‘Pinch’ to Copy and Paste Between Your Apple Devices
Maybe you already know that you can copy and paste between devices. Simply copy text on your Mac, iPad, or iPhone and paste it onto another. But, did you know that there are natural gestures to make it even easier—or just more awesome?
- On your iPad or iPhone, simply select the text you want to copy, then pinch it with three fingers to save it to the clipboard.
- Now go to your other device, and pinch three fingers outward to paste. Think of it like picking up text (or photos) and dropping them onto the other device.
If you want to “cut” text or images, simply do this same three-finger pinch twice in a row. Then you can paste by moving those three fingers outward.
While these gestures don’t work on Mac, you can use them on your iPhone or iPad and then press command + v on your Mac to paste.
Please be aware; Handoff will need to be enabled across devices for features such as this to work.
