No. 234

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Welcome
Beachballs should be for frolicking on golden sands without a care in the world, but in the Mac universe they signify something sinister and untoward, that your Mac’s processor is overloaded and struggling to perform even the most seemingly basic of
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Meet The Experts
Our iOS expert will show you how to record your app activity on your mobile devices, install and remove apps using the search bar, and dial down the bass on your HomePod. Our tech expert will show you how to use apps to catalogue your collections. Wh
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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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What Has Apple Got Planned For 2022?
DESPITE THE PANDEMIC, IT’S HARD TO LOOK AT 2021 AS ANYTHING BUT A SUCCESS FOR APPLE. WHILE THERE HAVE CLEARLY BEEN DELAYS TO FEATURES IN iOS AND THERE IS UNMET DEMAND FOR ITS PRODUCTS THANKS TO SUPPLY CHAIN PROBLEMS, ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS LIKE THE iPHON
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5 Things We Learned This Month
Each year Future, the leading tech publisher, that is also the publisher of iCreate, recognises the top people and products in the tech industry with the Future Tech Awards. Leading products and individuals are recognised through expert votes of edit
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PowerBook G4 (2003)
Apple’s 12-inch aluminium-clad PowerBook was smaller and lighter than other notebook-configured laptops of the time, and featured the memorable ‘ring of fire’ charge connection.
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Turbo Charge Your Mac
The number one reason why readers seem to get contact us is for assistance in speeding up a sluggish Mac. Sometimes, Mac slowdown is caused by misbehaving apps, or even a problem with macOS itself, so over the following pages we’ll explore all of the
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Go ProRAW with Apple’s Photos app
Photos Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Download available The most popular format for sharing a photo is the.jpg format file. A.jpg is easily viewable on social media sites and it doesn’t take up much storage space. The downside of a.jpg i
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Shoot, Edit And Share Your Footage In IMovie
iMovie Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Download available One way to turn a family activity into an eye-catching social media post is to take advantage of your iPhone Camera’s various shooting modes. By switching between lenses, you can ca
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Learn How To Use Special Effects In Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Download available Final Cut Pro has all the post-production tools you need to turn one person into twins or even triplets. By using a split screen effect you can have two versions of the same
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Reverb Options For Users Of All Levels
Garage Band Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed A popular criticism of digital recording is that it can sound quite dry, or processed. Often instruments are being recorded or sampled directly, rather than live within a natural environment. A k
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Master Group Audio Editing in Logic Pro
Logic Pro Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Download available As an audio editing tool, Logic Pro is pretty much unsurpassed, offering an amazing set of tools for manipulating audio files. Occasionally though, you come up against situations
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Master Monterey’s New Window Management
macOS Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed We’ve been able to work in Split View on the Mac ever since Catalina, but the feature has been improved with each macOS update. Split View is the Mac’s version of the iPad’s Split View and it is useful
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Use The ICloud Shared Folder In Finder
Finder Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Pages, Numbers and Keynote enable you to work with one or more other people on the same document. Two, three or more people can all see, view and edit the same report in Pages, for example. Just use t
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Create Smart Lists Using The Mac Reminders App
Reminders Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Smart Lists is a recently added feature to the Reminders app; if you’ve used Smart Folders in Finder you’ll be familiar with the idea. A Smart List is like a search/filter that shows only those ite
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Get To Know The New & Improved Books App
Books Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed The Books app on the Mac has lagged behind the iOS version when it comes to adding new features. It was the forgotten app. Then Apple decided to refresh and update the Mac Books app and bring it bang u
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Customise Quick Note And Change Corners
Notes Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed When you need to take notes while working or browsing the web, it used to take multiple steps. You would have to find and click the Notes icon in the Dock, wait for Notes to open, then find and click t
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Use And Schedule Downtime In Screen Time
Settings Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Focus modes are a big new feature in macOS Monterey, but Downtime, which is in older versions of the OS, has also been tweaked and is now even better. Focus and Downtime have similar objectives and
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Create Professional Logos The Easy Way
DesignEvo Logo Maker Developer PearlMountain Technology Co Difficulty Time needed There are two main problems that quickly become apparent when trying to build a new logo. The first is coming up with an idea in the first place (for which inspiration
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Catalogue Your Collections
You would think that managing collections, no matter what they are, would be a straightforward part of any tech product or software. It feels as though it fits within the natural database structure of many apps and operating systems, but the choices
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Record All Of Your App Activity In IOS 15.2
Settings Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed It has taken a while but Apple has finally rolled out the full version of its App Privacy Report. Up until now, iOS 15 had only allowed you to record app activity and you needed to download a JavaSc
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Explore The Globe With The IOS 15 Maps App
Maps Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Apple Maps on the iPhone has been improved in iOS 15 and some great new features have been added. One of these is the globe and this enables you to zoom out much further than before. In fact, you can zo
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Explore the Maps Guides Home feature
Maps Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Maps has contained guides for a long time, and they were good. Now they are even better, and Maps is not just for looking at streets and directions; it contains travel magazine-type content with article
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Reduce The Bass On Your HomePod Device
Home Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Sometimes a heavy bass can be rather overpowering, more so if it’s located in a small room. To help, Apple has now introduced the ability to reduce the bass on a HomePod or HomePod mini with a flick of
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Find And Install Apps From The Spotlight Search Bar
iOS 15 Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed With iOS 15, Apple has made it easier to install apps – both those that you have never used before and those that you have used but since removed. By cutting out the need to head to the App Store and
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Create A Legacy Contact In IOS 15.2
Settings Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed It is never easy to talk about death but sadly it is a natural part of life. When you do pass away, however, what will happen to the data that you have amassed in your Apple account? Over the years,
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Send Messages Between Devices Using Intercom
Home Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed As well as being perfect for listening to music and asking Siri to dish out facts, the HomePod – and new HomePod mini – can now make use of an Intercom feature. Also working across iPhones, iPads, Apple
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10 Best Apps for Valentine’s Day
In an ideal world, we would profess our love for long-suffering partners on a daily basis – showering them with compliments, physical affection and maybe the odd gift, but if not then Valentine’s Day comes but once a year to cmd+force us to celebrate
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View And Manage Your Month In One Screen
Planner? myCal PRO! Developer johnhair.com Difficulty Time needed Finding the perfect app for managing your month is an unusual task because the visuals will count much more than other aspects. Trying to cram 30 days of information into a screen – ev
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Master The New Apple TV App Design
Apple TV Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Being able to watch movies and TV shows on your iPad is a joy and, over time, Apple has made it easier for you to find great content. Its Apple TV app not only lets you enjoy some wonderful shows vi
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Get To Grips With Apple Watch’s New Qwerty Keyboard
Apple Watch Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Since the new Watch Series 7 has a screen that’s 20 per cent larger than the Series 6, Apple has decided that it’s finally time to squeeze a Qwerty keyboard onto the display. Given it’s a layout
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Find Misplaced Devices On Your Apple Watch
watchOS Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Most Apple devices contain a lot of personal information about you, your friends and your family. Macs, iPhones and iPads are also used for banking, sending messages, shopping and organising your liv
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Create Organised App Folders On Apple TV
tvOS Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Folders have been available in tvOS since version 9.2, but if you’ve only just got yourself an Apple TV device or if you were simply unaware of the feature, now is a good time to start making use of the
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Genius Bar
Facebook iCreateMagazine Twitter @iCreateMagazine Instagram icreate_mag Email icreate@futurenet.com The place to come for key terms made easy This is a new feature in iOS 15 that lets you drag content from one app and drop it into another. You will n
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Denon AH-C830NCW Noise Cancelling Earbuds
£139/$159 Key features Bluetooth AAC, SBC Audio Codec • Hybrid ANC • Six hours of playback Learn more denon.com Available from amazon.co.uk WHAT TIME DO YOU CALL THIS? Denon is undoubtedly late to the party by only just launching its first two models
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Casio G-Shock GBD-H100BAR
£469/$479 Key features Bluetooth • Optical heart rate sensor • Limited Edition Learn more g-shock.co.uk Available from g-shock.co.uk CASIO HAS RELEASED THIS LIMITED EDITION G-SHOCK to coincide with the new documentary series, Matchday: Inside Barcelo
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Syntronik 2
Price £199/$199 Requirements • 64-bit processor • macOS 10.10 or later • 4 GB RAM Learn more ikmultimedia.com Available from ikmultimedia.com/products/syntronik2/ GET READY TO GO FURTHER DOWN THE VINTAGE SYNTH RABBIT HOLE because this new version of
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IMac G5
Release date: August 2004 • CPU: 1.8 GHz PowerPC G5 970FX • GPU: nVidia GeForce FX 5200 Ultra graphics processor with 64 MB of DDR SDRAM • Memory: 256 MB of 400 MHz PC-3200 DDR SDRAM • Storage: 80 GB • Display: 17-inch, 1440x900 widescreen 16:10 matt
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Editor Ryan Butt Art Editor Newton Ribeiro Production Editor Olivia Weaver Head of Art & Design Rodney Dive Group Art Director Jo Gulliver Art Director Brett Lewis Photographer Phil Barker (Future Photo Studio) Mark Billen, George Cairns, Dave Clews,

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