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THE GEAR WE’RE LUSTING AFTER

The M1 iMac IN NUMBERS

Apple’s cute and colourful iMac is more than just a pretty face. It has the horsepower too, as this numerical rundown reveals

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Apple Music, Apple TV+ and more

Why Apple is all about services – and which ones are worth your time (and money)

ULTIMATE GUIDE TO iPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY

Discover how to master the controls and settings in your iPhone (and Photos app) to capture well-composed, correctly exposed and artefact-free shots

Portrait and landscape photography

You can take incredible vista photos on your iPhone. Here’s how…

Master low-light photography

Get the best results in low light with an iPhone 12

Master Video, Slo-mo, Live Photo and more

The Camera app on your iPhone has plenty of features to explore

Import and organise your images on Mac

How to upload, sync, and share your shots

Edit your images on Mac

Improve the look of your photos and video using the Photos app’s built-in tools

APPLE SKILLS

NEW IDEAS Your in-depth guide to getting more

Play live with your Mac

Burst out of the bedroom and take your Mac on stage

Improve the look of your photos

How to use lookup tables to creatively adjust colours and tones in your pictures

Use Microsoft Teams

Chat, schedule meetings, and share your screen with friends and family

Use Handoff and Continuity

Make your Mac and Apple mobile devices work in perfect harmony

Save articles to read later

Put the whole world (wide web) in your Pocket

Set up Emergency SOS

With your Apple devices you can get help when you need it

Give your music a spin

Get back into a retro turntable vibe with the Vinyls app

Master your HomePod mini

Apple’s smart speaker is smarter than you know – find out how right here

Apple Pencil

How Apple’s superb stylus does the write thing

GENIUS TIPS

EXPERT ADVICE Our resident genius solves your Mac

The new Recovery position

Hidden behind friendly windows and menus is a

iOS software

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

Quick-fire questions

Can I set a different ringtone on my

Networking

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

Quick-fire questions

How to get BT Cloud working in Big

Safari crashes when opened

Controlling extensions, the Start Page, and history are

Efficient Big Sur updates

Q When Apple releases a Big Sur update,

Mac software

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

Quick-fire questions

Why has my new antivirus disabled Maps? >

Redacting a PDF robustly

Q How can I remove private material from

How big can a Photos library get?

Q I have one huge Photos library with

THE REVOLUTION HAS BEEN TELEVISED

Avanti comrades! How Apple’s ‘hobby’ went from zero to hero and revolutionised TV along the way

FROM BACK SEAT TO FRONT ROW

What was the Apple TV? No, seriously, we still can’t work it out

FORM SD TO HD

The pace picks up – here come movies and iOS

4K AND BEYOND

The next generation of Apple TV hits the mark

How to use Apple’s Keynote presentation tool

Take your presentation skills to the next level by getting to grips with Apple’s slideshow tool

Create a presentation from a template

Keynote templates make it easy to create your own presentations

Builds and animations

Add builds and transitions to slides to make your presentation stand out

APPLE CHOICE

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Sony WF-1000XM4

Meet the new boss of the true wireless earbud set

Amazon eero 6

Another great mesh router from Amazon

Rapoo 9500M Multi-Mode Desktop Set

A keyboard and mouse combo for Mac, PC and mobile devices

ViewSonic VP2768a ColorPro

A QHD 2K display boasting good colour and connections

Portable Bluetooth speakers

Group test

Soundcore Motion+

An affordable, great sounding and waterproof speaker you can take anywhere

Carbon Copy Cloner 6

Backup and disk copying utility

F-Secure TOTAL

Can this Finnish security product compete with the big boys?

Genius Scan+

Fast scans and excellent OCR

TouchRetouch

One–touch object removal for pics

Fantasian

A flawed adventure story

Yoga apps

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6 apps to make the most of the summer

A serving of apps that deserve a place in the sun

STORE GUIDE

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

MacBook Pro

From £1,299 EXPECTED SEP 2021 UPDATED NOV 2020

Mac Pro

From £5,499 EXPECTED DEC 2021 Aimed at creative

MacBook Air

From £999 EXPECTED SEP 2021 UPDATED NOV 2020

Mac mini

From £699 EXPECTED SEP 2021 UPDATED NOV 2020

Apple TV 4K

EXPECTED APR 2023 UPDATED APR 2021 From £169

iPhone

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iPad

EXPECTED SEPT 2021 UPDATED SEPT 2020 From £329

iPad Air

EXPECTED OCT 2021 UPDATED OCT 2020 From £579

Watch

From £379 (Series 6) The world’s number one

AirPods Max

From £549 Apple’s rather expensive over-ear headphones are

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The PowerBook family

Charlotte Henry looks back at the groundbreaking product that launched Apple into the laptop market