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Oosy2701 Author

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Draw instead of swipe in notes ios 13

Hi there!

I used to make notes with my apple pencil in the right hand and swipe through the document with my left hand.

Since iOS 13 I can’t do that anymore. It has turned into drawing with the pencil on the right hand and drawing some more with the left hand, or I should turn of the writing by clicking the pencil icon in the right upper corner.

But as soon as the pencil hots the ipad, the icon blinks on a again, and I can’t swipe before I deselect that same icon again.

It is adding so much steps to going over a document, really not an improvement.

Anyone an idea how I can shut this off?

iPad, iOS 9

Posted on Dec 18, 2019 12:12 AM

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Dec 18, 2019 2:34 AM in response to Oosy2701

Hi Oosy2701,

Sorry but I don’t quite understand why you have to use your left hand for swiping when you can use the Apple Pencil for swiping instead as shown in this YouTube video below (at 1:37):

https://youtu.be/i8bT2ziIlfs

Hope this helps.

ulaganath

Level 1

109 points

Dec 18, 2019 4:39 AM in response to GOldAPPle78

I believe he used the left for moving the page up / down or left / right for more writting.

it may be changes in the notes apps. Better notes paid app have this functionality like Notability or good notes 5.

Oosy2701 Author

Level 1

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Dec 23, 2019 5:07 AM in response to Oosy2701

Found it out myself: with a two finger swipe you can scroll trough the document. This used to be a one finger swipe....

Oosy2701 Author

Level 1

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Dec 18, 2019 5:42 AM in response to ulaganath

Yes indeed left hand for swiping, bit that is pretty arbitrary, just tried to paint the picture.

I’ll check the youtube, thx!

Draw instead of swipe in notes ios 13