How to use a mouse or trackpad on your iPad with iPadOS

iPadOS brought mouse as well as trackpad back upwards to iPad as an accessibility feature.

Mouse back upwards was introduced inward the novel iPadOS software which made its debut every bit a developer beta during the WWDC 2019 keynote on June 3.

The complimentary software update is releasing commercially inward Fall 2019.

Apple isn’t making this characteristic front end as well as center, as well as it’s piece of cake to come across why. Although mouse back upwards is pretty comprehensive, it needs to a greater extent than work. For example, I don’t similar that iPadOS’s cross-hair pointer is comically large as well as doesn’t movement every bit smoothly every bit on my Mac.

Furthermore, this characteristic is unsupported on iPhone as well as iPod touching on amongst iOS 13.

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It’s evident that mouse back upwards on iPad is meant for people who accept vision or other problems that prohibit them from using their iOS devices the agency they prefer. For regular users, connecting a mouse to an iPad may brand feel when using heavy-duty creative as well as productivity apps such every bit the Microsoft Office suite, performing prototype editing inward Pixelmator or Pixelmator Photo, creating vector fine art inward illustration apps as well as therefore forth.

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How to purpose a mouse on your iPad amongst iPadOS

Because this is an assistive feature, it must live on toggled on inward your accessibility settings.

1) Open Settings on your iPad amongst iPadOS.

2) Choose Accessibility from the primary list.

3) Tap Touch underneath the heading Physical as well as Motor.

Accessibility inward iPadOS as well as iOS xiii has been moved to the rootage menu.

4) Tap AssistiveTouch at the top of the interface.

5) Choose Pointing Devices.

Pairing a Satechi M1 mouse amongst my iPad Pro.

6) Now merely select your USB wired mouse/trackpad from the listing provided it’s connected to your iPad Pro’s USB-C port. Folks who laissez passer on off to purpose a regular USB mouse are advised to teach a USB-C hub for their iPad Pro amongst an USB-A port, like this 1 from Satechi.

To connect Apple’s Magic Trackpad two to your iPad, purpose a USB-C to Lightning cable every bit the Magic Trackpad two has a Lightning port whereas iPad Pro has ditched Lightning for USB-C.

If you lot purpose a wireless mouse, tap Bluetooth Devices, as well as therefore direct your wireless mouse from the listing (don’t forget to set the mouse inward Bluetooth pairing mode) as well as approve your pairing request.

Also, live on certainly that Bluetooth is on inward Settings → Bluetooth.

You’ll require a USB hub to connect a USB-A mouse to your iPad Pro.

You tin straightaway movement a circular pointer amongst your mouse, click the left mouse push clitoris to invoke a tap or the correct mouse push clitoris for a double-tap action, every bit good every bit purpose the scroll bike as well as perform other actions.

7) Optionally, customize the push clitoris layout to your liking yesteryear tapping “i” side yesteryear side to the mouse/trackpad name, as well as therefore direct Button 1, Button two … Button x on the list, depending on the mouse push clitoris you’d similar to assign a custom activity to. Or, tap Customize Additional Buttons, as well as therefore press a mouse push clitoris to direct an action.

One of the next iOS actions as well as features tin live on assigned to a mouse button:

• None


• Single-tap


• Open Menu


• Accessibility Shortcut


• Analytics


• App Switcher


• Control Center


• Dock


• Double Tap


• Home


• Lock Rotation


• Lock Screen


• Notifications


• Pinch


• Restart


• Screenshot


• Shake


• Siri


• Speak Screen


• Volume Control


• Volume Down


• Volume Up

Aside from these useful actions, a mouse push clitoris tin live on mapped to a custom Siri Shortcut.

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As evidenced yesteryear the screenshot embedded above, all of the custom workflow shortcuts from the Shortcuts app are available to me underneath the Siri Shortcuts heading, cook to live on assigned to a mouse push clitoris for the ultimate iOS automation.

Any Shortcuts script tin live on assigned to a mouse push clitoris every bit an action.

8) To brand the cursor pointer bigger, firm into Settings → Accessibility → Touch → AssistiveTouch → Cursor as well as slide the toggle Large Cursor to the ON position.

9) To modify the cursor color, become to Settings → Accessibility → Touch → AssistiveTouch → Cursor → Color,then direct betwixt Gray, White, Blue, Red, Green, Yellow as well as Orange.

10) Adjust the mouse tracking speed yesteryear dragging the slide underneath the heading Tracking Speed to the left to brand the cursor movement slower or to the correct to speed it up.

11) You tin straightaway shroud the AssistiveTouch’s virtual Home button by sliding the switch Always Show Menu inward Settings → Accessibility → Touch → AssistiveTouch to the OFF position.

You must popular off along AssistiveTouch turned on for mouse/trackpad back upwards to work.

iOS xiii compatibility

iOS xiii is compatible amongst the next Apple smartphone models:

• iPhone XS


• iPhone XS Max


• iPhone XR


• iPhone X


• iPhone 8


• iPhone 8 Plus


• iPhone 7


• iPhone seven Plus


• iPhone 6s


• iPhone 6s Plus


• iPhone SE


• iPod touching on (7th generation)

For to a greater extent than information, read Apple’s press release or see apple.com/ios/ios-13-preview.

iPadOS compatibility

iPadOS is compatible amongst these iPads:

• 12.9-inch iPad Pro


• 11-inch iPad Pro


• 10.5-inch iPad Pro


• 9.7-inch iPad Pro


• iPad (6th generation)


• iPad (5th generation)


• iPad mini (5th generation)


• iPad mini 4


• iPad Air (3rd generation)


• iPad Air 2

Watch our video overview of the novel iPad-only updates embedded below.

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For more, read Apple’s press release or see apple.com/ipados/ipados-preview.

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