

What do you think of the Quick Notes feature on iPad? Do you appreciate accessing Quick Notes via swipe with Apple Pencil, a finger, or a stylus? Let us know your thoughts in the comments, and don’t forget there are many other ways to create a new note on the iPhone and iPad as well. This feature is useful enough on iPad that perhaps one day we’ll see it on iPhone too.Īpple Support put together a handy video that you may find useful if you want to see a video walkthrough of how Quick Notes on iPad works. The only requirement to use this feature is iPadOS 15 or newer, otherwise it works on any iPad model except the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 4 (it’s unclear why those devices are not supported). Similarly, for Mac users a keystroke is available for accessing the feature, and if you like the iPad feature that allows you to open Quick Notes from a corner, you can imitate that feature by assigning Quick Notes to a hot corner on the Mac. The swipe gesture may be the easiest way to open Quick Note for many users, but you can also open Quick Notes on iPad from a keyboard shortcut by hitting Globe+Q if you’d like to. Once you get the hang of it, you’ll see just how easy it is.

If you’re having difficulty opening a Quick Note on iPad with the swipe gesture, try placing your finger on the black bezel right outside the bottom of the iPad display, then swipe inward towards the center of the screen.

Features: - Notes are defined by a title which must be unique - Each note can have an arbitrary number of elements - The elements of a note may have different types - Backup the program in OneDrive - Information sharing (using a shared OneDrive account). You can write in the Quick Note with Apple Pencil or the iPad keyboard, you can copy and paste into it, you can even drag and drop text, images, photos, and other data into the Quick Note.Īdditionally, you may notice that some apps interact with Quick Note too, for example Apple Music and Spotify will offer to insert a link to the currently playing song if you open Quick Note while those apps are open. Quick Notes lets you easily take text and picture notes. One day I just found my self opening Apple Notes to make a quick note because it was just there. When finished with the Quick Note tap “Done”, or dismiss with a swipe back down and to the right, it will save automatically to your Notes app Sure, you can put links in your Notes documents.Do any of the following: Enter text: Type or write with Apple Pencil. If Quick Notes is already open, you can use Command-N to create a new note. From anywhere on iPad, swipe inward from the bottom right corner to open a Quick Note If your iPad is connected to an Apple external keyboard, use the Globe-Q keyboard shortcut to open Quick Notes.How to Use Quick Notes on iPad with a Swipe If you haven’t tried out Quick Note yet, it’s super easy to use and very convenient, so let’s check out how this works. And it works with any iPad running iPadOS 15 or later. You can use the Quick Note gesture with a finger, or with Apple Pencil.
