The touchpad or trackpad on a laptop keyboard is convenient to use when you're on the road or sitting in a tight space. Those tiny tables in coffee shops and airports don't leave a lot of room for a ...

Apple has long positioned the iPad as a device for getting real work done. The company has made this argument with increasing emphasis in recent years—even using a snarky “What’s a computer?” pitch in ...

Apple has been promoting its iPads as laptop replacements for a long time now—with docks, and split screen views, and drag and drop operations—and the latest push comes with the arrival of iPadOS 13.4 ...

On the trackpad there are no such issues. I also have the mouse on the right and trackpad on the left, now mostly for when my right and is occupied as per the above, but before I programmed extra ...

When the iPadOS 13.4 is installed on your machine, you can use a wireless Bluetooth mouse or trackpad with your iPad with full-fledged cursor support. Here is how to set up, use, and master any ...

Apple’s multi-touch assault on the desktop continues with the $69 Magic Trackpad, a jumbo touch panel that allows desktop Mac users to do away with their mouses and act like they’re using MacBook Pros ...

It appears that there may be a compatibility issue between some iterations of Apple mice and certain portable models. MacFixIt reader J. Strauss writes "I have an iBook 12" dual USB, and a Titanium ...

The updates are coming to Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps for the iPadOS. The new controls should make it more convenient to use a mouse or trackpad with Apple's tablet devices. Microsoft is helping ...

Finally, haptic feedback, per-app profiles, and gestures in Windows, but you'll have to adjust to this learning curve.

Apple's trackpad support isn't just limited to the new 2020 iPad Pro and its Magic Keyboard cover. Though the new tablet and accessory were announced today with the addition of trackpad functionality, ...

Chris Welch is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio (Sonos, Apple, Bose, Sony, etc.), home theater, smartphones, photography, ...

With the release of iPadOS 13.4, Apple brought official Bluetooth mouse and trackpad support to its iPads. This article explains how to use your chosen input device with your iPad. To learn how to ...