apple pencil hover feature missing

i was wanting to mirror my ipad to my mac and draw like you would with one of those drawing pads (not sure if thats possible but worth a try) obviously i cant draw without looking down because i cant see the cursor, i have the ipad pro 11" and the apple pencil 2nd gen, so... the hover should work right?? well.. i dont know why but the setting is GONE?? i remember seeing it a really long time ago when i was messing with some settings, i think i turned the hover off and just left it at that. but when i got back to it again, its not there anymore ?


ive been trying to research on whats causing this, i saw before an issue with this but i didnt see a fix for it 😞 ive tried updating my ipad, restarting it, i tried searching through the settings over and over again incase i missed it somehow, but nothing. im not sure if the pencil itself needs to update somehow? and i cant find a manual way to update it, so ive ran out of options. i really hope someone can tell me whats going on or how to help me fix this 😭 its bugging me so much

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Posted on Feb 11, 2024 12:52 PM

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Posted on Feb 11, 2024 1:04 PM

grey__ wrote:

i have the ipad pro 11" and the apple pencil 2nd gen, so... the hover should work right??

Perhaps.


There have been four generations of 11” iPad Pro. If yours is fourth generation, hover would work. Otherwise it would not.


There is a separate “hover over text” capability that is adjustable at Settings > Accessibility > Hover Text that has nothing to do with Apple Pencil.

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Feb 11, 2024 1:04 PM in response to grey__

grey__ wrote:

i have the ipad pro 11" and the apple pencil 2nd gen, so... the hover should work right??

Perhaps.


There have been four generations of 11” iPad Pro. If yours is fourth generation, hover would work. Otherwise it would not.


There is a separate “hover over text” capability that is adjustable at Settings > Accessibility > Hover Text that has nothing to do with Apple Pencil.

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