THE GREAT REFRESH

SPRING IS ALMOST here, and with it the

Privacy and data security at risk?

Assessing recent threats to your sensitive information

Meta ends fact–checking

Facebook “restoring free expression”

IPhone still number one

THE GLOBAL SMARTPHONE market grew by 3% in

AI getting it wrong

“Misleading” headlines

THE BEST TECH FROM CES 2025 LAS VEGAS NEVADA

CES has once again offered an exciting sneak

THE SHIFT

JOHN–ANTHONY DISOTTO With a fair bit of bad press surrounding Apple Intelligence Notification summaries, the company has a long way to go

LETTER OF THE MONTH

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DETOX YOUR MAC (and iOS devices)

Are you running out of storage? Do you wish your Mac was quick and snappy again? With our help, you can get rid of space hogs, delete temporary files, and more

Manage your music

In the final part of our guide, we explain how Apple Music can help manage your song collection

THE ULTIMATE APPLE FITNESS GUIDE

Discover some great ways you can use your iPhone and Apple Watch to get fitter and healthier in 2025

Boost health & fitness with your iPhone

Burn those calories and keep track of your progress

Fitness+

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Boost your health and fitness with your Watch

Stay on top of workouts and keep in good shape

Top 5 Fitness apps

Nike Training Club: Fitness > Free

Use Writing Tools

Write smarter in apps like Pages, Notes, Mail and Messages

Clean up your photos

Use the new AI-powered Clean Up tool to remove unwanted objects

What’s new in Mail

Handle your messages the smart way with new Apple Intelligence features

Customize Focus modes

Create schedules to avoid unwanted distractions

What’s new in Siri on iPhone

Siri is definitely more stylish — and it’s a lot smarter now too

Get funky with Messages in iOS

Add text effects and more to your chats

Use spatial capture on iPhone

Capture stills and clips that can be viewed in 3D on the Apple Vision Pro

Name that tune!

Easily identify songs on Apple Watch — we show you how

Apple’s Fusion camera

The new camera on iPhone 16 with multiple personalities explained

Our chips are all grown up

EXPERT ADVICE Our resident genius Howard Oakley solves

> Rebuilding Spotlight indexes

Since upgrading my M1 Mac mini to macOS 15 (Sequoia), it spends 10–15 minutes after startup rebuilding Spotlight’s indexes. Is this a known bug, and how can I stop it?

> Free up space for AI

Before I can try out Apple Intelligence by updating to iOS 18.2, I need to free up some space. How much will I need, and how can I best do that?

Quick–fire questions & answers

CAN I SEND MY JOURNAL ENTRIES TO MY

Quick–fire questions & answers

WHICH 14–CORE FOR A MACBOOK PRO: M4 PRO

> Replace a dying Fusion Drive

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

> More cores for better gaming

Why should I prefer 10 cores to eight in my M4 iMac?

> There’s more to that button than power

Why has Apple hidden the power button on the M4 Mac mini?

Quick–fire questions & answers

CAN I UPGRADE THE MEMORY IN MY iMAC

> Repair a disk error in recovery

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

> Which free space figure do I believe?

When I try installing software, my Mac refuses, claiming there’s less than 30GB free space, but Storage tells me there’s over 100GB available. Which storage info is right?

> Missing Quick Look previews

Why have some Quick Look previews stopped working in macOS 15 (Sequoia)?

Quick–fire questions & answers

WHERE HAS PERIODIC GONE IN macOS 15 (SEQUOIA)?

Nebula Cosmos 4K SE

A portable, smart Ultra HD projector for watching movies at home

Marshall Emberton III

Big sound, small package

Asustor Lockerstor 4 Gen3 AS6804T

Network storage and more

Logic Pro 11.1

Our favorite audio app just got even more amazing

Logitech MX Creative Console

The ultimate control pads for your Mac

Arco

An RPG where death comes easy

Creative Zen Air SXFI

Good sound and battery life at a competitive price

Best of the best

Can’t find the hardware or app you’re looking for in our reviews section? Then check in here — we’ve highlighted the best in every major category, as voted for by us