Essential Apple User Magazine

The Touchscreen Clever Gestures

Touch

To activate items such as applications, to use the on-screen keyboard, or to press on-screen buttons, touch them with your finger. The touchscreen is sensitive to the tiny electrical charge in our bodies, so you don’t need to press hard.

Touch and Hold

You can touch and hold an item on the screen by placing your finger it and not lifting that finger until an action occurs. This action depends on what you’re touching; it could be a menu opening or an icon lifting off the screen and showing it’s able to be moved.

Double-tap

Tap quickly twice on a web page, map,

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