How to use multi-app multitasking on the iPad Pro<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='
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iOS 9 brings multi-app multitasking to the
all the latest generation iPads, with its enormous 12.9 inch display and beefy 4 GB of memory, it brings it to the
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style. In fact, because the iPad Pro's display is at such epic scale, you can run two apps side-by-side at almost full size. That means double the productivity, double the creativity, and double the sheer power of the iPad. Here's how to use it! <!--break--></p> <ul><li><a href="#pip">How to use picture-in-picture multitasking[/url]</li> <li><a href="#slide">How to use slide-over multitasking[/url]</li> <li><a href="#split">How to use split screen multitasking[/url]</li> </ul><p><a name="pip" id="pip">[/url]</p> <h2>How to use picture-in-picture video multitasking on your iPad Pro</h2> <p><a href='
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</li> </ol><p>Picture-in-picture mode will also launch automatically if you leave a PiP-enabled app while the video is playing. (That's how to put FaceTime into PiP mode, for example.)</p> <h3>How to control the PiP video on the iPad Pro</h3> <p>If you tap the picture-in-picture player, you're presented with a set of controls.</p> <ol><li>The PiP button will send you back to the app that owns the video and restore the video to full screen.</li> <li>The pause/play video will, as the name suggests, pause or resume playback of the video.</li> <li>The close button will end playback, close the PiP, and leave you to get on with whatever else you're doing.
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</li> </ol><p>There's also an incredibly thin progress bar along the bottom that shows you how far along you are in the timeline. You
can't use the progress bar to scrub forward or back through the video, but you can use it to quickly see how much is left.</p> <h3>How to change the size and position of the PiP video on the iPad Pro</h3> <p>Picture-in-picture video defaults to roughly quarter-screen size (with amble transparent border) and the lower left-hand side of the display, but you can easily resize and reposition it.</p> <p>To resize it, you use the trusty pinch-to-zoom gesture.</p> <ol><li>Touch <strong>two fingers</strong> down on the PiP.</li> <li><strong>Pinch</strong> your fingers together to shrink the PiP.</li> <li><strong>Spread</strong> your fingers apart to expand the PiP.</li> <li>Let go.
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</li> </ol><p>To reposition it, you simply drag.</p> <ol><li>Touch <strong>one finger</strong> down on the PiP.</li> <li><strong>Drag</strong> the PiP to any of the other corners.</li> <li>Let go.
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</li> </ol><h3>How to hide the PiP video on the iPad Pro</h3> <p>If you need to use your full iPad screen for something else but don't want to stop listening to the video's audio, instead of closing the picture-in-picture window, you can simply tuck it away for a time.</p> <ol><li>Touch <strong>one finger</strong> down on the PiP.</li> <li><strong>Drag</strong> the PiP <strong>sideways</strong> off the screen.
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</li> </ol><p>A small tab will remain visible so you can pull the PiP back out again when you want to continue watching.</p> <ol><li>Touch <strong>one finger</strong> down on the PiP tab.</li> <li><strong>Drag</strong> the PiP <strong>sideways</strong> back on screen.
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</li> </ol><h3>How to disable PiP video on the iPad Pro</h3> <p>Because the picture-in-picture video can start automatically when you leave an app during playback, and that might not be what you want, Apple gives you a way to disable it.</p> <ol><li>Launch <strong>Settings</strong> from your Home screen.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>General</strong>.</li> <li>Tap on <strong>Multitasking</strong>.</li> <li>Switch <strong>Persistent Video Overlay</strong> to <strong>Off</strong>.
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</li> </ol><p>To re-enable it, simply repeat the process and switch Persistent Video Overlay to On.</p> <p><a name="slide" id="slide">[/url]</p> <h2>How to use slide over multitasking on your iPad Pro</h2> <p><a href='
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</li> </ol><p>If you've never used slide over before, or if its been long enough since someone else used slide over that it doesn't have a recent app already loaded, you'll need to choose which app you want to fill the sidebar.</p> <ol><li>Swipe down to scroll through the list of available apps. They're presented as tiles with app icons in the center.</li> <li>Tap on the app you want to use in slide over.
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</li> </ol><p>The primary (full screen) app you were using will dim and the slide over sidebar will overlay on top of it. You won't be able to use both apps at the same time—that's what split view is for—or use the primary app again until you dismiss the slide over.</p> <h3>How to switch the slide over app on iPad Pro</h3> <p>Not all apps work in slide over; developers have to add support for it. If, like the vast majority of Apple's apps, the app you want to use does work in slide over, it's easy to switch to.</p> <ol><li>Touch <strong>one finger</strong> down on the <strong>gripper</strong> at the very top of the slide over sidebar.</li> <li><strong>Swipe</strong> down to bring back the app switcher.</li> <li>Swipe down to scroll through the list of available apps.</li> <li>Tap on the app you want to use in slide over.
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</li> </ol><h3>How to exit slide over mode on iPad Pro</h3> <p>Getting out of slide over mode is even easier than getting in.</p> <ol><li>Touch <strong>one finger</strong> down on the slide over sidebar and swipe it away to the right.</li> <li>Or, tap anywhere outside the slide over sidebar and it'll swipe itself away.
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</li> </ol><h3>How to use split view multitasking on your iPad Pro</h3> <p><a href='
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</li> <li>Tap the <strong>grabber</strong> on the left edge of the slide over sidebar to switch to split view.
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</li> </ol><p>The secondary app will pin down and the primary app will reactivate and resize to fit beside it.</p> <h3>How to resize the split view on iPad Pro</h3> <p>In portrait orientation you only have one option for split view—60/40. In landscape orientation, however, you can switch from 70/30 to an even 50/50.</p> <ol><li>Touch the <strong>grabber</strong> button at the left edge of the secondary app.</li> <li>Drag it the <strong>grabber</strong> to the left until it reaches the middle of the screen.</li> <li>Let go of the grabber.
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</li> </ol><p>You can't go to 30/70, but you can return to 70/30 by touch the grabber and dragging back.</p> <h3>How to switch the primary (left) app on iPad Pro</h3> <p>To change the primary app—the app on the left—you use the typical iPad app-switching methods.</p> <ol><li>Click the Home button to return to the Home screen and select another app</li> <li>Double-click the Home button to bring up the fast app switcher and select another app</li> <li>Use the four-finger gesture navigation to swipe back or forth between apps</li> <li>Tap on a link that opens another app. </li> </ol><p>Whatever the method, the newly launched app will replace the primary app—the left app—in the split screen setup.</p> <h3>How to switch the secondary (right) app on iPad Pro</h3> <p>To change the secondary app—the app on the right—you use the same method as slide over mode.</p> <ol><li>Touch <strong>one finger</strong> down on the <strong>gripper</strong> at the very top of the secondary app.</li> <li><strong>Swipe</strong> down to bring down the app switcher.</li> <li>Swipe to scroll through the list of available apps.</li> <li>Tap on the app you want to use as the secondary app.
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</li> </ol><h3>How to exit split view mode on iPad Pro</h3> <p>You can exit split screen mode at any time by making either the primary or secondary app full-screen.</p> <ol><li>Touch the <strong>grabber</strong> button at the left edge of the secondary app.</li> <li>Drag it the <strong>grabber</strong> all the way to the right to take the primary app full-screen.</li> <li>Or, drag the <strong>grabber</strong> all the way to the left to take the secondary app full-screen.
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