How To Undock And Split The IPad Keyboard

The ability to split up the iPad's keyboard is one of my favorite lesser-known features in iOS. Go to Settings > Face ID and passcode and select Set Up an Alternate Appearance. Option-Command-C: Copy Style: Copy the formatting settings of the selected item to the Clipboard. Although you don't see it, the sizes of the keys on the iPhone keyboard are changing all the time.

Later examples gradually shrank and developed into their current more ergonomic form as a wide, centrally located but otherwise apparently normal "key", as typewriter (and computer) keyboards began to incorporate additional function keys and were more deliberately "styled".

How to download a song to your Library for offline listening: Tap on any song, and then from the music controls menu (tap it along the bottom to make it expand into a full screen card) select the button with the (…) three dots in the lower corner. When browsing the web, if you find an image you'd like to save, here's how to do it: tap and hold; you'll get the option to copy the image or save it to the photo gallery.

When you need to switch keyboards, instead of using the globe icon to switch, just tap the cog to rotate. An oldie but a goodie iPhone hack is using your volume control buttons to capture a snap - thus saving your meaty paw blocking the screen as you attempt to hit the touchscreen controls.

Find on Page in Safari: To Find text in a Safari page, hit the Share button on a page to see a Find on Page option (it surfaces a pop-up over the keyboard). Or, if you swipe down Tech the screen with two fingers (and you turned on Speak Screen), your iPhone reads the entire screen.

You'll need a recent iPad for this one: Split View, which allows you to run two apps side by side or two sites in Safari, only works on the iPad Air 2 , the iPad Mini 4 and newer devices. Tapping on the button will open up a small space just above the keyboard that will show you the latest Doodle.