Disable Apple Pencil automatic drawing

jade66 wrote:

The important point is, we have purchased a product because it did what we required. 2 years latter it suddenly does not meet the original specification. All that is required is an option in the settings of the relevant apps to turn the new default off. A simple request and everyone will be happy.

Please Apple sort this one out.

So, submit your feedback to Apple.

Yep, I have been using PDF Expert for some time as I have to deal with so many PDFs and the pencile is perfect there. On an iPad navigation is the key to the machine where a mouse is not present. Very frustrating every time I try to select a box and have to back track to get rid of the effects the drawing function creates. I will leave comment as you suggested.

Purvisthunder wrote:

How long have you folks been married? This sounds like a full blown domestic dispute over a very paltry thing.

I don't believe I've exchanged more than one or two comments with any given user (with one exception where I was asking clarifying questions and ended up agreeing with the person) in this post. Perhaps you're mistaking my responses to different people as being to the same person? It's important to check the "in response to...." line.

I have also not really been disputing anything. People are absolutely entitled to their opinion about how the Apple Pencil should work. But, complaining in these that they don't like the way it currently works will not effect the changes they are seeking. So, I strongly encourage them, if the matter is important to them, to submit feedback to Apple.

What constructive contributions do you have to make to this thread?

Please accept my apology. I am in total agreement that complaining and bickering over whether or not one should or should not have purchased an Apple pencil will not solve anything. My comments were not directed at you. I responded inappropriately, and in the wrong place. This was, after all, the first time I have ventured into an Apple forum.

Regards.

Purvisthunder wrote:

Please accept my apology. I am in total agreement that complaining and bickering over whether or not one should or should not have purchased an Apple pencil will not solve anything. My comments were not directed at you. I responded inappropriately, and in the wrong place. This was, after all, the first time I have ventured into an Apple forum.

Regards.

No worries. It can be a confusing place at first. Another thing that's confusing to some people is that you only have 15 minutes to edit your post. After that, it's set in stone.

Welcome!

I enthusiastically bought this pencil after a neat demo in the Apple Store.

They didn't show me how it worked in Pages. What I saw was mainly a drawing App.

I use it as a nav tool endlessly. I do this because it's cleaner than using my fingers. They tend to leave marks. So I use the Pencil, my screen stays clean, and I'm happy.

But I have to do a brain switch when I'm using Pages. The number of times I've had to pull the Pencil away and hit the undo button (with my finger) is beyond counting now.

I'll go and buy a cheap rubber tip stylus as a bridge to solving the problem.

For the very same reason I purchased a Meko stylus on Amazon. It is a fiber-type tip which works much better than rubber tipped stylus......inexpensive too.

Hard to understand why Apple continues to work so hard to make dissatisfied customers.........

Purvisthunder wrote:

Hard to understand why Apple continues to work so hard to make dissatisfied customers.........

Because they make so many more satisfied ones. There's no way they will please everyone all the time.

jade66 wrote:

The important point is, we have purchased a product because it did what we required. 2 years latter it suddenly does not meet the original specification. All that is required is an option in the settings of the relevant apps to turn the new default off. A simple request and everyone will be happy.

Please Apple sort this one out.

I don’t recall the original specifications or anything put out by Apple since ever referring to the Apple Pencil as a display navigation tool. They have always referred to it as a tool for drawing, sketching, writing, etc with high precision and control.

I get get that many use it as a navigation tool as well, but that was never part of any “specifications” nor advertised as such.

The pencil isn't the issue..........all four of mine have performed perfectly. Like so many others, however, I'd be a much happier Apple customer if they'd just add a toggle which allows the user to turn off the drawing function.

Soooooo simple, Apple, soooooo simple!!!

Purvisthunder wrote:

The pencil isn't the issue..........all four of mine have performed perfectly. Like so many others, however, I'd be a much happier Apple customer if they'd just add a toggle which allows the user to turn off the drawing function.

Soooooo simple, Apple, soooooo simple!!!

And sooooooo, sooooo, not what Apple does.

I have not had that experience. I enabled scrolling/navigation in settings as directed. I have had no popups of any kind. At one point I chose to turn on drawing to try something. It worked beautifully, and turned off when I got out of it. It works exactly the same way it did before the infamous upgrade. I only use Keynote, so I don’t know about Numbers or Pages...can’t imagine why anyone would even want to scribble on a spreadsheet. But I am very happy with the recent update.

Wow! This works!! This must be some new fix put in by Apple. I don't recall that option being there in all my struggles to find a solution, so much so that I gave up. So Thanks for sharing this fantastic fix.

I have exactly the same gripe as the original poster. The Apple stylus is the closest tool as an alternative to a mouse. I do use my pencil to write notes mark up documents, whiteboard with people etc. But it’s most important use is to get around the limitations of not having a mouse to work with spreadsheets and document editors. The ipad is totally powerful enough to replace my PC but they make it difficult for the non creative users. For some of us it is a business tool first but with the ability to do all the other cool stuff like read, watch films, As I have no creative bones in my body I will not be using its drawing capabilities - but until they bring out a mouse its the best alternative for the accuracy needed to move the curser precisely

Yes I have been following this thread since the function changed its initial behavior. As an artist I love the ipencil but as a business man I abandoned the numbers app due to the instant markup feature. I was curious to whether the apple developers would ignore the response of this new feature that divided many of us. It seems to me that just having an option to turn it off would have been a better update plan. And as for the ...just go get a stylus comment … let’s see

I now have to carry a stylus too?

when a perfectlay functioning ipencil is with me?

Anyway I would like to thank Apple’s developers for addressing this and giving those of us who just want a smudge free screen our initial ipencil behavior back.

Thank you