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Apple Shares New Series of How To Videos Focusing on iPad and iOS 11

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Apple today uploaded several iPad Pro how to videos to its YouTube channel, focusing on new features that are coming to the iPad in iOS 11. Each video is just under a minute in length and all of the videos were made in the same style -- with two hands demonstrating new iPad functionality.

There are six how to videos in total, covering the following features: mark up with Apple Pencil, multitasking, document scanning and signing, file management, drag and drop, and the new dock.




iOS 11 brings a ton of new features to the iPad, essentially introducing a whole new user interface, so it's no surprise that Apple has designed a series of videos to show off its capabilities. Some of these features, like the ones that require Apple Pencil, are limited to the iPad Pro, but others will be available on a wider range of iPads.

Apple's new operating system update is currently available to developers and public beta testers, but should be launching to the public soon. We expect Apple to release the update in September alongside new iPhones.

For a complete overview of what's new for the iPad in iOS 11, make sure to check out our iOS 11 roundup.

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I guess I'll never be able to return to the home screen without imagining that cringy "whoop" sound...
 
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Odd how these are released now without even noting that iOS 11 isn't out yet, coming soon etc. Are we looking at an early release?

EDIT: Microscopic grey on grey disclaimer says iOS11 will be out by end of year.
 
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Nice videos, not as effective as the PC replacement ads, but also not annoying.
Outdated icons and there could be more features highlighted, but I like them. Very useful since iPad will be harder to get used to after iOS 11 (not everything is obvious).
 
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I'm still waiting for the "iPad – How to get out of this nondescript expanse and silence the voice narrating your actions" video.
 
Here's how to sign a document on Linux:

1. Recompile your kernel
2. Install the scanner driver
3. Download a Windows driver for your scanner that will get emulated to Linux (this actually happens for WiFi)
4. Find out there's a bug with your scanner, buy a new one
5. Find a PDF program that does one thing well, but doesn't do another things well
6. Change your distro, because the package for that particular PDF software is outdated and you really don't know how to compile the source by hand
7. Finally sign the document
8. Save the document to /tmp
9. Open your mail App
10. Send the PDF in a tar.gz
11. Recipient doesn't know WTF is a .tar.gz
12. Succumb to .zip, and send it again.
 
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All these two handed gestures seem cumbersome. This restricts these features to using an iPad on a table. Can't use them lying down on a couch.
 
Really happy to see Apple making these..hopefully a sign of an equally great iOS 12 and iWork improvements.

Only critique is the background. the grey makes you think the video isn't working for first half second. Otherwise, well done. Maybe something more clever like the beginning of Napolean Dynamite.

I'm really looking forward to iOS 11, and hopefully a massive iWork update this fall. fingers crossed.
 
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