Between now and a month after iPadOS 26 is released, I am working exclusively on an iPad to see if I can once again do all of my work without a Mac.
That is only context, not the point of this post.
As far as I know, there is no utility on the iPad for text transformations. Drafts can do it, but that requires shuffling text back and forth between apps, which is less than ideal.
On a whim, I selected text, chose Compose in Apple Intelligence, and asked it to transform the text. It worked.
Hardly earth-shattering.
The point is simple: this provides a no-cost, built-in way to use Apple Intelligence for text transformations directly on the iPad, without relying on another app.
While not enough to get me to turn on Apple Intelligence, that is the type of thing I would use it for. And also something that can remain on-device, which is a factor.
That’s helpful Barret! I keep frowning when I see the Apple Intelligence “Writing Tools” menu option, because in the dozen or so times I’ve used them, they’ve only ever made things worse. I never thought of using them like this. Thanks!
What type of transformation did you run? Was it like “remove markup” or “trim line-feeds” type of operation or some LLM re-write / re-phrase of your text?
Yes, I should’ve been more specific. In this particular instance, I asked it to change the title from lowercase, which is how I had typed it, to title case.
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