Apple Inc. is updating its software for iPhones so users can cut, copy and paste text -- a basic computing feature missing from the gadget that seems to do everything.

Apple's QuickType keyboard has gained new iPad-specific functions in iOS 9, including a "Shortcut Bar" with quick links to commonly used text entry functions like cut, copy, paste, and font options.

How to paste on a Mac or MacBook. The process is similar if you want to know “how do I paste on a Mac”. As above, you need to first select the text or object you want to copy or cut.

Tesler joined Apple in 1980 and worked on the Mac, which used his cut, copy and paste commands, and other projects. Tesler would become chief scientist at Apple before leaving the company in 1997.

Now, former Apple engineer Ken Kocienda, who is the inventor of iPhone autocorrect, has explained why the feature was not included. “The original iPhone didn’t have cut/copy/paste. Infamous!