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Apple redoubles its eco efforts

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Apple dodges anti-trust bullet… mostly

Apple seems to have emerged largely unscathed from its public

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Create a Time Capsule

Set up a shared Time Machine folder accessible to all

Take control of your pics

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Import, organise and edit

How to import, organise and edit images migrated from the

Mute background sounds

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Discover plants and animals

The iPhone’s camera has been used in lots of clever

Using a trackpad

In recent years, Apple has increasingly been extending the abilities

Fantastical for Apple Watch

Fantastical for iOS, iOS 13.2 or later, watchOS 6 or

Thunderbolt 4 and USB 4.0

The tech you use to connect external displays and fast

GENIUS TIPS

Step up to Big Sur in stages or go for

iOS software

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Say hello, wave goodbye

From the first beta in 2000 to Catalina in 2019,

APPLE HOME

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The new smart home is here

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TP-Link Deco X60

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Urbanears Rålis

£169.99 FROM Urbanears, urbanears.com FEATURES Two-way portable speaker, 2x 5W

ShiftCam MultiLens Case for iPhone 11 Pro

£89.99 FROM ShiftCam shiftcam.uk FEATURES 4x optical telephoto lens, 180°

ZAGG Rugged Messenger

£99.99 FROM Zagg, zagg.com FEATURES Full-size backlit scissor keys, trackpad,

SteelSeries Nimbus+

SteelSeries has revamped its much-loved Nimbus controller into the Nimbus+,

Anthropics PortraitPro 19

£34.95 FROM Anthropics, anthropics.com NEEDS Mac OS X 10.7 or

Ulysses 19.2

Ulysses was one of the first text editors to exploit

Alter: Between Two Worlds

£2.99 FROM Crescent Moon Games, crescentmoongames.com NEEDS iOS 9 or

Clario: Security & Privacy

£12 per month/£120 per year FROM Clario, clario.co NEEDS macOS

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Lots of us are trying to use our time to

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