They are less popular but very useful tools on iPadOS.
The iPad has historically been the focus of a productivity device, both in the workplace and in the study. This device is preferably chosen for its portable and lightweight format, but inside it has a very usable system to increase that productivity. Therefore, we show you 5 iPad Features for Students.
The advancement of the operating system has been both in the design of the interface and in the innovation of tools. However, some go more unnoticed, either because Apple does not advertise them as much or because they are simply not so flashy at first. In addition to Concentration mode, there are more life say to improve productivity.
5 iPadOS Features for Students
Let’s go with these little secrets of the iPad system that you can take advantage of to improve your performance in the studio.
Activate Background Sounds
First of all, you have to create a good environment to focus and make the most of your time. The operating system has its own sound library to play while we use the device.
These background sounds on the iPad are focused on both relaxation and concentration when performing tasks, whether for work or study. The common denominator of these noises is that they have all frequencies at the same power, so that the sound is linear and smooth. Among the most used are the sounds of rain or those known as white noises.
To activate it, you have to follow a simple route, although you can set a shortcut in the Control Center to quickly activate and deactivate them. Here’s how you can do it:
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
- Go to the section ‘Accessibility‘, which you will find by sliding it down a bit.
- Click on the section ‘Audiovisual‘.
- Once there, access the ” sectionBackground sounds‘.
- When you enter this new section, before using the sounds you must activate them. To do this, click on ‘Background sounds‘, whose button will turn green and you will see a’Yes‘from the menu above.
There are also the relaxing playlists of Spotify and Apple Music, but come on, why look outside for what you have at home.
Use sticky notes
Other improvements in iPadOS, which belongs to the Notes app, but with a greater degree of immediacy. Thus, it makes it easy to write down everything you want to remember, such as the shopping list, information on a specific topic or save web page links.
It is a well implemented and very fluid tool, since you can annotate anything from the desktop or from any other app, as well as moving the note window across the screen. It works with both your finger and the Apple Pencil.
To create a quick note, swipe from the lower right corner of screen facing up. When you create a quick note, you will have it available in the Notes app, both on the iPad, on the iPhone and on the Mac, thanks to the synchronization between devices.
Open Multitasking
If what you need from the iPad is a device to work on several tasks and with several apps, there is also a function for that. It has not been around forever, but the important thing is that iPadOS already allows use Multitasking to work with more than one app at the same time.
It is divided between the functions Slide Over and Split View. With these functions it is possible to carry out all kinds of actions: transfer documents from one app to another, watch a series on Netflix while having a conversation in Messages, read a book while listening to music and endless other possibilities. To enable it, do the following:
- Open an app.
- Press the Multitask button with three horizontal points at the top of the screen.
- Press the Split View or Slide Over buttons. The current app is moved aside and the home screen appears.
- Hit a second app on the home screen. (Swipe left or right to see the apps on the other pages of the Home screen. You can also tap an app in the Dock.)
- If you choose Split view, the second app appears next to the current one.
- If you choose Slide over, the second app opens in full screen mode and the current one is moved to a smaller window that you can move to the right or left side of the screen.
Group images for Photos or Photoshop
The improvement in iPadOS also translates into an improvement when it comes to handling photos on the system. One of the most striking is that of group photos, which is used to save several images and pass them to another app. For example, you can copy a stack of images from the browser and save them in the Photos app or Photoshop for editing, in a single transition and without having to exit and enter the applications.
Enough with keep an image selected and click on the others that you want to save, which will accumulate where the first one is. When you’re done, without letting go of that grouping of images, you can browse iPadOS to take them to the app you want. Although it is more optimal to do it with the Apple Pencil, it is also possible using two fingers.
Take advantage of Live Text
This feature of Live Text is tremendously important, although not everyone can access it. If your device starts with the iPadOS 15 version, you can enjoy this tool to quickly transcribe texts.
It is a very practical utility, since it allows you to convert any photograph or element that is portrayed with the iPad camera into text. If, for example, they pass you some notes in physics, simply open the Camera app and convert them to digital format. After taking the photo, the system recognizes the text, which you can select, copy and paste into another app.
With that and the Concentration mode that is so popular, you have everything you need to use your iPad as the best complement to take it anywhere, especially if you are a student. And if you are thinking of buying an iPad for the first time, it may be a good time thanks to Apple discounts for students, with which you can get this device for a lower price.
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