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All The Settings I Change When I Get A New iPad (Which Isn’t Often)

Matthew O'Brien
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3 min readJun 29, 2023

9 settings to check out before you tear s**t up in iPadOS🤘

My 12.9" iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard & Apple Pencil

TAP TO CLICK

If you’re using the Magic Keyboard accessory with your iPad this is a MUST. There’s something so effortless and easy about a simple tap to click versus having to actually click the trackpad.

Settings < General < Trackpad

EMAIL CONVERSATIONS NEWEST AT TOP

My brain does’t work the way that Apple’s Mail app is set up by default. When I’m going through email chains, I like to see the newest at the top because it’s usually the information I’m looking for. When I have to scroll to the bottom to see the newest info, it feels like an extra step and therefor unnecessary work that’s messing with my flow state.

Settings < Mail < Threading < Most Recent Message on Top

SCROLLING SET TO NATURAL

I don’t know how anybody can scroll… unnaturally. My brain just doesn’t work that way. I need the scrolling direction to match the direction of the movement of my finger. So I always enable this option when pairing my iPad with a Magic Keyboard.

Settings < General < Trackpad

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Filmmaking + Final Cut Pro + Apple Tech YouTuber with 29.4k subs. BFA in Acting. MFA in Screenwriting. Greater Omaha area.

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