FEATURE Tips and tricks
Interface tricks
Use a keyboard or Apple Pencil to boost your productivity
you connect an external keyboard to your
iPad, then it makes the experience much
more like using a Mac. For example, to
search for something, instead of swiping
down on the Home Screen and typing a
search query on the on-screen keyboard then tapping a result, you can press ⌘ +[spacebar], the same as Spotlight
on the Mac, type the query, then press
® on the keyboard. In iPadOS 14, you
can now even handwrite the search
query with an Apple Pencil.
You can now add Smart Stacks to the Today view on the iPad’s Home Screen. This one isn’t very helpful.
1 Add a Smart Stack to the Today View
Tap and hold on any free space on the Home Screen. Tap ‘+’ in the top-left corner. The widgets drawer will appear, with Smart Stack at the top. Tap Smart Stack and swipe left or right to choose the size you want. Tap Add Widget.