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20 GREAT iOS 14 SHORTCUTS

Essential tools and time-savers for your Shortcuts app

App Store Best of 2020 winners announced

Last year’s App Store winners were announced just as we went to press

5 Things we learned this month

Apple Fitness+ is finally launching Apple Watch news

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iBook G3 SE (Key Lime)

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BUYER’S GUIDE

Every iPhone and iPad that you can buy gets the iCreate review treatment

Do more with clips in Photos

Adjust your video footage using the Big Sur Photos app’s expanded video editing capabilities

How to edit and share your HDR movies

How to shoot, edit and share High Dynamic Range footage on an iPhone 12 model

Edit using Photoshop documents

Animate a Photoshop document’s layers and combine with video for unique title sequences

Choose your best takes

We examine how recording with the cycle mode provides multiple takes you can switch between while choosing your best performances

Using external iOS synths

Unleash your iOS devices’ sonic potential as external instruments in Logic

Tune-up your macOS privacy

macOS may be secure, but there are still many different ways in which you can enhance your privacy

Assign tasks with Reminders

Create shared Reminders lists and then assign tasks to each person

Master Google Analytics

Google Analytics helps you understand how well your website is performing

Build a Mac games console

Stadia helps you avoid the powerful hardware needed for an advanced gaming experience

Train a machine learning model

Import images and create a machine learning dataset without the need for programming

Tint your Mac screen

This very simple app can offer huge benefits for your health over extended periods of time

Customise your date display

Dato lets you simplify and enhance the date and time in your macOS menu bar in seconds

Identify songs with Shazam

Need to know the name of a song and who created it? Use the Music Recognition button

Be alerted when people get too close

A new feature for LiDAR-enabled devices will detect when people are near you

Sleep better with Wind Down

Set up Wind Down on your iPhone with iOS 14 and prepare yourself for a good night’s sleep

Go sightseeing with Maps

Explore street level views and see the sights, attractions, shops and more in the iPhone Maps app

Get more from iPhone search

iOS search does more than you might think. Widen your searches and take advantage of search and Siri

Create transparent widgets on your iPhone

Customise your Home Screen by having key information displayed over a transparent background for a cleaner look

Get your game on with GameClub

GameClub is a retro-inspired, easy to set up and good value alternative to Apple Arcade

Create forms on your iPad with Numbers 10.2

Forms make entering data easier on devices with small screens, or when you need to make tables

Access the best of Netflix US anywhere

You can use your iPad to access the US version of Netflix which, for some, will offer much better content

Enjoy perfectly formatted content on your iPad

Formatting long web articles has always been a hit or miss unfair, but SendtoReader sorts that problem

Set directions to pre-saved locations in Google Maps

Get estimated times of arrival and step-by-step directions on your wrist with this Apple Maps alternative

Apple Watch games

You really can enjoy quick games on your Apple Watch

Access an Apple TV remote in iOS

Don’t worry about losing your Siri Remote down the side of the sofa – you can use your iPhone

MacBook Air (M1, 2020)

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HomePod mini

£99.99/$99.99

Accessories

Carnovsky Ocean Jigsaw Puzzle £14.99/$19.95 amazon.co.uk These 500-piece

djay Pro AI

The intuitive iOS mixing software just got hands-free

Podcast

The CultCast By America’s Favourite Apple Podcast This

PAC-MAN Party Royale

Price Arcade subscription Requirements iOS 13.0 or later