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With a heavy heart, I bid farewell to a loyal and faithful friend this month. No, not an adored pet, but a late 2015, 21.5-inch iMac. Ultimately, it was a wretched machine for which the memory couldn’t be upgraded, and one that has been running Monte

Download available All the assets you’ll need to get creative with our projects. Look out for the above icon to see if there are downloads available. Discover how to get more out of your devices with a selection of iOS and macOS video guides from Mac

Access our entire library of resources with a money-saving subscription to iCreate – that’s more than 1,000 free resources! Everything you need to know about adding a subscription to your FileSilo account 01 Click on the ‘Manage Account’ link in the

With an almost identical design and specs as the iPad mini 2, praise was muted for this tablet. But it did introduce a Touch ID sensor to the Home button and came in a new gold colour. ■

Apple news A new European Union ruling will prohibit the use of proprietary charge connections in 2024, requiring all new phones to use a universal charging standard, USB-C. This means that Apple’s Lightning connection will soon become a thing of the

AT THE TIME OF GOING TO PRESS, APPLE’S 2022 iPAD PROS WERE SAID TO BE ARRIVING “IN A MATTER OF DAYS”, SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL KNOW ALL ABOUT THEM BY NOW. BUT THERE IS AN EXTRA TWIST IN THE TALE AS RUMOURS CIRCULATED THAT APPLE IS ALSO WORKING ON A NEW

Apple has just released its 19th major macOS release in Ventura, which follows the home state naming system that began with macOS Mavericks. This update creates yet more synergy between Mac and iOS (not least by rebranding System Preferences as ‘Syst

Rather than playing one consecutive clip after another in the iMovie timeline, you can combine clips simultaneously to produce a more eye-catching and creative project. iOS and macOS iMovie enable you to place one picture inside another to show two d

By default your iPhone tries to reproduce a scene’s colours and tones so that they look the same onscreen as they did to the naked eye. However, you may want to change the mood of a photo by giving it warmer, more vibrant colours. An increased contra

Hopefully we all keep project file backups to revert back to, but in GarageBand there are extra ways to stop accidental or impetuous changes before they occur. Track locking does exactly what it says on the tin; it locks down your project tracks. Ok,

Calendar events are easy to create and if you need a reminder beforehand it is easy to add one. However, there is much more to Calendar notifications than you might realise. For example, you can create a notification that occurs after the event inste

Pages seems to have a mind of its own; it’s like it starts up with random views for the document window, panels, sidebar and so on. You never know what font will be used and which tabs in the Inspector will be selected. Will the Comments panel be sho

At the right-hand side of the menu bar are some useful tools, like the clock, Wi-Fi indicator, battery status and so on. They are not the only items that can be shown here and there are many utilities that add menu bar items. They add extra functions

potlight search has been improved in iOS 16 on the iPhone and is better than ever. It produces more results and information, and searches in more places. Instead of opening Maps to search for a place, or Photos to find a photo, Music to find music, o

The iPhone camera is an extraordinarily versatile tool. You can scan barcodes, capture precious moments, take cinematic videos, scan documents and all within a specification that rivals many standalone cameras. You can now add to this the ability usi

You have probably discovered the Visual Look Up feature in the Photos app on your iPhone. It enables you to identify things in a photo you have taken, like buildings, animals, flowers, and so on. Visual Look Up is now available outside of the Photos

Apple introduced extensions for Safari in iOS 15 and they’re a great way to expand the capabilities of the built-in browser. You can choose from dozens of different extensions ranging from note takers and dark mode enablers to content blockers and mo

Viewing and changing Wi-Fi networks and settings got easier in iOS 16 on the iPhone (the iPad is similar). There have not been any major changes for some time, but the latest tweaks make it possible to manage networks and see network details in new w

The Apple Pencil may feel like a bit of a throwback to the days of the stylus but once you’ve used one, you’ll often wonder how you did without it. Thanks to the Scribble feature that’s built into iPadOS, you can use an Apple Pencil to handwrite text

As of watchOS 9, those of you with an Apple Watch Series 7 or Series 8 can mirror the wearable’s screen on an iPhone. Added to help people with motor and physical disabilities, the feature makes it easier to control an Apple Watch thanks to the large

The implementation of medication tracking through Apple Health is exactly as you would expect. It is effective, easy to set up and designed in such a way that you will never find complexity no matter how hard you try. You have to set up your medicati

For some time, you’ve been able to pair a PlayStation DualShock 4 and PlayStation 5 DualSense wireless controller with your Apple TV. You’ve also been able to pair an Xbox pad – asituation that has left out users of the Nintendo Switch. But not any m

Facebook iCreateMagazine Twitter @iCreateMagazine Instagram icreate_mag Email icreate@futurenet.com The place to come for key terms made easy AirDrop This is Apple’s proprietary wireless ad hoc service in macOS and iOS which can be used to transfer

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