No. 229

iCreate

The magazine for Mac, iPod, iPhone and iPad

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Meet The Experts
This issue, our iOS expert will help you find out if your iPhone has been hacked, and show you how to bring Amazon Alexa voice control on your Home Screen to compete with Siri. Our tech expert will show you how to supercharge your Mac, by providing p
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ICandy
The last of the second-generation, tapered unibody MacBook Airs, the 2017 model included a 1.8 GHz Broadwell processor, and was the final model of MacBook to sport a backlit rear Apple logo. ■
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Free With Your Magazine
Download available All the assets you’ll need to get creative with our projects. Look out for the above icon to see if there are downloads available. Discover how to get more out of your devices with a selection of iOS and macOS video guides from Mac
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90+ Groups Want Apple To Drop CSAM Plans
A GROUP OF MORE THAN 90 INTERNATIONAL POLICY GROUPS HAS BANDED TOGETHER TO DELIVER AN OPEN LETTER TO APPLE CEO, TIM COOK, THAT DEMANDS APPLE DITCHES ITS PLANS TO CHECK iPHONES AND iPADS FOR KNOWN CSAM CONTENT IN iCLOUD PHOTOS AND INAPPROPRIATE PHOTOS
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5 Things We Learned This Month
GarageBand for iOS and iPadOS now has all-new Sound Packs from some of today’s top artists and producers. For the first time, you can learn the art of remixing right within the app, with two all-new Remix Sessions offering step-by-step video instruct
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Welcome
I was initially a little sceptical about iOS 15, Apple’s major new mobile update that is due to drop any day now. While swiping, tapping and prodding my way through the beta software (version 6, at the time of going to press), I was thinking, “who ca
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BECOME AN iOS 15 GENIUS
By the time you read this, or at the very least very soon after, the iOS 15 update should be with us and that magic exclamation mark should appear over our Settings app icon to signify that the update is ready to install (go to Settings>General>Softw
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Make Terrific Trailers With The Magic Of IMovie
iMovie Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Download available Thanks to social media sources such as Facebook and Twitter we are flooded by content choices. As a result our attention spans have grown short as we flit from one clip to the next
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Turn Day Into Night With These Useful Photo-editing Tips
Photos Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Download available Alocation photographed at night can look much more dramatic than the same scene captured during the day. Nocturnal shots can be more moody, with strong moonlit shadows accentuating
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How To Record Guitar Signals With IRig
Garage Band Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed For guitarists, the ability to just plug in and play effortlessly is crucial. GarageBand is ideal here with so much for players to enjoy without much hassle. But you might be looking at your Mac
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Make Your Photos Move With Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Download available The 3D photo effect is a new trend that’s popular on social media sites. This involves adding a camera move to a photo. As the camera tracks forward, the foreground and backg
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Make Your Tracks Explode With Our Solo And Mute Power Tips
Logic Pro Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed The concept of Logic’s Track Mute and Solo buttons is based around the same features you’d find on a real mixing desk – the Mute button removes a track from the mix and stops it sounding, while Sol
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Browse The Web At WARP Speed With Our Top Tips
Cloudflare WARP Developer Cloudflare Inc Difficulty Time needed There are privacy features coming soon in macOS Monterey, and iCloud Private Relay for iCloud+ users is great. However, it’s only for subscribers – and only for Safari. Cloudflare WARP i
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Run Apps With Keyboard Shortcuts On A Mac
Automator Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Quick Note is a great new feature coming to macOS Monterey that enables you to call up a notes window by pressing a keyboard shortcut. You can then write or paste notes and save them. This got us t
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Install And Use Optional Fonts In MacOS
Font Book Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed If you like to try different and unique looks for documents, like Pages newsletters and fliers, or Keynote slide shows, you probably spend time searching through fonts. A good font can make a big d
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Create Smart Folders Using Tags In Finder
Finder Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed We are not as organised as we would like when storing files on the disk. We create photos, documents and videos, but then forget where we put them. Spotlight search is great for finding files, but it
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Create And Manage Your Bookmarks In Seconds
Tab Space Developer Yuan Difficulty Time needed Bookmarks do not receive the attention they used to and for many of us it is likely that we use the same selection of favourites today that we have for some time. There will be times, however, when savi
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Transfer Your Android Files To A Mac Effortlessly
OpenMTP Developer ganeshrvel Difficulty Time needed There is no denying that Android devices are popular. Even though we’re firmly on the side of Apple, and couldn’t imagine life without the iPhone or iPad, there are times when we end up using Androi
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10 Ways To Fix Your Wi-Fi
The internet is reliable for most people, most of the time, but occasionally problems arise, and it is either very slow or not working at all. Sometimes it is not even the Mac’s fault, and it is useful to check social media using your phone and see i
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Merge Your Fitness Data From Any Tracker
Health Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed We all know that Apple likes to keep their services and products secure within their ecosystem and this works well, but it can cause problems if you want to use non-Apple products with some of the mor
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Supercharge Your Mac
Some people assume that once you buy a Mac, this is the default setup that you’re stuck with for the life of the product. Many of the newer MacBooks, and even the iMacs, are not user upgradable, unless a specialist is involved – so you can be quick t
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Find Out If Your IPhone Has Been Hacked With IVerify
iVerify Developer Trail of Bits Difficulty Time needed Psst! Here’s a little secret: Your iPhone is generally safe but it can be hacked with spyware. Recently, it emerged that the surveillance outfit NSO Group had created software called Pegasus whic
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Play Lossless Audio In Apple Music
Settings Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Audiophiles rejoice! Apple Music subscribers can now listen to millions of songs in a lossless audio format for the very first time thanks to the use of the Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC). It mea
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Search Like A Pro In Safari For IOS
Safari Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Given how vast the web is, we’ve become very accustomed to using search engines to help us find the information we need. Many of us also use a few search tricks to speed things up, such as typing ‘def
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Manage Your Google Search History
Google Developer Google LLC Difficulty Time needed Whenever you look for something using Google, the company keeps a log of your search history and uses it to deliver more personalised results. It also lets you view that history, but – what if you’re
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Add Alexa To Your IPhone’s Home Screen
Amazon Alexa Developer AMZN Mobile LLC Difficulty Time needed We love Siri. Apple’s virtual assistant lets us carry out tasks and answers our queries, but we also love Alexa. Amazon’s equivalent offers answers that, in a lot of cases, beat Siri hands
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Free Up ICloud Storage: Manage With 5 GB
Settings Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Every Apple account receives 5 GB of iCloud storage for free. It sounds like a lot, but it is easy to reach the limit and then you must either pay for more storage or free up some space. We think th
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Listen To Spotify Offline On Apple Watch
Spotify Developer Spotify Difficulty Time needed It’s taken a long time, but you’re now able to download songs available on Spotify straight to your Apple Watch. This means you can go for a jog or nip to the shops, without having to pop your iPhone i
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Discover How To Record Your IPad Screen
Control Centre Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed There are many reasons why you would want to record your iPad screen. Perhaps you want to showcase your gaming skills, or need to demonstrate how to perform a particular task or find a new fea
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Send Disappearing Media In WhatsApp
WhatsApp Developer WhatsApp LLC Difficulty Time needed WhatsApp is an encrypted messaging service, but it doesn’t mean you have total control over what you send. If you share a video or image, it can sit in a chat thread for ages. It’s one of the rea
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Block Website Location Access For One Or All
Safari Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Websites can access the iPhone’s location information to tell where you are in the world. This raises privacy concerns, so the iPhone lets you control location information and choose who can access it
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Use Apple TV’s Picture-in-picture Mode
Apple TV Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Sometimes you want to keep up with a video while you’re doing something else, so having to quit what you’re watching, perform the task and then jump back in can feel frustrating. If you’re using the
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10 Ways To Replace IPhone
The Apple Watch was not designed to replace the iPhone, and to this day there is no signal to suggest that Apple wants it to perform this function. However, as time passes and third-party app developers make ever more ingenious solutions, we are fast
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Genius Bar
Contact us today Facebook iCreateMagazine Twitter @iCreateMagazine Instagram icreate_mag Email icreate@futurenet.com The place to come for key terms made easy An easy-to-access panel of essential settings for Mac and iOS. You can access it on iOS by
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Audio-Technica AT2040 Dynamic Microphone
£89/$99 Key features Hypercardioid • Dynamic • XLR connection • Internal Shock Mount Learn more audio-technica.com Available from amazon.co.uk DESIGNED TO BRING PRO-QUALITY SOUND TO PODCASTERS and other discerning content creators at a more accessibl
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Edifier TWS NB2 Pro Wireless Earbuds
£89.99/$99.99 Key features Bluetooth 5.0 • Hybrid ANC • 20Hz – 20KHz • 7-9 hours playtime Learn more edifier.online Available from amazon.co.uk LOOKING NOT UNLIKE A PAIR OF AirPods that have been re-imagined by the Decepticons, Edifier’s TWS NB2 Pro
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RipX DeepRemix
MORE FOCUSSED AND AFFORDABLE than stablemate Infinity, RipX enables you to extract vocals or instruments from your audio files and then mix them with other samples or export them for use in other digital audio workstations, such as Logic Pro. Utilisi
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Macintosh Plus
• Processor: Motorola 68000, 8 MHz • Memory: 1 MB RAM (expandable to 4 MB) • Hard Drive: N/A (relies on a double-sided 800K disk drive) • Display: 9-inch monochrome, 512 x 342 • Graphics: 72 ppi • Original macOS: System 3.0 • Connectivity: SCSI port
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Accessories
£79.90/$79.90 lexon-design.com Perfect for the hyper-diligent, post-COVID age, this attractive wireless charging station from Lexon Design is like a decorative vase that you place your iPhone in. But why does it encapsulate your device? Because it al
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Editor Ryan Butt Art Editor Newton Ribeiro Production Editor Olivia Weaver Head of Art & Design Rodney Dive Senior Art Editor Jo Gulliver Photographer Phil Barker (Future Photo Studio) Mark Billen, George Cairns, Dave Clews, David Crookes, Shaun McGi

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