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***

Meet the team

Mac FORMAT

Apple updates MacBook Air with M3 chip • Plenty of other products expected this spring

Apple Car hits the brakes

Apple’s “next big thing” in the works

APPLE NEWS ROUNDUP

Apple launches new Sports app

How sturdy is the Vision Pro?

Media Picks

Inkulinati £21.99

Devil May Cry: Peak of Combat FREE (IAPs)

Globetrotter FREE (IAPs)

Topaz Gigapixel AI 7 $99 (about £95) • Sharpen your shots and banish blur for good

Crave

MATT BOLTON… • LOVES APPLE’S COMMITMENT TO PUSHING AUDIOVISUAL FORMATS, EVEN IF THE HARDWARE DOESN’T ALWAYS REFLECT IT

THE M3 MACBOOK AIR IN NUMBERS

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Apple vs Spotify • The battle between the world’s largest music services has escalated. We take alook at what’s happening

85 must-try iPad tricks

Multitasking for greater productivity • You can get a lot more done if you master these important iPad features

Pages, Numbers & Keynote

Photography & art

Music &video • You can create amazing sounds and clips using your Apple tablet

Other cool stuff you can do • There’s plenty more productivity tasks you can carry out on your iPad

And relax…

APPLE SKILS

Easily share your documents

Create a home inventory • Keep track of all your worldly goods – with a little help from your Mac

Sort your Bluetooth devices

Get started with Apple Arcade

Rediscover your love for podcasts

Make your iPad smarter

Track your sleep with Pillow

Set multiple timers • Use concurrent timers to help with all sorts of multitasking

Solid-state sound • A new silicon-based audio tech is aiming to replace old-fashioned headphones

GENIUS TIP

Will Live Textread our PDFs?

How to make a snapshot

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

Quick-fire questions

Peripherals • Thinking inside the box to refresh the parts other tips can’t reach

Save images for Windows

Transfer audio from a tape deck

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

CREATE YOUR DREAM SMART HOME • Make your semi smarter, your bungalow brighter or your flat future-proof with Siri and the best smart home tech

LIGHTING, BLINDS & CURTAINS • Manual control? Pah! It’s time to get smart…

HOME SECURITY & COMFORT • Get peace of mind from smart kit

MULTI-ROOM AUDIO & VIDEO • Boom! Shake the room with these home entertainers

KEEP YOUR OLD MAC RUNNING • Get that Mac out of the attic and fire it up or you’ll never know what it’s capable of!

Boot from an external drive • How to bring your Mac back to life if the hard drive isn’t working.

Move, migrate and minimise • How to slim down that old, small hard drive so your Mac runs faster.

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