iPad shortcuts

Shortcuts for taking advantage of iPad-only features from Apple.

Use these shortcuts to quickly activate your Slide Over apps, plus jump into all the settings for Magic Keyboard-specific features.

Enable rotation

Turns off Orientation Lock, letting your device rotate freely.

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Disable rotation

Turns Orientation Lock on so your iPad screen won’t rotate.

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Open Slide Over apps

Uses Open App > Slide Over to open your favorite apps in Slide Over – I use 1Password, Music, Twitter, Craft, Notes, and Things.

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Edit Universal Control preferences

Opens into Settings > Display on iOS and System Settings > Displays on macOS so you can arrange your Mac or iPad displays accordingly.

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Change auto lock settings

Opens the deep link into the Auto Lock settings so you can customize your iPad’s timeout.

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Change backlight brightness

Opens the Hardware Keyboard options in Settings > Keyboard so you can change the backlight brightness controls.

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Open keyboard settings

Opens the Settings app to General > Keyboard so you can change options as needed.

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Change Dynamic Type text size settings

Opens the deep link into Settings > Display > Text Size so you can control how things look on your iPad.

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Open Accessibility Shortcut preferences

Opens the deep link into Settings > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut to let you configure the Side Button to toggle accessibility feautres on or off.

Choose between Apple Watch Mirroring, AssistiveTouch, Background Sounds, Classic Invert, Color Filters, Control Nearby Devices, Detection Mode, Dim Flashing Lights, Increase Contrast, Left or Right Balance, Live Captions, Live Speech, Magnifier, Reduce Motion, Reduce Transparency, Voice Control, Reduce White Point, Smart Invert, Switch Control, VoiceOver, Zoom, Full Keyboard Access, and Speak Screen.

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