Bigger screen, more of the book
On iPad, Lexory reads in two columns, opens a second window for your Dictionary, and takes the keyboard, trackpad and mouse. On a Mac with Apple silicon it installs from the Mac App Store and runs as the iPad app, with the same commands in the menu bar.
Two columns, like a book
In landscape — and on iPad in portrait too — the page splits into two columns from about 800 points of width. Rotate the iPad and the spread stays; resize the window in Stage Manager and the pages lay themselves out again, keeping your place.
Two windows: the book and your words
Touch and hold a book and choose Open in New Window; open the Dictionary in a window of its own from its screen. Put them side by side — read on the left, check the word you just saved on the right. Windows of any size work: in a narrow window Lexory shows the iPhone layout with tabs at the bottom.
Keyboard, trackpad, mouse
In an open book: ← → or Space turn the page, Shift + Space goes back, Page Up and Page Down too; ⌘F searches the book, ⌘W closes it, Esc hides the toolbars. Two-finger scrolling on the trackpad or the mouse wheel turns one page per gesture; buttons highlight under the pointer. The same commands are in the Book menu in the menu bar — always visible on Mac; on iPadOS 26, swipe down from the top edge or move the pointer there.
| Action | Keys |
|---|---|
| Next / previous page | → ← · Space / Shift + Space · Page Down / Page Up |
| Search in the book | ⌘F |
| Close the book | ⌘W |
| Hide the toolbars | Esc |
Drag and drop
Drag books, audio files, folders or links from Files, Finder or another app onto Home, Library or Audio. Lexory shows what it found — books, audiobooks, skipped files — and adds it like the Share menu does.
Themes and fonts on the big screen
The Theme sheet shows five themes per row, the toolbar follows the theme, and your own fonts work the same way.
On the Mac
Lexory is an iPhone and iPad app. On a Mac with Apple silicon it’s in the Mac App Store and runs as the iPad app: your purchase and trial are the same, the Book menu is in the menu bar, drag and drop works from Finder, and iCloud sync brings your library over. It doesn’t run on Intel Macs.
Good to know
- One reader at a time: opening a book in a second window closes the book in the first. A book and the Dictionary side by side — yes; two books — not yet.
- The Orientation setting doesn’t lock orientation on iPad — iPadOS doesn’t allow it for apps with multitasking.
- On iPadOS 26 there’s no ⌘-hold shortcut hint; the Book menu is in the menu bar at the top.
- The input language in the search field is switched by iOS (Control + Space or the globe key) and needs the layout added in Settings ▸ General ▸ Keyboard.
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