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First look at the new Apple AirPods Max

Are they the perfect headphones for Apple devotees?

5 Things we learned this month

Apple is no fan of new social platform

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Get Fit with Apple

How to use your Apple gear to improve your fitness, your diet and your wellbeing

Create more autumnal colours

Discover how to make selective adjustments to your seasonal snaps to emphasise autumnal colours

Create a video postcard using iMovie

Present a place as an eye-catching video montage sequence

Create a Film Noir look in Final Cut Pro X

Use histograms and colour filters to create high contrast and moody monochrome clips

Tips for processing your vocals

Learn some simple techniques for enhancing the singing performances within your songs

Using Logic’s Drum Synth plugin

Piece together great-sounding electronic drum kits with Drum Synth

Use iOS apps on your Mac

Being able to use iOS apps and games on your Mac is more beneficial than you may think

Use your Mac and iPad together

You can expand the hardware setup of your Mac if you have an iPad

Run Windows apps on M1 Macs

Use CrossOver to run Windows apps on M1 and Intel Macs without Windows or a licence

Bring back Mail’s Search bar

Customise your Mail toolbar in Big Sur

Prepare your Mac for sale

Buying an M1 Mac? Fund it by trading in your old Mac. Here’s what to do to prepare it…

Export and import photos

Master importing and exporting photos from the Photos app. There are more features than you might think

Manage and edit Mac widgets

Get to grips with the new way of working with widgets in Big Sur

Search tips for Alfred

How to use the best features to get more from Alfred, the personal assistant for your Mac

30 best Safari secrets

Improve your web browsing experience with these essential tips and tricks

Is Sam better than Siri?

Sam offers a new way to manage your days and it just may become indispensable to you

Take square pics using Camera

Change from a 4:3 ratio to 1:1 (or even 16:9) and take social media-friendly shots on your iPhone

Monitor the loudness of your headphones

A Headphone Safety features lets you check the decibel level of your audio. Apple will automatically take action if it gets too loud

Explore Google’s growing set of widgets

Make use of shortcuts to Google’s most well-used services and view key information at-a-glance

Bring back full-screen incoming calls

Go back to the days of iOS 13 and earlier by ensuring incoming call notifications take up the entire display

Countdown to events with emoji

When counting down to events one of the most important aspects is being able to see them each day

Track your sleep with iPhone

Monitor your slumber and make sure you are getting sufficient rest each night using your iPhone

Edit images with Photos on your iPad

It may not be the most fully featured photo editor, but Photos on iPadOS is very good at handling the basics

Get organised with Zenkit Base

Create and manage to-do lists, tasks, projects and more with Zenkit on the Mac or iPad

How to manage your Apple Watch storage

Don’t clog up your wearable by having apps and media you don’t need by following these management tips

Create a Memoji Watch face

With watchOS 7 you can use a Memoji as your watch face and lend your wearable an extra personal touch

Select which aerial screen savers you want on Apple TV

There are four different screen saver themes built into tvOS 14 and you can determine which type you will see…

Genius Bar

Our Apple devices and the software on them are some of the finest products on the planet, but even they have their moments. We’re here to give you expert advice and get you back up and running in no time

Apple Expert

The one-stop column for Genius advice

Apple Expert

The one-stop column for Genius advice

Accessories

Helm Audio BOLT DAC/AMP £75/$99 helmaudio.com If you

AmpliTube 5

AKA the Mac guitar software of the gods!

Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon

Price Arcade subscription Requirements iOS 13.0 or later

Gemini 2: The Duplicate Finder

Price £19.95/$19.95 Requirements MacOS 10.10 or later Learn

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Podcast Rockonteurs Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt This

Apple TV (1st generation)

Release date January 2007