Indice dei contenuti per Issue 65 in iPad User Magazine

Welcome to another issue of iPad User magazine. We’re in that strange time between the last Worldwide Developers Conference finishing and waiting to see if Apple will bring out a new edition of the iPad before the end of the year. We’re hoping it will and of course there is iPadOS 14 on the horizon to look forward to very soon. Looking back 2020 has been a very strange year for everybody, and one we’ll probably be glad to see the back of, but there were some great apps released. Apple recognises the hard work that developers have been doing each year with the Apple Design Awards. These awards showcase the very best talent in the iPhone and iPad space. That why we’re bringing you a special feature all about…

IT WILL TAKE 2 minutes YOU WILL LEARN How to download files to your iPad YOU’LL NEED An iPad running iPadOS 13 or later As of iPadOS 13, it’s been possible to download files from the internet to your iPad or iCloud Drive straight from within  Safari. This means you can grab PDFs, audio, video, compressed folders, images, games and more by tapping links on webpages just as you would on a computer. These files can be saved on your device or within iCloud Drive and your choice will determine how flexible working with them will prove to be. Choose iCloud Drive and it’ll be easier to use the files on other computers, since anything stored in the cloud is synced with your other devices. But even if you’d prefer…

£3.99 FROM Daedalic Entertainment REQUIRMENTS iOS 9.0 or later, 2 GB Felix The Reaper is a darkly fiendish 3D puzzle game where your task, as a worker for the Ministry of Death, is to oversee the orderly transition of souls to the afterlife. What this equates to in reality is stopping time in various scenarios and arranging the key players into the right positions for a death to occur by being hit an arrow, falling in a well or being squashed. Felix can’t step in the sunlight, so you have to use a sundial to adjust where shadows fall on the ground to help you achieve your macabre duty. Felix looks incredible. There are lovely cut scenes to tell the story, and it will certainly have you scratching your head.…

IT WILL TAKE 20 minutes YOU WILL LEARN How to customise the Control Center in iPadOS YOU’LL NEED iPad running iPadOS Control Center is one of the most useful, but perhaps also one of the most under-used features in iPadOS. Not many people realise how useful it can be and that you don’t have to stick to the default controls. There is much more to Control Center than adjusting volume or brightness, or turning Wi-Fi or Bluetooth on and off. Whether you want to use the Home app to switch a light on, scan a QR code, or make a recording of the iPad’s screen, you can do it all from Control Center – with a little customisation. In addition to choosing which features are accessible, you can configure the…

IT WILL TAKE 10 minutes YOU WILL LEARN How to master Music Memos YOU’LL NEED iOS 11 or later, something to play or sing If you’re musically minded, you’ve probably used Voice Memos to capture ideas. But while Voice Memos is a great app it’s also very basic. Apple’s Music Memos for iPhone and iPad takes Voice Memos and adds stacks of musician-friendly features to create a brilliant and useful app for guitarists and piano players. The first thing you’ll need to do is record your tune – and to do it in tune, thanks to the built-in acoustic tuner that works for all kinds of stringed instruments. When you play, Music Memos works out what chords or notes you’re playing and enables you to add bass and drums to…

1 Selection tools Tap and hold here to access a range of selection tools including the fast and effective Select Subject command. 2 Marvellous masks Tap here to add a mask to the currently active layer. Any selection marquees will be converted into a mask. 3 Filters Tap here to access filters and adjustments. The Gaussian Blur filter mimics a camera’s background bokeh effect. 4 Layer actions Tap here to access a host of layer related commands (such as Copy layer, Duplicate layer, and so on).…

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…

Free (IAPs) FROM Readdle, readdle.com NEEDS iOS 11 or later Over time Documents has evolved into an app that offers more document management tools than Apple’s own Files app alone. New in version 7 are an improved web browser that supports private browsing, integration with the Files app so you can open files from Apple’s app in Documents, a dark mode, and the ability to mark up images and annotate PDFs. Also new is a big ‘+’ button at the bottom right of the screen. Tap it and you can create a new folder, text file, or PDF. Or you can import photos from the Photos app, files from Files, or transfer files from a Mac or PC using Documents’ Wi-Fi Transfer tool. The ‘+’ button also lets you add…

Belkin Case + Stand £24.99 FROM Belkin, belkin.com/uk FEATURES Storage compartments for Apple Pencil and accessories, fabric inner lining, Apple Pencil stand Keeping your Apple Pencil safe should be a priority, and this case from Belkin does just that. The compact design has space for the Pencil itself, plus a spare tip, cap, and charge adapter, so you are never rummaging around for these tiny components. But that is not all – it also props up your Pencil, making it easy to find and use when you need it. Satechi Aluminum Type-C Mobile Pro Hub $59.99 (about £48) FROM Satechi, satechi.net FEATURES USB-C connector, four ports (USB-C, USB-A, HDMI, headphone jack), 18g Apple has opened up the iPad to working with external devices, but that often means carrying a host…