Innehållsförteckning för May 2025 från MacFormat

It took a little longer than expected, but Apple treated us to some amazing new products in March: the M4 MacBook Air, an updated Mac Studio with M4 Max and M3 Ultra, a new £329 entry-level iPad (which now has an A16 chip) and the M3 iPad Air. We’ll be putting the Mac Studio with M3 Ultra and the M3 iPad Air through their paces in our June issue, but turn to p84 of this edition and you’ll be able to see what we make of the MacBook Air and the new iPhone 16e in this month’s in-depth reviews. We also investigate the chances of a big-screen iMac on p16. But if you’re not upgrading just yet, turn to p20, and you’ll discover some of the amazing things your existing…

Trailed by Apple CEO Tim Cook on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) with a “there’s something in the air” looping video, the latest iPad Air arrived at the start of a flurry of announcements that Apple made in the first week of March. While outwardly little has changed over the previous model (launched in May 2024) the 11- and 13-inch models have been given a refresh internally, making them more powerful than before. The iPad Air (2025) now comes with an Apple silicon M3 chip with an 8-core CPU and a 9-core GPU, which Apple says makes it 2x faster than the M1 iPad Air, offering 35% faster performance in multi-threaded CPU workflows and up to 40% faster graphics performance. The new iPad Air also gets Apple’s advanced graphics…

Receiving by far the biggest upgrade of all the Macs that Apple revealed in March is the Mac Studio, which now sports a choice of M4 Max or M3 Ultra chips. Apple’s compact ‘pro’ desktop starts at £2,099 for an M4 Max model equipped with a 14-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine, 36GB of unified memory and 512GB of solid-state storage and rapidly steps up from there. The M4 Max version can also be kitted out with a 16-core CPU and 40-core GPU for an additional £300 with memory options ranging from the previously mentioned 36GB all the way up to 128GB, but it’s the Mac Studio with M3 Ultra that will truly make your jaw drop. Starting at £4,199, the Mac Studio with M3 Ultra comes with a…

10,000 Numberofhigh-speed connections between the two M3 Max dies, made possible using Apple’s UltraFusion packaging architecture. Full review next issue! £4,199 Starting price of a Mac Studio with M3 Ultra. A fully kitted out Mac Studio costs a jaw-dropping £14,299. 184 billion Number of transistors inside the new M3 Ultra, which is made from two M3 Max dies. Thunderbolt 5 All Mac Studio models come with four Thunderbolt 5 as standard, offering up to 120Gbps data transfer speeds. 16TB Maximum amount of storage that can be included in a Mac Studio with M3 Ultra. 600 billion Number of parameters AI pros can use when running large language models (LLMs) on device. 22 Number of 8K ProRes 422 video streams that can be viewed simultaneously on a Mac Studio with M3…

Photos got a redesign in macOS Sequoia, with a new interface which brings tools and pictures to a single screen. The sidebar’s been overhauled, and the app as a whole has gained some great new features, some of which are powered by Apple Intelligence. 1 Natural language When searching your Photos library, you can now use more natural language. Thanks to Apple Intelligence, requests (typed or through Siri) such as ‘Alison eating’ or ‘cat on the stairs’ are catered for, and you can also search for an action that took place in a video, and you’re taken to that particular segment. 2 Create memories Another feature powered by Apple Intelligence enables you to create your own memories, simply by typing a description of what you want to see. The Photos app…

Apple’s built-in apps are packed with features, and these four are no exception. Again, some of these were introduced with macOS Sequoia, and others have been available in the apps for longer, but all are worth checking out. 1 Reading Goals In the Apple Books app, click Home in the sidebar and then scroll the main window all the way to the bottom. You see a feature called Reading Goals. Here you can set targets for time spent reading every day, and for books read in a year. Hover your pointer over the upper or lower panel, and icons appear in their top right. Click the icon that looks like switches and you can change these goals. Note though, that only reading done in the Apple Books app can count towards…

Master Apple shortcuts macOS Cmd is the Command key. Alt or Opt is the Option key. Ctrl is the Control key, also shown as ‘^’ in shortcuts in the menu bar. The thick, outlined up arrow is the Shift key. The thin, left arrow or outlined pointer with ‘X’ inside is the Delete key, which deletes to the left. Pressing the Function key (Fn) and the Delete key deletes to the right. The thin, right arrow key with a small vertical line at the end is the Tab key, which shifts the focus between some controls. iOS A tap is a brief contact of (usually) one finger on your device’s screen. To drag is to move a finger across the screen to scroll or pan around content. Swipe means move…

IT WILL TAKE around 30 minutes YOU WILL LEARN To clean Mac caches, clean-uninstall apps, protect from malware and delete large files YOU’LL NEED macOS 11 or later, CleanMyMac app Your Mac is pretty good at keeping itself in order, but occasionally it may need a little help. That’s where CleanMyMac (from £30.95/year, cleanmymac.macpaw.com), from Ukrainian developer MacPaw, comes in. A complete suite of tools for keeping your Mac healthy and running well, CleanMyMac can clean your system to keep your computer running speedily, check for threats and vulnerabilities, run maintenance tasks to optimise performance, clean-uninstall applications and remove files left over by deleted apps, and identify large files you’ve not used in a while, so you can delete them. We’re going to walk through the app’s key features, exploring the…

Smart garden lights can serve a multitude of purposes. They’ll let you use your outdoor space after dusk, allow you to create the right ambiance for a desired mood, or enable the highlighting of key features such as a particularly beautiful plant or statue. Lights can also double as security and safety devices by illuminating paths and removing dark corners where would-be intruders may lurk. And if you opt for smart lighting, you can put yourself in total control. There are many types of smart lights on the market, from spots and LED strips to table lamps and pendants. You can have lights on the wall, on the ground or strung in trees and you can use bespoke iPhone and iPad apps, Apple Home or Siri to control exactly how…

Back in April 2015, Tim Cook unveiled “Apple’s most personal device yet”: the Apple Watch. It was the first new Apple product created under Cook’s – ahem – watch, and some pundits expected it to fail: in an echo of the famous iPod criticism posted on Slashdot (“No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame”), some critics pointed at the better specs of rivals and predicted an embarrassing failure… But by 2020, Apple was selling more watches than the entire Swiss watch industry put together. But the critics had a point. Like the original iPhone, the first Apple Watch was unfinished. It was dreadfully slow; its interface wasn’t great; it had terrible battery life; and Apple didn’t seem entirely clear what it was actually for. But, despite all of these things,…

IN PRINT ON iPAD & iPHONE ISSUE 415 APRIL 2025 Boost your Mac with easy upgrades! Create great music with GarageBand 6 best AI writing apps for Mac What’s next for Apple silicon? ISSUE 414 MARCH 2025 Detox your Mac: 85 essential tips 21 amazing apps for Mac and iPad! Accessibility tricks for any Mac 6 smart ways to faster Wi-Fi ISSUE 413 FEBRUARY 2025 Top free apps for Mac, iPhone & iPad How to get fit with your Apple kit! Master your Apple Music library Best antivirus apps for Mac 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 in…

Even the lowe-strated model on offer here, the Verbatim Store ’n’ Go Mini Diamond, isn’t a poor product. It’s an excellent drive for carrying around in your pocket, but being limited to 1TB, it’s not the best choice for a Time Machine drive. If you own a notebook Mac and you want to take the drive out and about, the other two portable SSDs – the LaCie Rugged Mini and the Lexar Armor Portable – are both excellent options. They’re also available in 4TB sizes if you can afford the extra. If you back up mainly – or solely – at home, you might prefer a higher-capacity device, especially if you back up data-packed external drives as well as your startup drive. This brings us to the SanDisk Desk Drive.…

£449.99 FROM philips.co.uk FEATURES 27-inch, 16:9 screen, 3840x2160 (4K UHD), 2x HDMI 2.0, 1x DisplayPort 1.4, 1x Thunderbolt 4, USB hub, 1.074 billion colours; 61.3x54.4x230cm (max height), weight (with stand) 7.15kg When looking at text, the monitor is close to perfect When it comes to home working, this 27-inch display has got the lot – including an extendible arm on which to hang your headset. It’s packed with ports. For input, you have a choice of a DisplayPort 1.4, two HDMI 2 ports or a 100W Thunderbolt 4 that’s compatible with any notebook with a USB-C socket. There’s also a Thunderbolt 4 output for daisy chaining, four USB-A ports for your peripherals (including one that supports fast charging), and two USB-C ports that support 15W. One of the USB-C and…

£252 FROM tribit.com FEATURES Bluetooth 5.4, 200W (80W subwoofer, dual 45W mid-range drivers, two 15W silk dome tweeters), 30hr playtime on a full charge, dust- and waterproof to IP67, integrated karaoke (mics not included), True Wireless Stereo (TWS) option Vocals are especially impressively reproduced. It’s like the singer is in the room with you Tribit’s latest party speaker, the StormBox Blast 2, certainly boasts a striking design. It’s reminiscent of an iconic Eighties ghetto blaster, but without looking dated. Turn it on and it lights up, with customisable LEDs at either end and further lights inside the unit that give the drivers an exciting look. These lights, which can be turned off if you prefer, blink and dance in time with the music – just the thing for party play.…

Launched at the same time as the new iPad Air, Apple’s most affordable iPad also got an upgrade. Still equipped with a 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display, the Wi-Fi only iPad (2025) now gets Apple’s A16 chip and 128GB of storage to start (twice as much as before) for £329, 256GB of storage for £429 and 512GB of storage for £629, while Wi-Fi + Cellular models start at £479 and rise to £779. Apple says the A16 chip in the new iPad offers 30% faster performance than the A14 Bionic in its predecessor, with a 5-core CPU, a 4-core GPU and a 16-core Neural Engine. Weirdly, though, the new entry-level iPad also misses out on Apple Intelligence capabilities, the only recent device from Apple to do so. Like the previous model,…

Many of Apple’s rivals have launched foldable phones over the past few years, but Apple has stayed out of the game. That could soon change, though, with several sources claiming that a folding iPhone is on the horizon. Recently, well-regarded Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo released some guidance on the device. According to Kuo, it will come with a sky-high asking price of $2,500 (about £1,900). In return, you’ll get a book-style folding design with a Touch ID button on the side, a dual-lens camera on the back, and an ultra-thin battery. Kuo says it will be a “true AI-driven phone”. More foldable rumours were posted by leaker Jukanlosreve, who claimed on X.com (formerly Twitter) that the device will have a 5,000mAh battery and two rear cameras. Jukanlosreve added that the…

[MAC APP] Microsoft Copilot Free A new AI assistant for your Mac While we wait for Apple Intelligence to catch up with rivals like ChatGPT, you can try Copilot instead. Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) tool has just landed on the Mac, putting a fully fledged AI assistant at your fingertips. You can use it to answer questions, generate images, and spruce up your writing and ideas. It works using text input, or you can ask it anything with your voice. Then there’s Copilot’s Think Deeper feature, which uses more advanced reasoning capabilities to help you with more complex matters, such as assessing the future value of home renovations or thinking through a career move. All of these capabilities are now available on your Mac, so you can tap into Copilot’s…

Pro-Ject AC/DC Turntable > €1,299 (about £1,100) > From project-audio.com For those about to rock, we salute you… especially if you’re spinning some tunes on this particular deck. The stylish Pro-Ject AC/DC turntable features an MDF plinth fashioned in the shape of the Australian band’s iconic lightning symbol, a matching red translucent tonearm and a circular glass platter with acrylic sub-platter, lit from below by an if-you-want blood red LED and equipped with a matching Ortofon 2M Red MM cartridge. Equipped with anti-skating tech to help your vinyl stay pristine, the belt-driven turntable sits on four spiked feet to reduce unwanted vibrations and has a zero resonance design, as well as gold-plated RCA phono outputs on its rear. And if AC/DC doesn’t rock your world, Pro-Ject has other equally comely turntables…

Sequoia has some wonderful features, many of which you might not know. The new Apple Intelligence features are here to help in a number of applications, with amazing tools such as Image Playground, Genmoji and the near-ubiquitous Writing Tools. Photos has had a complete redesign, and also picked up a few new tricks along the way. Look out too for new Safari features, some great visual effects in the Music app and exciting Messages effects. Don’t miss the Mail app’s in-depth features and interesting ways to get more from apps such as Podcasts and Books too. Not all the features discussed in this article were introduced with macOS Sequoia, but they’re all available in the latest Mac operating system, and are all things you might have missed. So whether you’re a…

There are some great hidden features in Mail, Messages and Safari in macOS Sequoia, some of which are powered by Apple Intelligence. These include Writing Tools, an Apple Intelligence feature that’s available almost everywhere that you can write. Let’s take a look at them. 1 Safari Highlights The new Highlights feature summarises important information on websites, giving quick access to location, opening hours and more. To activate it, in the Safari menu, open Settings and click the Advanced tab. Check the box labelled ‘Allow Highlights to share web addresses with Apple’. When a website offers Highlights, the icon in the left-hand side of the Smart Search field gains a star. Click it to see the Highlights. This feature isn’t available in all countries yet, but is being rolled out in…

Finally, let’s take a look at some great new macOS Sequoia features in the Notes and Freeform apps, and also some more deep-cut tips for other macOS applications. 1 Math Notes A great new feature in the Notes app allows you to carry out quick calculations from within the application. All you have to do is write the equation or sum, and the Notes app automatically adds the answer as soon as you type the ‘=’ symbol. You can also define variables for equations, by entering a letter or word followed by the ‘=’ symbol and its value, for example, ‘X=2’ or ‘Andy = 1’. 2 Freeform Scenes If your collaborative Freeform board is getting large and unwieldy, you can break it down into scenes. Drag your board to the…

IT WILL TAKE 20 minutes YOU WILL LEARN How to edit, annotate, sign, protect and share your PDFs YOU’LL NEED Preview app on Mac (iPhone/iPad/Apple Pencil optional) Tricky things PDFs! So what can you do with them on a Mac? Well, quite a lot actually, with Preview alone letting you fill in forms, add signatures, make comments, use passwords, and more. Opt for some other PDF editors and you can go further. PDF Expert (£72.99/year, pdfexpert.com), for instance, lets you change text and add links, and enables you to convert PDFs to Word, Excel and PowerPoint docs. Foxit’s PDF Editor (£111.16/year, foxit.com) adds nifty share and collaborative options. With some deep diving, however, you’ll soon discover how versatile Preview and macOS can be. For starters, you can create a PDF from…

IT WILL TAKE At least an hour YOU WILL LEARN To back up your data, log out of accounts, and wipe a Mac YOU’LL NEED A Mac you no longer need If you recently got yourself one of the amazing new Macs then you may be wondering what to do with your old one. The natural thing, if you can’t think of a use, is to sell it, but does that run the risk of potentially sharing your personal data? Not at all. Whether you have a relatively new Mac or one that Apple would deem ‘vintage’, there are ways of wiping a machine of sensitive information so that it can arrive with a new owner box-fresh. The process for this has changed over the years. It’s now much easier to…

Unless you’ve decided to deck or pave your outdoor space, your garden will require maintenance. You’ll need to keep your lawn in trim and take care of plants to ensure they thrive and bloom. That means mowing the lawn and ensuring the flowers are watered. Yet it’s time away from simply relaxing and enjoying your beautiful plot. Turn to technology! If your patch of green grass is fairly sizeable, a robot lawnmower may be a sound investment. They can be set up to regularly cut your grass while avoiding obstacles, including flower beds but before you take the plunge, you need to decide if you want one with boundary wires (which requires extra effort) or one that uses GPS systems. Each will ensure that your device stays within the lawn perimeter.…

2015: Watch This isn’t the Series 1 – this is the refreshed model, launched the following year – but the first ever Apple Watch set what turned out to be a very successful template. It’s rather boxy compared to today’s models, but it’s aged well. 2016: Series 2 The second generation of Apple Watch was a big improvement thanks to its comparatively nippy dual-core processor, which made apps considerably smoother. It added water resistance and GPS tracking to track workouts more effectively. 2017: Series 3 The next big shift for the Apple Watch was to give it a cellular modem so that wearers could use its online features without also lugging an iPhone around. That was particularly great for runners, athletes of all kinds and, possibly, naturists. 2018: Series 4 The…

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From £1,199 FROM apple.com/uk FEATURES Apple M4 chip (10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine), 16GB unified memory (24/32GB available), 15.3in Liquid Retina display (2880x1864), 256GB storage (512GB/1TB/2TB available), Wi-Fi 6E (aka 802.11ax Wi-Fi), Bluetooth 5.3, 2x Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports, MagSafe 3 port, 3.5mm headphone jack The MacBook Air (2025) is a brilliant notebook for the rest of us Yes, it’s finally here! After months of speculation over the launch of the new M4 MacBook Air it finally arrived in March 2025. And, while it doesn’t move the dial much in terms of form, features and functions, Apple’s done enough to keep it at the top of the worldwide best-selling notebook list for a little while longer. To that end, both MacBook Air model sizes are now £100 cheaper than…

£6.99/month (Apple Arcade) FROM builtbysnowman.com NEEDS macOS 12 or later Performing tricks is as simple as flicking a thumbstick in one direction Skate City: New York takes the proven Skate City formula, relocates it to the Big Apple and adds a few new tricks (like wall riding), but is recognisable enough for old hands to enjoy. Its side-scrolling 2.5D setting drops you in various New York neighbourhoods, where you perform tricks, grind on rails, jump down staircases and evade security guards. There are three game modes to explore: a tutorial, a Free Skate Mode, and a Pro Skate Mode with goals and challenges. The tutorial is extensive, with interactive guides on every aspect, and you’re rewarded for completing them with points that you can spend on changing your skater’s look…

HOT TOPIC! Apple’s big spring updates All-new Macs and iPads join the previously launched iPhone 16e Springtime often means new Apple products. This year the company treated us to a jam-packed season of new releases, with fresh products landing across the iPhone, Mac and iPad ranges. Kicking off the updates were the iPad Air and the 10.9-inch iPad. Starting with the iPad Air, this was upgraded to Apple’s M3 chip, which replaced the M2 from the previous version. Apple says the M3 offers twice the performance of the M1 iPad Air and is up to 3.5 times faster than the iPad Air with A14 Bionic chip. Apple also launched a new Magic Keyboard designed for the tablet, which has a larger trackpad and a new 14-key function row. The 10.9-inch…

Going hand in hand with the new M3 iPad Air, Apple also unveiled an all-new Magic Keyboard to go with it. Available only in white, the new Magic Keyboard features a QWERTY keyboard as well as a larger trackpad, and also has a 14-key function row, giving you easy access to features like screen brightness and audio volume. Like previous models, the Magic Keyboard has the same cantilever design as before, and has a single USB-C port on its aluminium hinge. The Magic Keyboard also attaches to the iPad Air using magnets with the Smart Connector providing power and data, dispensing with the need to use Bluetooth. The 11-inch version is £269; and the 13-inch £299. iPhone 16e accessories To accompany the release of the new iPhone 16e (read our…

The Finder is a lot easier to use when you’re aware of its hidden gems, and there are some great features in System Settings. Some are new, some were introduced before macOS 15 Sequoia, but they all deserve a mention. 1 Tabbed Finder windows You can use tabs in Finder windows, just like you can in Safari. To open a new tab, click on a Finder window and press Cmd+T. When the tab bar is visible, you can use the ‘+’ symbol on its right too. Hover over a tab and click the 'X' that appears to close it. You can move files between tabs. Just drag it from the window onto a new tab, and wait. The tab opens, and you can move it into that new Finder window. 2…

Apple Intelligence isn’t just for words. With Image Playground you can create great pictures for use in other apps (or just for fun), and if you can’t find an emoji that suits your needs, you can create one with Genmoji. Here’s how they work. 1 Image Playground Open Image Playground and click the ‘+’ at the bottom of the app window. You can type what it is you want to show in the text field in the bottom right. Press Return, and Image Playground generates the picture for you. Click it for a bigger version, and click it again to get back to the editing window. 2 Presets As well as describing the picture you want in Image Playground, you can also use preset themes, costumes, accessories and more. They’re listed…

IT WILL TAKE 15 minutes YOU WILL LEARN How to organise assets and edit with AI YOU’LL NEED Adobe Lightroom (V8.2, £11.99/month, adobe.com/uk, macOS 13.1 or later, Lightroom boasts a more powerful set of AI tools than Apple Photos Apple’s Photos app offers multiple ways to organise your shots, such as adding them to the Favourites album or browsing collections of recognised people. However, Photos lacks Adobe Lightroom’s extra asset management and filtering tools that enable you to find photos according to Pick or Reject flags, keywords and star ratings. Lightroom also boasts a more powerful set of artificial intelligence (AI) photo-fixing tools. There are two versions of Lightroom – the original Lightroom Classic and the newer Lightroom CC (which has now been rebranded to Lightroom). Lightroom is more streamlined than…

IT WILL TAKE 20 minutes YOU WILL LEARN How Moises makes learning songs easier YOU’LL NEED Moises app (moises.ai), iPadOS 16 or later, voice or instrument Moises is an Apple App of the Year, and for good reason: it’s wonderful. It enables you to sing or play along with your favourite musicians. Simply add the song you want to play and Moises can break it into its individual instruments, enabling you to remove tracks, change the key or adjust the speed. It can even show you the chords and lyrics, karaoke style. The secret sauce here is artificial intelligence (AI). When you add a new song to your collection, Moises runs it through a powerful AI system that’s been trained on most genres and eras of music. The AI identifies the…

The concept of creating outdoor rooms can be traced to ancient civilisations with their ornate pavilions, courtyards and peristyles. But there’s one thing in particular the Egyptians and Romans didn’t have all those years ago when relaxing and entertaining – amazing technology controllable via your Apple gear. But you do. And with the right gadgets, you’ll have a smart garden you’ll never want to leave. Pump up the volume The simplest way to enhance the ambience of your outdoor space is to add a portable Bluetooth wireless speaker. Many are weather resistant and will run using charged batteries so you won’t need to worry about installing outdoor power sockets or trailing an extension lead from the house. For more immersive stereo sound or to spread audio over a wider area,…

There have been many impressive rivals since the first generation of Apple Watch was launched. Some of those rivals are fitness trackers first and smartwatches second, like the Fitbit Sense 2 and the Garmin Forerunner range. And others are all-rounders, such as the Google Pixel Watch 3, the Garmin Venu and the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7. Not all of Apple’s rivals have survived. Fossil quit smartwatches in 2024, taking many designer brands with them; brands such as Michael Kors and Diesel were Fossil watches underneath. The mass market is now dominated by three firms: Apple, Samsung and – after a few years of apparently losing interest in wearables – Google. All three firms’ watches are designed primarily as extensions to their smartphones. One much-missed rival is the 2013 Pebble smartwatch with…

Group test Reviewed by IAN OSBORNE ON TEST… LaCie Rugged Mini SSD 2TB Lexar Armor Portable SSD 1TB SanDisk Desk Drive 8TB SanDisk G-Drive Professional 12TB Verbatim Store ’n’ Go Mini Diamond 1TB WD My Book Desktop HDD 22TB Everyone knows how important it is to make regular backups of your Mac’s internal – and possibly external – drives, so if you’re not doing them already, start today! Macs have a bundled backup system called Time Machine. This has been a part of OS X/macOS since 2007’s Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. It’s easy to set up, and it makes and keeps hourly backups for the last 24 hours, dally backups for a month and then weekly backups for anything older than a month. It keeps doing this until it…

£129.99 FROM edifier.com FEATURES 20Hz-40KHz, hybrid drivers, Bluetooth 5.4, USB-C or wireless charging, IP55 rating; LDAC, AAC, SBC codecs; up to 56 hours’ battery life, fast charging available; 64g Though the app provides an EQ we didn’t find it necessary to tweak our sound Edifier’s NeoDots are a prime example of the kind of incredible technology that can now fit into modern – and tiny – wireless earbuds. Weighing 64g and available in a black or white finish, they are perhaps not the most striking-looking earbuds on the market but more than make up for it with features. First up is power and these offer seriously impressive battery life. The case can be charged wirelessly or by USB-C; the earbuds charge fully in an hour and the case in 1.5 hours,…

Use the map Some levels can be a little tricky to work your way around. If you ever get lost, tap the book icon in the top-right corner, then select Level Map. Drag the map to see both your current position and nearby objectives. Try different weapons Different weapons bring different benefits. Heavy machine guns make light work of foes but can run out of ammo, for example, while thrown spears can be climbed up to reach high points. Give them all a go to see what works best. Try extra challenges Each level comes with a set of optional challenges. You don’t need to beat them to finish each section, but doing so rewards you with new weapons, artefacts, relics and more. You can find them in the Objectives…

iMac From £1,299 In October 2024, Apple updated its 24in iMac with the M4 chip, and the iMac now has the wonders of Apple Intelligence built in. You can choose between an 8-core CPU/8-core GPU at entry-level, or an 10-core CPU/10-core GPU on the mid-range and top-tier versions. The entry model now comes with 16GB of memory as standard, configurable to 24GB; the mid- and toptier versions are configurable to 24 or 32GB (32GB only available with 512GB or more of storage). The solid-state drive (SSD) storage starts at 256GB on entry-level and mid-range versions, and 512GB on the top-tier iMac, although you can add up to 1TB on the entry-level model and up to 2TB on mid-range and top-tier models. You still get a 4.5K (4480x2520) Retina display, with…

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