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Sending pictures and have two small picture of pages at bottom or top of ipad when using internet or writing mails.

Not able to send any pictures! When trying, the picture comes up and at bottom I can see parts of messenger and other 'sending' related stuff?....total picture not as big as should be...and all frozen. The only thing I can do is to push an arrow on top left, resulting in back to pictures.

other problem is this to 'mini pages' top or bottom, if I push them, page 'disappear' so you only can see a small part of it on left side, tap on it, and your back again. My contact list always comes up with one HUGE picture of the person I look for, and a narrow list of all other persons on left side. Even not able to send pictures of the two problems 😢

have a nice day!......I don't 😂

Posted on Jan 18, 2022 11:36 PM

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Posted on Jan 19, 2022 4:30 AM

You have encountered the “Shelf” - this being a new feature of the now revised iPadOS multitasking environment. 


iPadOS permits you to have multiple “instances” of the same App - each instance being self contained. The shelf, when triggered, shows a thumbnail of each running instance of an App. 


For example, if you have three running instances of Safari, each with its own set of open tabs, you will see three thumbnails corresponding to each running instance of Safari - plus a button to open a new instance of Safari. Simply tapping a thumbnail will switch directly to that running instance of Safari. Each App has its own corresponding shelf.


This article from Appleinsider has a useful explanation of this new feature along with many of the updates to multitasking:

https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/08/12/how-to-master-multitasking-on-ipad-and-ipad-pro-in-ipados-15


The iPad User Guide is also a rich source of frequently overlooked information. The Guide is available both online using a web browser (such as Safari), or as an Apple Books download:

iPad User Guide - Apple Support

https://books.apple.com/book/id1567104892


You should note that the shelf is an integral component of the multitasking User Interface. It cannot be disabled.

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Jan 19, 2022 4:30 AM in response to nilspdahl

You have encountered the “Shelf” - this being a new feature of the now revised iPadOS multitasking environment. 


iPadOS permits you to have multiple “instances” of the same App - each instance being self contained. The shelf, when triggered, shows a thumbnail of each running instance of an App. 


For example, if you have three running instances of Safari, each with its own set of open tabs, you will see three thumbnails corresponding to each running instance of Safari - plus a button to open a new instance of Safari. Simply tapping a thumbnail will switch directly to that running instance of Safari. Each App has its own corresponding shelf.


This article from Appleinsider has a useful explanation of this new feature along with many of the updates to multitasking:

https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/08/12/how-to-master-multitasking-on-ipad-and-ipad-pro-in-ipados-15


The iPad User Guide is also a rich source of frequently overlooked information. The Guide is available both online using a web browser (such as Safari), or as an Apple Books download:

iPad User Guide - Apple Support

https://books.apple.com/book/id1567104892


You should note that the shelf is an integral component of the multitasking User Interface. It cannot be disabled.

Jan 19, 2022 1:18 AM in response to nilspdahl

Hi nilspdahl, thank you for posting in Apple Support Communities.


I wonder if your could take a Screen Shot of the issue and attach the image to the post. You can do this by pressing both the Volume Down button and Power Button at the same time.


Nevertheless, maybe try a Force Restart first to see if the resolves the issue then we can go from there. The following link explains how to do this in more detail:

https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/ipad/ipad9955c007/ipados

Jan 19, 2022 3:14 AM in response to ShortBlack6857

Had to send the two pictures via iPhone! Able to send from iPad if not store in pictures, but send direct to myself on iPhone. Would have to store pictures on iPad befor getting up your mail…..your mail ‘up’….and not sble to send anything from pictures on pad😵‍💫

hope you can help! The two pictures show the two small disturbing ‘pictures’ at bottom and the photo of text not able to send from photo box.

Sending pictures and have two small picture of pages at bottom or top of ipad when using internet or writing mails.

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