Second Home Screen

A play button in the shape of a television screen.

Second home screen. Click the thumbnail of the new desktop and your second desktop fills the screen. To switch between them. When you re happy with the layout select apply.

The calculator app lets you perform addition subtraction multiplication and division. I got it with a pinch in. Or swipe up on face id based devices.

Take advantage of the dock along with the home screen pay attention to the dock. If you have multiple displays you can change how they re arranged. Most teachers i spoke with had never considered getting a second monitor but they immediately understood the value of putting their students on one screen and lesson plans on the other he said.

In addition to the extras folder you find several additional icons on the second home screen. Really there are three basic criteria that a device must fit if it wants to call itself a second screen. Similarly if there s an app i don t put in a folder but want quick access to i can drop it on a second home screen.

Swipe your finger from right to left to go to the next home page. It s still just two movements away. Swipe your finger from left to right to go back to the previous home page.

Click the words add a desktop and a tiny desktop thumbnail immediately appears along the screen s bottom edge shown here. Then there was a plus to add a blank. Test your new layout by moving your mouse pointer across the different displays to make sure it works like you expect.