Despite the stiff competition from the, Apple’s QuickType keyboard remains my firm favorite for various reasons. Among several neat features, the one that I find enormously user-friendly is the ability to turn iPhone keyboard into a super handy trackpad to select text or move text input cursor with utmost ease.
Using your iPhone as a trackpad or mouse on your Mac or PC There are a myriad of mouse and trackpad apps for the iOS platform in the App Store, but after careful sifting, we’ve found Mobile Mouse Remote, which can be had for $1.99, has a ton of great reviews and even includes a number of useful added features that will compliment the.
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Times when I’m typing out a quick email or a bit long iMessage, I use the virtual trackpad on my iPhone to edit text more conveniently. This hidden feature makes it incredibly easy to position the insertion at the specific point and even highlight the phrase or sentence. Sponsored Links To offer a little background, this well-thought-out editing tool had first arrived in iOS 9 for iPad and 3D Touch supported iPhone 6s in 2015.
Being so impressive, it soon became the envy to the incompatible iOS devices. After a long wait, this feature has finally broken the limited boundary.
Turn the iPhone Keyboard into a Trackpad to Select the Text With, Apple has made trackpad mode available across iOS devices. So, how to get started with this? It’s dead simple to trigger trackpad in the QuickType keyboard. If you are using a non-3D-Touch compatible device like iPhone 5s, SE or iPhone 6 series, iPhone XR, simply open any stock app like iMessage, pages or Notes. Then, long press on the space bar to enter trackpad mode. When it’s on, the virtual keyboard is greyed out, and all the keys are hidden. Sponsored Links Move Cursor In Trackpad Mode As mentioned above, it’s quite simple to move the cursor when you are in trackpad mode. Just swipe your finger on the greyed out keyboard to place the text input cursor at the desired place.
Select Text in Trackpad Mode It’s slightly more straightforward to select text on the 3D-Touch supported devices. Bring up the software keyboard on your preferred app and then touch and hold the keyboard to invoke the trackpad mode. Then drag your finger on the trackpad to jump over to the text you wish to highlight. Next, press harder on the screen and then use the cursor to select the text. Sponsored Links The process of highlighting text slightly differs on the non-3D Touch supported devices. To get it done, open an app where you can use Apple QuickType keyboard.
Then, long-press on the space bar to enter trackpad mode. While still pressing the space bar, use your other finger to tap on the greyed out keyboard to enter text selection mode. Next up, drag your finger on the trackpad to select the text using the cursor. Once the text has been highlighted, lift your finger and then tap on the selected text to bring up the popup window with multiple editing options like cut, copy, replace and more.
Sponsored Links Side Note: On your iPad, you can use the two fingers to highlight text using the cursor in the trackpad mode. That’s pretty much it! Over to You: may not be as flashy as some of the third-party keyboards. However, when you talk about smooth typing experience, it does live up to the task reasonably. Features like emoji suggestions, predictive functionality make it quite handy for messaging. You might want to refer these posts as well:.
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Sponsored Links We’ve been taking a look at, letting you control your PC, Mac, iTunes, Apple TV and more and it turns out – not quite surprisingly – that there are truckloads of apps that can get things done for you. What follows is a roundup of some of the best iPhone apps that will let you remotely control your PC, Mac or Linux machine with your iPhone. Here we go: Apps to Use iPhone As a Remote Control for PC or Mac #1. Remote Mouse If you want to have more customization options, you should keep “Remote Mouse” under your radar.
Based on what suits your workflow, you can perfectly customize the interface to let you get on top of everything that matters to you. Sponsored Links When you talk about the top remote apps, “Chrome Remote Desktop” is the one you should never give a miss. Well, I say it because I have used this app and found it damn good. It works efficiently in letting you access your Mac or PC from another computer or mobile device. Once you have connected both your iPhone and the computer, you will be able to access files and apps on your computer over the Internet with the Chrome Remote Desktop.
What I really adore about this app is the ability to let you control your computer using super handy gestures like swipe with two fingers to scroll up or down, pinch and stretch with two fingers to zoom and more. Price: Free #4. Remote File Manager.
Sponsored Links I see this app as a smart tool that can let you take the desired control over your important files remotely. With the support for multiple cloud services including Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and Box, you will be able to manage all of your files with ease. Another notable feature of this app is the compatibility with various file formats such as plain text, RTF(Rich Text Format), HTML, MS Office and more. The app also lets you stream movies as well as music. As it works with many video and music formats, your entertainment time will hardly come to a halt.
Price: $4.99 #5. Off Remote Ever forgot to turn off your computer before leaving? With Macs and PCs that “sleep” it’s easy to forget that you haven’t really shut down your computer. But worry not. Apps like Off Remote can get that covered for you. This app lets you check if all computers are shut down, lets you switch them on or put them to hibernate and brings a good level of password protection too which makes sure only you can switch off the computers. Connects fast and easy, with auto-discovery and more.
Price: Free #6. IShutdown iShutdown has a similar function to that of Off Remote but it has got one of the finest interfaces ever: simple. You can connect the device to any of the various systems that run in the network and with a decent set of options (shut down, restart, hibernate, Wake on LAN, suspend etc.), you are in complete control. Price: $1.99 #7.
TeamViewer Nothing beats TeamViewer when it comes to a fantastic VNC client that gives complete access to your computer even when you are on the couch with your iPhone. TeamViewer comes with a server-side application that you download to your PC/Mac and then the app for iPhone which you install on your iDevice. Once done, you just link up the computer with the iPhone and done – you will now be in complete control of your PC.
Get the iPhone in landscape mode and that about completes it. Unlike many other VNC apps that turn your iPhone into a remote control for PC and Mac, TeamViewer is built for quick setup and easy usability for almost everyone. Price: Free (for lite) #8. MochaVNC MochaVNC is more or less TeamViewer on steroids. If you’ve got MochaVNC on your PC or Mac and on the iPhone, you’ll most probably reduce the usage of your Mac or PC drastically. Crisp interface, a cool way to incorporate the keyboard into the app’s keypad and a really thorough and tested set of features make MochaVNC a powerful remote control app.
Price: $5.99 (lite version available) #9. RealVNC (VNC Viewer) What I like about “RealVNC” is the neat functionality. It’s designed to work with not just Mac and Windows PC but also Linux computers. You can use this handy remote app to view the desktop of your computer and even take control of the keyboard as well as mouse. One notable feature of this app is the intuitive interface that makes it pretty simple to control the computer. Moreover, you can back up the connection and sync it across your devices for a seamless experience.
Price: Free #10. Rowmote Rowmote is one of the most simplistic apps you can ever see. It’s an app-ified version of the simple remote control that came with your Mac so it’s almost the same as using your remote. Only, you don’t have to worry about ‘lost’ remotes anymore.
Rowmote lets you open dock apps quickly and easily. It also features specific controls to Apple TV. Price: $0.99 That’s all! What’s your favorite? So, which one of the above remote apps is going to find a place on your iOS device? Let us know your feedback about it.
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