Innehållsförteckning för November 2021 från MacFormat

Hopefully, you’ll have read our ‘Get ready for macOS Monterey’ guide last issue and prepped your Mac… (If you missed it, turn to p76.) This issue, we’re taking you through all the changes and improvements in the latest OS update so that you can hit the ground running and make the most of the new features. Turn to p20 to gen up and get started. Aside from the new free desktop upgrade, did Apple’s September event bring all that you had hoped for in terms of new Apple kit? While the changes in the new iPad 10.2in are fairly incremental, the iPad mini has had quite the makeover. And, among many other improvements, Apple has again pushed iPhoneography up a notch with the iPhone 13 Pro. Check out our Apple…

Which new Apple product are you most excited about? Log on and see next issue’s big question! twitter.com/macformat facebook.com/macformat Apple Fitness+ new workouts Apple Fitness+ is Apple’s fitness subscription service. For £9.99 a month you get video workout training sessions covering a large number of exercises. It syncs with your Apple Watch and shows your goal progress on-screen. Now, Apple has added two new workout types to Fitness+ called Meditation and Pilates. As well as that, there is a new program dubbed Get Ready for Snow Season, with workouts tailored for snow sports enthusiasts and led by Olympic gold medallist Ted Ligety. Apple Fitness+ will tie in with SharePlay in iOS 15 and macOS Monterey later in the year, which will allow up to 32 people to take part in…

The European Commission (EC) has revealed a rule proposal that would force all smartphones sold in the EU to use USB-C chargers. The EC’s proposal states this would cut down on waste by enabling customers to reuse old chargers when they buy a new device. However, Apple has struck back, saying it would harm innovation by forcing manufacturers into a single standard and prevent higher-quality alternatives from being developed. Apple is not the only company that would be affected. According to an EC study from 2019, around half of all mobile phone chargers sold in the EU in 2018 used USB Micro-B connectors, 29% had USB-C connectors, while 21% were Lightning-equipped iPhones. Judging by that, many Android models will be affected going forward. Similar attempts were made by the EC…

1 Bang & Olufsen Beosound Level From £1,299 > bang-olufsen.com Aimed squarely at B&O’s audience of tech-savvy music lovers with an eye for design, the Beosound Level is a portable smart speaker that can be positioned on a surface upright, laid flat, or wall mounted. If you’re looking for a stylishly understated speaker that isn’t understated on audio quality, it’s an excellent choice. It takes up only a sliver of space on a shelf, but provides a bigger, richer and more enjoyable sound than your average smart speaker. Uniquely, this elite Wi-Fi speaker is made to be upgradeable. The wireless module, the sound processing and the battery can all be replaced with upgraded versions later – it’s intentionally a modular design. The idea is to try to give the Level…

IT WILL TAKE > 20 minutes, plus download time YOU WILL LEARN > How to install and use virtual Ubuntu Linux YOU’LL NEED > macOS 10.13 or later, Parallels Desktop 17 (£69.99, parallels.com) Intel Macs can run Windows in Boot Camp, but there’s no equivalent on Apple silicon Macs, where the best way to run Windows or Linux is in a virtual machine (VM) in Parallels Desktop. Until the release of Windows 11, running that or Windows 10 on an M1 requires you to join Microsoft’s Insider Program to gain access to pre-release versions for ARM systems. Fortunately, Linux is simpler, as Parallels offers four different distros for ARM systems, including the excellent Ubuntu. Until native Asahi Linux ships, that’s the best way to run Linux on your M1. Intel…

IT WILL TAKE > 10 minutes YOU WILL LEARN > How to set up local movie libraries, edit metadata, and create playlists YOU’LL NEED > macOS 11 or later, Infuse 7, some digital movie or TV files You can point Infuse at almost any drive or folder, locally and in the cloud Many people have movie and TV collections ripped from DVDs or other sources, often in formats that QuickTime doesn’t natively support. Infuse 7 (free, offers IAPs) is an application for macOS, iOS and tvOS that lets you stream digital video files on your local network to your devices without any conversion required. Infuse can play pretty much any video file right off the bat. Its only real restriction is an inability to play purchased iTunes videos because of…

Apple’s Mail app is often overlooked in favour of alternative email clients that appear to offer more in the way of features. However, it’s a very capable and easy-to-use tool and offers many advantages, particularly if you have multiple Apple devices and synchronise them using iCloud. What’s more, it’s had a couple of decent upgrades in recent versions of macOS, many of them focused on privacy. Sign in with Apple enables you to sign up to an email newsletter or enter a competition using a random email address that is forwarded to your iCloud email account. That prevents the sender from knowing your real address. And in Monterey, you can generate a random email address using Hide My Email. Mail can also prevent senders finding out whether you have opened…

> IN PRINT > ON iPAD & iPHONE ISSUE 370 AUTUMN 2021 > Upgrade time: your iOS 15 superguide > Get set for macOS Monterey > Group test: portable printers > Make your photos pop! ISSUE 369 OCTOBER 2021 > Become an Apple Genius > Boost battery life on all your devices > Master drag and drop in Files > Edit your home videos with iMovie ISSUE 368 SEPTEMBER 2021 > Ultimate guide: iPhone photography > The evolution of Apple TV > Get started with Keynote > Do more with HomePod mini To order back issues of the print magazine, go to bit.ly/macformat_backissues or phone +44 (0)330 333 1113 and we’ll post them out to you. Download back issues onto your iOS device at any time and keep them forever…

> From £319 > FROM Apple, apple.com/uk > NEEDS 10.2-inch Retina display (2160x1620 pixels), A13 Bionic chip, 64/256GB, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2, Lightning port The ninth-gen device now sports Apple’s A13 Bionic chip While it’s not been given the radical makeover afforded the iPad mini (p82) and last year’s iPad Air (MF359), Apple’s most affordable iPad still represents incredible value. That’s because this ninth-generation device now sports Apple’s A13 Bionic chip, instead of last year’s A12 version, plus it now comes with twice as much storage, with the £319 entry-level model packing 64GB of storage compared to last year’s 32GB, and the step-up £459 model getting 256GB. Wi-Fi+Cellular models are also available at £439 (64GB) and £579 (256GB). Like the iPad Pro and the iPad mini, the entry-level iPad also…

> £4.99/month (Apple Arcade) > FROM NAPS Team, napsteam.com > NEEDS macOS 11 or later The puzzles are one of the game’s best elements as they are inventive and varied Apple Arcade has been a bit of a mixed bag so far, where even the best games on iOS do not always shine on the Mac. Baldo is different, offering a charming fantasy adventure that really excels on desktop. You play as the eponymous Baldo, a child who is catapulted from jolly country bumpkin to prophesised saviour in the opening two minutes of the game. You see, Baldo is a ‘pure-heart child’. A prophecy tells that when someone like him is born, an evil ‘no-heart’ creature will begin to free itself from its underground prison, where it was incarcerated by…

SUPERGUIDE iPadOS 15 >Discover what’s new in your FREE Apple tablet upgrade – from Home screen widgets to multitasking > PLUS: Essential tips and tricks Christmas Gift Guide > The must-have Apple accessories for you or your loved ones Back to basics >Master Notes – make the most of Apple’s comprehensive note-taking app ALSO INSIDE… > Build your own family tree on your Mac >Easily edit videos in iMovie on iPad > Customise iCloud on your iOS device … and much more! Contents subject to change ISSUE 372 ON SALE 16 NOV 2021 DON’T MISS IT – SUBSCRIBE TODAY! IN PRINT & ON YOUR iPAD > Our print and digital bundle gets you the paper magazine as well as our iPad edition magazinesdirect.com/macformat-magazine-subscription ON YOUR MAC > Our print and…

Apple launched its next-gen iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch models at its ‘California Streaming’ event on 14 September, with Tim Cook and other Apple execs unveiling its wares to the world. Making their debut this time around were the new iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro (see our review on p78) and iPhone 13 Pro Max, plus an upgraded 10.2-inch iPad (p81), iPad mini (p82) and Apple Watch Series 7. In the past, Apple has adopted an ‘off-on’ schedule for the iPhone, where every other year brought the biggest updates. While the company seems to be moving away from that – this year’s iPhone is the iPhone 13 instead of the iPhone 12S – there were few earthshattering revelations. That said, there was still much to be excited…

If you spend a lot of time writing on your Mac, Ulysses is a great weapon to have in your arsenal. The word processor combines an elegant interface with top-notch features that are tailor-made for all wordsmiths. Version 23 brings a number of new updates designed to improve publishing tools, as well as tweaks to article management and a raft of bug fixes. It’s a promising update if you enjoy blogging. Among the changes is a paper plane icon that indicates when a post is published to a location of your choice, such as WordPress or Medium. There’s a new dashboard widget that displays each post’s status (such as draft or published), and statuses now sync between devices to keep you up to date. If writing, blogging, or journaling are…

15.8 trillion Total number of operations per second that can be performed by the iPhone 13 Pro’s 16-core Neural Engine, part of its A15 Bionic chip. Wow. 2,000,000,000 Total number of iPhones Apple has sold since the very first model launched in January 2007, according to Horace Dediu at Asymco. 1,000 Peak brightness in nits (candela per square metre) of the iPhone 13 Pro’s brilliant Super Retina XDR display. 2cm The closest you can get to a subject when taking macro images using the Ultra Wide camera on the iPhone 13 Pro. 1TB Maximum amount of storage available on the new iPhone 13 Pro, although it’ll cost you – £1,449 to be precise, or the same as a mid-range 24-inch iMac. 5 Number of colours available on the iPhone 13.…

Every Mac user needs a great display in front of them when they do their work. If you use an iMac then you’re off to a good start, but what if you’re an avid Mac mini fan? Or want a second display for your MacBook or iMac? Well, we’ve got the perfect solution, as this issue we’re giving away the superb 27-inch ViewSonic VP2768a-4K monitor, worth £549. The 4K Ultra HD version of the ViewSonic display we reviewed in MF368, the VP2768a-4K has a display resolution of 3840x2160 pixels, offers 100% sRGB and Rec.709 colour coverage, and is Pantone certified too. That makes the VP2768a-4K great for work where colour accuracy is essential, including photo and video editing. Plus, the VP2768a-4K is colour calibrated at the factory so you get…

The last few years of macOS upgrades brought trauma with their advances. We’ve lost 32-bit apps, gained a new file system ideal for SSDs and Time Machine backups but unsuited to hard disks, and previously simple startup volumes have been split to lock the System away in a snapshot. Monterey is a welcome chance to get your breath back. On Intel Macs at least it makes no deep changes, and even Time Machine will back it up in continuity with existing Big Sur backups. Instead, Apple’s attention has turned to improving its most popular apps like FaceTime and Messages, and bringing new features like Shortcuts and Quick Notes. These improvements are each enhanced by their integration with other features. Live Text is accessible optical character recognition which isn’t that novel,…

Starting up from external disks with M1 Monterey changes the way to set Secure Boot policy for bootable external disks on M1 Macs. To drop from Full Security, you have to start up from the external disk, shut down, then start up in Recovery mode by holding the Power button. That takes you into the Recovery system on that external disk, where you can change its policy using Startup Security Utility. When started up from the Recovery system on the internal SSD, you can only set policy for that disk, not external disks. Most laptop models gain an optional new Low Power Mode, to reduce display brightness and slow hardware clock speed when needed to prolong battery endurance. Should you want to remove all personal data and apps, for example when…

WORTH £90 The Myth combines a generously spacious carrier with cutting-edge contemporary conveniences and sophisticated tailoring. The incredible CableReady system, which sets STM apart from other bags, lets you charge on-the-go with all your cords out of sight. The air channel back-panel-and-yoke system is designed to wrap around you and provide improved weight distribution. Terms and conditions: Offer closes 31 January 2022. Offer open to new UK subscribers only. All gift subscriptions will start post-Christmas with the next available issue. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Your gift will be delivered separately within 60 days after your first payment has cleared. Gifts only available to subscribers on the UK mainland. In the unlikely event that we run out of this gift, we promise to offer you an alternative gift…

IT WILL TAKE > 30 minutes YOU WILL LEARN > How to use Neural Mix Pro to help learn how to play a song YOU’LL NEED > Neural Mix Pro, macOS 10.14.4 or later Whether you’re just starting out learning an instrument, or you’re an old hand learning a new song, technology has lots of ways to help you get there more quickly. One of the ways software can help is in isolating a part such as a guitar or keyboards, so that you can focus on learning that without being distracted by what else is happening in the song. It can also loop a section, such as a guitar solo, so that you can listen over and over until you nail it. And perhaps most useful of all, it…

IT WILL TAKE > 15 minutes YOU WILL LEARN > How to protect your email privacy YOU’LL NEED > DuckDuckGo app (optional), DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials browser extension (optional) Apple made waves when it introduced Sign in with Apple, the service that lets you use dummy email addresses in online forms and then have everything forwarded to your regular address. Now DuckDuckGo (free) is offering a similar Email Protection feature. As well as enabling you to sign up for websites and newsletters using randomly generated email addresses, the service also strips any incoming mail of privacy-breaking trackers before it reaches you. Sign up for a free @duck.com email address, then use it when you register for newsletters and DuckDuckGo will forward mail to your normal email address, free from tracking pixels…

IT WILL TAKE > 5 minutes YOU WILL LEARN > How to create your own Apple Watch complications YOU’LL NEED > Watchsmith, iOS 14 or later One of the Apple Watch’s strengths is its level of customisation, particularly with complications. These are small widgets that adorn your watch face, adding nuggets of information at a glance. Apple has loaded the Watch with lots of its own complications, and third-party apps can add their own too. But what if these don’t quite hit the spot? Instead of making do with one that’s subpar, you can get the free Watchsmith app and create your own complications. With Watchsmith (free, offers IAPs), you can craft complications with a range of functions, from displaying the date in various formats to measuring your fitness and more.…

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> From £479 > FROM Apple, apple.com/uk > FEATURES 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display (2266x1488 pixels), A15 Bionic chip, 64/256GB of storage, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, USB-C The iPad mini has long felt like the Cinderella product in Apple’s iPad line-up, introduced in 2012 and updated intermittently since, this year’s upgrade is its first since 2019. But, boy, has Apple made up for lost time. Like last year’s iPad Air, the iPad mini looks like an iPad Pro that’s been hit with a shrink ray – it’s squared-off edges and narrower bezels giving it the family feel of its bigger siblings, leaving the iPad 10.2in (p81) as the only model now boasting the old, and increasingly dated, original iPad design. The changes are certainly welcome. The new iPad mini now sports…

> £345.99 > FROM Other World Computing, macsales.com > FEATURES 1TB solid-state drive, Thunderbolt 3 port (Thunderbolt 3 cable included); works with Thunderbolt/USB 4 Macs, Bus-powered; dust and water resistant to IP67 Looking for some additional offboard storage for a space-constrained MacBook? If so, or if you need a pro-level drive for life on the road or something quick and reliable for Time Machine backups, OWC’s Envoy Pro series does all that and how – we raved about the Envoy Pro FX in MF364, now here comes it’s ever so slightly cheaper, black-clad cousin. The superlatives that applied to that drive still apply here. You get a crush-proof, dust-proof, waterproof drive (IP67) that’s as tough on the outside as it is speedy on the inside; our 5GB Blackmagic Disk Speed…

> £16.99 > FROM LateNiteSoft, latenightsoft.com > NEEDS Requires macOS 11.1 or later Clarity PRO enables Camera+ Studio to reveal detail without exaggerating existing noise Camera+ Studio is the macOS sister app of the popular iOS app Camera+ 2. Camera+ 2 is a camera and digital darkroom combined, whereas macOS Camera+ Studio focuses on editing your photos’ colours, tones and composition. As it can be a fiddle to edit Raw files on the go via the iPhone’s comparatively small display, Camera+ Studio gives you access to a suite of Raw editing tools from the comfort and convenience of your Mac’s larger screen (and it will of course edit JPEG and HEIF files too). Before we delve into detail on Camera+ Studio’s editing features, it’s worth looking at the overall Camera+…

The original online Apple Store was unveiled on 10 November, 1997, alongside the PowerPC G3 chip, Power Mac G3 and PowerBook G3. That’s nearly four years before the first physical store opened its doors. Not only did it give you a place online where you could buy products directly from Apple, that the company itself controlled, it played a key role in its revival after Steve Jobs’ return. Jobs was in typically combative mood when he announced the online Apple Store, telling the audience: “In 1996, Dell pioneered the online store and Dell’s online store has become, up till now, the standard of ecommerce sites. We’re basically setting a new standard for online ecommerce with this store… I guess what we want to tell you, Michael [Dell], is that with our…

While many of us expected a flat-edged Apple Watch to take to the stage at Apple’s September event, the company surprised everyone with a totally different design. Instead of an iPhone-like right-angled chassis with flat sides, the Apple Watch Series 7 actually has a more rounded shape than the Series 6. That softer design is paired with a screen that is 70% brighter with your wrist down, so surreptitiously checking the time should be less of a strain on your eyes. It also offers 20% more screen space than last year’s model thanks to borders that are 40% thinner, with the larger display meaning the Watch now comes in 41mm and 45mm sizes. And don’t worry, the new dimensions are compatible with existing bands. Bigger and better With a larger…

If you’ve been holding out for a new MacBook Air, you might have to wait a little longer. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has a good track record when it comes to Apple’s future plans, has claimed the company will release a freshly redesigned MacBook Air in the third quarter of 2022, from early July to late September. That’s a new estimate on the shipping date, and later than was initially predicted. Kuo had previously asserted that the new MacBook Air would splash down around the middle of 2022. So instead of a possible late spring or early summer timeframe, we might have to wait until almost October. Still, if the rumours are correct, there’s a lot to look forward to. Alongside a new Apple silicon chip and a high-quality…

The App Store opened on 10 July, 2008, with just 500 apps available, including The New York Times, eBay and Travelocity. It has since transformed over the years and expanded to become core to Apple’s entire business. However, as it has grown in importance, it has become a source of controversy and Apple is in the midst of legal and PR battles in a bid to defend a prized asset and the revenue it brings in. In 2020, the App Store had a gross income of around $64 billion, with most of that coming from games. Apple ‘App Tax’ Two of the highest-profile critics of the App Store are Spotify, the music streaming service, and Epic Games, the maker of the wildly popular Fortnite game. And the two companies are…

FaceTime FaceTime on the web lets others access individual or group calls via their Chrome or Edge web browser without needing Apple hardware to participate, and you can send anyone invitations using web links. Those links and Calendar events ensure that everyone knows when to meet next. For group calls, tile up to 18 callers into a single grid view. Portrait mode puts the focus on the person by blurring the background behind them (M1). Audio improvements add two modes, one to exclude background sounds in Voice Isolation, the other to do the opposite in Wide Spectrum, useful for voices with music or small groups. Spatial audio places each speaker’s voice in space to help you distinguish them. SharePlay This integrates shared audio including music, video from movies and TV…

Optical character recognition (OCR) isn’t new technology, although Live Text is impressively good at it even when working from cursive, handwritten or distorted text. What’s new with Monterey is that Live Text will perform its OCR trick on any text displayed in images; it’s so quick that it’s interactive on M1 Macs; and it links through Look Up, thanks to Siri’s search. It currently works with standard image formats like JPEG, PNG and HEIF in Preview, Photos, Screenshot and Safari, and when the image is previewed using Quick Look. It’s language sensitive, so don’t expect it to work with Chinese or Japanese when your Mac is running in English. Simply place your pointer on text it has recognised and it’ll change into an I-beam to select the text. Double-click to…

Recovery mode on M1 Macs has changed, although most won’t notice too much. Press and hold the Power button and Big Sur starts your M1 Mac up from the dedicated Recovery container on its internal SSD, regardless of whether it has just been running from an external disk. That remains true when it has been running Big Sur, but if it has just been using Monterey, the Recovery system will be that in a Recovery volume on the last boot disk, not the internal SSD. Say your Mac has macOS 12.2 installed on an external disk, and 12.1 on its internal SSD. When it was last started up from that external disk, shut down, then started up into Recovery, it will load the Recovery system for 12.2, the last system…

IT WILL TAKE > 15 minutes YOU WILL LEARN > How select a complex subject, transform a layer’s content, and use masks to combine layers YOU’LL NEED > macOS 10.14 or later, Pixelmator Pro 2.1.2 (£34.99) To create a successful composite image, make sure that the lighting is similar in every photo Image-editing apps such as Lightroom do a fine job of fixing problems with colour, tone and composition, but to get really creative with your photos you need to be able to work in layers. Pixelmator Pro (pixelmator.com/pro) has a host of tools that enable you to select, transform and combine parts of different photos into a layered composite image – like popping a child onto toadstool, for example. In this tutorial, you’ll discover how to use the intelligent…

IT WILL TAKE > 30 minutes YOU WILL LEARN > How to set up Dolby Atmos with Spatial Audio YOU’LL NEED > macOS 11.4 or later/iOS 14.6 or later Apple has made several announcements about music quality, including Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos over the last few months, and it’s all getting a little confusing. In a nutshell, Apple Music on the most recent versions of macOS, iOS and iPadOS now allows you to to play tracks that have been encoded in Dolby Atmos format. While AirPods (including AirPods Pro and AirPods Max) and supported Beats headphones equipped with Apple’s H1 or W1 chips can be set to play Dolby Atmos tracks automatically. Dolby Atmos will also work on most other headphones – although you’ll need to activate the feature…

> £649 > FROM XGIMI, uk.xgimi.com > FEATURES 1080p Full HD resolution, 800 ANSI lumens brightness, dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, 1x HDMI 2.0 port, 1x 3.5mm audio output, 50x192x192mm, 0.9kg The Elfin can automatically adjust the focus, size and angle of the image We were impressed by the high-quality 4K image of XGIMI’s Horizon Pro projector (see MF370), although its £1,699 price tag put it way out of reach for most people. However, the company recently launched the new Elfin projector, which provides a more affordable 1080p Full HD option, along with a compact and semi-portable design for £649. The Elfin lives up to its name, standing just 5cm high, and 19.2cm wide and deep. In fact, it looks very much like a white version of the Mac mini,…

Virtual Private Networks (VPN) exist to make it harder, if not impossible, to identify both you and your location online. When switched on, a VPN encrypts all the data you send to the internet to hide your activity from your internet provider and your location from whichever website or web service you’re using. It also protects you when surfing through Wi-Fi networks, protected or open. Technically, only the VPN knows what you’re doing, so it’s important that it promises to keep no personally identifiable logs of your activities, either for its own benefit or if subpoenaed by a government agency. In this round-up, we’ve taken six of the leading VPN providers and tested them for all the key things you need from a VPN: privacy, security, performance, and ease of…

> $49.99 (about £36) > FROM Barebones, barebones.com > NEEDS macOS 10.14.2 or later Are you one of those busy people with a desktop littered with countless unsaved, untitled text notes? The latest version of BBEdit comes with a new Notes feature that will not only save notes automatically, but also title them based on the first few words. It keeps notes together in a ‘notebook’ so it’s much easier to find the one you need. Notes can later be ‘promoted’ to text documents or exported as Markdown files. While BBEdit started back in 1992 as a barebones text editor, it has accumulated a whole bunch of advanced features since. The more recent editions have focused on easing accessibility to unlock its full power. BBEdit 12.5 added a Lorem Ipsum…

Studying is a great way to learn new skills, change your career, and broaden your knowledge base. And as phones and apps become ever more important, the ways we go about studying are changing all the time. That’s great news whether you’re a full-time college student or learning at home in your spare time. With a few well-chosen apps, you can now make learning easier and more efficient than it has ever been. We’ve trawled the App Store to find what we think are the best apps for studying. From planners and organisers to document editors and revision aids, these six apps will help you breeze through your studies. Check them out and head to the top of the class. Forest – Your Focus Motivation > £1.79 > NEEDS iOS…

> DESKTOP SPEAKER Ruark MR1 £329.99 ruarkaudio.com > Winner of MF357’s head to head, the MR1 speaker set looks and sounds the business. The dome tweeter and long-throw woofer can handle a variety of audio styles with aplomb. You get a good variety of connectivity options, and we love the chunky function/volume dial too. > IN-EAR WIRLESS EARPHONES Sony WF-1000XM4 £250 sony.co.uk > The WF-1000XM4 are slightly smaller than their predecessor and the case is 40% smaller – and more eco-friendly. The true wireless earbuds have a good audio ability, support voice-assistant control and the Headphones Connect app provides lots of customisation and ease of use. As well as LDAC, the WF-1000XM4 are compatible with SBC and AAC codecs. > KEYBOARD (MAC/iOS) Logitech MX Keys For Mac £99.99 logitech.com >…