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The iPhone in NUMBERS

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AppleTV+

With a small market share, what next for Apple’s streaming service?

IOS 18 SUPERGUIDE

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Apple Intelligence For high-end iPhones

It’s arguably the most exciting new feature, but what can it do for you?

Customise the Home Screen

iOS 18 brings great new ways to personalise your iPhone

Mail, Messages & Safari

What does iOS 18 bring to these popular apps?

Customise the Control Centre

Impressive new features!

Passwords and privacy

There’s a great new app for password management

Everything else

What else does the iOS 18 update have in store?

Master Apple shortcuts

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Create great movies now!

Turn your video clips into slickly edited stories with pro production values

IMovie basics

Shoot and import assets for your edit

Advanced editing in iMovie

Adjust colours and tones and edit in layers to combine clips

Finishing touches

Add titles and transitions and give your audio a professional polish

KIT OUT YOUR HOME OFFICE

Create the perfect working environment in your own space

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ADD-ONS & ACCESSORIES

Peripherals that will help take your working life to another level

OTHER DESK ACESSORIES

HomePod > £299 > apple.com/uk > Music is

Share songs, shows and movies

Use SharePlay with Apple TV and Music to share media with faraway pals

Protect your Mac

Discover how to keep viruses and ransomware at bay with antimalware

Run Windows games

Discover how to run Windows games and apps with Cross Over

Go further with Freeform

Share your scribbles, discuss your diagrams and have fun in Freeform

Cook dinner with Crouton

Beans on toast? Again?! Why not fire up your tastebuds with Crouton instead?

Follow the sun with Sunlitt

You may not see it but you’ll always know the sun is there

Create custom wallpapers

See your favourite photos on your iPad’s Lock Screen and Home Screen

Optimise your exercise

Use Gentler Streak to improve your fitness without breaking your body

Optimised Battery Charging

How your Mac, iPhone and iPad make their batteries last longer

Could Macs get Crowd Struck?

No Macs were affected in July’s Crowd

Run old Windows software on a new Mac

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Quick-fire questions

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IOS software

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

Quick-fire questions

How to exclude files from iCloud Drive? >

Networking

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

Quick-fire questions

How to reset the NVRAM in my M2

MacOS

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

SanDisk Desk Drive 8TB

External USB 3.2 Gen 2 solid-state drive (SSD)

BlueAnt Soundblade

Power up your music, games and movies

Logitech MX Keys S Combo For Mac

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it…

Anker Prime 250W Charging Station

250W of flexible charging from your desktop

Soundcore Boom 2 Plus

Boom by name, boom by nature

Satechi Thunderbolt 4 Docking Station

The easy way to add more ports to your Mac

HP OfficeJet Pro 8122e

A home printer that does more than look good on paper

Umbra Cup Lamp

Shed a little light on the situation

TRIBIT StormBox 2

Budget Bluetooth speakers are getting better

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Proton VPN

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Mercury Weather

As quick as looking out of the window

The Star Named EOS

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Logic Pro for iPad 2.0

A serious music studio for iPad

How to make and mix music with Logic Pro 2.0

Creative touch input When using the on-screen keys

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IMACFROM £1,399

In October 2023, Apple updated its only iMac,

MacBook Air From £1,099

EXPECTED MAR 2025 UPDATED MAR 2024 Apple’s most

Mac mini £649

EXPECTED OCT 2024 UPDATED JAN 2023 Apple’s most

MacBook Pro

From £1,699 EXPECTED OCT 2024 UPDATED OCT 2023

Mac Studio From £2,099

The Mac Studio finally received a long-hoped-for update

iPad/mini

UPDATED OCT 2022 EMUM iPad (10th gen) From

iPad Air £599From

XPECTED AY 2025 UPDATED MAY 2024 In May

iPad ProFrom

EXPECTED MAY 2025 UPDATED MAY 2024 £999 Alongside

iPhone SE

XPECTED MAR 2025 UPDATED MAR 2022 From £429

iPhone 15/ Plus

UPDATED SEPT 2023 iPhone 15 From £799 iPhone

iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max

EXPECTED SEPT 2024 UPDATED SEPT 2023 iPhone 15

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