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Taking photographs used to largely consist of carrying around bulky equipment, ferrying film to the chemist to get developed and then keeping envelopes of disorganised snaps in plastic bags on undusted shelves, until such a time came that you could actually be bothered to neatly arrange them in albums. But, of course, iPhones changed all that and now you can merrily snap away until your storage is completely zapped with hundreds of pictures, including plenty of crappy ones. These pictures then reside in our digital libraries, but are they completely safe? Starting on page 14, we’ll guide you through the best practices for managing and organising your constantly swelling photo libraries and also show you how to back them up – not just with iCloud, but with other online storage…

THERE’S ALREADY A NEW APPLE EVENT ON THE HORIZON, SCHEDULED FOR MARCH (SEE OVER THE PAGE) AND AS WELL AS A NEW iPHONE SE, MANY EXPECT APPLE TO RELEASE A NEW VERSION OF iOS. Apple may have released iOS 15 last fall, but work continues on the iPhone software. Updates since iOS 15’s launch have delivered new features like SharePlay for watching videos and listening to music with people on FaceTime calls, and a new privacy report for all of the installed apps. The newest update – iOS 15.4 – arrived in beta form last month, and it’s already shaping up to be a noteworthy refresh for iOS 15. While there’s no individual feature as significant as SharePlay or a noticeably MIA feature like App Privacy Report finally arriving, iOS…

Photos Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Thanks to our iPhone’s Camera app, our Photos Library will be packed full of pictures. We may add special shots to the Favourites album but many of our photos risk never being seen due to an ongoing digital deluge of new images. The Photos app helps us re-discover snaps by generating Memories, curated collections of themed images based on who is in them or where they were taken. With the release of iOS 15, Memories had a major upgrade with new cinematic looks, titles and transitions. A recent upgrade to macOS Photos in Monterey allows you to enjoy the latest version of Memories on your Mac. Memory lane Master the updated Memories feature Memories Click here to access automatically curated Memories that are…

Garage Band Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Reverb and echo are important effects for adding space and atmosphere to our tracks. Both work traditionally by ‘trailing’ or following the audio signal for a certain duration. So any sound will have a certain amount of reverb or echo come after it. However, it didn’t take long for studio pioneers like The Beatles to quite literally flip this on its head. How would it sound if the reverb came BEFORE the original source? As it turns out, pretty cool. You can hear it on their recordings like “Tomorrow Never Knows” or “I’m Only Sleeping”. In this guide, we’ll suggest a few ways to achieve this effect in GarageBand. Reversal revealed Picking out the tracks and tools most pivotal to reversing your…

Preview Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed It is easy to forget why you took a photo, what is in the photo or who the people are. For example, you may take photos of places on holiday, historic buildings, or groups of people at parties. Years later you may wonder who, what, where, and why. Add text descriptions to photos using Quick Look or Preview to remind you. Text descriptions are hidden in the photo file, but can be viewed with a mouse click. However, an interesting accessibility feature in macOS Monterey enables the Mac to speak the description when a photo is loaded. Open a Photo in Preview for example, and the Mac will automatically read out loud the description. Listen to your photos Hear spoken photo descriptions Edit/view…

Reminders Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Reminders is a useful app for organising tasks that need to be done, and checklists for events like work projects, holidays, weddings and so on. Even simple shopping lists can be created in Reminders and then checked off as you cruise the supermarket aisles. Reminders is great at first, but it can become a disorganised collection of lists that make it hard to find what you need. The solution is to organise Reminders lists into groups of similar items. An obvious one is Work and Personal groups, but you could group several lists for a project or complex event like a wedding. We’ll show you how to do this. Here, you’ll see Reminders task lists organised using groups and a PDF document created…

Mail Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Apple has made privacy on the internet one of its main focuses of attention in recent years – Hide My Email is a feature in iOS and macOS that enables you to prevent others from knowing your true email address. It works by creating random email addresses, which you can use when signing up for things on the web and for masking your true address. Any replies sent to the random email address are received by Apple and forwarded to your real email address. The recipient of the fake email address does not know your real email and if you start receiving spam, you can tell who it is from and delete the random address. Customise your emails Edit Hide My Email entries…

Notes Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Have you ever watched with horror as you accidentally press delete and see a cherished file vanish? It’s easily done but also nothing to worry about. If you’re quick, you can usually retrieve deleted files. Your iPhone places deleted items in a holding bay of sorts in case you change your mind. The problems come if you go beyond 30 days at which point you’re relying on luck – and whether or not you’ve backed up your iPhone. You can back up to iCloud (Settings>Apple ID>iCloud>iCloud Backup) or to a computer (using Finder on a Mac or iTunes on a PC) and then restore from a backup. Step-by-step Find any recently deleted notes 1 Go to the folders It is possible to quickly…

Libby, by OverDrive Developer OverDrive, Inc. Difficulty Time needed It would be easy to presume that traditional libraries are a thing of the past, but for many people, they provide a place to educate and even to socialise. If, however, you are a digitally minded person and prefer ebooks for your reading, you can actually marry a traditional library to your iPad and enjoy the best of all worlds. The only thing you need is a valid library card, which should be available for free, and then download the free app at which point you can get started borrowing books digitally. The selection will not be overwhelmingly large, but most people can only read one book at a time and so you should find more than enough to keep you…

Heart Analyzer: Cardio Monitor Developer Helix Apps LTD Difficulty Time needed The Apple Watch heart rate monitor is a capable sensor that has been proved to be accurate and consistent when exercising. This ensures that you can trust the statistics given to you, but with the Heart Analyzer app you can delve much deeper and analyse many more aspects of your heart health. On top of the extra data it offers, you get to view it all through visuals that will make a lot more sense to those who do not have medical training. It provides a fascinating look into how your heart is performing and crucially, you get to see if there are any significant changes over time. You should not read the data as medically authorised, but there…

£499/$499 Key features Bluetooth 5.1 with aptX HD • 52Hz-20kHz • 2x10W + 40W • Line IN Learn more airpulseaudio.com Available from tech4.co.uk WE’RE USED TO SEEING HIGH-END BOOKSHELF speakers from AirPulse, so the P100X desktop speaker is an altogether different proposition. But it still kicks the living crap out of ass! Everything about the P100X is fantastic, apart from a lack of AirPlay – we’ll get that out of the way early. Taking its design inspiration from traditional wireless FM radios, the P100X is a ‘chonky’ unit (measuring 300x180x200mm) comprising of an MDF/cherry wood-veneered case fronted by a retro mesh adorned with the ‘AirPulse’ logo. Also on the front of the speaker is the on/off knob, plus dials for bass, treble and volume. On the rear is the power…

Atom Studios Stand AirPods Pro Case £39.99/$39.99 atomstudios.com Designed with style, sustainability and practicality in mind, this AirPods Pro case from Atom Studios uses recyclable anodised aluminium and sand-based silicone to provide a sleek protective case for your Apple earbuds. The smooth surround makes it easy to slide the case out of your pocket and it also sports a flat base so that they can sit upright on your desk. The silicone back means that you can wirelessly charge your buds without removing them from the case. Atom Studios Split iPhone 13 Case £47.99/$49.99 atomstudios.com Available in ink blue (pictured) and carbon black, the Split Wood Fibre MagSafe iPhone 13 cases from Atom Studios are slim, protective and sustainable. The specially designed wood fibre material is a combination of recycled…

David Crookes Our iOS expert will show you how to recover deleted files across a range of apps and how to prevent children from seeing sensitive images in the iPhone Messages app. Shaun McGill Our tech expert will show you how to manage and protect your extensive Mac and iOS photo libraries, which includes the best practices and third-party storage options. George Cairns Our creative genius will show you how to create stunning interactive Memories in Photos, edit chase sequences in iMovie and create a fake news broadcast in Final Cut Pro.…

iMovie Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Download available To create a compelling action sequence (such as a chase), you need to shoot your subject from multiple angles. This adds visual variety to your programme. We’ll show you how to cut different angles together so that the action flows smoothly between shots. By shooting on a handheld iPhone, you have the freedom of movement to follow the action using pans and tilts in a single shot. Camera moves such as these help add extra energy to your action sequence. We’ll also demonstrate how to add motion to static shots using iMovie’s postproduction tools, and speed up sections of a shot to add even more energy! Editing techniques Create a fast flowing sequence Make the grade To stylise our chase sequence,…

Logic Pro Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Logic offers a toolset for polishing up your MIDI parts, most of which are accessed via the piano roll editor. When it comes to editing either parameter automation used to control features on your software synths or MIDI performance data like note velocity modulation, there are a couple of options. While most mix automation for things like track volume is handled in the Track area’s automation lanes, there’s a separate lane available in the piano roll editor that’s used for MIDI data – velocity by default – but that can also be used to display track automation data for that individual track. MIDI lane hogger Display and edit MIDI performance controls in the piano roll Height of power Resize the height of…

Voice Memos Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Voice Memos are a great way to capture ideas and thoughts and it is available on the Mac, iPhone and iPad, so no matter what device you are using, you can quickly fire up the app and record something. Tap Record and speak, it is so easy. You can even capture snippets of meetings, concerts and other events. Voice Memos are synced to all your devices. This means that you can use your Mac to edit them and you may find the big screen, keyboard and trackpad more convenient than an iPhone. Adjustable playback speed and skipping silences are new to the Monterey version of Voice Memos and the macOS app matches the iOS version. Voice Memos interface Get to know Voice…

Safari Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Web pages are usually much taller than the screen and when you visit a site in Safari, only the top part of the page is visible. Most of it is hidden off the screen. If you want to save a screenshot of a web page for whatever reason, there is a problem. Screenshots only save what is on the screen and any saved image will not have the parts of the web page off the screen. The normal macOS screenshot tool cannot save a full web page, so you’ll need to use Safari’s developer feature. It is well hidden and it isn’t something you would stumble upon accidentally. Here we show where it is and how to use it. Safari screenshots Use developer…

Settings Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed TikTok has taken the world by storm with its hassle-free video content tailored to your tastes. The app delivers an endless selection of instantly gratifying videos without even having to think about what to search for – you simply swipe up to land on one you would like to watch and then the algorithms queue up more of the same. But what if you want to enjoy the videos while washing up, for example, when it isn’t really convenient to touch your iPhone screen? Help is at hand through the iOS Accessibility settings, so read on to discover how to scroll through videos using just your voice – it’s quick and easy to set up. Step-by-step Set up a Voice Command 1 Launch…

Stocks Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed It is hard to escape the constant news about cryptocurrencies and with prices fluctuating so much – rocketing up one day and falling equally fast the next – it can be interesting to monitor your favourites. The Apple Stocks app on the iPhone is a great way to do this and it can show a lot of detailed information about common cryptos. There are over 6,000 cryptocurrencies and the number is growing. The Stocks app cannot show them all, but it does show some of the most common, like Bitcoin. They can be added to the Stocks app. You can see the current value and analyse the price history over days, weeks, months and years. We’ll show you how to use Stocks to…

Locket Widget Developer Locket Labs, Inc Difficulty Time needed Widgets are brilliant ways of presenting information. Locket, however, is taking them to another level by effectively turning a widget into the frontend for a small social network – one that can be used to display images sent between a select number of friends. Launched at the start of the year and only available for iOS, it is already growing in popularity. It’s strength lies in its simplicity, although as time goes on we expect to see more features – such as the ability to send photos from your Camera Roll (you can only send images that you’ve taken from within the app). Here, we look at how to get started while familiarising yourself with the features so far. Step-by-step Set…

Notes Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed When it launched iPadOS 15, Apple introduced an even easier way for you to create notes. Rather than force you to drop everything you’re doing and open the Notes app, it began allowing you to make use of Quick Note, which you can drag on to the iPad screen as a floating window and then position wherever you like. Now, you don’t have to pause your work to make a note. At this point, it’s ready for you to add text and drawings using a keyboard, Apple Pencil or your finger and it doesn’t matter what else you were doing at the time. The note will float above games, Safari, your emails and more – you never quite know when you want to…

tvOS 15 Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Sometimes – despite the amazing amount of streaming content available at your fingertips – you can feel as if there’s nothing really worth watching. In those instances, you could simply let your Apple TV slip into its screen saver mode and enjoy a relaxing flight over some of the world’s most stunning locations. Those dynamic, video-based aerial shots are worth savouring, after all! As of tvOS 15.2, there are even more screen savers to enjoy. Apple has added three videos of Scotland’s great landscape and six of Iceland but, because of the way Apple TV works, you will have to ensure they’re being downloaded and rotating regularly. Here, we take a look at how to do just that, while also highlighting a…

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Final Cut Pro Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Download available Many TV dramas and movies include a broadcast news sequence to help introduce the audience to developing plot points (such as the outbreak of a zombie apocalypse!). These types of ‘breaking news’ broadcasts are easy to create thanks to Final Cut’s collection of news-themed motion graphics. If you have access to a green screen set-up, then you can also insert your presenter into any location for an ‘on the spot’ report. We’ll also show you how to insert your fake news broadcast into a TV screen to really make it part of the drama... Making news Create a news-style bulletin Titles The Titles browser has a collection of news-themed lower thirds and a reveal graphic that you can customise…

Settings Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Apple has recently updated and improved its iCloud service with some enhanced privacy features. Now widely referred to as iCloud+, the service comes with every paid-for iCloud subscription plan (unfortunately, you can’t benefit from it if you are still using your 5GB free allocation), and includes features such as Private Relay and Hide My Email to greatly improve your online security. Private Relay is similar to a VPN in that it withholds your IP address and makes your location difficult to track, whereas Hide My Email protects you from email spam by generating a random address when creating new online accounts. Here’s how to utilise both features. Introducing iCloud+ A quick overview of the new security features Private Relay iCloud Private Relay keeps…

Terminal Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed The Terminal is a tool in the Applications > Utilities folder, used to perform various tasks. Many of the commands and functions available at the command prompt in Terminal can only be achieved there. It can do things that are not possible with the mouse, menus and buttons. If you have ever used it, you will know that it looks very dull. However, the default black text on a white background is easily changed and you can customise the built-in themes, called profiles. You can change the colours, choose a more interesting font, add a great background image, and even make the window see-through. Customise a profile Give the Terminal window a makeover Colour & Effects Select a profile or create one of…

Notched Up Developer Ohanaware Co Difficulty Time needed If you are the proud owner of a new 14 or 16-inch MacBook Pro, you will be well aware of the iPhone-like notch at the top of the screen. Do you love it or hate it? It certainly stirs up strong emotions among Mac users. You may not have realised, but there are utilities in the App Store that can make the notch more fun! If you use a Mac without a notch and are jealous of Mac owners with one, add it and fool people (maybe), into thinking you have the latest and greatest hardware. Yes, you can add a notch to any Mac. Why? Because it is fun! Also, if you are thinking of upgrading, add a notch and see…

Settings Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed You may be moving to a new iPhone but there’s a very good chance that you’ll want to make use of your apps, data and settings from your old device. With iOS 15, it is now even easier to make the transfer using a new feature called Prepare for New iPhone, which gives you 21 days to make the switch. The feature backs up your entire iPhone to iCloud regardless of how much space you need. It doesn’t matter if you’re only on the free 5GB storage tier either. You’ll get a temporary iCloud bump-up for free, which gets around any need to pay for the extra storage, making the process far more convenient and stress-free. Step-by-step Make a free iPhone backup 1…

Screen Time Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed If you have a child and your device is compatible with iOS 15.2 or later, you should update the software immediately. Apple has rolled out a new feature in Messages that protects young people from sensitive images, such as ones showing nudity, as part of ongoing measures to ensure kids are safe online. It’s a good idea to switch it on. The tool electronically examines every photo received by a child who is part of a Family Sharing group. It does this on the device itself rather than on a remote server, and it simply looks out for markers suggesting the image is potentially dangerous. That way, children can be encouraged to make a safe choice over whether or not they should…

Settings Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Apple has rolled out the beta version of iOS 15.4, and this update promises to be a biggie, with some great new features added. Top of the list is the option to use Face ID while wearing a face mask, which we’ll guide you through below. There is a lot more to learn about too, such as the new Universal Control feature, which is designed to allow you to use a single cursor and keyboard to control all of the devices connected to your iCloud account. Then there’s iCloud Keychain Notes, Keyboard Brightness (for connected backlit keyboards) and of course, new emojis! Step by step Set up a masked Face ID 1 Launch the Settings app When you have updated to iOS 15.4,…

Apple Watch Developer Apple Inc Difficulty Time needed Nobody would recommend using your Apple Watch for a heavy browsing session. The small screen would soon become frustrating and the fiddly input methods would quickly have you seeking out a larger device. But there is no doubt that having a browser on your wrist can come in handy, particularly if you don’t have your iPhone, iPad or Mac to hand. Trouble is, where on earth is it? Scouring your list of apps will draw a blank because the built-in browser is only accessible if you have access to a link. It has been designed for very brief sessions where you’re literally checking out something that has been sent to you, with limited options to do much more. You can’t enter a…

£89.99/$99.99 Key features Bluetooth 5.1 • Three Easy-Switch channels • Custom emoji keys Learn more logitech.com Available from amazon.co.uk WHILE WE APPRECIATE THAT Logitech’s new wireless keyboard and mouse combo may look alarming to the purists, there are plenty of ways in which the Pop Keys can prove useful for Apple users who own multiple devices. Mix ‘n’ match For a start it can connect to up to three devices at once – such as your Mac, iPad and iPhone – and switch typing between them with a single tap. It also provides 12 new FN shortcuts and comes with five swappable emoji keys that you can mix and match to suit your mood, and these can be assigned to any existing emoji you regularly use when communicating through your…

Release date: April 2015 • Chipset: Apple S1 • CPU: 520 MHz Cortex-A7 • GPU: PowerVR SGX543 • Display: 1.65-inch Retina OLED 390x312 pixel Ion-X strengthened glass with 3D Touch display • Storage: 8GB • Features: Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n), Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Heart rate sensor, Speaker • Original price: £299/$349 • Price now: £70/$80 Variety was certainly the spice of life when the Apple Watch was released seven years ago, as it was available in three different ‘collections’, with the casing made out of different materials. There was the standard Apple Watch (stainless steel), the Apple Watch Sport (aluminium) and the Apple Watch Edition (originally released in 18kt gold casing). The Sport, featured here, was encased in 7000 Series aluminium in silver or space grey and 38 or…