Mouse support for iPad pro

Weird everyone is saying that there is no mouse support built into ipad. If you bring up your keyboard hold down any 2 keys and it turns into a mouse pad you can move your fingers around anywhere with a cursor on screen.

mpcaldwell36 wrote:

Weird everyone is saying that there is no mouse support built into ipad. If you bring up your keyboard hold down any 2 keys and it turns into a mouse pad you can move your fingers around anywhere with a cursor on screen.

That would be a track pad. A mouse pad is something that you put on your desk, usually made of neoprene, to provide a better surface for the mouse. And, yes, it's been mentioned once or twice in the thread.

Best of luck.

Wow thanks for explaining that to me. never would have known. what a lifesaver.

I saw your post; it was a bit far fetched to call it speculative, but I don't get to vote. But if the Apple Car doesn't support a mouse there is no way I would consider it! 😉

mpcaldwell36 wrote:

Wow thanks for explaining that to me. never would have known. what a lifesaver.

You're welcome. 😉

OH, so, using a VNC app, puchased through the App Store, is "doing something wrong"? It must be really wonderful to be the only user that these devices were designed for and that everyone who has a need that is different from yours is wrong.

Actually, if you need a tablet with a mouse, it's not that an iPad isn't for you, it's that Apple isn't for you, because they don't make one and want you to buy from somebody else if that's what you need.

A new iMac comes in 2 versions, trackpad or Magic Mouse 2. A mouse is not automatically packed with it. And the trackpad is much more powerful and useful than the mouse. All Mac notebooks only come with a trackpad.

You should always research products before buying, and choose what best meets your needs.

That's a deeply misleading answer. Perhaps if you're trying to sell MacBooks you should go work on a Mac store instead of looking on the help Forums deceiving people who come here looking for help. The MacBook does not have a touchscreen. The MacBook does not run iOS apps. OS X is a completely different platform. If you want a touch screen and/or tablet form factor is preferable to you, but need the option to use a mouse when necessary, there is no Apple product for you. To suggest otherwise is a blatant lie.

Please try and assist people who come here for help, not upsell them expensive products that they don't need. This is a support forum. The sales department is a completely separate section of the website.

I fail to understand the purpose of this unnecessary one-sentence lecture. I believe you'll find that most people in our society are already aware of this, they don't actually need your guidance on it, even in situations where it may be relevant.

The title of this thread (the one you have posted in) is Mouse Support for iPad Pro, is this not what you intended to ask about?

Mike K wrote:

Please try and assist people who come here for help, not upsell them expensive products that they don't need. This is a support forum. The sales department is a completely separate section of the website.

No one here works for Apple. Phil is free to make whatever suggestions he pleases as long as he stays within the terms of use of these forums. Accusing people of lying, by the way, is probably outside of the TOU.

Precisely. Please see the comment I was replying to.

I am free to make whatever suggestions I like as long as I stay within the terms of use of these forums. Pointing out the fact that a MacBook is objectively a completely different platform from iOS devices, with a completely different form factor, and no touch interface available at all, and that to claim otherwise is objectively false, is not a violation of TOU. It is a simple objective fact. I believe people coming here for help should be dealt with truthfully, and misleading information should be called out in order to keep this a high-quality user help forum. Im not sure why you have a problem with pointing out to him his misleading answer, yet no problem with coming here yourself and attempting to harass me, for pointing out the facts.

Harassing me (say, with needless, fraudulent claims that my statements of clear fact are "probably outside of the TOU" when they're not) might be outside the TOU. I'm going to go check now.