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The first of two videos that showcase how to get the most out of iPad multitasking in iPadOS 15.
Start here 3:51 to skip the real basic stuff.
Tutorial performed on 2021 12.9-inch iPad Pro:
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Here's a full list of everything covered:
00:00 Introduction
01:11 Open the Dock
01:26 Use the Dock to quickly switch between two apps
02:06 Swipe up and hold to open the App Switcher
02:33 Use a four- or five-finger pinch gesture and hold to open App Switcher
02:41 How to kill apps
02:49 Swipe up to go home
02:54 Use a four- or five-finger pinch gesture to go back Home
03:01 Use a four- or five-finger swipe gesture to switch between apps
03:08 Swipe between apps using the Home indicator
03:31 Quickly view last used app
03:44 Peak at neighboring apps using gestures
03:52 Full screen → Slide Over
04:37 Full screen → Split View
04:55 Menu won't appear on apps that don't support multitasking
05:19 Not supported warning (Split View or Multiple Windows)
05:33 Slide Over → Full screen using multitasking menu
05:43 Slide Over → Split View using multitasking menu
05:57 Slide Over → Full screen using drag and drop
06:06 Slide Over → Split View using drag and drop
06:14 How to abort choosing Slide Over
06:25 Manual Slide Over
06:34 Choose another app, or the same app
06:46 You can fully interact with both apps at same time
06:55 How to move Slide Over to either side
07:08 Reveal Slide Over on either side
07:32 Move in one fell swoop all the way over to left or right
07:42 Add multiple apps to Slide Over just by dragging from Dock
08:11 How to switch between Slide Over apps
08:36 How to invoke the Slide Over App Switcher
08:58 How to kill Slide Over apps
09:15 Full screen Split View → using multitasking menu
09:29 Split View → Slide Over using multitasking menu
09:37 Split View → Full screen manually
09:42 Split View → Slide Over manually
09:48 How to abort choosing Split View
09:54 Manual Split View
10:04 Swap Split View
10:29 Swipe left or right on the multitasking menu to add a Split View
10:50 Manually replace Split View apps
11:01 Choose another app, or the same app
11:36 How to change Split View ratio
12:08 Swipe down from multitasking menu to select new app
12:19 Use Spotlight to bring other apps into Split View
12:56 Use the App Library to bring any app into Split View
13:13 Long-press a Safari link, and choose Open in Split View
13:28 Create a Split View directly from the same app
13:38 You can have a Split View with Slide Over and interact with all
14:14 You can kill multiple apps at once
14:19 Combine two apps into a Split View space
14:29 Rearrange Split View spaces
14:38 Kill apps in a Split View space
14:46 Move apps out of a Split View space into full screen
14:51 Move an app from full screen into a Split View
15:02 Slide Over windows displayed within App Switcher
15:25 Kill a Slide Over Window from App Switcher
15:32 Move an app from Slide Over into a Split View space
15:38 Move an app to Slide Over
15:46 Move an app from Slide Over into full screen
15:53 Automatically displays when opening app from Home Screen
16:33 Shows full windows, Split View spaces, Slide Over, and Center windows
16:46 Current working window denoted by dark app window with outline
16:56 Open Dock and tap app icon to invoke Shelf
17:11 Tap to switch between open windows
17:19 How to add windows
17:25 Can open up LOTS of windows
17:47 How to close windows
17:52 You can even close one half of a Split View via the Shelf
18:07 Multitask directly from window, swipe up to move into Split View or Slide Over
18:20 Tapping multitasking menu opens Shelf in Split View, Slide Over, etc.
18:58 How to know when multiple windows are open for an app
19:38 Tap on two boxes to show all windows featuring that app
19:54 Swap between each set of apps by tapping on boxes
20:37 Long-press on app icon on the Dock or the Home Screen to show all windows
20:51 Use + button to open up additional app window
21:18 How to reopen closed windows
21:54 Works for an individual email, note, or message
23:15 Quick Note
25:33 Picture in Picture
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Great guide! It’s all the more valuable because Apple itself doesn’t bother to talk about it anywhere – not in their manuals on their support site, nor on their YouTube channel, where they only talk about the basics. Not even halfway through the video, I’ve already found a few things I didn’t know about. One of them is a game changer for me. I’ll write about that later in a separate comment when I finish watching the video.
Apple does talk about this in their Apple Sessions people can sign up for to attend at Apple stores or virtual classes.
Thank you for another unique video. It’s impossible to review all the videos on YouTube, but I’m still pretty sure that there is no analogue of such a detailed and high-quality analysis. The main revelation for me was 7:05. Seems trivial, many may not notice and miss it at all, but I was amazed. I always thought that you could only move the Slide Over window by the top center bar (or three dots starting from iPadOS 15), which is not always convenient. For example, I’m lying in bed with my iPad resting on my bedside table on a stand. And I find it very difficult to reach the top edge of my 12.9-inch iPad from my bed, including when I need to hide or move the Slide Over window to the other side. And, it turns out, such a windows can be moved by any part of its edge! Why Apple keeps quiet about this and doesn’t mention it anywhere — I don’t have any idea. I didn’t even want to use Slide Over mode, because I wasn’t comfortable moving windows like that by the top bar/dots. And the method shown works even on iPadOS 13.7!
Next I’ll just point out the time codes of what I didn’t know:
2:33 — I knew about the 4-5 finger pinch to get to the home screen, but I didn’t know that this gesture could be held up to initiate multitasking view.
6:15, 17:48
This video is definitely bookmarked as an excellent guide. It’s nice to have someone who tells and shows the features in a way that at least Apple itself should have done.
Wait until you get a hang of using these features on a keyboard using global and app shortcuts. I have a compact keyboard that does not have the Globe key, so I mapped it to the Caps Lock Key. When I need to type in all caps, I just hold down the Shift button.
Yesss same
Wow I learned a lot and I didn’t realize you can use quick note with multitasking so many things or without Apple Pencil. Great video!
wow… I thought i knew them all, what a surprise. Super handy video to definitely share with many friends and family. Kudos and super excited about the upcoming part 2 and others ! Tank you very much
This is definitely the most useful guide all over social network so far. Thank you so much for your hard work!! I’m grateful for these informative videos. Keep it up!!!
PS: Saved it in my list of favorite videos <3
WOW, a very powerful and instructive video. Please, keep them coming. Many thanks!!!
I feel way more empowered to use my iPad in ways that serve me better after watching this video. Thank you very much!
Wow. I had no idea I could do 90% of the things you just showed me on my iPad.
Jeff, thanks as usual a terrific video.
The timestamp and topics covered is invaluable!
I think the key to learning all these multitasking tips…
Is NOT to learn them all at once, but to learn to pick and choose based on where you are at right now!
Fantastic. I’ll have to watch this over and over and over. So much flexibility and access. Thanks Jeff!
Thank you for this. Have been floundering around trying to learn how to do these things. Really appreciating this!
7:05 — It’s only now, after a while, that I realized that you can just swipe from the edge of the screen. Initially, I thought you had to grab the Slide Over window by one of its edges (left or right, and that really works). So swiping from the edges of the screen is even easier than accurately grabbing the edge of the window.
The most comprehensive tutorial on multitasking I’ve seen. Many thanks!
Thanks for this! So helpful. Loving my ipad pro more and more – don’t use anything else. With the split view, and slide over, you have to be **extremely** vigilant, when using Safari. If you don’t “merge all” tabs IMMEDIATELY after doing this, in any form, the ipad somehow will delete any and all tabs you had opened originally in your safari on a stand alone window, and there’s no way to get them back (without merge all, done immediately). It’s a bug people keep complaining about, I’ve seen on forums when it happens to me and I lose tons of work I can’t REMEMBER to be able to find again – current work, not something I’d bother to save or bookmark, yet. But no resolution so far. Just SOL. Shouldn’t happen at all, but it happened again to me a couple weeks ago, so clearly Apple hasn’t fixed it yet.
Incredibly thorough as usual. Thank you.
Excellent work as usual Jeff. Given how unintuitive Apple has made multitasking on the iPad, this is greatly appreciated!
Great tutorial! I learned a lot. When can we expect Part 2 to drop. Looking forward to it.
Thanks, Jeff! A lot of great tips.
Using the latest iPadOS 15.6.1, I don’t see the solid bar Home indicator at the bottom of the screen on my iPad Air 3, but I do see the three dots at the top for multitasking. Any suggestions to make the Home indicator show up? Thanks!