Despite all the tools we have for photographing images or scanning documents, sometimes they give us too much detail. Whether for study or artistic reasons, there are times when we want far less detail — but also need far more fine control. The Apple Pencil gives you the ability to trace what you want onto an iPad Pro.
There isn't quite an equivalent of the Mac's Preview app on iOS, but Apple still manages to give you powerful options for most of the work you'll need to do with PDFs. Here's how to get it done on an iPhone or iPad.
Right from within the Files app on your iPhone or iPad, you can look up any folder or document on your Mac and read it. With one tap you can dig through your Mac as if it were on your iOS device, and we'll show you how to do it.
Nominally iOS 12's Screen Time feature is meant to help everyone keep their habits in check, but the most practical application may actually be as a form of strict parental control.
It's easy to say that iPads are easy to use: it is certainly possible to get one out of its shrink-wrapped box and be working on it in a few minutes. Yet you begin by having to make a lot of decisions and you end being able to make a lot of choices. You get it out of the box, we'll take it from there.
You're going to need an actual monitor for the very first time you use your Mac mini, but after that you can a few different app combos to use your iPad and even iPhone as a temporary or permanent display. AppleInsider shows you how.
After more than five decades creating comic books that now span a multi-billion dollar movie franchise, modern mythologist Stan Lee has died. He has left behind an enormous body of printed work in his five decades in the industry, and AppleInsider discusses how to best access those works on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad.
While Split View is a convenient feature of macOS, its equivalent on iOS is so good that it makes iPads truly productive tools. AppleInsider looks at how you can exploit its benefits.
Want to quickly take notes on your iPad or iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil? AppleInsider explains how to set up Instant Notes on your iOS device, allowing you to scribble important items and drawings on the screen without needing to unlock the iPad beforehand.
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