Dark Sky<\/a>) because an upcoming storm might affect your upcoming bike ride. You don\u2019t need to see both apps all the time, but you also don\u2019t want to have to switch back and forth. With Slide Over, you can put Dark Sky in a panel that floats over Safari and then hide and show it.<\/p>\nThe easiest way to put an app in a Slide Over panel is to use the Dock, so this technique works best if the app\u2019s icon is already on the Dock. For instance, while you\u2019re in Safari, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to display the Dock. Then touch and hold the Dark Sky app\u2019s icon until it dims slightly. Keeping your finger down, drag the icon over Safari until it becomes a vertical lozenge.<\/p>\n
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Lift your finger, and Dark Sky appears in Slide Over. (If you get a horizontal rectangle instead of a vertical lozenge, the app won\u2019t work in Slide Over because it needs a larger window.)<\/p>\n
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If the app you want to put in Slide Over isn\u2019t on your Dock, you can use a two-handed procedure to get it from another location and drop it onto another app. Working on the Home screen or the Siri search screen, start dragging an app icon (it\u2019s OK if the icons start wiggling). Then use your other hand to switch to the other app (perhaps by swiping right with four fingers or pressing Command-Tab on a physical keyboard) and drop it over the other app. Don\u2019t worry if you have trouble at first\u2014it takes time to become accustomed to two-handed usage.<\/p>\n
Once an app is in Slide Over on the right side of the screen, you can swipe right on its left edge or the gray bar at the top to hide it, or swipe left on its right edge or gray bar to move it to the other side of the screen.\u00a0If Slide Over is hidden, swipe left from the right edge of the screen to display it.<\/p>\n
If you think Slide Over looks a bit like an iPhone app on your iPad screen, iPadOS 13\u2019s big enhancement will make sense. You can now open multiple apps in Slide Over\u2014just drag a new app over the main app as you would normally. Once you have two or more apps in Slide Over, you can cycle through them by swiping right or left on the thick black bar at the bottom, just like on a Face ID-equipped iPhone. To see what you\u2019ve got in Slide Over, swipe up slightly on that thick black bar to display a Slide Over app switcher; tap any thumbnail to switch to it.<\/p>\n
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Open Multiple Apps in Split View<\/h3>\n
Imagine that you want to email someone a photo you took, so you want Mail and Photos showing at the same time. Displaying two apps side-by-side in Split View is nearly the same action as Slide Over. The difference is that, instead of dropping the app lozenge on top of the current app, you drag it to the far left or right of the screen, and drop it once the screen shows a 90\/10 split\u2014after you drop, the split changes to 50\/50.<\/p>\n
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Drag the handle between the apps to switch to a 70\/30 or 30\/70 split; if you drag the handle all the way to one side of the screen, the app that\u2019s shrinking in size disappears entirely. Both apps in Split View have a handle at the top as well, and dragging one of those down slightly converts that app into a Slide Over panel.<\/p>\n
Bonus tip: If you\u2019ve become comfortable with Split View, note that you can also grab an app by that handle and drop it to the left or right of another app\u2014switch apps with your other hand\u2014to move it to another Split View space. (You can also drag a Slide Over app\u2019s handle down slightly to switch it to Split View.)<\/p>\n
New in iPadOS is the capability to open multiple windows from the same app. Not all apps support this (or Split View at all), but Safari and Notes are good examples of apps that do. To do this, while in the app, bring up the Dock, tap the app\u2019s icon, and then tap the + button in the upper-right corner of the screen.<\/p>\n
There are more direct ways of opening multiple windows from the same app too. In Safari, tap and hold the Tabs icon (two stacked squares) and then tap Open New Window to get a second Safari window. You can also drag a tab from Safari\u2019s Tab bar to the side of the screen to open it in Split View.<\/p>\n
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Similarly, you can drag notes from the sidebar in Notes to open them in Split View, either as a second Notes window within the same space, or as an addition to a new Split View space.<\/p>\n
With all these possibilities, it\u2019s easy to get confused about what\u2019s open where. The iPadOS app switcher now displays thumbnails of the Split View spaces so you can switch among them easily.<\/p>\n
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And if you aren\u2019t sure which space has a particular Safari window, for instance, tap and hold the Safari icon in the Dock (or anywhere else) and choose Show All Windows to see all the spaces\u2014including Slide Over\u2014that include Safari windows (Apple calls this App Expos\u00e9).<\/p>\n
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Take a few minutes and try putting apps in Slide Over and Split View in different ways, since some of the actions require practice before they feel natural. Finally, if combining two particular apps doesn\u2019t seem to work, don\u2019t fret. Apps must specifically support both Slide Over and Split View, and not all do.<\/p>\n
(Featured image by Adam Engst)<\/p>\n
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