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Apple has big iPhone plans for this year

Big updates coming to iOS 18 and the iPhone 16

Vision Pro goes on sale in the US

Customers got to try out the Vision Pro

APPLE NEWS ROUNDUP

APPLE CAR HITS A ROADBLOCK APPLE SCALES BACK

New Macs and iPads could be just around the corner

First-ever OLED iPad Pro and M3 Ultra Macs among planned products

Security researcher’s alleged scam

Roskin-Frazee is accused of obtaining over $3 million from Apple

ScreenFloat2 £14.99

Screenshots, but done better with all sorts of options

Media Picks

What you should be playing and reading this month

Apple Vision Pro

A revolution in progress

MATT BOLTON…

WASN’T SURE ABOUT APPLE’S CONTROL EVEN OUTSIDE THE APP STORE, BUT IT’S BETTER THAN LEAVING IT TO META

Beyond the App Store

New regulations are changing the way Apple operates in the EU, but their impact could be felt far and wide

Mail, Messages, Notes & FaceTime

Great tips and tricks you might not know… 

Camera, Photos & AR

Get even more from your iPhone’s amazing cameras

Fitness, Health & Well-being

Use your iPhone to guard your physical and mental health

Siri & Spotlight

These two amazing iPhone features can do more than you think

Maps, Find My & Safari

Are you getting the most from some of Apple’s most popular apps?

Focus modes, Notifications, Settings & more

More deep cuts from your iPhone’s famous features

APPLE SKILLS

NEW IDEAS Your in-depth guide to getting more

Create engaging slideshows

The latest Keynote update has a bunch of exciting new features to try

Take control of the menu bar

End the menu bar nightmare once and for all with Bartender 5

Work with HDR images

Edit and share HDR images (and videos) with Pixelmator Pro 3.5 Flare

Detect objects, text and people

Go beyond simply taking a closer look at stuff

Make your iPhone more secure

Stop ne’er-do-wells accessing your iPhone

Quickly capture your best ideas with Funnel

Manage your thoughts in a flash

Make home cooking easy

Take control of your cooking and keep track of all your recipes

Using DockKit-compatible stands for iPhone videos

Apple’s new API can control motorised tripods and stands for subject tracking

Combining APIs for one vision

The DockKit API can tell the difference between

GENIUS TIPS

EXPERT ADVICE Our resident genius solves your Mac

iOS software

Swipe away your touchscreen troubles and rekindle your love of Apple’s mobile devices

Networking

We help to solve your Wi-Fi woes and connection conundrums

Which SMB version?

Checking which version of SMB is being used

Is my iCloud Drive full?

QmacOS has warned me that I need to free up storage space in iCloud, but when I check how much is used in the Finder, there should still be plenty left. Is this just a ploy to get me to pay for more space?

macOS

Shine a spotlight on the solutions to your most irritating Mac problems

Back up a virtual machine

Back up those virtual machines using a third-party

Where you can’t use an alias

Q My Mac has an external disk named

Best mac Utilities... EVER

Improve your Mac experience and boost productivity with these awesome utility apps

Customise, organise

Personalise macOS and keep everything in order

Backup and maintenance

Apps to improve system efficiency and security

5 best Safari web extensions

Grammarly Free FROM grammarly.com It checks your online

DaisyDisk

£9.99 daisydiskapp.com NEEDS macOS 10.13 or later FROM

Parallels Toolbox

£20.99 parallels.com NEEDS macOS 10.14 or later per year FROM

Productivity boosters

Optimise your workflow with these apps

Keepyour old Mac running

Do you have a legacy Mac that’s no longer updated? Don’t throw it away – there’s plenty you can still do with it

Pep up your Mac: Quick fixes

What you can do to keep your older Mac in tip-top shape

5 best lightweight apps

Bean bean-osx.com Bean is a free word processor

Investigating iCloud

iCloud was first introduced in 2011, so it

Dashboard

Remember Dashboard? First introduced with OS X 10.4

Legacy ports

Your older Mac is likely to have ports

Use your 32-bit applications

Apple stopped supporting 32-bit apps, but they still run in High Sierra

HOW TO Clean install macOS >

1 Back up your Mac Before reformatting

APPLE CHOICE

BUYING ADVICE Our authoritative reviews help you make

Mobile Pixels Geminos

Avertical-stacking dual-monitor display with limited appeal

Astell &Kern HC4

This portable DAC provides audiophile music quality on the go

Nomad Stand One Max

Acapable, but expensive, 3-in-1 charger

Edif ier S1000W

Play all your analogue and wireless music

Asustor Nimbustor 2 Gen 2 AS5402T

Network-attached storage and more

Shure AONIC 50 Gen 2

Wired or wireless listening with tons of options

Nebula Mars 3 Air

Atiny portable projector for big screen thrills

Six best inkjet photo printers

Turn your iPhone photos into stunning keepsakes with these colour printers

Things to consider…

1 How good is the photo printing? Check

Canon MegaTank Pixma G650

£279.99 FROM canon.co.uk

Canon Pixma TS5350i

£89.99 FROM canon.co.uk

Canon Pixma TS8750

£149.99 FROM canon.co.uk

Epson EcoTank ET-1810

£189.99 FROM epson.co.uk

Epson EcoTank ET-2856

£309.99 FROM epson.co.uk

Epson EcoTank ET-8500

£649.99 FROM epson.co.uk

Epson EcoTank ET-8500

Superb photo printing and an excellent feature set

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2024

Get creative in a few clicks and create eye-catching social media content

Screens 5

This VNC remote desktop allows enables easy screen sharing

To Hell With The Ugly

Our air-headed protagonist proves it ain’t easy being gorgeous

6 to ways to improve Safari

Safari extensions for enhanced browsing

STORE GUIDE

Your guide to the best Apple hardware and third-party accessories

One more thing Apple Vision Pro

Graham Barlow wonders if next year’s UK release of the Vision Pro will see some changes