Using a trackpad
Trackpad support turns your iPad into a real rival for a laptop
Cliff Joseph
IT WILL TAKE
20 minutes
YOU WILL LEARN
How to control your iPad with a trackpad
YOU’LL NEED
iPadOS 13.4 or later, trackpad compatible with multi-finger gestures
In recent years, Apple has increasingly been extending the abilities of the iPad so that it can offer a real alternative
to a MacBook laptop that you can use for getting serious work done. The latest move in this direction is the ability to use an external trackpad with an iPad, which was introduced with iPadOS 13.4 in March.
A trackpad connected to your iPad works just as it would when connected to a Mac, with a series of click controls and gestures that allow you to sit the iPad on a desk and control it without touching the screen - pretty much like a laptop, in other words.