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Apple has announced a voluntary recall of a number of older generation 15-inch MacBook Pro units which contain a battery  that may overheat. The units were sold primarily between September 2015 and February 2017. In a statement, Apple says: “To confi

As reported last issue, Apple used the global stage of WWDC 2019 to showcase the latest version of iOS, but that wasn’t all because, for the very first time, the iPad now gets its own special edition of iOS 13, known as iPadOS. And we’ve been trying

Using this dropdown you can make the three-second Live Photo loop continuously or bounce back and forth forever. Long Exposure combines multiple frames to create a soft motion blur from moving objects such as waves. Here we’ve exported a Live Photo’s

The Modify menu also gives you access to speed changing presets such as Slow Motion and Fast Forward. The fun Instant Replay command repeats a clip and lets you slow it down by a specified increment. Clips in the timeline that have been slowed down i

Due to its physical nature, film can get scratched or contaminated by hair particles and dust. Torn sprocket holes will cause the film to judder. These analogue artefacts can be added to digital video using the Aged Film Effect. Most effects that you

The left edge contains a keyboard strip that references the vertical lines denoting pitch within the Piano Roll Editor, with the horizontal lines signifying time positions divisible by the timeline ruler shown above. This panel consists of two contro

Tick the Plug-ins box to import any plugins and their settings that were inserted in the target track’s channel strip. Plugins are listed in order of insertion, from the top down, including instrument plugins on software instrument tracks. Use your k

Calendar looks like a simple app for organising your busy schedule and you can double-click on a day and enter the name of an event and the time. Dig a little deeper though, and there are many more features that enable you to create events that are s

EVERY MAC GETS SLOWER OVER TIME. What was once a rapier-like super-computer can start to feel sluggish and take longer to perform tasks it used to rattle off in the blink of an eye, and the spinning beach ball starts to become an all-too regular feat

Did you know that Google keeps track of your online purchases and has been doing so for years? Discover what it knows about you by following this tutorial but, be warned, you may not be entirely happy with what you see. Google pulls information about

Sometimes, certain apps may have issues that cause them to use up more than their fair share of your Mac’s system resources – perhaps there is an update available to address the problem? You can see exactly which apps are overloading your CPU by usin

As we use our Macs, small files are stored in cache folders that speed up certain processes. For example, Safari keeps copies of website images so that the loading times are reduced the next time you visit that site. Over time though, these caches ge

Apple has given us a preview of what to expect in iOS 13 which is being released later this year. It contains some fantastic features that have never been seen in iOS before, but you may have seen similar ones elsewhere, like swipe-to-type keyboards.

Backups of data held in iPhone apps are backed up to iCloud, but some people prefer to make their own backups and store them elsewhere. This could be in case something happens to their Apple account and they cannot access backups, or if backups are t

How fast can you type on your iPhone? Seeing a teenager’s thumbs flying around the onscreen keyboard as they furiously type may make you envious, but with a few changes to the iPhone’s settings, you won’t be far behind. There are many settings which

Data inputting is a laborious task but with your iOS device to hand, it doesn’t need to be. Microsoft has added a great new feature to its Excel app which makes use of online image recognition. Take a photo of some printed data (or use an existing ph

I keep getting prompted to enter my iTunes password. I enter it and then the prompt reappears – can you help? Corrine Mason Open your Keychain Access app and then click on the ‘System Roots’ section in the top-left corner. Now locate and highlight

• HDMI ARC (audio pass-through) • AirPlay 2 • Multiroom ready naimaudio.com richersounds.com NAIM HAS JUST released the 2nd Generation of its multi award-winning Mu-so wireless sound system that retains the iconic styling of its predecessor but fe

Bluetooth keyboard • Adjustable design • 3-month battery life logitech.com amazon.co.uk DESIGNED FOR THE latest iPad Pro models (a £109/$119 11-inch version is available as well as the 12-inch model, reviewed here), Logitech’s Slim Folio Pro is an

Bluetooth • 14-hour battery life • Touch-to-talk button groov-e.co.uk amazon.co.uk SINCE THE RELEASE of Apple’s AirPods, rival tech companies have been upping their game when it comes to wireless headphone technology – specifically earbuds that co

Bluetooth • 38-day battery life • Spacious, full-size keys zagg.com/keyboards zagg.com IF WE NEED to compose long emails or generally type reams of text then we’ll always use our Macs over our iPhones because it’s simply easier and faster to type

macOS 10.12 or later • 64-bit processor • 33.4MB Mac App Store pdfexpert.com FEW PDF-HANDLING apps are as well equipped, or as fast, as PDF Expert. It boasts one of the best PDF reading experiences on Mac, you can perform full edits to text, images

macOS 10.10 or later • 64-bit processor • 3.1MB daisydiskapp.com App Store ALTHOUGH DAISYDISK IS available from the Mac App Store, we would advise against purchasing it from there because Mac App Store guidelines limit what an app can and can’t do.

iOS 10.0 or later • 174.2MB App Store nianticlabs.com IF YOU THOUGHT that the end of the Harry Potter books and movies meant an end to the tie-in games then you’re gravely mistaken, as they keep coming thick and fast. But rather than the huge sandb

iOS 8.0 or later • 103.4MB avokiddo.com App Store IF YOU ARE unfamiliar with Thinkroll games – and there have been many – then you’re missing out. Colourful, funny and very child-friendly, they involve manipulating a cast of characters into strateg