Apple has recently added support for trackpads to iPads with its new iPadOS 13.4 software update, beginning with its recently declared iPad Pro model, and it’s going with “Magic Keyboard” frill. The update isn’t simply restricted to Apple’s most up to date devices, however. Apple says that trackpads and mouse will be accessible for any iPad running iPadOS 13.4. Apple’s Magic Mouse 2, Magic Trackpad 2, and even outsider mouse or trackpads associated over Bluetooth or USB will bolster the feature, as well.
While Apple included simple mouse and trackpad support with the underlying dispatch of iPadOS 13 a year ago, the usage in iPadOS 13.4 is far more profound. Apple guarantees that the feature will offer clients “an all better approach to cooperate with their iPad” and clarifies that it modified the trackpad support starting from the earliest stage explicitly for the iPad, rather than simply duplicating Mac’s mouse structure.
In case you’re using a Trackpad or Apple’s Magic Mouse with your iPad, at that point exploring through the different interfaces of the OS is easy. It would have just conceivable with the additional help for most touchscreen signals directly in Trackpad and Magic Mouse with iPadOS 13.4.
As of the fact, for an ordinary mouse, association to iPad is precarious from numerous points of view. Furthermore, setting off to the home screen is among the trickiest of all with a normal mouse. But, here you will get to know the easiest way to go to the home screen of an iPad with the help of a normal mouse and trackpad.
How to Use Mouse and Trackpad to Reach iPad Home Screen(Step-by-Step)
Before getting you into the step of using a mouse or trackpad to get the home screen, let me brief you with the setting to pair a mouse or trackpad to your iPad. The very first step is to mouse or trackpad to your iPad by using a wire for plugging it in. The next step is to pair it via Bluetooth.
Pairing Mouse and Trackpad to iPad
Step 1: Get your mouse and trackpad on pairing mode.
Step 2: Open your iPad settings.
Step 3: Click on Bluetooth settings.
Step 4: Tap your mouse or trackpad under Other Devices.
Step 5: Your pointing device is finally up to date with your iPad.
Manage Your Pointer Settings
The next important phase is to manage your pointer settings on the iPad. Here you go with the steps.
Step 1: Open the Setting of Your iPad.
Step 2: Click on General Settings
Step 3: Tap on Trackpad or Trackpad & Mouse. It depends on what device is connected.
Step 4: Drag the slider to change the following rate of your pointing gadget.
Step 5: Tap on the switch close to Natural Scrolling to turn normal scrolling.
Step 6: Tap on the switch next to Tap to Click.
Step 7: Tap the switch next to Two Finger Secondary Click.
You are all done. Now let’s move on to understand how you can reach the iPad home screen using a mouse or trackpad. Let’s begin with the mouse.
Using a Mouse to go to the iPad Home Screen
In case, you haven’t yet realized, it’s not possible for you to click and release a swipe up from the bottom of the screen to go to the home screen with a normal mouse, but you can easily do it with a finger swipe on the iPad screen. Doing it with a finger swipe is far easier.
But if you want to go to the iPad home screen with a regular mouse, you can do it by following the below steps.
Step 1: Promptly bring the cursor to the bottom of the screen.
Step 2: Wait for a moment and drag the cursor down (below the iPad dock).
Step 3: You will finally reach the iPad home screen.
It was quite easy, right?
Now let’s know how to do it with the help of a trackpad.
Using a Trackpad to go to the iPad Home Screen
In case you are using accessories like a magic keyboard for iPad Pro or Magic Mouse, at that point it as natural as the touch screen to go to the home screen of your iPad. Use your three fingers and swipe up on the trackpad or the magic mouse to get through the home screen promptly.
If you want to get to the ‘App Switcher’, swipe up using three fingers and hold it there for a few seconds. You will simply able to open the app switcher.
You may see that even after getting the iPadsOS 13.4 updates, you can’t swiftly use a regular mouse with an iPad. But when you are using a new Magic Keyword for an iPad Pro, it becomes relatively easy for you.