is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. Universal Control is one of the coolest software ...

Apple introduced Universal Control at WWDC 2021, exciting Mac and iPad users with the possibilities it would bring to their daily workflows. A year later, as part of the latest macOS and iPadOS ...

Your MacBook comes with natural scrolling by default. This means when your fingers go upwards in the trackpad, the page scrolls downwards, and vice versa. This could be a big change, especially when ...

So many ways to control an iPad. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac The new mouse and trackpad support coming in iPadOS 13.4 is just fantastic. And, in typical Apple fashion, it just works as soon as ...

The Universal Control feature allows those using macOS or iPadOS to share the same cursor, mouse, trackpad, and keyboard between a Mac and iPad. And if you have more than one Mac or iPad, you can ...

Apple added Universal Control in macOS 12.3 and iPadOS 15.4, the much-anticipated feature was revealed at WWDC 2021 but took a while to arrive. For the uninitiated, Universal Control allows you to use ...

Tap a switch to use your Mac's trackpad and keyboard with your iPad. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Apple’s new Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro — the one with the built-in trackpad — looks amazing. But ...