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Personalise your iPhone

Explore iOS 27’s extensive customisation features

Camera & Photos

Apple goes all-in on AI to enhance your images

Clever communications

Useful upgrades in Phone, Mail, Messages and FaceTime

iPadOS and watchOS

Apple brings iOS 27 style to iPad and Apple

Safari, Reminders and Notes

Tweaks and improvements for everyday use

Everything else

The good news keeps on coming

Master Apple shortcuts

The modifier keys enable you to use shortcuts

Easily back up your iCloud data

Keep your files safely stored with Parachute Backup

Power up switching on Mac

Use DockDoor to switch apps and windows from your Dock and more

Play music like it’s meant to be heard

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Get yourself moving

Banish being sedentary forever

Master the Sports app

Take in all the action on your iPhone

A fun way to send messages

Send handwritten messages and sketches

Help your Apple Watch live longer

Easily boost the battery life of your watch by taking a few simple steps

Practise self-care with Tangerine

Track your mood and form good habits

Retain disk image access

You can still create and use encrypted HFS+

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Mac hardware

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Mac software

Resolving riddles and restrictions with what you want to run on your Mac

Repurpose your Intel Mac

Just because your Mac can’t run macOS 27, that doesn’t mean it should be retired – give it a second life instead

Turn your Mac into a Windows PC

Embrace the dark side by running – or even booting into – Windows on your Intel Mac

Use your Mac as a server

Stash and retrieve files and media from an old Mac

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Make your Mac a one-app device

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Build a retro-gaming machine

Access decades of games from a single machine

The Origins of the MAC

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Keep your Mac safe from viruses and other malware

F-Secure Internet Security

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