This Pinch Gesture Lets You Copy & Paste From An iPhone To iPad
With two quick gestures, it's possible to copy and paste from an iPhone to an iPad or another Apple device, something that appears quite magical if never seen before. This is part of a larger collection of integrated features that Apple calls Continuity. A feature like this is one of the many reasons why using an iPhone often leads a person to buy an iPad, a Mac, AirPods, or an Apple Watch. These products are designed to work together seamlessly and little touches like this add up to make life easier.
Continuity also allows using an iPad as a second wireless screen for a Mac or MacBook, a feature called SideCar. Apple allows automatic switching of AirPods from an iPhone to a Mac or an iPad simply by switching one device off and the other on. This is similar to the background operations that allow the impressive ability to copy on one device and paste on another.
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A viral TikTok and Twitter video from Michael Tobin showed something that, at first, looks like a magic trick. A person attempts to pick up a photo from an iPhone, then with an obviously empty hand, drops it on an iPad and it's suddenly there. While it looks amazing, it's actually a standard Apple Continuity feature called Universal Clipboard. It's the default setting for two Apple devices that are signed in to the same account to share a local clipboard when both are active. This also works in the other direction from iPad to iPhone. Mac desktops and MacBook laptops share this feature as well, and it's possible to copy on any of these and paste on any other. The key is a three-finger inward pinch to copy on one device, followed by the three-finger outward movement of the fingers to
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