Macworld UKNovember 2016的目錄

Apple launched Apple Music in June 2015, and more than 17 million subscribers are now using the service. But it hasn’t been without problems. The interface Apple offered in iTunes and in the iOS Music app was confusing, and it turned music listening into a chore. Apple paid attention to users’ complaints, and has now released version 2 of Apple Music, to coincide with the release of iOS 10 and its updated Music app, and iTunes 12.5, which offers a number of tweaks and changes. We’ve been using the new Apple Music for several weeks now, since it was made available to beta testers of Apple’s operating systems. It’s a solid upgrade, with lots of improvements to make the service easier to use, and it’s more enjoyable. What’s in a…

How to make Sidebar shortcuts for removable drives Q: All of my Sidebar shortcuts go to folders on an external hard drive where I keep all my working files. I use shortcuts to these folders often, but when I disconnect the hard drive to pack up my laptop on the go and reconnect my external hard drive, the shortcuts are gone. Is there any way to save the shortcuts and reinstall them? Glenn Ruga A: Apple treats its Sidebar shortcuts differently than the aliases you can make in the Finder for the desktop. Even though the document describes them as an alias, they’re a different sort of creature, because when you eject a volume on which a Sidebar shortcut exists, the shortcut disappears instantly from the Sidebar. However, in testing…

I always resisted joining a music-subscription service. My former Macworld colleague Chris Breen was always a fierce proponent of them, first Rhapsody and then Spotify. (Now that he works at Apple, I assume he also likes Apple Music.) I was never comfortable with subscription services. I was comfortable liking what I liked, and buying new stuff from familiar artists as well as new stuff from artists I discovered… elsewhere, and didn’t see the value in an unending tap of music from every artist everywhere. The second was that I was concerned that by renting my music, I would end up trapped, with years of music discovery that would disappear (or have to be purchased at a high price) if I decided to cancel my subscription. I’ve been a paying Apple…

Apple has launched its newest operating system, macOS Sierra 10.12 (see page 12), and aside from new and interesting features it has a large number of important security fixes. The new OS patches 65 vulnerabilities in various core and third-party components. Some of these vulnerabilities are critical and can result in arbitrary code execution with kernel privileges. Flaws that allow local applications to execute malicious code with kernel or system privileges were fixed in Apple’s HSSPI support component, AppleEFIRuntime, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, AppleUUC, the Bluetooth stack, DiskArbitration, the Intel Graphics Driver, the IOAcceleratorFamily and IOThunderboltFamily, the S2 Camera, the Security service and the kernel itself. A vulnerability patched in the WindowsServer could also be exploited by a local user to gain root privileges. Aside from these flaws, which require an attacker to…

Free • apple.com/uk With macOS Sierra, Apple, as with previous versions, integrates even more features that were introduced in iOS, the operating system for the company’s mobile devices. But Sierra doesn’t just add features found in iOS, it also does more to make your Mac and your iOS devices work together. Considering that nowadays, most people’s primary computers are iOS devices, it’s fitting that macOS Sierra does more to cater to those users’ needs. Before we dive into Sierra, let’s address the main question: should you upgrade? First, you need to determine how compatible your Mac is. The older the Mac, the more likely a feature won’t work. On page 58 we’ve a list of which Macs are compatible with macOS Sierra. (Apple also has information on what features are…

From £369 • apple.com/uk It’s been a while coming. The constantly evolving iPhone and iPad line-up has taught us to expect Apple products to be updated on a yearly basis, but the first-generation Apple Watch was on the market for 16 months before its successor was released. And here it is: the Apple Watch Series 2, which attempts the classic second-generation tech product trick of correcting everything that went wrong with the original, retaining everything that went right, and expanding its appeal from early adopters to the elusive mainstream. Apple’s new flagship wearable, takes the niche-popularity Apple Watch and adds much-needed features such as GPS; improves and ratifies its waterproofing capabilities; and ups the processor clock speed so that (in concert with the streamlined watchOS 3 software) the device should…

Photos has long been a boring app in iOS, and when its OS X complement arrived in Yosemite, it was underwhelming. Through many small releases in El Capitan, Photos’ stability improved and features expanded. Now, in iOS 10 and macOS Sierra, Photos has become more useful for the most common task after sharing: searching. Apple finally added content analysis of photos, allowing Photos on both platforms to recognize and associate faces of the same person across many images, and interpret a limited array of emotions. It also now tags images that contain any of thousands of object features, like mountains and dogs. Photos automatically assembles sets of memories into pseudo-albums, ostensibly saving you the tedium of organising and culling. Apple goes one step further, creating movies that are… well, they’re…

While the Mac game release schedule doesn’t always mirror what’s seen on PC and consoles, the advent of autumn has boosted the flow of new games of all shapes and sizes. In fact, picking just 10 entries for this month’s showcase was more of a challenge than usual. The long-awaited Mac release of Rocket League kicks things off, along with the five-star Legion expansion for World of Warcraft and intriguing indies including Clustertruck and Virginia. Plus, one of these picks is a five-pack bundle of games, so you’ve got 14 fresh options to consider here. 1. Rocket League Price: £14.99 from Steam ( tinyurl.com/otysmbe ) We thought we’d be playing this months ago on Mac, but while delays mounted, Rocket League is more than worth the wait. In…

In the wake of an FBI investigation, Apple mounted a high-profile campaign on behalf of its users’ privacy, but it turns out our privacy is still being compromised. Apple keeps a log of everyone you try to contact using iMessage, according to a leaked documented. These logs contain personal contact information, including phone numbers, and are stored in Apple’s servers for 30 days before being deleted. Furthermore, Apple has shared these server logs with police after being compelled by a court order, according to the leaked document obtained by The Intercept. Apple has exalted iMessage for its end-to-end encryption, meaning that the contents of the messages cannot be accessed anywhere else outside of the iPhone. But Apple is storing contact information and metadata every time an iPhone is used to…

As we saw on page 12, Apple has released a new desktop operating system. This FAQ will answer some of the general questions you may have to help you learn what it’s all about and whether you should install it on your Mac. macOS? What happened to OS X? Apple decided to change the name in order to fit with the names of iOS, watchOS and tvOS. So no more Roman numerals (or that annoying person who insists on calling it “OS ex”). Some trivia, if you’re interested: macOS isn’t entirely a new name. Before version 10, Apple used to call its Mac operating system Mac OS, with the last version being Mac OS 9. Apple change the name to OS X when version 10 was released in 2001. Does…

Macworld reader, Marvin Schildkraut has written in with a very common question about what upgrade choices to make when purchasing a new Mac. He’s considering extra RAM and a Fusion Drive. The cost of these two options is not burdensome. However, we have been advised that the Fusion Drive can cause problems and is very expensive to repair. How likely are headaches? It costs £160 to upgrade an iMac from 8GB to 16GB at the time of purchase, and £80 to move from 1TB hard disk drive to the same rated capacity Fusion Drive. On memory, having 16GB with macOS is very good in terms of not waiting for the computer to chug through moving stuff in active memory around while you’re trying to get things done with more than…

It’s been nearly five years since Scott Forstall stood on stage and introduced Siri to the world. Siri has come a long way since the days of the iPhone 4s, and now Apple’s voice-controlled assistant is on our iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, and even – thanks to macOS Sierra – our Macs. But by almost any measurement, these are the very earliest days of intelligent-assistant technologies. Five years might as well be a blink of an eye. The next few years will be very important for Siri and its cousins – Cortana, Alexa, and the Google Assistant. Here’s a look at where Siri goes from here. SiriKit, today and tomorrow With the release of iOS 10, you can now use Siri to control six different kinds of apps: ride booking,…

Apple’s laptops rely on flash storage, and prices really shoot up if you want more local storage (the actual storage on your computer) – if the model you want offers an upgrade in the first place. The new Optimized Storage feature in macOS Sierra is designed to help free up precious storage space on your Mac. Optimized Storage requires iCloud, Apple’s online service. Apple provides 5GB of free iCloud Drive storage per Apple ID, so you may want more to take full advantage of Optimized Storage. iCloud storage pricing as follows: 5GB for free, 79p per month for 50GB, £2.49 per month for 200GB, £6.99 per month for 1TB, and £19.99 per month for 2TB. To access the Optimized Storage options in macOS Sierra: GotoApplemenu> About This Mac. In…