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“The new Mac Studio is positively humming with power and flush with connectivity ports”

New iPhone SE brings peak performance

The Apple March event was a big one, let’s kick off with the new iPhone…

5 Things we learned this month

iPhone news New green finishes added to the

iCloud SUPERGUIDE

How to understand and utilise the full power of Apple’s iCloud service

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

Apply some monochrome magic to your photos

How to use a variety of techniques to create striking black and white shots

Change location with green screen techniques

Creatively combine layered clips to place a person in a completely new location

Make text messages appear in Final Cut Pro

Add animated floating speech bubbles to illustrate an iPhone text message conversation in your project

Quantising MIDI notes for better timing

When your natural musical timing isn’t impeccable, you can try using Quantisation to improve the timing

Auto-panned Percussion with Step FX

Learn how to use Step FX and create more movement in your Logic Pro percussion tracks

Create your own window manager with Shortcuts

Organise windows on the desktop to centre them, tile them in corners and more, using the Shortcuts app

Bulk process images at the command prompt

Use the tools built into macOS to manipulate images from the command line in a Terminal window

Blur your house in Google Maps and Apple Maps

If you don’t want the public to virtually peep at your property, it’s time to hide it from view

Control Reminders from the menu bar

You don’t need to open the Reminders app to create a reminder. Do it from the menu bar

Use content caching on the Mac to share updates

Save internet bandwidth and speed up macOS, iOS and iPadOS updates using a cache on the Mac

Edit video and audio in Keynote slides

Use the editing controls to make video clips in Keynote stand out. We show you how to trim them and add effects

10 ways to free up space on a Mac

The Mac range starts with just 256 GB of storage, so save space to free up storage

MASTER GARAGEBAND’S BIGGEST EVER UPDATE!

Discover the amazing new ‘A-list’ sounds and how to use them in your own projects

Master the Live Text feature in iOS 15

Use Live Text to copy and share text in photos, translate languages, make a call and much more besides!

Make calls over Wi-Fi on your iPhone

Find it hard to get a decent cellular reception? Then make and receive calls over a Wi-Fi connection instead

Stop receiving texts from people you don’t know

Declutter your messages by only allowing texts from your contacts

Monitor how steadily you are walking

Use the Health app on your iPhone to track how wonky you may be walking and assess your risk of falling

Discover where you have been by viewing location data

Your iPhone can keep track of the locations you have visited

Understand and improve the food you eat

The free NHS Food Scanner app offers an easy way to monitor and improve what you eat

Manage your life in efficient style with the Notion app

Notion can be customised to fit your tasks and projects

Create and view app privacy reports

See the data, sensors and web domains that are secretly accessed by apps on your iPhone

Drag emails to Apple Notes and Reminders

You can link email content between Apple apps on your iPad with a little-known drag and drop technique

Improve your iPad multitasking experience with Shortcuts

The iPad is a powerful device capable of desktop-level productivity and Shortcuts can help make it even more powerful

Build a DSLR camera Apple Watch experience

Improve your iPhone camera photography with your Apple Watch

Take your gym routines to new levels

SmartGym offers an advanced solution for tracking your workouts

View your Photos Memories on your Apple TV

Relive your amazing moments by viewing short movies made up of your photos and videos

JBL 4309 Studio Monitor Speakers

£1,899/$2,000 Key features 42Hz-30kHz • 1.6kHz crossover frequency

Austrian Audio Hi-X25BT Headphones

Key features Bluetooth 5.0 • 12Hz-24kHz • SBC

Accessories

Mobvoi Earbuds ANC £49.99/$59.99 mobvoi.com These earbuds

FAME Studio Reverb

Replicate the classic studio sound in T-RackS

Apple iMac G3/500

Release date: February 2001