Back in June 2022, Apple introduced Freeform, the new whiteboard app. During the WWDC22 keynote, the company highlighted some of its features and stated that it will ship by the end of the year as part of iOS 16And the iPadOS 16And the macOS Ventura.
For those unfamiliar, think of it as a canvas to move your creative ideas and plan ahead. It supports text, tamper, media, and file insertion. However, there is a lot you can do to brainstorm. This is a complete guide for this application which is included in all files Great iPhoneAnd the iPad Versatileor strong mac.
Freeform works similarly and syncs across all three operating systems. So, we’ll only show it on the iPad since it makes more sense on this one. Those using an iPhone or Mac instead can enjoy the same set of features, except for Apple Pencil support. Let’s get started!
Freeform Requirements
To use the Apple Freeform app, you’ll need at least one device that meets the following criteria:
- An iPhone with iOS 16.2 or later.
- An iPad with iPadOS 16.2 or later. Apple Pencil is recommended but not required.
- A Mac with macOS Ventura 13.1 or later.
Various sections of the application
By default, the Freeform app has four sections: all boardsAnd the accidentAnd the subscriberAnd the Favorite. In the app even though they are called boardsAnd it can just be an endless white space to express yourself. If you delete a board, you get a fifth Recently Deleted Section. You can also create as many panels as you want.
- all boards: As its name suggests, this section shows every panel you’ve created on the Freeform app. You can view the panels as icons or in a list. You can also sort them by name, date, etc.
- accident: This section includes the list of panels that you have recently created or modified. You can likewise choose between icons or a list and sort them according to your preference.
- subscriber: Since many people use Freeform to collaborate with others, Apple has included a file subscriber Section. Here, you can view all the forums other users are participating in. You can also change the display type and sort.
- Favorite: If you have a lot of palettes and want to highlight specific palettes that you use frequently, Prefer a palette will add them to this section. This section supports sorting and changing the display type.
- Recently Deleted: As you may have guessed, when you delete a panel, Freeform moves it to that section for 30 days. After 30 days, the app permanently deleted it. From Recently Deleted: You can recover or delete a specific board immediately if you’d rather not wait for a month.
These five sections are available via Freeform on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. If you enable iCloud sync for Freeform through the Settings app, your panels will stay updated across all departments on compatible Apple devices.
Freeform Settings
Before we get to the actual panel creation, let’s just go through the setup of the Freeform app at real speed. Heading over to the Freeform section of the Settings app, you’ll see three toggles: Center guidesAnd the Edge guidesAnd the spacing guides. There’s a fourth, too, if you’re an iPad user who relies on the Apple Pencil, called Select and scroll.
The three guides are for alignment purposes, optionally helping you position the various elements across the board. The fourth gives you the option to use the Apple Pencil to select objects and scroll the canvas. If you disable it, you can still use your finger to perform these tasks.
Board creation and participation
Now, let’s go back to the Apple Freeform app. The first step is to create a new board. To do this, click pencil The icon is highlighted in the screenshot. there he is! You have created your first board. Feel free to play with it. When done, tap behind button in the upper left corner. This will take you back to the main all boards Section.
From here, you can keep the board you just created renameAnd the favoriteAnd the copyAnd the Involvedor delete He. She. All of these options are self-explanatory, but I’ll dive in Involved An option to make a point.
when you press Involved, you can invite other Apple users to collaborate on the selected panel. You can modify the type of access and permissions through the option right above the list of applications. If you prefer to share the board as a flat file, tap Export as PDF at the bottom, and then Choose the sharing application of your choice. This way you share the actual painting, not an invitation to view or edit it.
Now that we’ve covered all the basics, we can go ahead and see what we can do inside the board.
Unleash your creativity in a free-form painting
When you enter or create a board, you’ll see a simple white space with (optional) orientation points all around. This is where your next big life project might begin. The first tool has a file pen icon. When you click on it, a variety of Apple brushes and pens appear. You can then select the brush type, color, and more for freehand drawing. You can use it to link two notes, doodle, illustration, and more.
Next to that, you will find a file NB icon. Clicking on it will insert a yellow sticky note in which you can type text and drag it. It’s perfect for those who want to highlight a specific point next to a different item on the board. It is attractive, simple and easy to use.
Going forward, find a file shapes icon. Through it, you can insert circles, arrows, lines, 3D objects, animals, food, etc. Figures are divided into 16 categories: BasicAnd the EngineeringAnd the ThingsAnd the the animalsAnd the temper natureAnd the foodAnd the letter or symbolAnd the educationAnd the ArtsAnd the SciencesAnd the PeopleAnd the PlacesAnd the ActivitiesAnd the TransportationAnd the a jobAnd the ornaments. There is, too seek A button to help you find something specific without going through endless lists. Once you insert a shape, you can modify its color, size, position, and more.
After that is a file text icon. Clicking it inserts a text box with flexible fonts, styles, colors, and sizes. This tool is perfect for writing descriptions or titles across the board, rather than a note you want to delete later. In the latter case, I recommend using the sticky notes feature mentioned above for better visibility and easier deletion/editing.
Finally, in terms of insertable items, there is a file Attached icon. Clicking it allows you to insert photos, videos, recent media, scan documents with your camera, web links, and almost any file format. This means that you can literally insert any object on a freeform canvas.
Apart from the insert buttons, you will find a file cancel download button (psst, press it to reveal the replay menu), a Involved Button and button to create a new board. By default, the panel is at 100% zoom in/out. You can zoom in up to 400% and zoom out up to 10%. Painting is also limitless, so no matter how broad your ideas are, you can still move around and cover fresh white space. The mentioned zoom ratios are the only technical limits that can make viewing all the items on a very large canvas difficult.
This is it! This is all you need to know about the Freeform app on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. You can use it to plan ahead, share ideas with colleagues or friends, or maybe just for technical reasons. At Freeform, you decide what you want the app to be, not the other way around.
What will you use the Apple Freeform app? Let us know in the comments section below.
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