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50 essential macOS tips
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Get started with ÒTV 4K
Conquer High Sierra by exploring new and misses Apple’s latest little box can pump out
features such as pinnable notes, an Take a look at some of Apple’s most more pixels, and upgrades your movie
enhanced cross-device Clipboard, web notable products, and learn why the library for free, but that’s not all. Learn
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06 Digital|Life 42 AR MeasureKit 52 iPhone 8 68 Get started with

Head to techradar.com Apple TV 4K
for the very latest news. 44 Enlight Quickshot 54 iPhone 8 Plus It puts out pretty pictures,
but there’s much more to
08 Consider 45 iTranslate Converse 56 Apple Watch Series 3 the latest Apple TV. Learn
The editor weighs up High about the black box’s
Sierra’s pros and cons. 45 Weather Atlas 58 Apple TV 4K extra talents right here.
09 Share 46 Layton’s Mystery 60 iStat Menus 6 74 Apple TV

Email us your thoughts Journey Apps and hardware
at letters@maclife.com. 61 Logitech for your Apple TV.
46 Pigeon Wings MX Master 2S
10 Uber’s special access
The ride-booking service 47 Total War – Alexander 61 AirPods
reins in its app’s reach. (Revisited for iOS 11)
48 6 iOS apps for
12 Watch gets healthier happy holidays 62 Sphero R2-D2
Apple patents sensor- App-Enabled Droid 76 Ask
based pressure monitor. 50 Sleep Watch Our Apple-loving experts
64 Drobo 5D3 answer your questions.
13 The Shift 51 Make It Rain
David Chartier on the 65 Apollo Cloud 2 Duo 82 Cut your first feature
iPad’s second coming. 51 RoadiAlert with iMovie
66 Aurora HDR 2018
14 Security concerns with 51 How to add a Siri face 85 Make your Mac
macOS High Sierra to your Apple Watch 67 QardioBase 2 stay awake
Update your Mac now!
67 Tile Pro Series 86 Solve keychain
16 Game Loop conundrums
Brianna Wu on faltering
games in High Sierra. 88 Cheat sheet:
Recover lost work
90 Be more sociable with

Music in iOS 11
62 92 Take Live Photos in

Sphero R2-D2 FaceTime calls
94 Get cooking with

Paprika
96 Auto-install apps on
your Apple TV
98 Random Apple Memory

64 System 7, the Mac OS that
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>>>THE TEAM
A MOUNTAIN OF CHANGES
APPLE’S ROUND OF operating system
updates for 2017 is complete, and this
issue’s cover feature will help you to
discover many great additions in the
last of them to arrive: High Sierra.
If you haven’t installed it already,
and were to read Apple’s web page
about it, you might not think there’s
much reason to bother – but I urge you
to read our feature and reconsider. Matt Smith
Do you think you already know all Art Editor
wkdw#Kljk#Vlhuud#kdv#wr#rļhuB#Dw#ZZGF# Matt has enjoyed season
in June, Apple mostly talked about 2 of Preacher on Amazon.
underlying technology changes, which Now for new Mr Robot!
is understandable for a keynote address
that’s as much about rallying developers behind those moves as
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surprised me since High Sierra became available on the Mac App
Store is that interesting enhancements, such as the ability to copy
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Apple’s web page that markets the system update. Granted, that
one isn’t really a groundbreaking feature, but it’s a practical
enhancement that some of you will at least make good use of.
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feature. Let us know if you’ve discovered something else in the
system that you think other Apple fans should know about. Rob Mead-Green
You may have a very good reason not to upgrade to High Sierra Operations Editor
just yet, though. The common trouble for any operating system Rob was surprised to find
upgrade is incompatibility with apps and devices. Perhaps you’re that one of his favorite
just cautious until a few minor updates have been released. Apple iOS 11 features is Files.
has already issued a few of those for High Sierra – and iOS 11, too –
Ľ{lqj#vrph#ri#wkh#elj#rxwvwdqglqj#lvvxhv/#dqg#wzr#hpeduudvvlqj#
oversights that managed to survive the developer and public beta
programs over the summer. You can learn more about these in
this issue’s Start section.
If you’re ever unsure about installing a macOS update, bear in
mind that a complete Time Machine backup enables restoration
of your Mac to an earlier state – even to an older OS.
David Chartier
Contributor
David is enjoying people’s
renewed enthusiasm for
the iPad throughout 2017.
ALAN STONEBRIDGE, Editor

Twitter: @maclife

Your opinions, rants & raves
I very much miss being able to see all the Home screens
and apps on my iPhone while in iTunes. It used to be
easy to manipulate apps, create folders, and delete
items en masse. That’s not possible in iTunes 12.7.
Now I have to go to the App Store on iOS and get apps
individually, and moving items between Home screens is now much
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dqg#Lġg#uhdoo|#olnh#wr#vhh#wkhvh#fdsdelolwlhv#uhvwruhg1#DAVID RICKEY Even old apps, such as Karaoke
Anywhere, are getting iOS 11 updates.
Apple has put itself between a rock and a hard place with iTunes. Some
people want the app to focus on its media library and player features; We have good news: Just days
dgglqj#rwkhu#vwxļ#rq#wrs#kdv#fdxvhg#qdyljdwlrq#lvvxhv#iru#|hduv1#Hyhq#vr/# before this issue wrapped up,
zh#vhh#zk|#uhprylqj#lRV#dss0uhodwhg#ixqfwlrqv#lv#djjudydwlqj1 JoltSoft released the first
Apple started edging toward this when apps downloaded directly to update to Karaoke Anywhere
lRV#ghylfhv#ehjdq#wr#eh#gholyhuhg#lq#d#wdloruhg#irup#iru#wkh#vshflĽf# in four years. It’s not a huge
kdugzduh/#dqg#vr#lw#vwrsshg#lqfoxglqj#wkhp#lq#ghylfh#edfnxsv#wr#lWxqhv1# update in terms of version
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Gudj#dqg#gurs#lq#lRV#44#hqdeohv#|rx#wr#slfn#xs#dqg#pryh#pxowlsoh#dss# 6.0.5, but the two items in its
lfrqv/#zklfk#khosv#d#olwwoh/#exw#hyhq#wkdw#fdq#eh#d#olwwoh#xqfrpiruwdeoh1 release notes are welcome:
the app now works with iOS 11,
and there are no more ads.
Still missing in iOS 11 sense next to Description. Future product lust

In response to your newsletter That is then used as the inbox Personally, I look forward to an
question about what we would name in the top level of Mail. Apple Watch that, once SIM data
like to see in future Apple OSes: At that level, tap Edit, then is transferred, never needs an
I would like to see the email Add Mailbox to specify the iPhone, just the SIM information
address included in the email’s mailboxes you want to see from any phone. In other words,
“Inbox” title when you have there. When you tap Done a basic mobile phone inside a
more than one email address. on that page, the account watch. This would be a “game
It would make life easier when descriptions you entered changer.” Which company will
changing from one to the other. earlier will be shown below be the first to do this?
In fact it would be beneficial to the mailboxes you just added. BERNARD MCCANN
have the email address included
for Sent, Outbox, and Trash too. Karaoke in limbo We’d like that too, Bernard,
CHRISTIAN PETERSEN Do you remember your article especially given praise of
on the 10 best karaoke apps, in Watch Series 3’s call quality.
If we follow your meaning, that which Karaoke Anywhere HD It would be great to only need
is possible. Go to Settings > was highly praised? It’s worth AirPods and a Watch. Battery
Accounts & Passwords, tap an noting that this app no longer life is likely to be the obstacle
account whose name you want works on iOS 11, and nobody at for some time. Apple’s control
to change. If it’s a non-iCloud the developer has responded to of its A-series chip designs
account (or a secondary iCloud attempts at contact. I guess the arguably gives it an edge in
Naming Mail accounts account), then tap Account on company is closed. A sad update optimization, but we’re not
can help to identify the next page, you’ll be able as the app was simply the best. expecting a unified device
your pinned mailboxes. to enter a name that makes DAVE GOSLEY with all-day battery life soon.
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START FEED YOUR MIND. FEAST YOUR EYES.
Uber removes tool

that could record
your iPhone’s screen
Apple-granted “entitlement” raises questions
over Cupertino’s commitment to privacy
BY ROB MEAD-GREEN
RIDE-HAILING SERVICE Uber has of rendering apps on your phone and

removed a set of Apple-granted then sending the rendering to the
developer tools from the latest Apple Watch app.” The company
version of its iOS app, which said the dependency had since been
potentially enabled it to record any removed thanks to improvements in
user’s iPhone screen - including “Apple’s OS” (presumably watchOS)
passwords and other personal data. and that it has now removed the
Will Strafach, security researcher application programming interface
and CEO at Sudo Security Group (API) from its iOS codebase. Uber’s app was granted an unusual level
made the discovery in October, Vwudidfk#vdlg#wkh#hqwlwohphqw#Ľuvw# of access to your screen by Apple.
arguing it was rare for Apple to give appeared in Uber’s app in 2015,
what he called “a private sensitive around the March launch of Apple anything on your iPhone screen,
entitlement” to developers - with Watch, when Apple demonstrated whether the Uber app was running
no other similar examples currently the ride-hailing abilities of the or not. Security researcher Luca
known to exist in the App Store. Watch version during a keynote. Todesco told Gizmodo: “Essentially
Uber said in a statement that it It’s believed that since developers it gives you full control over the
was granted the entitlement by were given just four months to get iudph#exļhu/#zklfk#frqwdlqv#wkh#
Apple to enable the Uber app for their apps ready for the launch of colors of each pixel on your screen.
Apple Watch to display maps the Watch, Uber was given special So they can potentially draw or
correctly. The company told tech site access to the API. record the screen.”
Gizmodo: “It was used for an older One concerning aspect of the There is no evidence to suggest
version of the Apple Watch app, entitlement is that it could have that Uber ever used the entitlement
vshflĽfdoo|#wr#uxq#wkh#khdy|#oliwlqj# enabled Uber to record almost for this purpose, but it does raise

Feed your mind. Feast your eyes.
questions about Apple’s granting of

the entitlement to Uber, a company
that’s been mired in controversy.
Last August, Uber pulled a feature
from its iPhone app that enabled it
Bye bye, Bing
to track your location from the time Google becomes Apple’s search engine
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minutes after your trip ended, even
of choice in the latest change to Siri
when the app was running in the BY ROB MEAD-GREEN
background. Uber said the app’s
srvw0ulgh/#Ľyh0plqxwh#wudfnlqj#zdv# APPLE HAS MADE a subtle yet Yahoo remaining as options.
never activated on iPhone, although important change to the way However, changing the default
when evidence emerged that in some that Siri and Search on iOS and search engine this way does not
cases the app was able to track a Spotlight on macOS return web alter the results that Siri and
device for weeks after a trip, Uber search results. From now on the Search in iOS and Spotlight in
blamed the way Apple had applied top hits will always come from macOS return – you still end up
extensions in iOS’s Maps app. the new default, Google – not with links supplied by Google
Lwġv#qrw#wkh#Ľuvw#wlph#Xehu#kdv#uxq# Microsoft’s Bing search engine whichever option you choose.
into trouble. Early in 2015, Tim Cook as was previously the case.
reportedly threatened to have Uber’s Apple says this is to
app removed from the App Store maintain consistency with
after Apple learned that it was the default search engine
fdswxulqj#wkh#xqltxh#lghqwlĽhu# in Safari on both platforms,
(UUID) of iPhones even after its app but the reason is likely to
was removed and the device wiped - be more prosaic than that:
something that developers aren’t it’s estimated by analysts
allowed to do. Apple engineers also that Apple will be paid $3
discovered that Uber had tried to billion by Google this year
hide its activities by placing a to be the default search
geofence around Cupertino. “Uber engine on both iOS and
would then obfuscate its code from Mac – a deal that goes
people within that geofenced area,” back at least a decade.
the New York Times reported last In practice, web search
April, “essentially drawing a digital results including links and
lasso around those who it wanted to videos will return results
keep in the dark.” from Google, with the
While Apple had stopped Uber company’s YouTube video
from identifying devices using its sharing web site being,
app in 2015 – something Uber said it somewhat controversially,
glg#wr#dyrlg#iudxg#Ğ#lwġv#qrz#rļhulqj# prioritized over the more
a comparable service in iOS and generic Google video
tvOS. Called DeviceCheck, it enables search. However, Bing still
developers to assign two bits of data appears to be the default
and a timestamp to a device when an when searching for images
app is installed, with the code passed on the web in most cases –
on to Apple. The aim is to crack down at least for now.
on suspicious activity, such as You can, of course
reinstalling a trial app to avoid change the default search
paying for the full version, while engine in Safari on both
also protecting your privacy by not platforms if you want, with Siri web searches now return results
including any identifying data. DuckDuckGo, Bing, and from Google, rather than Bing.

>>> Start
Watch to check
blood pressure
Apple files patent for technology
that can detect heart defects and
other related issues
BY ROB MEAD-GREEN
APPLE WATCH may one day include

technology that will enable it to
measure your blood pressure and
detect heart defects, according to a
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measures your pulse.
through an artery, before monitoring wkh#ghylfh1#Wr#wdnh#|rxu#eorrg#
wkh#udwh#dw#zklfk#eorrg#ľrz#uhvxphv# pressure you’ll simply hold a Watch
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The technology described by Apple’s your chest to detect your heartbeat,
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The patent for a “Wrist Worn the Watch will detect the pulse in
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Apple Watch is such as Apple Watch, could be blood pressure and whether you
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with Apple and nine other tech
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12 OCT
DEC 2017 maclife.com
>THE SHIFT
The iPad is enjoying a second coming, says
DAVID CHARTIER, as developers and users
find exciting new ways to make the most of it
OW DO YOU tell when a starting at just $329. The Pro got a In recent years, I’ve seen more
H product is having its second

coming, has got “a new pair
of shoes,” or has caught its
second wind? With this year’s iPad
Pro refresh, the iPad-centric iOS
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is now a 10.5-inch), and feature
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articles, posts in communities like
Reddit, and questions through my
own site about how to do this and
that with an iPad. Some people
are replacing a laptop, for others
11, and broader developer support In recent years, lwġv#wkhlu#Ľuvw#frpsxwhu#Ğ#diwhu#dq#
than ever, it feels like now is a new iPhone, of course. It certainly isn’t
time for the iPad to shine.
I’ve seen more people for everyone, but the point is that
Looking back on things, the asking how to do this it seems to be in the air.
iPad’s launch and steady evolution and that with an iPad With growing support, fresh
were crafted in classic, standard new possibilities in iOS 11, and an
frpsdq|#idvklrq1#Dw#Ľuvw/#Dssoh# upswing in sales, I think the iPad is
and much of the industry struggled in a good position for the next few
to give the iPad a concrete place The iPad’s third-party apps are years. It brings great advantages
alongside our existing devices, but eorvvrplqj#wrr1#Plfurvriw#RĿfh#lv# for many people and uses, and I’m
lw#zdv#slwfkhg#zlwk#vshflĽf#xvhv#lq# more powerful and feature-rich, a big believer in the right tool for
mind: browsing the web, ebooks, and Adobe went on a national tour the job. Now, maybe the iPad is the
games, watching videos, and so on. to promote its mobile apps for right tool for more jobs than ever.
The iPad’s abilities and appeal professionals and hobbyists.
have systematically expanded over As for indie developers, the iPad Kaleidoscope compares files – on a device
the years. Apple added powerful kdv#ľrxulvkhg#iru#qhduo|#hyhu|# that didn’t used to expose its file system.
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inter-app data sharing, a new kind zulwlqj/#vflhqwlĽf#uhvhdufk/#wkh#
of document system, and much arts, business, many areas of
more, all while keeping it a simple, design, and even coding to an
supremely portable computer that extent. Great recent arrivals
can serve most people’s needs. lqfoxgh=#Surfuhdwh#+srzhuixo#
It probably helps that the iPad gudzlqj,/#Ndohlgrvfrsh#+d#orqj0
surpassed the Mac’s all-time sales time Mac staple for comparing
somewhere around 2015. wh{w#Ľohv#dqg#lpdjhv,/#pdmru#
2017 has been good to the iPad upgrades to The Omni Group’s
so far. Years of strong, yet slowly suite of productivity apps, Pixaki
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>>> David Chartier is a content strategist and writer with vast experience analyzing the tech world.
He runs the website Finer Things in Tech (finerthings.in) and hosts its podcast, The Finer Things In.

>>> Start Feed your mind. Feast your eyes.
Security concerns
with macOS
High Sierra
Apple patches vulnerabilities in keychain
and encrypted APFS volumes
BY ROB MEAD-GREEN
TWO SURPRISING SECURITY successful targeting Mac users,”

lapses have emerged in macOS Wardle told Forbes. “I’m not going
High Sierra, with one potentially to say the [keychain] exploit is
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and OS X as well. doesn’t require root [access] and
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the keychain, was discovered by Wardle said the exploit would box right below the place where
Patrick Wardle, formerly of the work on any Mac where someone you’re meant to enter it – an
NSA and now director of research was already logged in, and that incredible oversight by Apple’s
at Synack, while trying out a beta older versions of the system may engineers.
build of macOS High Sierra. Using dovr#eh#dļhfwhg1 Using macOS’s Disk Utility,
a proof-of-concept program he Zdugoh#sxeolvkhg#klv#Ľqglqjv# Mariano created an encrypted
developed, called keychainStealer, on September 25, the same day APFS volume, set a password and
Wardle was able to display plain macOS High Sierra was made a hint for it, then unmounted the
text passwords stored in keychain available on the Mac App Store. volume before remounting it
for Bank of America, Facebook, Apple issued a patch for the again. When he clicked the “Show
and Twitter. Wardle posted a video vulnerability 10 days later, on Hint” button, the password he had
ri#wkh#ľdz#rq#Ylphr#+bit.ly/ October 5. It also patched another set appeared in plain text, rather
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Apple about the concern. encrypted Apple File System the startup disk in Macs that have
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be relatively easy to install a Discovered by developer frqyhuwhg#wr#DSIV/#wklv#dļhfwv#
program like keychainStealer. Matheus Mariano, the APFS bug many modern MacBooks.
“Most attacks we see today involve displays in plain text the password You can make sure you’re
social engineering and seem to be you’ve used to encrypt a drive, protected from both of these
vulnerabilities by updating macOS
High Sierra to the latest version
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more about the security content
of Apple’s macOS High Sierra 10.13
Supplemental Update, point your
browser at bit.ly/mlmhsupd.
Though the two High Sierra issues have serious implications, a fix is already available.
Need help with your Apple gear?

Go to our redesigned Ask section (page 76), which is packed with solutions to common Mac and iOS problems,
as well as links to important Apple Support articles that can help you even further in fixing issues.

>>> Start Feed your mind. Feast your eyes.
>GAME LOOP
BRIANNA WU explains why you might
want to hold off upgrading to macOS
High Sierra for a while if you play games
Cities: Skylines suffers glitches in High Sierra.
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with APFS and graphical glitches
Performance is said to degrade in games which use Valve’s Source engine, such as Half-Life 2. addressed within a few months.
>>> Brianna Wu is the head of development at Giant Spacekat, developer of Revolution 60 on iPhone and iPad,
and is a regular speaker at industry events, as well as host on the podcasts Isometric and Rocket.

>>> Feature
50
ESS E N T I A L T I PS FO R
HIGH SIERRA

50 essential tips for High Sierra
Craig Grannell delves into

High Sierra, revealing all the
great new features that will
improve your Mac experience
THERE ARE TWO sides to
T pdfRV#Kljk#Vlhuud1#Dssoh#Ľuvw#
talks about new technologies
at the very heart of the system,
which are designed to make your Mac
more capable and reliable. They lay
irxqgdwlrqv#iru#wkh#ixwxuh/#dqg#rļhu# happen to use the improved apps or
great potential – in some cases enabling features every day.
entirely new apps to be created by There are plenty of bigger changes,
brilliant developers – while making too. Safari now enables you to customize
tasks you do already faster. websites on an individual basis, rather
The other side to the new system is all than you adjusting the likes of Reader
derxw#Dssoh#uhĽqlqj#h{lvwlqj#ihdwxuhv# and page zoom levels as you browse.
and apps. In some cases, these are small And the update to Photos almost makes
tweaks – the ability to pin a note in the it feel like a new app, due to a revamped
Notes app, the means to compose Mail interface, and a superb update to its
in Split View when in full-screen mode, editing tools. If you’ve ever wanted to
and additions here and there in System do more with Live Photos, or get more
Preferences. Even such relatively small precision control over color within your
fkdqjhv#fdq#pdnh#d#elj#glļhuhqfh#li#|rx# pictures, now you can.
Over the following pages, we highlight
all the great things we’ve discovered in
macOS High Sierra, including invaluable
features and tweaks you may not know
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a master of your Mac.

>>> Feature
Master Photos
in High Sierra
Explore improved library navigation, plus new and enhanced editing tools
E
A
F
B
EXPLAINED Photos’ improved interface

A
THE NEW SIDEBAR B
YOUR LIBRARY C
REVAMPED IMPORTS
In Sierra, Photos’ sidebar was optional (View Key albums that were previously scattered Select Imports for a chronological feed of
> Show Sidebar), but now it’s a persistent part around the sidebar are now housed under photos and videos you’ve added to the app.
of the app’s interface. If you want it visible in Library. Here you’ll find the likes of Memories Note these are grouped by import session
full-screen mode too, turn on View > Always and Favorites, along with the Recently Deleted rather than date, and so the likes of Photo
Show Toolbar and Sidebar in Full Screen. album that temporarily saves items. Stream entries may show up individually.
D
NEW MEDIA TYPES E
QUICKER EDITING F
FILTER OPTIONS
Under Albums in the sidebar you’ll find a Media In macOS Sierra, you could rotate or favorite a With a category selected under Library, you’ll
Types folder, which provides fast access selection of photos using menu commands; see a Showing filter near the top right of the
to specific types of images and videos, such as now there are buttons in the toolbar for these window, initially set to All Photos. Click it to
screenshots, selfies, and long exposures functions. The number of selected items is limit the view to specific item types, or items
created using that new Live Photos effect. much clearer at the top right, too. that match user-defined keywords.

It’s all in the edit

SILENCE LIVE PHOTOS BOUNCE AND LOOP WORK WITH CURVES
1 Grxeoh0folfn#d#Olyh#Skrwr#dqg# 3 In the menu to the right of the 6 The Curves editing tool is new
click Edit to access the editing trim controls, the default Live to Photos and allows you to
view. Here, you can use the two option plays the video from start to make powerful color adjustments.
buttons at the bottom left of the Ľqlvk1#Vzlwfk#wr#Orrs#wr#hqgohvvo|# Click Auto and the app automatically
zlqgrz#wr/#uhvshfwlyho|/#wxuq#rļ#wkh# repeat, or Bounce to animate back improves your photo. You can also
video part (the circular icon), or just and forth. The third option fakes a manually drag points on the curve,
mute its audio (the speaker icon). orqj#h{srvxuh/#fuhdwlqj#d#guhdp|# and add new ones by clicking on it.
hļhfw#iurp#pryhphqw#lq#wkh#ylghr1 Try fashioning a subtle S shape to
TRIM LIVE PHOTOS make the colors really pop.
2 Below your Live Photo, you’ll MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FASTER
vhh#d#Ľopvwuls#vlplodu#wr#wkrvh# 4 In macOS Sierra, clicking
xvhg#lq#ylghr#hglwlqj#dssv1#Gudj#wkh# Adjust provided only a few Use other apps
end handles to trim a Live Photo’s options by default; you had to add One of the big changes to Photos
video part. You can also click a frame more as you needed them. In macOS is the way in which it interacts with
and then Make Key Photo to change High Sierra, Adjust opens a scrolling other apps. Although Photos now
what’s shown when the pic is still. pane of collapsible sections, all of has improved editing tools, they still
which are immediately available, and fall short of what you get in the likes
this is far quicker and easier to use. of Photoshop and Pixelmator. But
now you can use the Image > Edit
EXPLORE FILTERS With menu – which also available in
5 In all honesty, Photos isn’t the Ctrl-click context menu – to send
necessarily the best place to your image to a third-party editor.
go if you’re looking for the world’s Changes made externally should be
prvw#dpd}lqj#Ľowhuv/#exw#wkh|ġyh#dw# saved back to your library. They can
least been shaken up a bit in macOS be reverted by going into Photos’
High Sierra. Chrome, Process, editing mode and clicking Revert to
Transfer, and Instant have all gone, Original. Test this with your
replaced by professional-looking preferred external editor on a copy
Curves is a welcome new color-adjustment tool, Ľowhuv#qdphg#Ylylg#dqg#Gudpdwlf/# first (Image > Duplicate), just in case.
allowing for automatic and manual changes. both with Cool and Warm variants.
HOW TO Use Selective Color in Photos
Adjust a hue Amend the range Use a custom hue

Open a photo with greenery and Use the Range slider to tweak If you want to alter a specific
sky in Photo’s editing mode. Click the the breadth of the colors to which your color, select it with the eyedropper
triangle next to Selective Color, select adjustment is applied. Experiment with tool, then adjust settings accordingly –
the green channel, and drag the Hue the Saturation slider to amend the we’ve made the sky in this photo look
slider all the way left. adjustment’s intensity. like it’s from another planet.

>>> Feature
Master Safari
in High Sierra
Make every website look and work the way you want it to
A
B
C F
D
EXPLAINED Browse around these improvements

A
WEBSITE SETTINGS B
READER VIEW C
PAGE ZOOM
On visiting a website, choose Safari > Settings Reader strips the cruft from pages (if they Safari has always enabled you to zoom the
for This Website. A pop-up menu will appear have enough text), leaving only the essential content of the current tab, but now you can
under the address bar, which gives you a page content. Previously, you had to manually set a zoom level on a per-site basis – ideal if
number of display and behavior settings you trigger it. Now, you can have it automatically you find a favorite site has text that’s a bit too
can tweak, affecting only this site. activate on compatible web pages. small for you to read comfortably.
D
AUTO-PLAY E
PRIVACY PERMISSIONS F
PREFERENCES
By default, Safari stops all media with sound Some sites ask for permission to use your Safari’s preferences have been updated to
from playing, yet it allows that which does not Mac’s camera, microphone, or location. In each include these new site settings. In place of the
have sound to automatically play. You can case, you can use the relevant pop-up menu in Notifications tab there’s now one named
override this to allow all media to play, or you this sheet to decide whether you’re happy to Websites, containing sections for everything
can go further and stop all distracting content grant access (Allow) or not (Deny) to the site we just mentioned. You can change website
from playing without your explicit permission. you’re currently viewing. notifications settings here too.

Bend Safari to your liking

KNOW YOUR LOCATION EDIT WEBSITE SETTINGS USE EXTENSIONS
1 By default, Safari abbreviates 3 In the Websites section of 6 It’s worth investigating the
the current page’s address, Safari’s preferences, select H{whqvlrqv#wde#lq#Vdidulġv#
and doesn’t say where a link will one of the categories from the suhihuhqfhv>#wkrxjk#h{whqvlrqv#
take you. Choose View > Show Status sidebar. You’ll see settings for aren’t new, there are always new
Bar to have the destination of the currently open websites, as well as ones appearing in Apple’s gallery
link under the pointer shown at the forvhg#|hw#douhdg|#frqĽjxuhg#rqhv1# (safari-extensions.apple.com) to
bottom left of the window, and turn The latter can be adjusted using the add functionality you need, such as
on “Show full website address” in menus here, without you having to address shorteners, web clippers,
Safari’s Advanced preferences. visit the websites in question. and other search engines.
TAME NOTIFICATIONS SET GLOBAL DEFAULTS

2 Some sites ask to send you 4 At the bottom of each category Configure Reader
qrwlĽfdwlrqv1#Jhqhudoo|/#dyrlg# in the Websites section, with The idea behind the Reader feature
doorzlqj#wklv1#Li#d#vlwh#ľlqjv#wrr# wkh#h{fhswlrq#ri#QrwlĽfdwlrqv/#lv#d# is to make web pages more readable.
many your way, disable them for it menu labeled “When visiting other The view strips everything from
(or all sites) in Safari > Preferences > websites.” Use this to set a default a page, apart from the key text and
Zhevlwhv#A#QrwlĽfdwlrqv1 for websites you haven’t manually images. If you find a site’s design
frqĽjxuhg#Ğ#iru#h{dpsoh/#wr#kdyh# distracting, or the text is hard
Reader activate by default on all to read, activate Reader.
sites, unless otherwise stated. When Reader is active, click AA in
the address bar to bring up options.
PREVENT TRACKING The two buttons at the top adjust the
5 In the Privacy section of text size, and the four colored discs
Safari’s preferences is the enable you to switch themes. There
new “Prevent cross-site tracking” are also eight fonts to choose from.
setting. Activated by default, it stops Be mindful that your display
advertisers following you around the settings for Reader are applied to
web, and should mean shop adverts all pages on which you activate it –
“Prevent cross-site tracking” is on by default no longer appear everywhere after they can’t be set on a per-site basis.
and prevents “tailored” shop adverts appearing. you check out a product of interest.
HOW TO Use the Develop menu
Make it visible Switch browsers Spoof a browser

If a site says you need another If you’ve installed another Go to Develop > User Agent to
browser to view it, choose Safari > browser on your Mac, it’ll be listed in see browsers Safari can pretend to be.
Preferences > Advanced and put a Develop > Open Page With. Choose a This menu is helpful when the mobile
check mark next to “Show Develop browser from that menu to open the version of a site plays HTML5 video,
menu in menu bar.” page you’re viewing in it. but the desktop one demands Flash.

>>> Feature
Drill down into

System Preferences
Manage family accounts, share files using iCloud Drive, and much more
A
FAMILY MEMBERS A
Open System Preferences’ iCloud pane and
click Manage Family. In the Family Members B
tab, you can add up to five other members
of your family to a sharing account. Once C
invitations have been accepted, everyone
in the family will be able to share (most)
purchased apps, games, books, and music.
B
iCLOUD STORAGE
D
In the My Apps & Services tab, select iCloud
Storage. In High Sierra, you can share a
200GB or 2TB plan with your entire family.
This makes those tiers great value – one of
them is likely to provide enough space for
everyone’s files and iOS device backups.
C
LOCATION SHARING D
SHARE A FILE In the sheet that opens, you can enable
Select Location Sharing in the My Apps & Individual files, but sadly not whole folders, others to access and even edit the file.
Services tab. You’ll see that you no longer that are stored in iCloud Drive can be shared Invitations can be sent by email, iMessage,
have to reach for your iOS device to manage with other people, and not just in the sense AirDrop, or social media, or you can copy a
which family members can check your of sending them a copy. Go to iCloud Drive, link to paste elsewhere. We’ve wanted this
location, as High Sierra enables that too. Ctrl-click a file, and pick Share > Add People. back since MobileMe’s discontinuation!
HOW TO Adjust your desktop background
Find your desktops Change background Change it regularly

When you log in to High Sierra, To use a different background, Put a check mark in both the
you’ll see it has a new desktop click on its thumbnail here. Or, you can “Change picture” and “Random order”
background. To change it, go to System choose a solid color, drag and drop an boxes at the bottom of the window to
Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver image from Finder on the top-left spot, have the background change itself, or
and stay on the Desktop tab. or use your own picture from Photos. when you log in to or wake your Mac.

Nifty little updates

in the Notes app
An important creative feature and a practical improvement come to Notes
EXPLAINED Tables in Notes

Perform actions on notes
In Sierra, you could swipe two fingers across a A
NOTES TABLES B
TABLE FORMATTING
note in the list to reveal a delete button (and Click the Table button in Notes’ toolbar, Tables in Notes start off two cells tall
continue swiping to delete the note). In High or choose Format > Table, and a table and two cells wide. To change the setup,
Sierra, the leftwards swipe still brings up the will be added to your note at the Ctrl-click the column or row widget
red delete button, yet it’s joined by a grey lock insertion point’s current location. (three dots), and then use the Add and
button. Locking a note stops it being edited. You can add multiple tables to a single Delete options accordingly. Note you
This used to require choosing a menu command. note – you aren’t limited to one. don’t get headers – just standard cells.
New in High Sierra is the ability to pin a note
to the top of the list. With the pointer over a C
COLUMNS AND ROWS D
COPYING TABLES
note there, swipe two fingers right a little way Columns and rows in Notes can Copying and pasting Notes’ tables into
on your trackpad, or one on Magic Mouse, then be rearranged. Click in a cell in the one other apps isn’t entirely intuitive, and
keep swiping or click the Pin button. Or, choose to move, then drag from the relevant results can vary across apps. The easy
File > Pin Note, or Ctrl-click a note. If you do this column or row widget. Be aware that way is to click in a cell, press Cmd+A
a lot, set a key combo in  > System Prefs > you can only move columns or rows to twice (once if the cell is empty) to
Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts: click +, a different point within the same table. select the table, then copy and paste.
select Notes as the app, set “Pin Note” (without
quotes) as the title, and set a key combo below.

>>> Feature
Master the handy

changes in Mail
Don’t miss Mail’s trio of new features – and old two time-saving classics
D A
HOW TO Clear comms

Create Smart Mailboxes
A
SPLIT VIEW B
SPACE SAVER Smart Mailboxes are mailboxes for which you
In macOS Sierra, Mail in full-screen This improvement isn’t necessarily easy define specific criteria, and which Mail fills with
mode wouldn’t easily let you compose to see, but if your Mac’s startup disk is matching messages without moving them from
an email and refer back to your inbox. an SSD, it’ll use a new filing system, and their original location. Essentially, they’re saved
High Sierra instead utilizes its own changes to how it stores files mean that searches you only need to set up once. Rules for
version of Split View, opening a tabbed if you have many attachments, say, High inclusion can be time-based; you might make a
compose area on its right-hand side. Sierra might save you lots of space. Smart Mailbox for messages received in the last
week, or for older, unattended inbox items.
C
TOP HITS D
INBOX SHORTCUTS The VIPs feature is helpful for identifying
Search in Mail is now faster, but also, Just like Safari, Mail has a shortcuts bar messages from important people. However, try
more importantly, a bit smarter. The (View > Favorites Bar), to which you can combining “Sender is VIP” and “Message is
most relevant messages Mail finds are drag often-used mailboxes. Press Cmd unread” rules. That will give you a smart
placed at the top of the list, under and a number (1 to 9) to open a folder mailbox with messages you haven’t even looked
“Top Hits.” And the more you search, (1 being the leftmost one), or Ctrl+Cmd at from senders you consider to be vital
the smarter this new system gets. and a number to move what’s selected. contacts. Smart Mailboxes, like regular ones,
can be added to the Favorites bar for quick
access – drag one from the sidebar onto it.

Shine a light on search

results with Spotlight
Quickly find vital info on the internet, as well as documents on your Mac
A
SPOTLIGHT CATEGORIES
Search results in Spotlight are a mix of
content from the internet, and whatever the A
search engine finds on your Mac’s internal
drive, external storage, and iCloud Drive.
If you don’t find certain categories useful,
you can disable them in the Spotlight pane
within System Preferences.
B
B
NEWS SOURCES
It’s not going to replace a newspaper,
but Spotlight now includes a news section
for articles related to your search term.
C
You get a synopsis of each article, and a link
to the full version online. It works pretty D
well for getting the latest on sports teams.
C
LOCATION MAPS
You can, of course, use Maps (or visit Google D
SIRI KNOWLEDGE sometimes get links to other sites and the
Maps in Safari) to find out where a place is. Under the rather vague heading of Siri odd map – and it may dig up something
But type a location into Spotlight and it’ll Knowledge, you’ll find what amounts to an surprisingly useful. If you want to learn
bring up a small map that gives you a basic expanded flash card about a given subject more about the subject matter, click on the
overview of that location, which includes or term. Imagery, info, and statistics are “See more” option to open the complete
photos and further information. mostly pulled from Wikipedia, but you also article in your browser.
HOW TO Find more stuff using Spotlight
Get flight info View sports results Time-based search

Type a flight number into Sports fans are increasingly Although Spotlight is not a
Spotlight and one or more matching catered for in Spotlight. Type in a natural-language search tool, it can
flights will be returned. Select one and major team’s name and you’ll see a interpret time-based constraints that
its details will appear on the right – list of its recent results and a schedule you add to searches. For example, try
make sure you scroll to see everything! for its upcoming games. “documents opened last week.”

>>> Feature
Universal Clipboard,
FaceTime & Siri
Small but helpful enhancements you can’t afford to miss
COPY AND PASTE

Universal Clipboard is part of Using Universal Clipboard in
the Continuity features that are this way is less hassle than
designed to make it easier for DluGurs#ru#Ľoh#vkdulqj/#exw#li#lw#
you to work with multiple Apple still seems like more work than
devices. With two Macs signed is necessary, you can put your
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enabled in System Preferences’ those on Sierra or iOS 10 – see
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between them.
High Sierra takes this up a
notch with the ability to copy
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use the regular SMARTER SIRI
Cmd+C and Cmd+V Apple is rather proud of Siri’s voice revamp
shortcuts in Finder. in macOS High Sierra. Although the virtual
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Continuity are listed uncanny valley, Siri now sounds more
at bit.ly/mlcontin. qdwxudo#dqg#h{suhvvlyh
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FACETIME PHOTOS Already, you could ask it to “play some
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ways to save snippets of being able to take such vshflĽf#duwlvw1#Qrz#lw#fdq#uhvsrqg#wr#prrgv#
FaceTime conversations on photos, you can disable this and make recommendations, provided that
your Mac, but now there’s an capability for your FaceTime you have subscribed to Apple Music. (If not,
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Apple. As you’re chatting with out more about this and how particular mood.”)
someone, you can click a to protect your privacy in the Siri has one other trick in macOS High
button to capture a special “Live Photos in FaceTime” Sierra: In System Preferences’ Accessibility
moment and save it as a Live tutorial later in this issue. pane, select Siri (under the Interaction
Photo, which includes a short heading on the left), and put a check mark
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and after the still image. is primarily intended for people who can’t
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in the Photos app. The other the assistant something, have headphones
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that a photo was taken, so it’s You can also have Siri respond without
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in its pane within System Preferences.

Underlying changes and

what they mean to you
Learn about less visible yet valuable improvements in High Sierra
APFS
High Sierra follows iOS, tvOS, and watchOS
in moving to Apple File System (APFS).
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are clear when doing things like duplicating
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folders. Tasks that may have taken a while
to complete on older versions of macOS
now often happen almost instantly.
That said, approach this change with
caution to protect your data. Ensure you
DOWN TO THE METAL have a complete backup of your Mac –
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was designed to unleash the creative apps. before upgrading, in case things go wrong.
power of your Mac’s graphics One app that looks like it’ll
processing unit, potentially fully harness this new power
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powerful. But Metal 2 further Sl{hopdwru1#Lwġv#vhw#wr#jr#ģsurĤ#
ups the ante, and Apple calls it this fall, with a revamped
a “graphics game changer.” single-window interface, and
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machine learning, virtual go to pixelmator.com/pro.
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and you happen to have a It looks like a similar situation Report, and select Applications in
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support for 32-bit apps. Sadly, it’s have to be 64-bit. Updates to they plan to introduce 64-bit
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APPLE MAY SEEM
to be a perennial
winner, but it wasn’t
always so. The company
behind the iPhone and iMac
IS also made iTunes Ping and the
infamous “hockey puck” mouse.
Yes, even Apple has made products
no one wanted or worked poorly.
Of course, there are also many highly
popular Apple products that are no
longer with us today; even being a
successful product loved by many may
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not be enough to save you from being
phased out by Apple. From the iBook to
iWeb, and the iPod to the eMac, good
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keep these products around forever.
Despite its successes, even Apple
isn’t immune to market pressures,
failed launches, and low demand.
So let us take you on a trip down
memory lane to revisit some
of the interesting products,
launches, and ideas that
have been shown the
door over the course
of the company’s
storied history.

>>> Feature
1989 Macintosh Portable

L
aunched in 1989, the Macintosh also the issue of cost. At $7,300 for
Portable was Apple’s first stab a model equipped with a hard drive
at the nascent laptop market, (about $14,626 today), its princely price
and, unfortunately, it showed. tag meant it wasn’t an option for those
It had some pretty nifty features. with faint hearts or light wallets.
With an impressive active matrix LCD There was another serious issue,
display that was crisp and quick, and though. It could only run on mains
a clever trackball input device that power if a battery was installed;
could be switched to either side of if the battery could no longer hold a
the keyboard, it showed some touches charge, you couldn’t run it on mains
of classic Apple flair. power at all. Consequently, it’s nearly
Still, at 16 pounds it rather strained impossible to find a working, usable
the definition of “portable.” There was Macintosh Portable in the wild today.
1993 Newton
MessagePad
T
he Newton MessagePad, Apple’s first
experiment in tablet computing, is
always high up on the list of Apple
failures. While it’s undoubtedly hated by
many, it’s still mourned by a few.
Its hottest feature at its 1993 launch was
handwriting recognition. This could recognise
cursive, printed, and mixed handwriting
anywhere on the screen, which was much
better than its rivals. It also turned out to be
its worst feature. It simply didn’t work very
well, leading to it being skewered in reviews.
The MessagePad could take months to learn
your handwriting, and its AAA batteries
drained in record time.
The software was vastly improved in the
next model, and the Newton started to
become the device it was always meant to be.
Then, in 1997, Steve Jobs returned to Apple
and killed the Newton.
Sadly, it was only just starting to gain
traction and sales, and Apple needed money
yesterday; the Newton had to be jettisoned.
Nevertheless, this primitive tablet still has
something of a cult following today.

Apple’s Greatest Hits & Misses
1994 QuickTake
A
pple isn’t always early to market, Though an innovative device, the
but it was with the QuickTake, QuickTake was stymied by the Apple
one of the first consumer digital brand – consumers didn’t associate it with
cameras, which was launched in 1994. photography, and similar cameras from
With $12 billion spent annually on established photography brands like
photography in the US at the time, it’s Kodak, Fujifilm, and Nikon sold better.
easy to see why Apple was interested in Yet another Apple product to fall victim
venturing into the market. to Steve Jobs’ blade on his Apple return
The QuickTake could store eight photos in 1997, the QuickTake was on sale for a
at a resolution of 640x480 pixels (0.3 mere three years.
megapixels), 32 at 320x240, or a mix of
both. It had a built-in flash function, but
no way to zoom in or change the focus.
You also couldn’t preview or delete
individual photos on the camera,
only on your Mac.
1994 eWorld
D
uring the nascent era of the world
wide web, eWorld was a study in
what could have been. Released in
1994, it was a suite of web services such as
email, forums, and a web browser, and its
playful interface was designed to resemble
a small city, with services housed in
buildings. It was innovative, but never
received the support it needed.
Priced at $8.95 a month, plus $7.95 an
hour from 6am to 6pm and $4.95 an hour
at other times, it was expensive, and Apple
never lowered the price to stoke up demand.
It was also launched at a bad time for
Apple. The company was in dire financial
straits, posting a $68-million-dollar loss in a
single quarter in 1995. CEO Michael Spindler
decided there wasn’t enough cash to market
eWorld, so it shipped with new Macs, with
just a pamphlet in the box and an icon on
the desktop. With little backing from Apple,
it couldn’t compete with the behemoth that
was AOL and was shut down in March 1996.

>>> Feature
1996 Pippin
A
nother widely panned Apple There were many other problems.
product, the Pippin was a Bandai attempted to market their
multimedia games console version of the Pippin as a computer,
that was only on sale for about a year. not a games console, which confused
Apple never intended it to be a consumers. The Pippin struggled to
standalone product – rather, it was compete with the Sega Saturn, the
meant to be an open technology Nintendo 64, and the Sony PlayStation,
platform that other companies could which were already established in the
license, use and alter, much like VHS. games console space, and the Pippin’s
However, only two companies – $599 price – three times higher than
Bandai and Katz Media – took Apple the Nintendo 64’s and double the
up on the offer. Coupled with a lack of PlayStation’s – was way too high.
developers for the platform, it was an Like the Newton, the Pippin was axed
unattractive prospect for consumers. in 1997 when Jobs returned to Apple.
1998 Apple USB Mouse

E
very veteran Mac user’s least favorite
input device, the Apple USB Mouse
takes pride of place in the pantheon
of Apple mistakes and missteps.
Launched alongside the Bondi Blue iMac
in 1998, the “hockey puck” mouse was a
nightmare to use. Its small size and round
shape made it hard to orient, and the sole
button was difficult to find without stopping
your work and looking down at the device.
Its short cable was the icing on the cake.
So great was the user irritation with the
USB Mouse that it spawned a third-party
market for adaptors, cables, and even shells
to change its shape to make it easier to use.
It was Apple’s first USB mouse, meant to
take people into the future of input devices,
but instead drove many back to their old
Apple Desktop Bus mice instead. Oops.
We have a blue Apple USB Mouse here
at Mac|Life Towers, but only for posterity —
we wouldn’t dare use it.

1999 Clamshell
iBook G3
W
hile the titanium PowerBook customers. It was lower-specced than
G4 was all sleek, shiny, the PowerBook, but was the first mass
high-grade professionalism, market laptop to come with Wi-Fi.
the clamshell iBook G3 was fun, light The design rammed home the idea
and unpretentious – it was the iPhone that having a computer could be cool,
5c to the PowerBook’s iPhone 5s. and needn’t be restricted to the jet-set
It was launched in 1999, shortly business class. It was something to be
after the striking iMac debuted, and its seen with, to be proud of.
design inspiration is clear. Complete Still, that didn’t stop Apple from
with bright colours and an eye-catching radically changing the design again
clamshell design, the iBook was aimed in 2001, a move that began its focus
squarely at entry-level and education on translucent white plastics.

>>> Feature
2000 Power Mac

G4 Cube
R
arely has Apple built a prettier perceived as being poor value for
Mac than the Power Mac G4 money, starting at £200 more than the
Cube. A sleek metal box that similarly equipped Power Mac G4.
seemed to float inside a clear plastic Early models also had a tendency
casing, the Cube was a slice of pure to exhibit small cracks in the case –
Jony Ive aesthetics. It was somewhat hardly desirable in a Mac that’s meant
reminiscent of the NeXTcube that to encapsulate design perfection.
Steve Jobs’ NeXT computer company Price drops, upgraded graphics
manufactured before being bought by cards, and extra bundled software
Apple, only in a lighter, clearer form. couldn’t resurrect sales, and the Cube
The only problem was that no one was discontinued in 2001. These days
really wanted one. At $1,799 it wasn’t it lives on as an exhibit in New York’s
outrageously expensive, but it was Museum of Modern Art.
2001
The iPod range
G
iven the recent demise of the iPod shuffle and
nano, it seems right to include the beloved iPod
family in this look at Apple’s hits and misses.
The product that redefined the mobile music market,
the iPod helped kill off portable CD players and costly,
ugly flash-based music players. It was Apple’s first big
hit outside of its computer division, and paved the way
for the iPhone. Later additions like the iPod nano and
shuffle built on that success, and were cheaper options
that solidified Apple’s portable music dominance.
So what happened? Simply put, the iPhone happened.
The iPod was ultimately cannibalised by another hit
from Cupertino. The iPhone blended the functions of a
phone and a music player, and much more – why carry
both an iPod and a phone with you when you can just
have one device that replaces both?
The iPod revolutionised digital music, but couldn’t
hold on to its crown. We still miss its clever scroll wheel.
2002 eMac
A
pple cut its teeth in the popular, and it was offered for
education market, so it sale to retail customers just one
was a no-brainer to month after launching.
launch a Mac aimed solely at However, Apple decided to
schools back in 2002. restrict it to schools again in
Released as a cheaper October 2005, without giving an
alternative to the anglepoise- explanation. The move may have
style iMac G4, the eMac – short been motivated by a desire to
for education Mac – actually shift customers onto the recently
stood up well to its more launched Mac mini, while falling
expensive cousin. The main LCD display prices probably
difference was the CRT display also played a role. Whatever the
housed in the eMac, which made cause, the eMac was dropped
its entry-level model much more just nine months later and
affordable than the LCD- replaced by an “education”
equipped iMac G4. That made it version of the iMac Core Duo.
2001 Titanium PowerBook

T
he titanium version of the PowerBook
G4 was a special design moment for
Apple for a number of reasons.
It was Apple’s first attempt at a titanium
laptop. At the launch event in 2001, Steve Jobs
was almost child-like in his excitement: it was
made from titanium, like the spy planes, he
enthused. It was only an inch thick (0.7 inches
less than the PowerBook G3). Oh, and the Apple
logo on the lid was flipped so that it was the
“correct” way up when in use. This minimalist,
metal-led design was the precursor to a number
of other products, including the Power Mac G5,
the MacBook Pro, and later iMacs.
Apple’s fling with titanium was short-lived,
however, and it introduced an aluminum
PowerBook G4 in February 2003 – nine months
after which the titanium model was phased out.
But its radical reinterpretation of the laptop
design aesthetic had a lasting influence that’s
still very much evident today.

>>> Feature
2005 ROKR phone

B
efore the iPhone, there maximum of 100 songs, which
was the ROKR phone. undermined its position as a
An ill-fated collaboration music-oriented phone. This was
between Apple and Motorola, the compounded by slow transfer
ROKR was intended to showcase speeds (it didn’t support USB
the power of iTunes on a mobile 2.0) and a complete lack of
phone back in 2005. wireless transfer capability.
Unfortunately, it was a disaster. The nail in the coffin was
You’d think any phone that’s the Apple’s simultaneous
first to support iTunes would announcement of the iPod nano,
have a strong musical offering, which Motorola CEO Ed Zander
but not the ROKR. Despite claimed undercut the ROKR.
accommodating microSD cards Apple learned its lesson, and
up to 1GB in size, the firmware launched the very first iPhone
only enables it to hold a just two years later.
2006 iWeb
F
or a lot of Mac users, the iWeb app,
which was part of the iLife suite, was
their first introduction to web design.
In typical Apple fashion, it made easy
something that people saw as alien and
confusing. It let you choose the look of
your website from a series of ready-made
templates and then simply replace the
placeholder text with your own. Adding
images and videos was as straightforward
as dragging and dropping them into place,
and when you were ready for the world to
see your design, all you had to do was click
Publish and your website would go live on
Apple’s MobileMe platform.
It wasn’t all smooth sailing though. Making
iWeb sites compatible across a number of
web browsers proved to be a headache.
Meanwhile, Apple began focusing on uniting
many of its software offerings into iCloud,
and its rivals overtook iWeb. The app died
when Apple closed MobileMe in 2012, but it
lives on in the hearts of the many web
designers who got their first taste with iWeb.

2010 iTunes Ping

S
eeing the success of Facebook and
Twitter, Apple tried to get in on the
social network game with iTunes Ping
in 2010. It let you follow musicians and
connect with your friends, all within iTunes.
But the problems began almost from the
start. During Ping’s unveiling, Steve Jobs
touted its Facebook integration. However,
due to a payment dispute between the
social network and Apple, Facebook blocked
Ping integration almost immediately.
There was another big problem: spam. In a
bizarre oversight, Apple neglected to put in
a spam filtering system, allowing accounts
to flood Ping’s comment areas with dodgy
links. Some artists even reported that fake
accounts had been set up in their names.
While Ping was closed down in 2012, Apple
hasn’t given up on the idea. Apple Music’s
Connect feature – see the tutorial in this
issue – is a spiritual successor to Ping, but
also seems to be struggling to find its feet.
2008 MobileMe
A
fter talking about iWeb, sync their Microsoft Outlook
we feel MobileMe accounts with MobileMe, this
deserves a mention was then removed only a short
here too. It was the service that while after launch, leaving many
morphed into iCloud, but its people in the lurch.
launch in 2008 was a disaster. Even Steve Jobs admitted –
Apple released a suite of albeit in an internal company
internet services called iTools email – that launching MobileMe
in 2000, and later updated it as at the same time as the iPhone
.Mac in 2002. It was renamed 3G and the App Store was a
MobileMe in 2008, but the mistake, saying it was done too
switch was plagued with issues. hurriedly and was “not up to
Users couldn’t sign in to the Apple’s standards.” Its time was
system, and some inadvertently up – MobileMe lasted just three
got charged the subscription years, before being replaced by
fee during their free trial. And the massively more successful
although users could originally iCloud service in 2011.

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Then you need to move to the corners of a table.
end point. However, given the We liked the tool that AR MEASUREKIT
system’s limited accuracy, your measures someone’s height.
start point begins to drift. The developer suggests using Neat interface
There’s even a
We tried out the app on an this to record a child’s growth. That it works at all is magical tool to measure a
iPhone SE and an iPad Pro. But everyone knows roughly Alignment is hilariously awkward person’s height.
If you thought wearing a VR how tall they are; you measure The app has a
helmet looked awkward, just wr#Ľqg#rxw#h{dfwo|1#Wkdwġv#zkdw# Measurements aren’t reliable
built-in switch for
wait until you try to measure a ARKit seems unable to do. OKAY metric/imperial.
sofa with an iPad. The slightest
movement jolts your center
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good using two hands to steady
the screen, because you’ll need
one free to tap it. The iPhone
was easier to wield, and the
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Under ideal conditions our
measurements were about
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wrong. If you were trying to
measure something, how
would you know? The way the
lines drifted out of perspective
as we moved made us wonder
if ARKit truly understood
Keep it simple: Quickshot offers a
wealth of good-looking presets.
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together, theoretically keeping
static elements in one place,
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multiple times as they move
across the frame. In practice
this is challenging to use,
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surfers were less than radical.
The more detail there is in the
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Made for iPhone Needs iOS 10.0 or later
good images from the app.
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you’ve even pressed the duvhqdo1#Wkh#Ľqdo#qxgjh#lqwr# and powerful photo editor for
vkxwwhu#exwwrq1# pro-level spec is the app’s your iPhone. DAVE STEVENSON
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your iPhone’s orientation wkh#vdph#Ľ{#wr#pxowlsoh# ENLIGHT QUICKSHOT
sensors to deskew photos images together.
ehiruh#|rx#wdnh#wkhp/# You get other photo modes Lots of filters
so you always end up with a too. HDR+ is similar to the Strobe mode is fascinating
ohyho#krul}rq1#Lw#dovr#rļhuv# iPhone’s own, yet seems to Extra options for power users
to adjust things like lighting jdwkhu#pruh#ghwdlo#lq#wd{lqj#
in real time, and can apply h{srvxuhv#zlwk#h{wuhph# Faintly confusing price model
Ľowhuv#ehiruh#|rx#vkrrw1 highlights and shadows. GREAT

iTranslate Converse
Get foreign language translations in real time
Free From iTranslate, itranslate.com
Made for iPhone, Apple Watch Needs iOS 10.0 or later
iTranslate has long been the The results aren’t always perfect and
best way to communicate can occasionally be comical, but this is
with foreign speakers the closest we’ve come to translating
Free users are limited to 300 translations per
using a smartphone. The a bilingual conversation in real time.
month without a subscription.
company’s latest iPhone app aims for You have to speak clearly and in short
real-time conversation — the holy grail sentences, but the app is otherwise
of mobile translation — and for the most super-easy to use, with a clean, $4.99 per month, or $39.99 annually.
part, iTranslate Converse delivers. minimalist interface that doesn’t get in The good news is that if you already pay
The app prompts you to hold your the way of conversations. The app also for a subscription on the iTranslate app,
iPhone upside-down so you’re speaking retains transcripts of your translated you aren’t double-taxed — you only have
directly into the microphone for more conversations for reference or sharing. to sign in and start conversing.
accurate results. After selecting a pair of Naturally, there’s a price to be paid for THE BOTTOM LINE. Having chats
languages from 38 available options, the software this intuitive and clever. Though with speakers of other languages just got
first person taps and holds on the screen, the app is free to use, that’s only good a whole lot easier. J.R. BOOKWALTER
speaks in their dialect, then lifts their for up to 300 translations per month —
finger to view and listen to the results. after that you’ll have to subscribe for GREAT
Weather Atlas
Rain or shine, the outlook for this app is bright
Free From Contrast Apps, contrast.co
Made for iPhone, iPad Needs iOS 10.3 or later
For the last few years, we’ve You can also toggle radar and cloud
relied on the one-two punch layers on or off, and get a quick peek
of The Weather Channel and from the Lock screen with a Today view
With a single glance, Weather Atlas offers
Perfect Weather apps to stay widget. Anything more requires a Pro
details for all of your favorite US locales.
up-to-date on current climate conditions. subscription ($0.49 per month, or
The latter was recently decommissioned $4.99 annually), but it’s worth it for the
in favor of a new app, but the forecast additional layers, which include humidity lacks animated future radar views or
looks like this one’s a keeper. and temperature, and the ability to severe weather alerts. But its interface
Weather Atlas provides a gorgeous, change the app icon to fit your taste. is much less cluttered than competing
map-based look at hourly or 10-day Eliminating ads is really the best apps (The Weather Channel — ahem),
conditions around your current location, reason to pay up — they’re borderline making this app a breath of fresh air.
as well as places you’ve saved as intrusive at times, especially when THE BOTTOM LINE. The forecast
favorites, all at a glance. By comparison, randomly wedged into the favorites looks sunny for this lean, clean weather
The Weather Channel forces you to scroll panel. There are a few other limitations: app. J.R. BOOKWALTER
through charts and photos to see more Weather Alert is US-only for now (despite
than a few hours ahead. an option to display metric units), and GREAT

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Layton’s Mystery Journey

A puzzle game made of riddles
$15.99 From Level-5, laytonseries.com
Made for iPhone, iPad Needs iOS 9.0 or later
The Layton games, usually London. Although the puzzles are a bit of
found on Nintendo’s 3DS a letdown, the rest of the game — from its
system, revolve around wacky plot involving a cult of millionaires,
Puzzles are occasionally obtuse, sometimes
solving logic-based puzzles to its music and its aesthetics — is
silly, and quite often trick questions.
as the main character, Professor Layton. pleasant enough to justify its rather large
Now, for the series’ second outing on price, and the iOS version is a lot less
mobile, the character focus shifts to costly than the $40 version for 3DS. While this title is a shadow of previous
his daughter, Katrielle, and with it, the Aside from the main action, there are Layton games, by no means is Katrielle’s
puzzles go from requiring logic and also minigames that are unlocked as you first outing a bad one. It’s charming and
thought to being more like riddles. progress, and although these are few and beautiful, though perhaps not as suited
However, nothing has been lost in far between, they offer satisfaction that to mobile as it is to Nintendo’s consoles.
style. The developer, Level-5, is known the puzzles don’t quite offer. THE BOTTOM LINE. Cinema-quality
for its beautiful, Ghibli-esque animation, The controls are adapted to the animation, let down by disappointing
and this game does not disappoint, with iPhone’s small layout, but the way of puzzle-style riddles. KATE GRAY
animated cutscenes and background art moving the character around can feel
depicting an imagined pastel version of fiddly and repetitive from time to time. GOOD
Pigeon Wings
Only bird brains won’t buy this
$1.99 From Ignacio Schiefelbein, pigeonwingsgame.com
Made for iPad, iPhone, Apple TV Needs iOS 8.0 or later
Another rich, evil dude has Visually, it’s all quite simple, but
decided to destroy East super-smooth as the pigeons belt along,
Megalopolis, and only Pigeon only occasionally being obliterated by
It turns out when pigeons have planes, they
can stop him. Yes, you read flying mines some idiot has left floating
belt along at insanely ridiculous speeds.
that right: in this deranged, high-speed about. Also, humor is laced throughout,
racer, a bird you thought spent its life notably when the villain taunts the
making a mess of city squares is the true pigeon, who doesn’t respond — due to your beak, and you’ll miss this control
hero. Take that, ungrateful humans! the fact that it’s a pigeon. system when returning to games with
Across 50 levels, you zoom along in a But the slickest bit is arguably the more traditional setups. Not that you’ll
tiny pigeon plane, swooping and diving controls. One button accelerates and the do so until you’ve cracked the 50th level
through the city, racing other pigeons. other boosts or shoots your weapons, of this superb high-octane racer.
The prize in every tenth level is taking on depending on whether you’re battling a THE BOTTOM LINE. Perfectly marries
flying dreadnoughts aiming to instantly boss; your altitude, though, is controlled the intensity of Alone and the frantic
turn you into pigeon pie. These sections by tilting your device forward and back. racing of Mario Kart. CRAIG GRANNELL
are brief and intense, and a nice diversion This feels superb, enabling you to quickly
from the long and intense racing bits. react to a wall that’s about to slam into EXCELLENT

Total War — Alexander

Taking over the world is never easy
$4.99 From Feral Interactive, feralinteractive.com
Made for iPad Needs iOS 10.2 or later
The third Rome: into an opposing army, or lay level to the existing game March across
Total War game siege to a city, and you’ll be that somehow got released the world map
to march onto dropped into the meat of the as a standalone app instead. to find enemies
the App Store action – real-time battles in It doesn’t help that instead to fight with.
puts you in the sandals of which you control individual of the kind of playable
Alexander the not-yet-Great, regiments and generals in tutorial that helps you learn
and asks you to conquer the the kind of hacking and the game’s mechanics, you
known world within a time slashing that leaves few on get a series of videos that
limit. After all, if the real the losing side still alive and someone looking for a quick
Alexander could do it by the with all their limbs. game is unlikely to watch.
time he was 32, you should The interface has been That’s a shame, as the
be able to in 100 turns. intelligently designed for a 100-turn limit and its
Apart from the constant touchscreen, but without the associated need to attack
fear of running out of time, responsiveness of mouse means this is a game ideally
little else has changed since control, and a view that vxlwhg#wr#ľljkwv/#wrggohu#
the series’ previous iPad doesn’t zoom out far enough, naps, and the dull bits in
release. The turn-based your micromanagement of romantic comedies. Its
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your armies and recruit ehfrph#d#vwrs0vwduw#dļdlu1# vhhlqj#vr#pdq|#xqlwv#Ľjkwlqj#
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THE BOTTOM LINE. Classic
series, classical setting, but
way too hard. IAN EVENDEN
TOTAL WAR — ALEXANDER
Enormous real-time battles

Time limit adds speed to the game
Sense of triumph when you win
Frustratingly difficult
SOLID

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ROUNDUP
6 iOS apps for

happy holidays
KAYAK
Holidays and apps go together like roast turkey Free For iPhone, iPad, Watch
and cranberry sauce. Here are our top app picks
If “holidays” are synonymous with
“travel” for you, then Kayak is a must-
Holiday season is back, but it doesn’t members, and even entertain them. have app. Versed in flights, hotels, and
have to involve awkward silences, About the only things that these car rentals, Kayak has great tools for
panic buying, or existential planning apps can’t do is help you to avoid research, comparison, and finalizing your
dread. The six apps we have chosen Xqfoh#Mlpġv#udqwv#ru#wrs#rļ#|rxu# booking. Additionally, it can tell you if
can help you organize, travel, cook, wine – those holiday jobs are down it thinks your intended purchase might
shop, share out tasks among family to you. DAVID CHARTIER be cheaper in the future, and will let you
know when a price drops.
YUMMLY ANYLIST INSTACART

Free For iPhone, Watch Free For iPhone, iPad, Watch Free For iPhone, iPad
It’s hard enough to get everyday cooking To organize holiday grocery and gift Instacart is your holiday savior, whether
right, let alone big holiday meals. That’s shopping, put AnyList on your, uh, list. you’re short on errand time for that
where Yummly comes in. Its recipe It’s a simple yet powerful way to create last-minute grocery run or you just need
recommendations include an excellent lists, collaborate on them with others, that one thing you forgot. It’s a grocery
seasonal section that accounts for your add location alerts, and quickly reuse delivery service that works in and around
tastes and the ingredients on hand. things you buy often. It’s just a couple of many US cities. You can shop for items
It also has instructional videos, a built-in taps to add previous purchases back onto across multiple stores, put them all in
shopping list, and even a kitchen tool a list, and a premium option enables you one big cart, and place an order for next
shop for those essential utensils. to add photos and customize themes. day or, in many cases, same-day delivery.
PICNIIC TICKET TO RIDE

Free Made for iPhone $5.99 Made for iPhone, iPad
Sticky notes were never a great place Ticket to Ride is a well-known classic
for Holiday planning, but it feels right at board game, but nobody needs to bring
home on Picniic, a “family agenda” app. their boxed version to a family gathering
It has shared calendars, tasks, shopping as long as there’s an iOS device around.
lists, and meal planning, so everyone is Up to five players of nearly all ages can
in-the-know. Optional location sharing play, competing to connect cities by rail.
tells you if errands are getting done. You gain points for each connection
And there’s also a safe, encrypted Info made, and more for completing the
Locker for sharing sensitive details. routes you pick from a deck at the start.

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Sleep Watch
Smartly designed app for tracking sleep
$2.99 From Bodymatter, sleepwatchapp.com
Made For iPhone, Watch Needs iOS 9.0 or later
Apple clearly has sleep to a regular schedule. Most of

tracking on its radar after the heavy lifting takes place
acquiring Beddit earlier this on iPhone, so Apple Watch
year, but if you want to becomes a passive participant
monitor what’s going on while used as a tool to collect data
you slumber, there’s already while you sleep.
an app for that. With one The iPhone app looks great
caveat: You’ll need to keep and provides a wealth of
Apple Watch strapped to your automatically recorded data –
wrist while you’re in bed. there’s no way to initiate
Vohhs#Zdwfk#xvhv#duwlĽfldo# tracking by hand – but you can
intelligence and machine pdqxdoo|#frqĽup#vohhs#wlphv#
learning to provide insight when you forget to wear your
into your nocturnal habits, Watch. You can also enable
including sleep rhythm a feature that inquires how single charge. If you have to
tracking to help you get back rested you feel each morning, wear it all night to use Sleep
which will be included with Watch, when will you have
other logged data. time to recharge the battery?
The watchOS app isn’t This isn’t really the developer’s
WATCH TIP
exactly a slouch, and does a fault, but it’s likely to be an
Display apps in a list good job of displaying recorded
information, including restful
issue for many users.
THE BOTTOM LINE. Monitor
watchOS 4 lets and tap List View sleep, average heart rate, and, your sleep, with no hardware
you view your to banish the more importantly, how much other than your Apple devices
Watch apps as an honeycomb. your heart rate dipped while necessary. J. R. BOOKWALTER
alphabetized list. you were snoozing. Some of
To make this this data can even be displayed SLEEP WATCH
change, press the on your preferred Watch face,
Digital Crown to thanks to the app’s support Automatically logs nightly sleep
display the Home for complications. Syncs with Health app
screen, press on There’s just one big May disrupt your charging routine
the display for a problem: Many Apple Watch
contextual menu, owners have a hard time just No manual sleep start/stop controls
getting through the day on a GOOD

Make It Rain: The Love of Money HOW TO

Add a Siri face to
An addictive but flawed version of the iOS title your Apple Watch
Free From Space Inch, spaceinch.com
Made For iPhone, iPad, Watch Needs iOS 8.0 or later
If money is truly the effects. On the plus side, the animation

root of all evil, then is smooth, and watchOS responds well
Make It Rain: The to persistent tapping on the screen.
Love of Money is a Also a positive, the Watch version
game even the Devil isn’t riddled with advertising and in-app
himself might enjoy. purchases, which plague the iPhone
The object is to see and iPad versions with a constant
how fast you can swipe and watch the reminder that money does indeed NEW FACE
money pile up – you know, “make it make the world go ’round. watchOS 4 introduces the
rain,” in gangsta parlance. THE BOTTOM LINE. The novelty Siri watch face, which displays info
It’s more addictive than you might wears off pretty quickly on Watch, from various sources. To use it,
think, but a whole lot less fun on Apple especially when there’s no sound to press on the current face, swipe all
Watch, where you simply keep tapping accompany the otherwise decent the way to the right, and tap the +.
ad nauseum to watch the amount of animation. J.R. BOOKWALTER
cash increase without so much as the
satisfaction of accompanying sound WEAK
RoadiAlert ASK SIRI

Check your speed without needing Apple Maps Use the Digital Crown to
$0.99 From Telnus, facebook.com/Telnus scroll to the Siri face, then tap to
select it. Summon Siri by tapping
Made For iPhone, Watch Needs iOS 10.3 or later
in the face’s top-left corner, or
scroll to view personalized info.
While it’s good that limits,” so it’s not always a reliable
Apple Maps now substitute for observing speed signs.
displays the speed You’ll also want to keep your iPhone
limit while driving, plugged in when background updates
that feature doesn’t are enabled, since they consume 10
help when driving percent of battery life for every hour
without navigation of travel. You have the option of adding
assistance. That’s where RoadiAlert a complication to the watch face to
comes in. It keeps tabs on how fast keep tabs on your speed, and there’s an
you’re travelling, and alerts you when alert threshold setting that warns when
you’ve exceeded the local speed limit. you’re a set amount over the limit. CUSTOM VIEW
Conveniently, RoadiAlert also works THE BOTTOM LINE. Handy for To adjust which data
on Apple Watch, where it makes sense drivers with a lead foot, but it hits sources are used, or to relocate
to feel a vibrating alert while driving. battery life hard. J.R. BOOKWALTER the Siri icon, open the Watch app
The problem is, as the developer notes, on iPhone, tap the face under My
the app “may contain wrong speed SOLID Faces, and then tweak its settings.

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iPhone 8
It’s good, but is it good enough?
From $699 From Apple, apple.com
Features 4.7-inch Retina HD display with True Tone and P3 color gamut,
A11 Bionic chip, 12MP camera, wireless charging (charging pad not included)
T
he iPhone 8 is here, and it’s more iPhone 6 made its debut in 2014.
or less exactly what you’d expect That’s a surprise, as we were
a new iPhone to be. Apple has expecting (or at least hoping for)
improved the camera, added new a bump in resolution at this point.
display tech, and equipped it with a Instead, Apple has focused on
new, more capable processor. improving the screen’s brightness
The new device measures and color representation. It has also
5.45x2.65x0.29 inches, making it a added its True Tone technology,
tiny amount bigger than the iPhone 7. which monitors the ambient light
The size makes it easy to hold and use around the phone and adjusts its
one-handed, which could be the main output to look more natural under
reason why you would choose to buy your current lighting conditions.
this over another smartphone.
The iPhone 8 comes in silver, gold, POWER AND POISE
and space gray. The gold is much truer The aluminum unibody design of
to real rose gold than the previous previous iPhones has been replaced
“pinkness.” The phone also has an IP67 by a glass back this time, which allows
rating for water resistance, so it should for wireless charging. The glass back
survive being immersed in up to three feels great – it has a grippy coating
feet of water for up to 30 minutes. that makes it feel secure in your hands.
The stereo speakers are now louder, The camera lens still protrudes from
which is a clear improvement, but they the rear casing and, like the iPhone 7,
still lack bass for audiophiles. They do, there’s no 3.5mm headphone port.
however, create a wide soundstage. The brain of the iPhone 8 is Apple’s
You don’t get the iPhone X’s almost new six-core A11 Bionic processor,
bezel-free display here, as this model’s which is – yes, you guessed it – the
design isn’t a massive departure from most powerful processor Apple has
the iPhone 6 and 7, making it look ever put in an iPhone. Tearing through
more dated. The screen is a 4.7-inch, different apps, playing music, watching
1334x750-pixel LCD display with IPS video, and checking emails are all
tech, with a pixel density of 326ppi. uninterrupted by the hardware –
That’s the same resolution as iPhones as is usual for a new phone. What’s
of this screen size have had since the super-impressive, though, is how

THE iPHONE 8 AND iPHONE 8 PLUS ARE

B OT H OV E R S H A D OW E D BY T H E I R M O R E
EXCITING AND EXPENSIVE SIBLING
instantly apps are ready when you Plus on this smaller model; it means
switch between different tasks. The you miss out on the Portrait mode and
added processing power will really an optical zoom. The 7-megapixel front
become apparent when you’re running facing camera, however, is excellent,
more intensive apps – those that use as is 4K video recording at 60fps.
ARKit, for example. Hopefully, it’ll also This all means the iPhone 8 is a
stay quick for a lot longer as well. great smartphone. The battery life is
good, the camera has been improved,
FAST AND WIRELESS and the addition of wireless charging
Apple claims the iPhone 8’s battery life adds convenience. We like the glass-
is comparable to the iPhone 7, but we backed design and, thanks to the small
found it exceeded our expectations. screen, it’s one of the most ergonomic
We’re not talking two-day battery life phones we’ve used.
here, but we found it comfortably There is, of course, one X-shaped
lasted a day with mixed usage. elephant in the room. The iPhone 8
There are two new ways to charge and the iPhone 8 Plus are both
this iPhone: wirelessly, and quickly – overshadowed by their more exciting,
yes, those are mutually exclusive. more expensive sibling, and if you’re
The new glass-backed design means looking for the latest, greatest iPhone,
that you can set the iPhone 8 down you’re going to want the iPhone X.
on a wireless charging pad and it’ll Of course, at $699 the base 64GB
instantly start sucking up juice. It uses iPhone 8 is considerably cheaper than
the universal Qi standard as well. It’s a the $999 iPhone X in that capacity.
The iPhone 8 is an improvement nice touch and convenient, but at the And that’s where the problem with the
over its predecessor in many ways, moment it’s rather slow. The other iPhone 8 lies: it’s now the “cheap”
but its design looks rather dated. new power-related capability is “fast iPhone – and perceptions matter.
charging,” which takes the battery to THE BOTTOM LINE. A great
50 percent in 30 minutes – but you’ll update, with improvements to battery
need to buy a USB-C charger and a life and camera. It’s just difficult to
USB-C to Lightning cable for this. get excited about. SPENCER HART
On paper, the rear camera looks
unchanged from the iPhone 7; the
iPHONE 8
same 12-megapixel setup as before,
but the sensor is now larger and the Great camera
software is smarter. The result is a big Decent battery life
improvement, capable of stunning
Large bezels now look dated
shots with great detail and contrast.
It’s a shame you can’t get Apple’s Fast charging costs extra
dual-camera system from the iPhone 8 GREAT

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The iPhone 8 Plus is

faster and more feature-
packed than its predecessor.
iPhone 8 Plus
Apple’s flagship phone… for now!
Features 5.5-inch Retina HD display with True Tone and P3 color gamut,
A11 Bionic chip, 12MP camera, wireless charging (charging pad not included)
W
e’ll start with the elephant in the Qi-compatible wireless charging. Apple
room: the new iPhone 8 Plus certainly isn’t first with this tech, but it
looks a bit dated compared to will make it mainstream, and that’s
its Android rivals, which is a shame. great for wireless charging in general.
The large bezels look old-fashioned Battery life is an interesting aspect,
next to the Galaxy Note 8, say, but you because the iPhone 8 Plus’s battery
have to consider the whole experience. is actually lower capacity than the
The iPhone 8 Plus has a brand new 7 Plus’s (2,691 instead of 2,900mAh).
chip, the A11 Bionic processor, moving However, Apple says that thanks to
from the four-core configuration of the improvements in efficiency, it should There are also many incremental
iPhone 7 Plus’s A10 Fusion (two for clock up the same battery life. That’s updates, such as the True Tone display
high performance and two that are about right, too. While intensive use tech from the iPad Pro, Bluetooth 5.0,
energy efficient) to six here, four of will drain the battery, you can easily and fast charging (if you have a USB-C
them being energy efficient this time. get through the day and into the first charger and USB-C to Lightning cable).
And that makes it easily the fastest part of the next. You should be able There’s also a new “neural engine.”
phone you can buy today. to get it to last for 24 hours, like the Inside the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus it’s used
The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are iPhone 7 Plus. An hour’s intensive for augmented reality apps, while in
actually quite a departure for Apple use – streaming media or constant the iPhone X it enables Face ID as well.
in terms of graphics, because they’re emails, social networking, and chat – True Tone is really welcome, and you
the first handsets that use Apple’s will drain it by 8 to 10 percent. can see the slight difference between
own graphics processor instead of
Imagination’s PowerVR, which Apple
has used over the last decade.
APPLE HAS DOUBLED THE AMOUNT OF
These performance improvements S T O R A G E I N T H E E N T R Y- L E V E L M O D E L
show in general use, and everything is
noticeably punchy, even when adding
effects to photos or editing them.
Anecdotally, it certainly feels faster
than an iPhone 7 Plus running iOS 11.
As on the iPhone 8, the 8 Plus’s new
glass back means you can say hello to

the screens when compared with the A BETTER CAMERA upgrade, but anyone with an older
iPhone 7 Plus. While it will play back The camera has also received some model will be keen to make the leap.
Dolby Vision and HDR10 content, just attention with a bunch of upgrades, It’s a tiny bit of a shame, therefore,
like Apple TV 4K, the iPhone 8 Plus including the ability to record gorgeous that the design of the iPhone 8 Plus
doesn’t have an HDR display, unlike 4K video at 60fps. The results are is quite so similar to its forerunner.
many rival handsets (and iPhone X), stunning thanks to a new larger sensor, Note that the dimensions are ever so
so you won’t see the video in all its while the core camera specs are the slightly different from the iPhone 7
glory. While the display is very usable same as last year’s model. Plus, with a tiny bit of extra thickness
and most people won’t care, the fact is White balance has been significantly and weight.
the iPhone 8 Plus’s 1920x1080-pixel improved, though. You can easily see it THE BOTTOM LINE. It’s a shame
display now lags far behind its rivals. in more accurate skin tones. Portrait the iPhone 8 Plus looks outdated,
Apple has also doubled the amount mode has been taken a stage further because otherwise it’s great.
of storage available in the entry-level with Portrait Lighting, enabling you to DAN GRABHAM, GRAHAM BARLOW
Plus model, with the iPhone 8 Plus apply different effects, such as Studio
starting at 64GB compared to half Light or Contour Light.
iPHONE 8 PLUS
that in its predecessor. A 256GB Optical image stabilization is
version remains the other capacity confined to the wide-angle lens, just Unbelievably fast
option. The iPhone 7 Plus, meanwhile, like on the iPhone 7 Plus; if you want Excellent camera
now comes in just 32GB and 128GB its benefit on the telephoto lens too,
Design looks dated
varieties. (The iPhone X shares the you’ll need to step up to the iPhone X.
iPhone 8 and 8 Plus’s storage options, A lot of these changes won’t No mobile HDR display
with no 128GB model between them.) convince iPhone 7 Plus owners to AWESOME

>>> Reviews
Apple Watch Series 3

The smartest smartwatch just got smarter!
From $329 (GPS-only models), $399 (GPS + Cellular) From Apple, apple.com
Features Dual-core S3 chip, W2 wireless chip, water resistant, Apple Music
streaming (coming soon), 8GB (GPS) or 16GB (GPS + Cellular) storage, Siri speaks
A
pple Watch Series 3 follows last Watch itself to call, things are far
year’s Series 2 by adding cellular better when it’s paired with AirPods
connectivity to an already (which sync automatically if you
successful recipe. Apple Watch is the connect everything to one Apple ID)
best smartwatch by a country mile, and or another Bluetooth headset you’re
it was going to require some effort to using for music.
improve on the Series 2. The cellular connectivity kicks in
There was no visual difference when the Watch is no longer connected
between the first and second versions to your iPhone – in other words, when
of Apple Watch, but Apple has decided it’s out of range. Signal strength is
there needs to be a visual cue to mark shown on Apple Watch’s Control
out the cellular version of the Series 3, Center, which also shows if you’re
and so it has painted a red dot on the connected to your iPhone or a Wi-Fi
digital crown. Non-cellular versions network. There’s also a new watch face,
look exactly like their predecessors. Explorer, which shows signal strength
You pay a perfectly reasonable $70 in the middle of the dial.
premium for cellular connectivity; The four major carriers (AT&T,
starting at $399 versus $329, though Sprint Wireless, T-Mobile, and
stainless steel and Milanese loop Verizon Wireless) all support
options take the price up to $599 and Watch. Your iPhone and Watch
$699 respectively, and beyond that share the same number, and
for other style choices. the Watch doesn’t need a
SIM card of its own. Instead,
PHONE-FREE CALLS it has an “eSIM,” which is
So, does the cellular connectivity work automatically activated as
well? Yes, but there are a couple of part of the setup process in
caveats. Siri, messages, and calls from the iPhone’s Apple Watch app.
the Watch work really well – audio We’d only recommend the
quality seems improved – and the cellular option if you regularly go
calling experience isn’t much different out without your iPhone, which is
than if you used the Watch to call with primarily going to be people exercising
your iPhone; while you can use the with the Watch as a fitness buddy.

W H I L E Y O U C A N U S E T H E W AT C H
T O C A L L , T H I N G S A R E FA R B E T T E R
W H E N I T ’ S PA I R E D W I T H A I R P O D S
After all, you’re paying a $70 premium

for the Watch, plus a nominal yet
ongoing monthly fee to get cellular
connectivity on your wrist. Apple Music
streaming, which is coming soon, will
also be a boon for the cellular model.
Regular exercisers will also benefit
from the addition of “smart coaching”
(basically, prompts), the Heart Rate
app and an improved Workout app, but
those are watchOS 4 features rather
than being specific to the Series 3.
We found battery life was similar
to the Series 2; from a charge in the
morning it will last all day and evening,
if you’re not using the GPS feature for
exercise. If you are using GPS that way,
though, expect around five hours of
battery life, although more likely is
you’ll use it for an hour that way, and
need to charge it within a few hours.
Like its predecessor, Apple Watch
Series 3 is also available in Nike+ and
Hermès versions, while for the Apple
Watch Edition a new grey ceramic
finish joins the existing white version.
Apple has kept the non-waterproof
Series 1 around as a budget option.
If you have an Apple Watch Series 2,
we wouldn’t recommend the upgrade.
But if you have an original or Series 1
model, or no Watch at all, then we’d
recommend the Series 3. Just think
seriously about whether you need
cellular connectivity.
THE BOTTOM LINE. Now with
cellular, it’s still the smartwatch to
beat – and by an even greater margin.
DAN GRABHAM
APPLE WATCH SERIES 3
Cellular connectivity
Apple Music streaming
People who know about Apple Watch Fast processing
will recognise you have a cellular model,
thanks to the red dot on its Digital Crown. Expensive
AWESOME

>>> Reviews
Apple TV 4K
Apple’s streaming box gets a pixel-count boost
Features 4K and HDR output (Dolby Vision and HDR10 supported),
A10X Fusion chip, 802.11ac Wi-Fi with MIMO, Siri Remote, 32GB or 64GB storage
H
ave you been tempted to invest Screen mirroring is instant, and
in a 4K HDR TV recently? If you makes it really easy to share content
have, the new Apple TV 4K will on the big screen.
be an excellent complementary
purchase. This latest model can DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE
handle 4K content, with HDR10 The look of 4K footage is clear and
and Dolby Vision supported, and, crisp, and 4K HDR is just amazing if
depending on the TV it’s connected you’ve got the right TV to watch it on.
to, the pictures look sublime, with The beautiful contrasts and the sheer
everything from the interface to the quality of the colors on display are
flyover screensavers upgraded to mind-blowing. Apple TV 4K is the
pack in more pixels. perfect partner for the latest high-
The new box comes in two storage end TVs, with the ability to instantly
A raised ring has been added
options: 32GB ($179) and 64GB detect what kind of display is on offer
around the Menu button so you
($199). Apple recently raised the size and calibrate the output accordingly.
know you’re holding the remote right.
limit for apps permitted on the box to With Dolby Vision and HDR10 on
4GB, so if you’re thinking of having board, it’s a shame that Apple hasn’t
this as a micro-console for games, added Dolby Atmos surround sound
consider scaling up to be safe. too, though Apple reportedly told The
Live sports coverage has also been Verge that support is on the roadmap.
enhanced, with tailored content It’s great to be able to search
delivered to you. Plus, you can see Netflix through the service from the
live scores, and be notified of exciting Home screen, or to use Siri to dive
moments in games you might like. straight in. Siri isn’t able to find and
We found Apple TV 4K a touch display 4K HDR movies and shows,
slow when transitioning between apps just plain 4K ones, but it’s still useful.
or calling up different shows, but the Apple has opened a 4K HDR
interface was snappy when we started “room” within its iTunes Movies app
to stream. This lag can be irritating, to make it easier to discover the
but it was a minor occurrence overall.
Apple TV 4K as a central hub
makes a lot of sense. Not only can it THE BEAUTIFUL CONTRASTS AND THE
control your HomeKit devices, but the
SHEER QUALITY OF THE COLORS ON
ease with which an iPhone or iPad
syncs with Apple TV is impressive. D I S P L AY A R E M I N D - B L O W I N G

is great. Apple TV 4K can also work

as a HomeKit hub for remote control
and automation of smart home
accessories. That alone is a good
reason to have it.
However, all this can be found on
the previous, non-4K model, which is
still on sale for $149. The functionality
is excellent and entertaining, but it
can be had for cheaper if you’re not
bothered about 4K performance.
Certainly, if you don’t have a 4K HDR
TV it’s hard to recommend this for its
extra power and high-res output.
The interface’s speed is still not
perfect, but it is better. And the App
Store definitely needs more titles,
yet more appear every day now.
If you’ve got any inclination to
upgrade to a 4K HDR TV, this
model is the obvious choice.
It’s pricey, but it’s slick, works
well with an iOS device, and the
range of content is good –
although it could be better. We’d love
to see more powerful games on offer,
and an easier way to access 4K HDR
content from a variety of providers,
content – and many titles you’ve simple press of the Siri button away. although Amazon Prime Video has
previously purchased in 1080p will That said, Siri isn’t always accurate, been promised for the end of the year.
be automatically upgraded to 4K particularly when entering passwords. THE BOTTOM LINE. If you want to
versions as they become available. Apple TV 4K is designed to work stream in 4K, this is a very nice (yet
as a music player and a basic console costly) add-on to your TV, and an
TAKE CONTROL too. Apple has made a big deal about easy choice if you’ll use its broader
The Siri Remote offers a good balance the new games that are coming to the capabilities. GARETH BEAVIS
between being lightweight and well box, with the A10X Fusion chip from
made – it’s comfortable to hold, with the latest iPad Pro also used here,
APPLE TV 4K
a tactile, brushed feel and rounded offering better graphical performance.
edges. Its trackpad registers the The remote’s motion control gives Dolby Vision and HDR10 support
slightest quiver, and clicks to register Apple TV an instant advantage over Clean and simple interface
a selection. The remote also boasts other streaming sticks and boxes.
No Amazon Prime Video at launch
Siri voice control which is mostly While fairly rudimentary, the ability
brilliant. Downloading apps, restarting to play tennis games or the fun Beat Few benefits for non-4K TV owners
a film, or just flipping to settings are a Sports with actual swings of the hand GREAT

>>> Reviews
iStat Menus 6
Always know what’s going on with your Mac
$22 From Bjango, bjango.com
Needs OS X 10.11 or later
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such as low batteries, a lack of storage, or
when daylight savings time is imminent.
As ever, the Time widget remains superb,
providing a combination of customizable
menu bar clock, drop-down calendar,
calendar events, and world clock. Even this
has been improved, though. You can now
create two-line clocks, which – particularly
on Retina displays – enable you to squeeze
lots of information into a tiny space, without
impacting legibility. Since you can also add
multiple clocks, this is perfect when working
with people across several time zones.
Version 6 also adds a brand new menu:
Weather. This is less polished – there’s a
small but noticeable delay when the menu’s
clicked (presumably due to data loading),
the visual design is merely OK, there’s no
imminent rainfall graph, and you need to pay
to keep the thing running after six months.
Every time you venture a The idea of hardware monitoring won’t make The last of those points is understandable,
level deeper, iStat Menus the average Mac user very excited. But iStat given that developer Bjango takes a small
happily offers up more Menus manages to add a glossy sheen to Ľqdqfldo#klw#iru#hyhu|#uhiuhvk#|rx#pdnh>#exw#
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After installing some system components, with the best of its rivals. For everything
iStat Menus invites you to turn on its various else, iStat Menus 6 is in a class of its own.
menus from a user-friendly settings pane. THE BOTTOM LINE. A strong update to
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bar. Most are basic graphs, showing things essential macOS utility. CRAIG GRANNELL
like CPU and memory usage, or the battery
level in connected Bluetooth devices.
Click a menu and iStat Menus gets
gleefully geeky, enabling you to drill down
into detailed statistics – and more graphs
than are necessary. Need to know if your CPU
usage regularly spiked during the past seven
days, or if your storage drives are getting
iSTAT MENUS 6
full? The information’s just a click away.
Hugely configurable In fact, as of iStat Menus 6, “no clicks”
Great range of menus might be more accurate, because menus can
be opened with custom keyboard shortcuts.
Usable but deep
If you’re wedded to the keyboard, this is
Weather needs polish bliss. And new customization options don’t Time is a standout menu in the app, providing a ton of
EXCELLENT stop there. Now you can reorder menu configuration options, and optional Calendar integration.

R E V I S I T E D FO R i O S 1 1
AirPods
Apple’s wireless buds go to 11
$159 From Apple, apple.com
Features Bluetooth, charging case
Apple’s wireless buds have turned around many

people’s perceptions that it makes horrible-
sounding headphones. We previously praised their
great sound at 50 percent volume and even close
to maximum. Our major criticism was the limited
range of double-tap controls you could assign to
the buds (Siri, play or pause, or nothing), and that
Logitech MX Master 2S the same action was assigned to both of them.

With iOS 11, two new actions are available – skip
to the next or previous track – and different ones
A mouse that’s mighty on features can be assigned to each AirPod. We settled on the
$100 From Logitech, logitech.com left one for Siri, and the right for advancing to the
Features Bluetooth 4.0, Logitech Options and Flow software next track – invaluable if you listen to many Apple
Music playlists, or your own music on shuffle.
The benefit to the overall experience, now that
This button-laden mouse’s appeal lies in its customization you no longer have to speak or touch your iPhone
options, and the Flow feature that enables you to move the to control playback, means we’ve revised our
pointer across a screen edge to control another computer. score upward. There’s still room to improve on the
Add a Flow-capable keyboard and its input follows, too. pauses that can occur when you call upon Siri, and
Logitech lists its Options software as an optional install, mic performance in loud environments, though.
but really you need it to unlock the mouse’s full potential. THE BOTTOM LINE. Great sound, comfortable,
It provides ways to tailor button assignments, even to be and with improved playback control if your device
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Windows than Mac, there’s good consideration for the Mac
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AIRPODS
key is held. Additionally, multiple system features, such as
Plvvlrq#Frqwuro/#Dss#H{srvË/#dqg#QrwlĽfdwlrq#Fhqwhu/#fdq# Good sound quality
be assigned to a single button: hold the gesture button on Comfortable to wear
the side, then move the mouse up, down, left, or right.
Improved control in iOS 11
Though bulky, the mouse is comfortable in the hand, and
its elevated buttons discouraged our habit of resting a wrist Mic suffers in loud spaces
on a desk. The drawback is the right-handed design; button GREAT
customization won’t make up for that if you’re left-handed.
THE BOTTOM LINE. Highly customizable, and a great
choice if you like button-based input that you can tailor to
each of your apps. ALAN STONEBRIDGE
LOGITECH MX MASTER 2S
Extensively customizable
Easily control multiple Macs
Requires good “muscle memory”
Right-handed shape
GREAT

>>> Reviews
R2-D2 App-Enabled Droid

Can this bucket of bolts teach kids to code?
$180 From Sphero, sphero.com
Features Bluetooth, USB charging, LED lights, integrated speaker
S
phero, the company that makes the Having this physical element to
spherical robot perennially on display in programming, something that can be seen
Apple stores, has made a name for itself and interacted with in the real world, seemed
with its clever use of gyroscopes and its to make all the difference. Failure was met
app-controlled “Star Wars” tie-in robots. with determination to succeed rather than
The company’s newest addition, R2-D2, giving up, and was almost as much fun as
is a small but accurate replica of everyone’s getting it right, since R2-D2’s personality
favorite droid (or at least their second comes through in its movements and sounds.
favorite – we’re looking at you BB-8!) Sphero’s take on R2-D2 is great, and the
Standing at 6.7 inches tall, R2-D2 can be little droid really looks and sounds just like
directed around your home with Sphero’s the movie version. Its playground is well
companion app for iPhone and iPad using a presented and easy to follow. However,
free control mode, given a patrol command, Apple also offers a good selection of free
or be told to follow a set path. The latter two playgrounds with which to cut your teeth.
didn’t yield very good results however, and THE BOTTOM LINE. The entertainment
free control is way more fun. You can also tap value may hold a kid’s attention through the
the preset actions to elicit a little jig or series learning experience, yet this programmable
of bleeps and bloops, which is very satisfying. R2-D2 is undoubtedly more of a luxury item
Coming in at $180, R2-D2 might seem than an essential. GARY RICHES
quite expensive for a toy with such limited
abilities, but dig deeper and things get a lot
more interesting. If you have an iPad, there’s
a free app called Swift Playgrounds (see
bit.ly/swftply), written by Apple, which aims
to make learning to code fun and easy for
both children and adults alike.
Sphero has created a Swift Playgrounds
template that will guide you through the
basics of making R2-D2 move around and
play a sound, then tasks you with helping
R2-D2 find Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Tatooine
SPHERO R2-D2
desert, evade Stormtroopers, and roam the
Playgrounds template forbidding Death Star, all using the Swift
Captivating for kids programming language. The step-by-step
nature is great for beginners, and with a
Makes learning fun
little help, the 12-year-old we tested this
Costly learning aid with was able to perform all the tasks that
GREAT the playground had set for her.


>>> Reviews
The 5D3’s front panel is

magnetically attached,
and pops off easily for a
Drobo 5D3
new disk to be installed. Flexible storage expansion with a fast, capable connection
$694 (enclosure only) From Drobo, drobo.com
Features 2x Thunderbolt 3 ports, 1x USB-C (5Gbps) port, mSATA bay for optional SSD cache
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Apollo Cloud 2 Duo The companion Mac app

makes it easy to transfer
files and manage users.
A much improved personal cloud storage solution
$449 (8TB) From Promise Technology, promise.com
Needs OS X 10.10 or later, iOS 9.0 or later
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CLOUD 2 DUO
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Buggy smart albums
Cloud 2 Duo attaches to your network anywhere there’s an internet connection.
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at which point Apollo Cloud apps for apps make this an ideal personal cloud changes filename
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>>> Reviews
Aurora HDR has been

given a fresh lick of paint
and some new tools for
Aurora HDR 2018
its 2018 incarnation. Enjoyable image editor gets welcome improvements
$99 From Macphun, aurorahdr.com
Needs OS X 10.10.5 or newer
We last saw Aurora HDR about a year ago, Ľ{lqj#eduuho#glvwruwlrq/#fkurpdwlf#

and liked it. It was a powerful piece of aberration, and vignetting. The tool won’t
software with lots to like for landscape auto-detect your lens and apply a range of
photographers. Automatic blending of presets like Lightroom does, although you
multiple exposures was married to some can save a group of settings as a preset.
powerful image-editing tools, albeit with There have been tweaks elsewhere, but
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substantial facelift. The engine behind it all enthusiasts, whether those looking for a
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your edits – the steps you’ve taken are ideal for landscape enthusiasts.
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A trinket for finding stuff
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Features Bluetooth, waterproof (4.92 ft, 30 mins)
Tile is a small device you can attach to or place in

an item you want to keep track of. Its app can
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help if you’re out of range, by using its network of
existing users to anonymously pinpoint your stuff.
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stalled during activation. The second went fine.
Locating a Tile can be spotty. It worked great at
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$149.99 From Qardio, getqardio.com a Chicago café for three hours, despite 8,500
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QardioBase 2 is a connected smart scale that tracks your your Tile to locate the phone. But even though we
weight, in addition to body mass index, body fat percentage, chose the option of “When Using the App,” we got
and other statistics. It’s also rechargeable, and supports up frequent prompts to choose “Always Allow.”
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measurements and uploads your results to your Qardio THE BOTTOM LINE. A promising device with
account. Haptic feedback lets you know when the scale is some frustrating flaws. DAVID CHARTIER
done – good because complete readings take about 12
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explains how to see your There are several excellent Mac apps which page layout app, such as Pages. However,
photo without the effect. will edit PDF documents, ranging from Acrobat DC and its ilk don’t give the same
PDFpenPro (smilesoftware.com) to the full control over the layout and content as apps
version of Adobe’s Acrobat DC. However, PDF like PagePlus and Pages do.
SWITCH BETWEEN isn’t a format which is intended to support If you want to work on fully editable
macOS AND WINDOWS much in the way of editing, and you may be documents made from PDFs, your best option
IN macOS HIGH SIERRA better off saving your documents in another is to use QuarkXPress (quark.com); this app
On a Mac whose startup format such as EPS, if you can. can analyse the contents of a PDF and
disk has been converted Acrobat DC (bit.ly/adbeacro) and other convert it into text and other objects within
to Apple Filing System, apps enable you to make adjustments to a properly editable page layout.
you’ll need to adjust how pages in a PDF document, corrections, and to You’ll need the same or compatible fonts
you switch between export the elements of each page. You could, installed on your Mac, or all the text on every
operating systems. for example, copy or save the text and page will have to be reflowed to accommodate
See bit.ly/ml135ask3. graphics and then assemble them in another the change to a different font.

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> iMessage issues

When I try to send someone a message using my iPhone, it offers to add handwritten Quick-fire
content. Is this just the way that I’m holding it, or is this an unwanted feature? And how
do I make sure it stops happening?
questions
& answers
When you’re composing and you can hold a finger on to used to bring up a pane in WHY WON’T MY SON’S
sending messages on your record audio messages. which you can choose a iPAD GET THE LATEST
iPhone, be careful how you If you inadvertently tap special animated effect for iOS UPDATE?
hold it and what you touch; one of these icons, tap in the your message’s presentation. Is it jailbroken? If so,
the Messages app’s controls text box where you would This may seem like a remove the jailbreak by
are tightly spaced, and it’s type a message, or tap minefield, but once your connecting to iTunes on
easy to tap the wrong one. Cancel. Finally, when you tap fingers are used to it, the your Mac using a USB
To start writing your the Send button to dispatch errors you’ll experience cable, turning off Find My
message, hold your iPhone your message, don’t hold when using Messages will iPhone, backing it up, and
in portrait orientation. When your finger on it, as this is be few and far between. restoring it to Apple’s
some iPhone models running original software. After
recent versions of iOS are that you’ll need to update
held in landscape mode, it to the latest iOS, before
they may assume that restoring from the backup.
you’re going to compose
an animated handwritten WHERE CAN I VIEW ALL
message. iPads can be used DEVICES THAT ARE
in either orientation, and you USING MY APPLE ID?
have to tap the handwriting In iOS 10.3 or later, open
sign on the keyboard to start Settings and tap your
a handwritten message. name at the top of its first
The left-most of the page. Scroll down and
controls – a camera icon – you’ll see a detailed listing
enables you to add photos of each of your Macs and
and video to your message. other devices which are
The icon bearing the letter associated with your
“A” opens a drawer of Apple ID. Tap them to see
different apps that you can summary details, such as
use in iMessages, including serial numbers.
stickers and animated GIFs.
Among them, the heart icon
with two fingers overlaid is
for Digital Touch, which
enables you to send a
freehand sketch and various
animated images. To the
right of your message text
is a microphone icon, which

>>> Ask
> Self-disconnecting printer

Printing to my Epson Stylus DX7400 printer works normally,
but its Dock icon and pop-up windows warn that it isn’t
connected. This started after updating to macOS 10.12.5, with
the printer connected to my Mac mini and shared from there.
Do you think this is a network problem?
Before worrying about whether there is a network problem, first

check the version of the printer driver you’re using. If you have
Epson’s own software, note that it hasn’t been updated since
November 2016, and will probably be version 2.22. If you have
the driver provided by macOS Sierra or later, it should be version
9.0, and is updated through the Mac App Store’s Updates tab.
Uninstall any older driver and other Epson software first. Next,
in System Preferences’ Sharing pane on your Mac mini, turn off
Printer Sharing. In the Printers & Scanners pane on both Macs,
select the Epson in the left side and click on the – (minus) button
below to remove it. Close that pane and open it again, and add
the printer back using the + button. That may trigger an update
through the Mac App Store to fetch and install the current driver.
Once you’ve turned Printer Sharing back on, install the printer
again on your other Mac, and you should find it remains properly
connected. If not, check that your network is all in good order,
with all network cables securely inserted.
HOW MANY BLUETOOTH

DEVICES CAN I USE? > Shift key goes solo
Classic Bluetooth supports Since updating to macOS 10.12.6, the Shift key on my Apple
up to seven “slaves” in its wireless keyboard misbehaves with other modifier keys in
Scatternet, but Smart LE Adobe apps. For example, holding Opt and Shift while trying
technology is more flexible. to draw a square from the center out in Photoshop behaves
Much also depends on the as if only one key is being held, not both. This applies to both
use; although your Mac of my keyboards, wireless or cabled. What’s wrong?
should pair with up to
seven devices, if one is
used for audio streaming If the rest of the Sierra update went fine, and you have no other
that will limit the others. glitches, this probably results from a driver or other extension,
and has been reported with Wacom graphics tablets.
WHICH MOUSE IS A good test would be to disable third-party extensions by
BEST FOR ARTHRITIS? starting your Mac in safe mode – see the end of this section for
If you’re struggling to cope more information and full instructions on Apple’s site – but that
using a regular mouse may make it impossible to use those apps, too. If you can use
or trackpad, then look at the apps in safe mode, test to see if the problem occurs there.
a trackball substitute. If it disappears, investigate recently installed drivers.
Apple sells the AbleNet If necessary, download earlier and later versions of the driver,
BIGtrack for $85, which and see whether either makes any difference. You may find that
you may be able to try at the previous version does the trick. If you’re thinking of
your local store. Logitech upgrading to macOS High Sierra, head to Wacom’s driver
also has wireless models. download page (bit.ly/wacomdrv) for the latest updates.

> Hard disks for a Mac Pro

Which 1TB to 2TB external hard disks — both portable and desktop —
should I think about buying for my Mac Pro?
There’s a huge choice of branded and self- Older Mac Pros can be
assemble units, but your solution hinges on connected by FireWire 800,
whether you have a current (Late 2013) which has dwindling support,
Mac Pro, or an older tower model. or, if you install an external
The current model gives best performance drive interface card, eSATA.
over Thunderbolt, which greatly limits your You could then buy separate
choices, and makes it hard and costly to buy cases and storage drives,
a case and fit your own choice of storage. which would enable you to
If that’s the case then you’d be better off select your favourite make of
with a Transcend StoreJet 300 for Mac disk, such as HGST (formerly
or an equivalent portable model from LaCie, Hitachi), in a more durable enterprise spec. HOW TO GET RID
G-Technology, or a similar brand. You have One final point to bear in mind is whether OF UNWANTED HP
to accept their choice of make of storage you intend to upgrade to macOS High Sierra, PRINTER UTILITIES?
inside, though. Those same manufacturers which uses Apple’s new APFS file system. If you replace an old HP
also offer desktop models. This is optimized for use with SSDs; although printer with a different
There’s an overlap in performance with it should operate on hard drives too, there’s brand, that may leave tools
the best USB 3 drives, depending on the no advantage to using it there. If you’re likely for the previous model
chipset used. If you can, pick a model with to move to APFS, look seriously at buying hanging around and
both interfaces for future compatibility. SSDs instead so you’ll see the benefit. cluttering up Launchpad.
First, trash any alias to
them from Applications/
Utilities, before removing
the folder named “hp” in
/Library/Printers.
WHY WON’T MY WI-FI

PRINTER USE 5GHZ?
Some older printers don’t
support the 5GHz Wi-Fi
band, or they may be
incompatible with new
devices operating at that
frequency. If a device is
having problems, it should
automatically switch to
2.4GHz, but you may
need to give it a hand by
ensuring your Wi-Fi base
station is broadcasting at
both 2.4GHz and 5GHz.

>>> Ask
benefit of Microsoft Office, and Microsoft

has a series of excellent tutorials at bit.ly/
ml135mailmg1 showing this being performed
in Word 2013. The current version of Word for
Mac can be used similarly. OpenOffice.org,
which is free, also supports mail merge, and
there’s a tutorial at bit.ly/ml135mailmg2.
The latter suite includes a wizard which
steps you through the process, and provides
previews. Essentially, you store details of the
addressees in a spreadsheet or database,
using standardized field names. Those match
marked up insertion points in your word
processor document: for example, the field
“title” might be marked up as <title>. When
you perform the merge, copies of the
HOW DO I TRANSFER document are generated which substitute
PHOTOSHOP CC TO A > Mail merge personalized information for the markup, in
BRAND NEW MAC? Can I do a mail merge using the latest the required number of pages. Address labels
What you need to do is version of Pages, or is there another app should also be produced ready for printing.
deactivate it on your old that I should use instead? If you want to send merged email
Mac first, after which you messages rather than printed letters, two
should be able to install apps from the Mac App Store that you should
and activate it on the You used to be able to mail merge when consider are Mail Merge and SerialMailer.
new one. Adobe provides printing from Pages, but this has become There’s a demo version of the former
a complete guide to this at increasingly difficult – see bit.ly/pgsmerge. available from its website, while the Lite
bit.ly/newmac_activate. Major office suites normally still feature version of SerialMailer on the Mac App Store
mail merge. It has always been an important will give you a good idea of how it works.
HOW CAN I OPEN OLD
WORD DOCS WHEN THE
LATEST WORD WON’T?
Versions of Microsoft Word
more recent than the 2011
release refuse to open > Printed address book
many old Word documents. How can I print my address book from Contacts, with at least six entries on each page?
You can recover their text
contents as an option
when opening them, Unfortunately, Apple’s Contacts lacks the flexibility
but the best solution is to for that, and in macOS Sierra can crash when setting
find a Mac or PC with Word up its print format. FileMaker used to offer Bento,
2011 or earlier and convert which was ideal for this, but its only solution now is
them. Word 2011 runs in to import your address book into FileMaker Pro, which
Sierra, but you may not be is a full-scale database, and expensive overkill here.
able to install it from fresh. Most third-party address book apps offer limited
support for printing, other than labels and envelopes,
and so don’t really offer the flexibility you need.
If you want full control, one good solution is to
export your whole address book using Exporter for
Contacts ($8.99 from the Mac App Store, bit.ly/expt4),
then import it into a spreadsheet of your choice.
Although this may seem laborious, when you’ve been
through it once and set up the workflow, you’ll find
it much easier to use in future.

Essential
support
articles
Our advice may refer to
the following features;
check out the support
articles linked below
for full instructions.
macOS RECOVERY
> Sierra and Adobe CS5 The Recovery system
I haven’t yet upgraded to macOS Sierra, as I remain concerned that my key apps in contains tools to help
Adobe Creative Suite 5 will no longer work properly, and I don’t want to subscribe to you look up info online
an Adobe Creative Cloud plan. Would I regret upgrading now? when macOS won’t start,
and to repair or reinstall
the system. Learn more
Our experience with Adobe CS5 and CS6 is run. That old Java will peacefully co-exist at bit.ly/mlrecovery.
that they are largely compatible with Sierra, with more recent releases, which are supplied
and you are very unlikely to experience separately by Oracle; unfortunately, if you SAFE MODE
significant problems with them. Previous want Java for other purposes, you’ll need to When you start your Mac
versions of Creative Suite are increasingly install both Apple’s and Oracle’s versions. in safe mode, macOS
likely to suffer more serious issues, however, Once the legacy Java is installed, CS5 apps performs extra checks
and the oldest would prove unusable. should work normally. Some users report that and stops certain third-
Once you have upgraded, but before you Dreamweaver, InDesign, and Illustrator party software from
try running any of the CS5 apps, you’ll need sometimes generate crash reports when you running. See how to use
to download and install Apple’s ancient quit them, but they otherwise appear fully it at bit.ly/mlrecovery.
legacy version of Java from bit.ly/legacy_ functional. Photoshop CS5 and CS6, in
java. Without that, Adobe’s CS5 apps won’t particular, seem stable and happy in Sierra. RESET SMC & NVRAM
These features handle
low-level functions and
store key settings for
HOW CAN I VIEW AND PRINT A DVI FILE? ARE THERE ANY MAC HOUSEKEEPING your Mac, respectively.
DVI is a device-independent file format TOOLS THAT I SHOULD USE? Resetting them can fix
created for the TeX typesetting system. You’re very unlikely to need such tools, and various issues described
The free TeXShop app from bit.ly/tex_dvi even if you do, you should only do so if you’re at bit.ly/mlresetsmc and
can open DVI files and convert them to PDF. confident that you understand exactly what bit.ly/mlresetnvram.
they do. Manual housekeeping may seem a
pain, but it’s less likely to trash important HARDWARE ISSUES
documents or make your system unstable. Your Mac includes tools
that check for certain
hardware issues without
going to a Genius Bar.
For Macs introduced in
June 2013 or later, see
bit.ly/mldiag, otherwise
see bit.ly/mlahwt.
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CREATE HOW TO DO ANYTHING ON YOUR MAC, iPHONE & iPAD
Cut your first feature with iMovie

Get to grips with movie editing in this quick-start guide
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iMovie 10 for Mac, for turning your amateur seconds each, then import them into
some video footage footage into equally amateur Photos – iMovie links up seamlessly with
faux movie-trailers, think that app, enabling you to import directly
YOU WILL LEARN djdlq1#Vwlfn#wr#lwv#whpsodwhv#dqg#Ľowhuv# from its library. Once your clips are in
How to cut together and you’ll achieve somewhat hackneyed that app, follow our quick-start guide.
your footage, and add results. But aim a little higher and you’ll Let’s get to work! DAVE STEVENSON
transitions and titles. Ľqg#d#frpshwhqw#ylghr#hglwru#wkdw#pdnhv#
it easy to cut together a great video.
IT WILL TAKE That’s not all, though – adding picture
60 minutes overlays, audio and transitions are all
simple to do. Even tasks that normally
take more advanced (and expensive)
editors, such as stabilising a shaky clip,
are often little more than a click away.
For this tutorial, we’re going to cut
together a movie from a selection of clips.
HOW TO Cut a video together from scratch in iMovie
GENIUS TIP!
You may not want to add

the whole of a long clip
to the timeline and trim Create a project Add some clips
it there. Hold R and drag In iMovie, select the Projects tab, then Select Photos Library, then drag a clip
across it in the top-left Create New > Movie. You’ll see your Photos from the My Media pane down to the timeline.
pane to select the portion library in the left pane, from which you can If you know the order you want clips to run
you want to use, then drag videos and images to the timeline below. in, Cmd-click those clips to select them, and
drag that to the timeline. Press Cmd+I to import files from elsewhere. then drag them all to the timeline together.

How to do anything on your Mac, iPhone & iPad
QUICK LOOK iMovie’s interface explained
BROWSE MEDIA VIEW CLIPS LIVE PREVIEW EDITING TOOLS THE TIMELINE
Here you can browse Items from the media The preview pane shows These control aspects of This shows the order in
for media that you want source selected to the left what’s currently selected, your clip, from colour which your assembled
to use in your project. are shown here. Click one or under the pointer, in correction to playback clips will play, as well as
You can also add titles, to preview it in the large the top-left pane or the speed. Blue icons mean any transitions or titles
transitions, or audio. space to the right. timeline at the bottom. a change has been made. you’ve added.
GENIUS TIP!
To quickly trim your

Trim a clip Add another clip movie to the playhead
Skim the pointer along the clip you’ve Drag another clip into the timeline and (indicated by a white
placed until you find where you want to begin. place it after the first one. Press \ (backslash) marker line), press Opt+/.
Click to place a marker, then drag the left-hand and your movie will play in full from the If the playhead is in the
edge of the clip to trim its start. The edge will beginning — note how the second clip plays first half, the beginning
snap to the marker when you reach it. immediately after the first one. will be cut, and vice versa.

>>> Create
JARGON BUSTER
Recent iPhones can shoot

at up to 4K resolution. Add a transition Adjust the transition
If you’re shooting a lot of The jump from one clip to another can Sometimes you’ll want transitions to
footage, though, or are be jarring. Click Transitions above the top-left take longer, or to be snappier. Double-click
limited on space, you can pane, and drag Cross Dissolve between your the inward-pointing triangles that represent
record at 1080p instead. two clips. Move the playhead just before that your transition, then enter a new duration in
Choose in Settings > point, and press the Spacebar to see the result. seconds. Here, we’ve sped things up a bit.
Camera > Record Video.
Top of the crops Exposure correction

If you find a clip is poorly framed, you This clip is a little underexposed. To fix
can adjust it. Select it in the timeline, click the it, click the Color Correction tool above the
Crop icon above the top-right pane, then click top-right pane, then, just below that, drag the
Crop to Fill. Drag the frame’s corners inward to rightmost handle on the left-hand slider to the
zoom in or out, or drag within to recompose. right to brighten your clip’s highlights.
GENIUS TIP!
To split an existing clip in

the timeline and insert
new footage at that point,
drag it from the top-left Add a title Show time
pane and across the Click Titles above the top-left pane, and Choose File > Share to upload your film
existing clip. When the select a title style you like. Drag it to the start to services such as YouTube. To save it locally,
desired point for the split of your timeline and type a title in the top-right choose File from the menu. For best results,
is shown at the top-right, pane. Adjust how long it’s shown by dragging export the movie at the resolution at which
let go and choose Insert. its clip’s right-hand edge in either direction. you shot it. Select a destination on your Mac.

Make your Mac stay awake

How to install and use Amphetamine to override Energy Saver settings
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HOW TO Get started with Amphetamine
Introduction Stay awake Preferences

Once you’ve downloaded the app, Ctrl-click on Amphetamine’s menu Go to Amphetamine > Preferences
click Continue on its opening page, then bar icon to activate the app. By default, and turn on “Launch Amphetamine at
Next on the following pages to learn this will keep the screen alive indefinitely. login” to ensure the utility is always
more about each of the app’s features. Click the icon to see additional options, available. Also check “Start a new session
At the end, click Finish; the app’s icon is including the ability to change the at launch,” and use the Default Session
then added to the menu bar’s right end. duration for which your Mac stays awake. Duration pop-up to set session length.

>>> Create
Solve keychain conundrums

Learn how to master and fix keychain errors in macOS
REQUIRES KEYCHAIN ACCESS IS a utility, If this happens, the data in your login
OS X 10.9 or later provided with macOS High keychain – which is encrypted with the
Sierra and earlier versions of ruljlqdo#sdvvzrug#Ğ#zrqġw#eh#dffhvvleoh1#
YOU WILL LEARN the system, that manages your Follow the steps in our walkthrough to
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have forgotten it. changes, just in case. NATE DRAKE

HOW TO Fix keychain errors
JARGON BUSTER
A keychain is encrypted
data that contains secret
information such as
passwords. Keychain
macOS wants to… Create new keychain Access is a Mac utility for
If you see ‘macOS wants to use the If updating your keychain password managing your keychains.
“login” keychain’ when logging in to your doesn’t work, then click Create New Keychain.
account, try clicking on Update Keychain This will create a completely empty keychain
Password, then entering your login password. containing none of your old passwords.
Reset default keychain Retrieve old passwords

If you still see login keychain errors, Your Local Items keychain is used for
open Keychain Access, go to Keychain Access > app passwords. Click on an entry, then on the
Preferences, and then click Reset My Default “Show password” checkbox. Enter your login
Keychain to create a new login keychain. password and the entry’s password will appear.
GENIUS TIP
You can store other data

in your keychain, such as
bank account numbers.
Choose File > New Secure
Note Item to add them.
Fix broken entries Reset local items

If macOS tells you an app needs to If you still get keychain errors, go to
access the Local Items keychain, close the app, Finder and click the Go menu. Hold Opt and
then open Keychain Access. Ctrl-click any Library appears in the menu; choose it. Trash
relevant Local Items entries and delete them. the Keychains folder, then restart your Mac.

>>> Create
Cheat sheet: Recover lost work

Discover the power of Time Machine and Versions to recover your files
YOUR MAC COMES with a > BACKING UP AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS

built-in backup system called
Time Machine that’s very easy How to use Time Machine at work and home
to use. It only takes a minute
or two to get started with it, and it then If you haven’t already set up your select a disk, then choose your
edfnv#xs#dq|#fkdqjhv#pdgh#wr#wkh#Ľohv# first backup disk for use with Time secondary backup target from the
on your Mac roughly once an hour. It’s Machine, connect the disk to your list that is presented. When asked
easy to overlook some of this feature’s Mac; Time Machine will ask whether to replace or complement
capabilities, so this cheat sheet gives an whether to use it as a backup disk. the existing disk, choose Use Both.
overview of the various ways to recover If there are files on the drive that When you reconnect a backup
fkdqjhg#zrugv/#Ľohv#|rxġyh#wudvkhg#e|# you need to keep, copy them disk, Time Machine backs up all
mistake, or even your whole setup if a big elsewhere before responding to changes to your Mac since that
problem occurs or you buy a new Mac. the prompt. When you’re ready, particular disk was last used, not
If you use a portable Mac, you may decide whether to encrypt the just those since the last backup.
qrwlfh#glļhuhqw#froruhg#qrwfkhv#lq#Wlph# disk’s contents, then click “Use as
Machine’s timeline. Bright red represents Backup Disk” – you may also be
local snapshots, which are explained asked whether to reformat it.
opposite. By upgrading to High Sierra, Don’t carry your backup disk
|rx#vwdqg#wr#ehqhĽw#iurp#dq#lpsruwdqw# around with you, even if it’s a
improvement to when they are created: portable disk. For convenience,
your MacBook will create a local snapshot Time Machine is engineered to
immediately before any update to macOS work with multiple disks, so you
itself is installed, providing a fallback can back up at several locations.
should something go wrong during the Connect a second backup disk to
update. Read on for more backup and your Mac, go to Time Machine’s
restoration tips. ALAN STONEBRIDGE preferences, click the option to
HOW TO Make the most of Time Machine and Versions
Restore a file/folder Restore items Version history

Deleted a file or folder you need? Apps that don’t save documents Auto Save and Versions aren’t
Browse to where it was stored, then click may still enable you to restore items; part of Time Machine, but work similarly
Time Machine’s menu bar icon and pick contacts, or messages in Mail, say. Open and complement it. If an app’s File menu
“Enter Time Machine” (or use Spotlight the app and enter Time Machine; you’ll contains Revert To, it works with these
to open the Time Machine app). See the be able to step back in time through the features; as soon as you create a doc in
annotation opposite for how to proceed. app’s older contents and recover them. an app, save it to benefit from them.

QUICK LOOK Time Machine’s interface
THE TIMELINE THE WINDOW RESTORE OR DELETE LOCAL SNAPSHOTS

Move the pointer over the Click a backup in the timeline and Select one or more files in the If a MacBook is away from its
timeline at the bottom right the window in the center (Finder, Finder window. Click the Restore backup disk, Time Machine can
of the screen. Each notch in it or the Time Machine-compatible button to get the selected version use the built-in drive for local
represents a backup’s date and app you were using before back, or click the cog button in snapshots. Bright red backups can
time, starting with the most entering Time Machine) will the toolbar, then “Delete All be restored right away. Dimmed
recent one at the bottom. change to display its contents. Backups of [selection].” ones require your backup disk.
Recover fragments Restore the system Migration Assistant

Choose Browse All Versions there; To restore to an earlier state, hold Already put a clean installation of
this works much like Time Machine, with Opt, power on, and release at the Apple macOS on your computer? Use Migration
one key difference: as well as rolling back logo. The options you’ll be shown include Assistant (in /Applications/Utilities) to
to an older version, you can selectively one to restore a backup; further into the restore users, files, apps, and settings,
copy from the old version (right side) and process, you select the backup to restore Again, you can choose the date and time
paste into the current one (left side). by its time, date, and system version. of a backup, plus what to restore from it.

>>> Create
Be more sociable with Music in iOS 11

Share your favorite songs and discover new tunes to rock your world
REQUIRES MUSIC IS A social experience.

iOS 11, and an Apple It’s why we go to gigs and to
Music subscription clubs, wear tour T-shirts, post
music videos on social media,
YOU WILL LEARN and dance like there’s no tomorrow.
How to share music Yet when listening on an iPhone, music
with your friends is often a solitary thing, something we
on Apple Music. experience in the privacy of our own
earbuds or AirPods. Wouldn’t it be great
IT WILL TAKE if we could be social there too?
10 minutes The good news is that we can be, as
Apple Music has social features built right
in to the Music app. You can share your
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LEARN and discover the tunes that are currently
rocking their world.
iOS Sharing music is a brilliant experience:
11 chances are that for every song you and

your friends already know, there’s
another they’ll love or that you’ll go
crazy for. Sharing it using the Music app
couldn’t be simpler. A word of warning,
though: you can’t share songs that Apple
Music doesn’t have, even if the service
has uploaded them from iTunes on your
Mac to your iCloud Music Library, which is
for personal listening. GARY MARSHALL
HOW TO Set up playlist sharing in Apple Music
Create your profile Add your info See what’s shared

Open the Music app and tap the Choose a username and then Your finished profile will have
heart-shaped For You icon at the foot tap on the circle to either take a selfie your photo, username, and sharing
of the screen. Now tap on the avatar or use a photo from your Photos settings all visible. If you’ve set up
at the top-right corner of the screen — library. Next, you can choose whether shared playlists, they’ll be listed at the
if you haven’t selected a photo this will to share your playlists with everyone, bottom of the page. Now it’s time to
be a generic head and shoulders icon. or just a select few. start sharing some of your playlists.

HOW TO Share your favorite playlists
Pick what to share Share more later Share from scratch

When you first set up sharing You can share or unshare You can share playlists at their
you’ll see this screen, which lists all playlists at any time. Go to Library > time of creation too. Go to Library >
your existing playlists. Put a check Playlists, find the one you want, open Playlists > New Playlist, and set the
mark next to those you want to share. it and tap Edit. Flick the “Show on “Show on…” switch here to have the
To adjust the order in which they’re My Profile and in Search” switch to playlist shared as soon as you finish
listed, drag the handles on the right. the required position. adding songs below and tap Done.
HOW TO Find people to share with
See who’s sharing Add more friends Add specific friends

When you first set up sharing, Next, you’ll be asked if you want Searching for friends is just like
you’ll be shown a list of your contacts to find more friends on Facebook or searching for artists: tap Search and
who also share music through their Instagram. Choose the network you then the search bar, ensure Apple
Apple Music profiles. Tap the Follow want, and sign in to see friends there Music is selected, then type a friend’s
button next to one’s name to be who also subscribe to Apple Music. name. Tap Search to see matches, if
connected to their shared playlists. Tap Cancel if you’d rather skip this. any, listed under the People heading.
> GET CONNECTED

Stay in touch with your favorite acts
Apple Music doesn’t just enable you to connect with friends. You can follow your
favorite artists and DJs too, thanks to Apple Music Connect. This feature is a bit
like Instagram, and is found inside the Music app. You’ll find it by scrolling down in
the For You page. You can automatically follow artists you listen to, or search for
specific names. However, Connect posts vary in value. For every Ellie Goulding
posting photos and heartfelt confessions, or Coldplay sharing on-stage shots,
there’s a Drake posting links to new sounds without comment or context.

>>> Create
Take Live Photos in FaceTime calls

Learn the privacy implications of this feature and how to protect yourself
REQUIRES WITH THE RELEASES of iOS 11

iOS 11 or macOS High and macOS High Sierra, Apple
Sierra, someone to call introduced the ability to take
Live Photos during FaceTime
YOU WILL LEARN video calls on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Live
How to take Live Photos Photos record what happens 1.5 seconds
during FaceTime video before and 1.5 seconds after you take a
calls, and how to prevent picture, allowing the still image in the
people taking them of you. middle to come alive when you touch it.
By bringing the feature to FaceTime,
IT WILL TAKE Apple wants you to be able to capture
10 minutes special moments as they happen on
screen when chatting with friends and
family. That’s all well and good, but what
about protecting your privacy?
LEARN Apple gives you control over whether
Live Photos can be taken during your
iOS 11 IdfhWlph#fdoov1#Wkh#dss#dovr#qrwlĽhv#|rx#
& HIGH if a Live Photo is taken, so they can’t be
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shot in secret. In addition, FaceTime
strips out audio from Live Photos, so their
subjects are seen but not heard. Read on
to learn how to use Live Photos during
FaceTime video calls on devices running
iOS 11 or High Sierra. TIM HARDWICK
HOW TO Use FaceTime’s Live Photos feature
FACETIME
PRIVACY
While Apple has built in

privacy protections with
regards to Live Photos, Turn on FaceTime Live Photos on iOS
be aware there’s little you Check that FaceTime is enabled on your If you want to enable someone to take a
can do to prevent others device. On iOS, go to Settings > FaceTime and Live Photo of you during a FaceTime video call,
from taking screenshots make sure the switch at the top of the page is go to Settings > FaceTime on your iPhone or
or screen recordings of on. On a Mac, open the FaceTime app, and sign iPad, then switch on the FaceTime Live Photos
FaceTime video calls. in with your Apple ID. option near the bottom of the page.

FRONT CAMERA
If you want to take a Live

Photo of someone who is
using an iOS device, make
sure they have their front-
facing camera activated.
If not, get them to tap the
Switch Camera button that
appears when they tap
Live Photos on Mac Make a FaceTime call their own image in the
To do the same on a Mac, open the To start a FaceTime video call with top corner of the screen.
FaceTime app, then choose FaceTime > someone on Mac or iOS, open the FaceTime
Preferences, click the Settings tab, and put app, go to its Video tab, and either tap/click
a check mark in the box next to “Allow Live a contact in the recent calls list, or choose
Photos to be captured during Video calls.” another contact by using the + button.
The Camera button Take a Live Photo

Once the call connects and you can see When you’re ready to take a Live Photo,
the other person, tap the screen and look for tap the shutter button. The image will be
the shutter button, to the left of the red one. automatically saved in your Photos library,
If you don’t see that button, the other person on whichever device you're using. Open the
needs to enable Live Photos (see step 1). Photos app and look for recently taken photos.
YOUR FACE
When taking a Live Photo

during a FaceTime video
call, don’t worry about
your own image in the
corner of the screen –
Live Photo notifications Disable Live Photos this is automatically
Every time you take a Live Photo during Disabling Live Photos in FaceTime is as removed, along with other
a FaceTime video call, the other person sees a simple as enabling them. On iOS, open Settings interface elements, from
message on their screen that says “A FaceTime > FaceTime, and toggle the FaceTime Live the resulting Live Photo
Live Photo of you was taken.” This ensures Photos switch off. Find the equivalent setting that you’ll find saved in
Live Photos can’t be taken in secret. on Mac in the FaceTime app’s preferences. your Photos library.

>>> Create
Get cooking with Paprika

Get organized in the kitchen and the supermarket with this recipe app
REQUIRES IF YOU COOK, you’ll love importing options too. On the rare
Paprika Recipe Manager Paprika Recipe Manager. occasions Paprika can’t import the recipe
As the name suggests, it’s a directly, it has a built-in web browser
YOU WILL LEARN way to manage your recipes, that you can use to highlight and grab
How Paprika can help but it’s more than just Notes with a list the relevant information.
you cook, shop and of ingredients. It can automatically scale The other great thing about Paprika is
plan your meals recipes for more or fewer guests, and you its ability to sync to the cloud, and since
can use it to set timers, plans meals to it’s a cross-platform app, you’ll also be
IT WILL TAKE cut waste, and even create shopping lists. able to use it on your Mac, Android, Kindle
15 minutes The shopping list is smart too, so it Fire, and Windows devices.
organizes ingredients by category, and Being able to search for recipes by
combines ingredients from multiple ingredient is particularly handy, both for
recipes – so if you’re shopping for three reducing waste and inspiring you when
meals that use eggs, it’ll calculate the you’ve no idea what to do for dinner.
total number of eggs rather than list Paprika isn’t free, however. It’s $4.99
each recipe’s requirements separately. on iOS and $19.99 on the Mac, but that’s
Where Paprika really excels is in its cheaper than buying cookbooks and you’ll
integration with Safari. As you’ll see, turn to it much more often. It’s one of
it’s incredibly easy to grab recipes from those apps you’ll wonder how you ever
your favorite sites, and there are good managed without. GARY MARSHALL
I T ’S O N E O F T H OS E A P P S YO U ’ L L WO N D E R
H OW YO U EV E R M A N AG E D W I T H O U T
HOW TO Spice up the contents of your kitchen
Find a happy place See it in Paprika Get the goods

Paprika can get recipes from After a few seconds a “Recipe Here’s a really smart feature:
pretty much any food and drink website Added” message will appear. If you go to Paprika automatically sorts the recipe
out there. Just visit a site in Safari, find the Paprika app and tap Categories > into ingredients, directions, nutritional
a recipe you want to follow, and tap the Most Recent, you’ll see the recipe you information (where available), and
Share icon. Find Paprika’s icon in the just added at the top of the list. Paprika serving sizes. To assign the recipe to a
share sheet’s middle row and tap it. even grabs the recipe’s photo. category, tap Uncategorized.

Add to your list Pick a day Add your own

Tap the shopping basket icon at Tap the calendar icon to uncover You’ve already seen how Paprika
the top of the screen and you’ll be able another cool feature: meal planning. You can automatically grab recipes from
to add the recipe’s ingredients to your can assign a recipe to a specific date, and almost any food site, but it doesn’t know
shopping list. Clear the check mark next specify whether it’s for breakfast, lunch about grandma’s legendary sausage
to ingredients you already have, and then or dinner. This is great for cutting down casserole. No problem: tap the + at the
tap Add to include any remaining items. on waste and getting super-organised! top right to add a recipe from scratch.
Use autocorrect Use units Browse in the app

As you type, Paprika offers Entering precise quantities? Paprika has its own browser,
ingredient suggestions. For example, Tap Units and the app’s suggestions which is tailored to grabbing third-party
type “pepper” and you’ll get options for become measuring units, such as recipes: if it can’t import a recipe
pepper flakes, ground pepper, and so on. tablespoons, fluid ounces, pounds, and automatically, highlight some text, then
It takes the hassle out of adding recipes, so on. It’s worth using these as Paprika tap where it should be added – here
making the process very quick. relies on them to scale recipe ingredients. we’re taking a recipe’s title into the app.
Say what’s what Scale up or down Go shopping

Work your way through the page, When viewing a recipe, tap “Scale Paprika doesn’t just create a
highlighting the bits of text you want to 1x” to adjust the number of servings and shopping list for a single recipe; add
grab and tapping where they belong in have Paprika recalculate quantities for multiple recipes and it’ll combine their
the recipe. Here we’ve done that for you. If you need to go shopping, it makes ingredients so you don’t end up buying
ingredients. Repeat for directions and sense to do this before adding a recipe’s too much or too little. The checkboxes
any other info you want to record. ingredients to your shopping list. next to items help while you’re shopping.

>>> Create
Auto-install apps on Apple TV

Discover the easy way to install tvOS versions of your iOS purchases
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QUICK LOOK Past purchases on Apple TV
PURCHASED APPS NOT INSTALLED NUMBER OF APPS CLICKING AN APP

To reach this page, open the All of the iOS apps you’ve bought The right end of the “Not on Swipe to highlight any app from
App Store on your Apple TV, which provide a companion tvOS this Apple TV” item shows how this section, then click the
swipe up on the Siri Remote’s version as part of the purchase many of your apps that aren’t trackpad to go straight to that
trackpad to put the focus in the are listed under “Not on this installed yet have a tvOS version app’s listing on the App Store,
top bar, then swipe to Purchased. Apple TV” on the left. you can install at no extra cost. where you’ll find an Install button.

HOW TO Auto-install future purchases

GENIUS TIP
If the purchase of an iOS

app by someone in your
Family Sharing group
includes a tvOS version,
it won’t be auto-installed
on your Apple TV. Instead,
you’ll have to find the
tvOS version under their
name in App Store >
Purchased and explicitly
Go to Settings Enable auto-update choose to install it.
If you want to download tvOS versions The first setting on that page is
of apps to your Apple TV when you purchase “Automatically Update Apps.” By turning this
their iOS versions on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod on, you won’t need to manually check for
touch, without having to manually download updates, helping you to ensure that all your
them, go to Settings > Apps on your Apple TV. tvOS apps are always on the latest version.
Enable auto-install Enter your password

Highlight “Automatically Install Apps.” You need to sign in to your Apple ID in
By default, this feature – which allows tvOS order to enable automatic downloads, so enter
versions of your iOS app purchases to be your password — using either the keyboard or
automatically installed on your Apple TV – by holding the Siri button and spelling it out —
is turned off. Click the trackpad to enable it. and then choose OK.
TAKE CONTROL
When you turn on

“Automatically Install
Install new iOS apps Auto-install on tvOS Apps,” only tvOS versions
Before you install any new app on your As the app gets on with the task of of apps you buy from
iOS device, keep an eye out for the words installing on your iOS device, the tvOS version that point onward will be
“Offers Apple TV App” below the screenshots will automatically install on your Apple TV too, automatically installed.
on its App Store page. Click Get or the price provided that you are signed in to the same Your past purchases must
button (if it’s a paid-for app) and install it. Apple ID on both devices, of course. be installed manually.

>>> RAM
RANDOM APPLE MEMORY
System 7
Adam Banks remembers the Mac OS that dominated the 1990s
Image courtesy of Marcin Wichary, guidebookgallery.org

RELEASED IN May 1991, System 7 was offices and even homes; files and folders controversy, but System 7 was rapidly
one of the biggest ever updates to the could easily be shared between Macs and adopted and proved robust enough to
Macintosh operating system. Codenamed even with Windows PCs. Another major carry Apple through the next six years,
“Big Bang,” it inspired TV adverts touting advance was making all applications smoothing the transition to PowerPC
the Mac as “the world’s easiest and most “32-bit clean,” enabling them to address processors. It was a success for Apple’s
advanced personal computer.” more than eight megabytes of memory. near-term “blue” team, known as the
It was System 7 that introduced As a consequence, however, System 7 Blue Meanies after the characters in
familiar features like full multitasking, shipped with a compatibility checker that the Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine”; the
file and folder aliases, help bubbles, warned users about existing software long-term "pink" team, meanwhile, fell
AppleScript, and TrueType outline fonts. that wouldn’t work after upgrading, or into the OS strategy death spiral that
And for the first time the Macintosh user could even prevent the Mac starting up. would end in the 1997 purchase of NeXT.
interface showed a touch of color. This and the new operating system’s
Under the hood, some big innovations outrageous requirements – it took up
occurred in networking, helping to make over a megabyte of memory, and made
Contents subject to change
it simple enough to implement in small a hard disk obligatory – caused
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