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Essential Apple User Magazine2 min read
The Watch’s Home Screen
1 Opening your Apple Watch’s App Switcher is easy. Just press the Digital Crown button and you’re taken straight there. You can then drag the app icons up and down the screen with your finger or by turning the Digital Crown, which lets you look for t
Essential Apple User Magazine2 min readInternet & Web
£10,000 Worth of Magazines Must Be Won!
Our great give-away is easy to enter. Just point your web browser at our Facebook and/or our Instagram page, and like, follow and share it. The first 501 people on Facebook and the first 501 people on Instagram each win one of our digital titles, whi
Essential Apple User Magazine2 min read
REC Pro Video Camera
From the people that brought us Camera+ comes REC – Pro Video Camera, a new app that promises pro-quality videos and simple, intuitive controls. While the smartphone and tablet’s own Camera apps do a great job of general snapping and filming, they’re
Essential Apple User Magazine1 min read
Mophie 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Stand
This wireless charger powers three of your Apple devices at once. The vertical stand on the left holds – and charges – your Apple Watch. The charger is built-in. You don’t have to use the one that came with your watch like you do with some charging s
Essential Apple User Magazine1 min read
Edifier Gm3se
These cabled earbuds are made with mobile gaming in mind. They feature vibration effects, a removable mic that plugs into the left earbud and an optional extension with two 3.5mm jacks so you can use them with devices that require dual inputs. Althou
Essential Apple User Magazine3 min read
Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories
It’s hard to believe Grand Theft Auto III is well over 20 years old. It’s also hard to imagine how the games industry would look without this iconic brand that transcends video gaming. Even non-gamers are familiar with the title, although often for t
Essential Apple User Magazine1 min read
Activating LockDown Mode On Your IPhone And Apple Watch
1 From the Home screen on your iPhone, open the Settings app Tap the Privacy & Security option, as shown. 2 Scroll to the bottom of this section. You see an option called Lockdown Mode, which is off by default. Tap it. 3 On the next screen, tap Turn
Essential Apple User Magazine2 min read
STM ChargeTree Swing Charging Station
This second-generation STM ChargeTree makes a few minor, but welcome, changes from the original model. Like the original ChargeTree it’s available in black or white, and it once more charges a Qi-compatible iPhone, AirPods (with a wireless charging c
Essential Apple User Magazine1 min read
Reloading… Those Amazing iPods
As much as we love the iPhone, there can be little doubt it was responsible for the death of the iPod. With our smartphones boasting a great Music app, storage capacities increasing all the time and streaming services that required an Internet connec
Essential Apple User Magazine1 min read
Shure SE215 Earbuds
Instead of fitting directly into your ear while the cables dangle underneath, Shure’s SE215 earbuds loop the cable over the ear and let the body of the buds rest in it. The body of the device clips neatly onto your shirt, and it has controls on the r
Essential Apple User Magazine1 min read
Google Translate
Now here’s a useful app to have on your phone. It can translate typed text into and out of 103 languages, as long as you've got an Internet connection. If you're offline, it can still translate 59 languages. If your typing finger is getting tired, yo
Essential Apple User Magazine5 min read
Gadgets Gallery
iPhone 15 Pro Clear Case with MagSafe URL: www.apple.com Price: £49, $49, 59 € This light and durable case for the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max gives your smartphone extra protection while showing off the gorgeous finish on the new iPhone lines. It has
Essential Apple User Magazine8 min readInternet & Web
The Safari App
1 A web page can contain words, pictures, videos, icons and more. Tap a link on a web page, such as the pictures here and icons atop the page, to go to a new page or open a menu. You can also scroll the screen up and down by dragging it up and down w
Essential Apple User Magazine4 min read
Lock Screen
1 If your phone is unlocked, swipe the screen down to get to the lock screen. Deep press anywhere on the screen to get to the Collections screen, as seen here. Swipe the screen left and press the Plus icon to open a new lock screen. 2 A pop-up window
Essential Apple User Magazine2 min read
GoodLinks For Mac, Tablet And IPhone
Universal Purchases are awesome. Rolled out earlier this year, the feature lets developers bundle iOS, tabletOS and macOS versions of an app into a single purchase. Instead of having to pay once on the Mac App Store and again on the Mobile App Store,
Essential Apple User Magazine1 min read
Team Players//
I’m impressed my awesome new iPhone 15 Pro is made of the same material as Robocop. It doesn’t really affect my use, but it’s totally awesome! I love the new Action Button on the side of the Pro models. It’s actually useful now you can assign it to d
Essential Apple User Magazine1 min read
The Watch Compass App
1 Tap for information such as your direction, incline, elevation, latitude/longitude, waypoints and more. 2 This triangle shows the direction you’re currently facing. Rotate yourself left and right to align it with the direction in which you want to
Essential Apple User Magazine2 min read
Contact Posters
1 Open the Phone app, and tap Contacts at the foot of the screen. Tap your name and My Card, tap Contact Photo & Poster and then tap the Edit button. Tap the Plus button in the bottom right to design a new Contact Poster. 2 On the next screen, you ca
Essential Apple User Magazine4 min read
The Watch Control Centre
This icon, when lit, shows your watch has a current Wi-Fi connection. Tap it to turn Wi-Fi on and off. If your watch also has cellular connectivity, it’s joined by another icon, showing a cellular mast. This is green when a cellular connection has be
Essential Apple User Magazine3 min readInternet & Web
The Best Free Apps Around…
Developer: BBC Media Applications Technologies Limited Website: www.bbc.co.uk/news/ Get the latest news on your tablet, directly from the BBC. Stories are arranged in topics including top stories, UK news, world news, politics, business, technology a
Essential Apple User Magazine2 min read
Joby GripTight GorillaPod for MagSafe
Vitec Imaging Solutions Spa https://joby.com £62.95, $69.95, 69,95 € Compatibility: iPhone with MagSafe technology PROS AND CONS: + Versatile + Disassembles for transport + Strong and stable - MagSafe iPhones only Great performance and value for mone
Essential Apple User Magazine2 min read
Airpulse P100X Stereo Speaker
Airpulse’s latest offering, the P100X stereo Bluetooth speaker, should appeal to those who like their tech to be beautiful as well as practical. Inspired by traditional FM radios of old, it has a gorgeous mesh finish at the front and back, and an ele
Essential Apple User Magazine2 min read
The Watch Walkie-Talkie
Before you can use your Walkie-Talkie app on your Apple Watch, you have to set it up and invite a few friends to converse with you using this feature. Here’s how to get started with the Apple Watch’s Walkie-Talkie app. 1 Open Walkie-Talkie on your Ap
Essential Apple User Magazine2 min read
Lockdown Mode On AppleWatch
Lockdown Mode offers extreme protection to those who are especially likely to be subject to a cyber attack. Maybe you’re a journalist, poking into things other people don’t want you to reveal. Or perhaps you’re a dissident, who needs to keep your inf
Essential Apple User Magazine2 min read
Cambridge Audio Melomania Touch
The Melomania Touch is Cambridge Audio’s second true wireless earbuds release, following the respected, well received Melomania 1. The new buds have been redesigned from the ground up, and have little in common with their predecessor. Featuring 7mm G
Essential Apple User Magazine2 min read
The Widgets Smart Stack
The Widgets Smart Stack gives easy access to important apps and information on your Apple Watch. It’s dynamic, so information displayed on the widgets is constantly updated so it’s always fresh and new. 1 From the time screen, open the Widgets Smart
Essential Apple User Magazine3 min read
Alien: Isolation
Ridley Scott’s original Aliens from 1979 was a ground-breaking piece of cinema. Set within the claustrophobic confines of a spaceship, the crew are hunted by an alien creature of immense death-dealing impressiveness. It was tense, scary as hell and t
