpad and Magic Mouse, but neither of those older devices supports multi-touch gestures. Device and Peripheral Compatibilityįirst off, iPadOS 13.4 is compatible with the following models of the iPad:Īll of these models work with iPadOS 13.4’s trackpad and mouse support, which in turn is fully compatible with Apple’s current Magic Trackpad 2 and Magic Mouse 2. With iPadOS 13.4, the company is rolling out robust, general-purpose trackpad and mouse support that takes cues from the Mac but offers a fresh spin in many ways. Last year, Apple added rudimentary pointing device support to iPadOS but positioned it as an accessibility feature. Without such a capability, the iPad fell short as the notebook alternative Apple claimed it to be. Yet Apple stubbornly resisted adding an obvious interaction method-trackpad and mouse support-despite user requests. The company has made this argument with increasing emphasis in recent years-even using a snarky “ What’s a computer?” pitch in a commercial that touts the iPad’s productivity prowess. The iPad Gets Full Trackpad and Mouse SupportĪpple has long positioned the iPad as a device for getting real work done. #1667: OS Rapid Security Responses, 1Password and 2FA, using Siri to request music. #1668: Updated Rapid Security Responses, OS public betas, screen saver bug fixed, “Red Team Blues” book review.#1669: OS security updates, ambiguity of emoji, small business payments with Melio, Twitter now X.#1670: Arc Web browser hits 1.0 release, “Do You Use It?” polls about Apple features.#1671: Apple Q3 2023 earnings, new Beats headphones and earbuds, Stage Manager adoption rate, do you use Spotlight?.
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