MacFormat

MacFormat is the UK’s best selling magazine for the home Mac user. Each issue brings you all the exciting developments from the world of Apple, including reviews of new Macs, iPads and Apple’s own apps like iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand. We’ll show you how to make the most of your Mac, OS X and all the creative things you can do with it. We also review all the latest 3rd party software and kit – so if you’re looking for a new hard drive, monitor or printer that works with a Mac, you’ll be well served. iOS users are also welcome and we review the latest iPad and iPhone apps. ***Note: This digital edition is not printable and does not include the covermount items or supplements you would find with printed copies***

EDITORIAL

Apple has big iPhone plans for this year

Vision Pro goes on sale in the US

APPLE NEWS ROUNDUP

Security researcher’s alleged scam

New Macs and iPads could be just around the corner

Media Picks

ScreenFloat2 £14.99

Apple Vision Pro • It’s pricey, and far from perfect, but it’s also amazingly immersive

MATT BOLTON… • WASN’T SURE ABOUT APPLE’S CONTROL EVEN OUTSIDE THE APP STORE, BUT IT’S BETTER THAN LEAVING IT TO META

Beyond the App Store

67 AMAZING iPHONE HACKS

Mail, Messages, Notes & FaceTime

Camera, Photos & AR

Fitness, Health & Well-being

Siri & Spotlight

Maps, Find My & Safari

Focus modes, Notifications, Settings & more

APPLE SKILLS

Create engaging slideshows

Take control of the menu bar

Work with HDR images

Detect objects, text and people

Make your iPhone more secure • Stop ne’er-do-wells accessing your iPhone

Quickly capture your best ideas with Funnel • Manage your thoughts in a flash

Make home cooking easy • Take control of your cooking and keep track of all your recipes

Using DockKit-compatible stands for iPhone videos

Combining APIs for one vision

GENIUS TIPS

iOS software

Networking

Which SMB version?

Is my iCloud Drive full? • QmacOS has warned me that I need to free up storage space in iCloud, but when I check how much is used in the Finder, there should still be plenty left. Is this just a ploy to get me to pay for more space?

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

Back up a virtual machine

Where you can’t use an alias

Best mac Utilities... EVER • Improve your Mac experience and boost productivity with these awesome utility apps

Customise, organise

Backup and maintenance

5 best Safari web extensions

Parallels Toolbox

DaisyDisk

Productivity boosters

Keepyour old Mac running • Do you have a legacy Mac that’s no longer updated? Don’t throw it away – there’s plenty you can still do with it

Pep up your Mac: Quick fixes

5 best lightweight apps

Legacy ports

Dashboard

Investigating iCloud

Use your 32-bit applications

HOW TO Clean install macOS >

APPLE CHOICE

Mobile Pixels Geminos

Astell &Kern HC4

Nomad Stand One Max • £152 FROM nomadgoods.com FEATURES MagSafe charger, Apple Watch Fast Charger, AirPods Qi charger, 2m USB–C to USB–C cable

Edif ier S1000W • £399.99 FROM edifier.com FEATURES Wi-Fi/Bluetooth streaming; Alexa, Tidal, Spotify support; RCA and optical inputs, remote control

Asustor Nimbustor 2 Gen 2 AS5402T • £369 FROM asustor.com FEATURES Bays for two 3.5-/2.5-inch hard drives and four M.2 NVMe SSDs, dual Superfast 2.5-Gigabit Ethernet ports, Time Machine support, with both SMB and AFP available

Shure AONIC 50 Gen 2 • £349 FROM shure.com...