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Q: Can you pair a magic track pad with an iPad ?

can you pair an iPad with a track pad?

Posted on Sep 7, 2016 8:12 PM

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Q: Can you pair a magic track pad with an iPad ?

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  • by Rysz,Apple recommended

    Rysz Rysz Sep 7, 2016 8:15 PM in response to Hodner
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    Sep 7, 2016 8:15 PM in response to Hodner

    You can't use a trackpad or a mouse with an iOS device. There is no "pointer" that you can move around the screen. The entire screen is your "trackpad."

  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Sep 9, 2016 10:58 AM in response to Hodner
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    Sep 9, 2016 10:58 AM in response to Hodner

    No iDevice can use an external mouse or trackpad device, natively.

    There is no pointing cursor to move on screen.

    That stated, since iOS 9, you can move around the text "I" beam insertion point cursor by bringing up the iPad's software keyboard, do a two finger single tap to turn the entire keyboard area gray colored and into a gigantic trackpad area where you can easily control the position of the text insertion point "I" beam cursor.

    You can highlight text and lines of text by doing a two finger double tap on the iOS software keyboard.

    Then,  do a single two finger tap on the keyboard area to fine tune the text selection.

     

    That is as close to a mouse or regular trackpad that iOS is, currently, going to get.

     

    Good Luck!

  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Sep 9, 2016 11:01 AM in response to Hodner
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    Sep 9, 2016 11:01 AM in response to Hodner

    What do you hope to gain by doing that seeing as how there is no cursor on the iPad to be controlled with the Magic Trackpad?