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APPLE CORE

Apple introduced a blood oxygen monitor in the

Vision Pro preview

40 years after the Mac made its debut, Apple is reinventing computing –again!

Hands-on…

BRITTA O’BOYLE TRIED THE VISION PRO – THESE ARE THE THINGS TO BE MOST EXCITED ABOUT

[MAC APP] iAWriter7 £49.99

Update keeps artificial intelligence (AI) under your control

Rewind – Keep Your Music Safe

FREE (offers IAPs) Have you ever accidentally deleted

South of the Circle

FREE (offers IAPs) Set against a backdrop of

GRID Legends: Deluxe Edition £34.99

GRID Legends features a customisable race creator, live-action

Media Picks

What you should be playing and reading this month

MATT BOLTON…

THINKS THAT THE VISION PRO LAUNCH IS IN AN AWKWARD SPACE BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE FUTURE

THE BEST TECH FROM CES 2024 LAS VEGAS NEVADA

The Consumer Electronics Show proves there’s more to Las Vegas than The Sphere and casinos. Here are some of the highlights

Give your Mac a speed boost!

Is your Mac running slowly? Do you get the dreaded spinning beach ball every time you try to do something? If so, these tips and tricks are for you

Start up faster

Get up and running in double quick time

Speed up Finder

Discover some clever ways you can navigate your Mac faster

Work smarter not harder

Make life easier with these advanced tips

Get tricksy with Terminal

Feeling brave? Try these tips and tricks to speed up the way you use your Mac

Save time with Shortcuts

Create your own macros for instant Mac joy!

Other tricks you can try

Yet more tips and tricks to help speed up your Mac

Master Apple shortcuts

macOS Cmd is the Command key. Alt or

Get fit and healthy in 2024

Make the most of your outdoor activities or get fit without leaving the house with Apple’s range of apps and devices aimed at keeping you in tip-top shape

Journal Beginner’s Guide to

Journal has finally made it to the iPhone, and it’s a digital diary app that everyone can benefit from

Find files faster with Finder tags

Benefit from more orderly organisation for everything on your Mac

Master charts and graphs

Present your data as interesting graphs and colourful charts in Numbers

Edit and share your movies

Create slick-looking video content that will engage social followers

Never be late again!

Stay on schedule with Midnight Alarm Clock – the ultimate alarm organiser

Make sense of Notes

Get all your handy lists and ideas more organised on iOS

Identify music & add to playlists

Use Shazam – and Apple Music – to recognise a tune and do plenty more

Share your location

Use your iPhone to let friends and family know when you’ll arrive

Master the Weather app

Is today going to be a T-shirt kind of day? Your Apple Watch can tell you

Unified memory

There’s a cost but unfied memory helps to make Apple silicon Macs more efficient

GENIUS TIPS

E EXPERT ADVICE Our resident genius solves your

Quick-fire questions

Why does my iPhone sometimes limit sound volume?

Quick-fire questions

Does AppleCare+ include cover for water damage? >

Mac hardware

We help to solve your hardware hassles, from interrupted upgrades to running diagnostics

Quick-fire questions

How to access the OED 4.0 CD-ROM on

Mac software

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

BenQ PD3220U

An affordable and versatile 32-inch display with 4K resolution

TP-Link Tapo Mini Smart Wi-Fi Plug

The home smart plug just got smarter

Edifier NeoBuds Pro 2

Strong noise cancelling in an affordable package

Eufy Indoor Cam S350

Cutesy security camera with added smarts

Anker Prime A1340 Power Bank &A1902 Charging Base

Stylish charging combo with plenty of power

Zapbox

Amixed reality headset with mixed results

Notebook bags

Gomatic 14L Travel Pack £259 FROM gomatic.co.uk DIMENSIONS

iPad art apps

Create a whole studio inside your iPad

Art Set 4

A pure painting app for the discerning artist

Adobe Premiere Elements 2024

Turn clips into slickly edited stories

SpamSieve 3

Aspam filter for email that trains as it works

Hitman: Blood Money – Reprisal

Another surgical strike from Feral Interactive

6 apps for Dabbling with AI

Bring artificial intelligence smarts to your iPhone

STORE GUIDE

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

Apple subscriptions

Graham Barlow likes Apple’s approach to that old maxim, buy in haste, regret at leisure