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No sooner had the last issue gone to press when Apple stealthily dropped two new iPads – an M2-powered iPad Pro and a colourful new range of 10th generation iPads – taking its 2022 offering of tablets and smartphones to a staggering six. Then, if you

Apple’s first zero-button mouse returned to the styling of the traditional mouse design (after the iMac boom) and used solidstate optical tracking instead of a rubber ball for its mechanism. ■

WHILE THE NEW iPHONE 14 RANGE IS BARELY A COUPLE OF MONTHS OLD, PREDICTIONS FOR APPLE’S NEXT-GENERATION DEVICES (THE iPHONE 15 AND iPHONE 15 PRO) ARE ALREADY STARTING TO EMERGE. The latest rumour comes from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who said in a t

Apple is ringing in the holidays at Apple Store locations and its official website by launching the Holiday Gift Guide. By visiting apple.com/shop/gifts, you can discover how Apple’s innovative products and world-class services keep users connected w

The second iteration of the shuffle was less than half the size of the first, weighed 15.5g, and included a built-in belt clip. No wonder Apple described it as the “world’s smallest MP3 player”. ■

Professional DSLR camera users can utilise a wide aperture setting such as f1.5 to create a shallow depth of field, which makes the main subject look sharp while blurring the background. This selective focus effect helps draw attention to specific pa

Apple stealthily released new iPad and iPad Pro models late in October, completing their 2022 collection of mobile devices – along with the iPhone 14 – with a flourish. But if you are looking to upgrade your handset or perhaps purchase a new tablet f

Thanks to sensor-shift optical image stabilisation (OIS), your iPhone 12 or 13 Models do a great job of keeping handheld shots look smooth when capturing video. However, particularly shaky camera work might need some post-production stabilisation in

Short for reverberation, reverb adds a virtual feeling of space to a sound, making it sound as if it were recorded in a particular environment such as a church, concert hall, or bathroom. To that end, Logic’s ChromaVerb, introduced in version 10.4, o

Automation is a fundamental technique to master in GarageBand. Most simply, it enables us to change track sounds and performance on the fly. Track automation ‘curves’ are used to make hands-free changes to volume, panning and effects during project p

Although your Mac already has a frontfacing camera, you can still make improvements to the video image so long as you have a relatively recent iPhone running iOS 16 and macOS Ventura installed on your Mac. Indeed, by making use of the fantastic camer

Apple has improved its Apple Music service a lot over the past year. It quietly rolled out lossless audio – at no extra cost to Apple Music subscribers – and introduced support for Dolby Atmos, as well as introducing its own immersive sound technolog

At last, the Mac has a Weather app and it’s just what we have been waiting for. Before macOS Ventura, we had to make do with a Weather widget that was okay, and it is still available, but the new Weather app is on a whole new level. It has a large nu

There are several dozen different file formats, and you may end up with many types of image file on your Mac. The iPhone saves HEIC images, but you might need them as JPEGs for sharing on social media or with friends. Images downloaded from the web m

Quick Look is a great feature built into macOS and if you rarely use it, you may be surprised by some of the handy functions that are possible with it. Quick Look is essentially a file viewer and it can be used to view photos and other images, docume

The Apple Watch Ultra represents the first redesign of the most popular timepiece in the world since its launch back in 2015. It has slightly changed in size in recent times, but the Ultra is a completely different Watch and one which has intentions

One of the best features of iOS 16 is the ability to customise your iPhone’s Lock Screen. As well as being able to tell the time and serve notifications, you can now add widgets that deliver important information or offer a handy function. Used well,

As you browse your new messages in Mail, some can be dealt with immediately, like swiping left or right to archive or delete them. But if you receive an important email that you don’t have the time to respond to right now, you could use Reminders to

Apple’s ability to create a strong password before saving it in iCloud Keychain has proven rather useful over the years. It lets you have different login details for every website or app while ensuring you don’t need to remember umpteen passwords. Sh

When you ask someone for information in an email using the Mail app, and you do not get a response, Mail reminds you to follow up on it. This is a feature in iOS 16 and macOS Ventura that makes it easier to remember emails that request information or

The new Lock Screen features are one of the best updates in iOS 16, and it is great fun to experiment with different designs and options. Photo Shuffle is perhaps the most interesting of the new Lock Screen features. It enables you to select a collec

The Podcasts app on the iPad with iPadOS 16 has a customisable sidebar, and you can make it work the way you want. This makes it currently the best Podcasts app from Apple, because the iPhone Podcasts app does not have a sidebar and the Mac app’s sid

It’s that time of year again when the weather is cold, the children are delirious and disposable income goes AWOL. But getting into the Christmas spirit doesn‘t have to be expensive, which is why we have picked out this seasonal selection of, mostly

Although Amazon has a very popular streaming service called Prime, it also offers viewers a free alternative: Freevee. It used to be called IMDb TV and it’s supported by adverts (cash has to come from somewhere, after all!). But if you don’t mind you

One of the differences between the Apple Watch Ultra and other models is the Action button. It stands proudly on the left-hand side in emergency orange and one click is enough to start an action instantly. In the settings you are only given a handful

This app is designed to help you strike a balance between how much you exercise and how much you rest. Each needs the other, but most fitness solutions concentrate on numbers, improving your effort and constantly pushing harder. Gentler Streak takes

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£130/$130 Key features Bluetooth 5.0 • AUX-in • 2x10W speakers • Three-speed Learn more lenco.uk Available from lenco.uk IF YOU’RE THINKING OF GETTING BACK INTO VINYL but don’t want to pay out for high-end kit to test the water, then Lenco has co

Contact us today Facebook iCreateMagazine Twitter @iCreateMagazine Instagram icreate_mag Email icreate@futurenet.com I heard that it is possible to use my iPhone as an external mic for my Mac, is this true? Nicky Wylde 1 Update OS Yes, you can use y

Monthly: £4.99/$4.99 Annual: £29.99/$29.99 Lifetime: £49.99/$59.99 macOS 12.0 or later focusedwork.app Mac App Store THIS APP IS DESIGNED TO LIMIT DISTRACTIONS AND DOING TOO LITTLE when you should be working, and on the flipside ensuring that you don

£99.99/$109.99 amazon.co.uk 1MORE’s latest wireless earbuds offer the new Spatial Audio listening experience, a dynamic head-tracking technology (via a built-in gyroscope) that detects the listener’s head movements in real time. This, along with acti

Time Machine Release date: September 2006 • Storage: 2GB, 4GB or 8GB • Onboard RAM: 32MB • Display: 176x132px, 1.5-inch Colour LCD • Input: Click wheel • Connectivity: 3.5mm headphone jack (TRS connector), 30-pin connector • Battery life: 24 hours •