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How often do you visit the App Store? If you’re an infrequent app browser then there is every chance that one of the truly special ones – the likes of which are often showcased in the store window around the time of release or after a significant upd

This issue, our iOS expert shows you how to block messages from unwanted callers and stop people from swiping through your iOS photos and seeing things that they really shouldn’t. Our resident tech specialist shows you all of the best Mac and iOS app

Apple’s long-awaited AirTags have finally been released. Whether attached to a handbag, keys or backpack, AirTag taps into Apple’s global Find My network and can help locate a lost item, all while keeping location data private and anonymous with end-

Photos Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed One way to create eye-catching content on your social media feeds is to shoot scale models (or toys) in such a way that they look like full size objects. If you do it right people will be intrigued to

iMovie Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Download available When recording a handheld selfie your footage will sound great. However, if you record yourself talking to the camera from a distance then the audio may sound very poor, especially

Final Cut Pro Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Download available In TV and film, we often see the action unfold from the protagonist using a POV (point of view) shot. We might view the action through the lens of an SLR camera, or in a wild

System Preferences Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed You probably never thought about the login/lock screen on the Mac. It is what it is and there isn’t any way to change it. It just works. Well, actually there is a lot you can do with this

Garage Band Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Regardless of how you record, GarageBand works in stereo, so every track you work with has a left and right channel to position the sound. Playback is then split across stereo speakers to provide

Logic Pro Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Logic’s piano roll editor is an absolute tour de force when it comes to programming MIDI parts, but editing MIDI notes by hand, one at a time, can be a somewhat time-consuming process. For instance

Preview Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Preview is a handy multi-function tool that can be used for a variety of tasks. Its main one is for marking up things, and here we look at its features and functions for annotating PDF files. Many do

Mail Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed There is huge pent-up demand for holidays and it’s likely you’ll be away from work and home sometime soon. What about emails when you are away? Do you ignore messages or spoil your holiday by dealing wi

Pages Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Apple iWork apps are great for both work and personal projects. Microsoft Office is popular, but iWork apps are free for Mac users and as good or better for many tasks. Every so often, Apple quietly up

Pages Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Pages is the natural software choice for creating documents for Apple Mac users. It is an excellent app that can be used to create beautiful reports, letters, brochures, CVs and even ebooks. However, m

Magnet Developer Pavel Kozarek Difficulty Time needed Magnet is a very simple app, but it is one that you may use multiple times a day as you eventually forget that it is not a default part of macOS. The way it has been embedded into the interface is

Taskade Developer Taskcade Inc Difficulty Time needed Taskade is an excellent organiser, task and project manager with collaboration features that can be used for work, personal projects and hobbies. Its uses range from a shopping list to a work proj

Music Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed If there is one downside to a streaming service such as Apple Music, it is the fact that when you stop subscribing, you own no music at all. You are effectively paying to rent access to millions of tra

Google Translate Developer Google LLC Difficulty Time needed Every now and then, we here at iCreate find books and magazines that we’d love to read, only to discover that they’re written in a foreign language. So we can either bite the bullet, splash

iOS 14 Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Many iPhone users have images stored on their devices that they’d rather others didn’t idly swipe through. Perhaps you have some goofy photos of yourself on holiday, or snaps of an ailment you’re hopi

Copied Touch Developer Kevin Chang Difficulty Time needed You probably copy multiple text snippets or web links throughout a normal day without even realising. When you need to use them you have to go through a process of opening them in alternative

HomePaper for HomeKit Developer Pearce Media Ltd Difficulty Time needed You may find yourself using the Home app more often these days. Smart home devices are growing in popularity, and the app is a great way of controlling your HomeKitcompatible gea

Google News Developer Google LLC Difficulty Time needed Publishers have long looked for ways to better monetise their content online. One way is to strike licensing deals with tech companies, and that’s what many publishers are doing, with Google New

It’s always nice to receive a message – unless it’s from a company you’d rather not hear from, a scammer, or people you’d prefer stay in the past. Thankfully, it’s easy to block them, though this means you won’t get calls from them either. Unfortunat

Apple Music has grown over time to become a very efficient and easy-to-use service that you will rarely think about. It does not matter how often you play music or interact with the service, it is so seamless in use that you will quickly become so fa

Developer comiXology Difficulty Time needed As we know, reading on your iPad feels totally natural. The screen dimensions are similar to the printed page of a book, magazine or comic and you can swipe to turn the pages. There are many options open to

Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed At first glance, the new Time to Walk feature embedded in Apple Fitness+ may not appear to offer much that is new. You can already play a podcast when walking with your Apple Watch, as well as other kinds of

Developer Yingchi Wang Difficulty Time needed It seems as though there are hundreds of different fitness apps available that work with the Apple Watch and that is, of course, a good thing. The problem is that many of them either struggle to different

£249/$249 Key features Alexa built-in • Bluetooth • Dolby Digital • DTS • HDMI Arc Learn more polkaudio.com Available from amazon.co.uk THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TRULY AWESOME SOUNDBARS RECENTLY. Majority’s K2 produced a big, broad sound for under £100, w

Price £28.99/$29.99 Requirements macOS 11.0 or later • 149.5 MB Learn more moogmusic.com Available from Mac App Store FOR THIS MODULAR SYNTHESIZER and synthesis educational tool, Moog cannily utilised Apple’s Metal tech to ensure that every zoom, pan

Price Arcade subscription Requirements iOS 13.5 or later • 878.2 MB Learn more ftxgames.com Available from iOS App Store AS THE FATE OF THE GALAXY RESTS IN YOUR HANDS, it would be rude not to dive into this Star Trek themed turn-based RPG. You get th

Price Free Requirements macOS 10.15 or later Learn more corkulous.com Available from Mac App Store AS MACS ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH CREATIVITY, it’s good to have one place where you can dump your ideas. This app lets you store notes, labels, photos, conta

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