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Easy and Convenient Way to Connect a Bluetooth Mouse to Your iPad

As technology on the iPad continues to advance, it is becoming more and more functional, like a smaller MacBook. Many people use the iPad to help them perform tasks more quickly, often pairing it with a Bluetooth mouse. Let's learn how to connect a Bluetooth mouse to an iPad in this article!

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12 October, 2023

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1Benefits of using a mouse for iPad

Using a mouse for iPad will bring you many conveniences. You can easily notice through the usage process like:

Quick operation: Instead of having to operate on the screen with difficulty, you should use a mouse to operate faster. Nowadays, people also use a mouse instead of typing on the keyboard.
Easy to use apps: To work, you need to use apps like: Lightroom, MindNode, Note, Pages, KeyNote,… with many small details, operation by hand can press the wrong position. Using a mouse will make your drag and drop operations easier and time-saving.

Benefits of using a Bluetooth mouse with an iPad

2How to connect a Bluetooth mouse to an iPad

To connect a Bluetooth mouse to your iPad, you can follow these steps:

Step 1: First, you need to turn on the Bluetooth mouse, check if the mouse is connected to any devices, if the mouse is connected to another device, please reset it.

Step 2: Choose the Settings section of the iPad, then select the Accessibility section, and choose the Touch option.

Step 3: Next, select the Assistive Touch option.

Step 4: Turn on the Assistive Touch feature and select the Devices option.

Step 5: Choose the Bluetooth Devices option, at this time the names of the devices will appear. You just need to select to connect with the Bluetooth mouse name, then you are done.

3How to disconnect or unpair a mouse from iPad

The steps to connect and disconnect a mouse from iPad are extremely simple, you can follow these steps:

Step 1: Turn on the device and choose the Settings section on the iPad.

Step 2: Select the Bluetooth section.

Step 3: Tap on the Information button (letter “i”), select the correct name of your device.

Step 4: Select Disconnect, then you are done.

4Some useful tips when using a mouse on iPad

Adjust the size and color of the mouse cursor

When you connect a mouse to iPad, the mouse will display a color indicator to let you know that the mouse has been connected. A special feature here is that you can adjust the size and color of the mouse cursor.

Step 1: Go to the Settings section, select Accessibility, then choose Touch, and select AssistiveTouch.

Step 2: Then, select Cursor in the AssistiveTouch section.

Step 3: Turn on Large Cursor to change the size of the cursor, below the Large Cursor section is the color options, you can choose the color according to your preference.

Adjust the mouse cursor’s speed

If you want to increase the mouse cursor’s speed, you need to follow these steps:

Step 1: Go to the Settings section, select Accessibility, then choose Touch, and select AssistiveTouch.

Step 2: Select the Tracking Speed option in the AssistiveTouch section.

Step 3: You can drag the slider from left to right (faster) or from right to left (slower) to adjust the mouse’s speed.

Keyboard display options

If you don’t want to see the keyboard while working or playing games, you can select the “Show Onscreen Keyboard” section in the Cursor section. Then turn it off, so you have disabled this feature and you can work comfortably without being affected.

Always show the Menu option

To allow displaying or hiding the AssistiveTouch menu when a device is connected, you need to go to the “Always Show Menu” section in the AssistiveTouch section to turn off this feature.

Above are some ways to easily connect a Bluetooth mouse to an iPad. Hopefully, this information will be helpful to you. Leave a comment below for any further questions!