Innehållsförteckning för May 2017 från MacLife

GO Check out the new colors of iPhone, iPad, and Watch accessories p16 IN EARLY MARCH Apple did something very un-Apple-like: It launched several new products via a few simple change to its online store, rather than sending out cryptic invites to a One More Thing-style launch. To be fair, the products it introduced are updates rather than entirely new devices. Most striking among them are the new red models of iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, which are available with 128GB or 256GB of storage. Bought SIM-free without a contract, and not locked to any particular carrier, the lower capacity costs $749 in the 4.7-inch iPhone 7, and $869 in the 5.5-inch iPhone 7 Plus. The higher capacity costs $849 in the smaller phone, and $969 in its pocket-filling sibling. Specifically,…

BACK IN 2007, after Jobs walked off the stage from unveiling the iPhone, one of the people he spoke with was Alan Kay. A pioneer of early computers and also the first graphical interface, Kay famously told Jobs: “Make the screen five inches by eight inches, and you’ll rule the world.” Once Apple debuted such a screen in 2010 with the iPad, it initially coined the term “post-PC device” to try to contextualize the iPad’s progressive, though at times nebulous, place in technology’s landscape. More recently, Apple has started making a direct pitch for the iPad as a PC replacement. Of course, there is still plenty of work to do toward that goal. But I think a number of Apple’s recent moves have laid the foundation for some significant evolution to…

> For the last few months I’ve been in love with MyScript Nebo, which is great at handwriting recognition when using an Apple Pencil – even with my scrawl. On iPhone, I will never uninstall Soulver, a scratchpad for math that’s easier than using a spreadsheet. If Safari’s Reading List is too basic for you, I wholeheartedly recommend Pocket. The ability to tag things you save makes them much easier to look up later on. My other favorite app is Skype; FaceTime is good, but its lack of availability on non-Apple devices is just too restrictive. I’m a bit of a Netflix junkie these days, but its interface doesn’t do much to aid discoverability. That’s why I use JustWatch to see what content has been added recently. (It isn’t just for…

CESIUM $1.99 Platform iPhone Apple’s Music app has somewhat sidelined personal collections, instead heavily focusing on the Apple Music streaming service. Cesium is designed to help you focus on your own library. It marries oldschool functionality with modern iOS design, using tabs to quickly switch between artists, albums, songs, or playlists. If you want a music player for your iPhone that’s tasteful, smart, full-featured and free of gimmicks, get this. OVERCAST 3 Free Platform iPhone, iPad Podcast management is a perennial problem for serious listeners, and if you’re finding that Apple’s own Podcasts app isn’t cutting it you may wish to invest in something more substantial: Overcast is definitely it. This third major release offers an almost complete redesign of the already excellent interface, with a card metaphor applied throughout, a…

CALORIE COUNTER AND DIET TRACKER Free Platform iPhone, iPad Even with the best intentions, it’s easy to lose track of the fine details of the food we consume. This app from MyFitnessPal helps to keep you motivated to pay attention: when you scan the barcode on some food’s packaging, it looks up nutritional information for that product in its database. (You can add info about foods it doesn’t know about.) You tell it the portion size you’re about to eat, and it adds the calories, carbs, fats, and other details to your food diary, which displays the total calories you have left for the day, based on your goal weight, helping to keep you on track. APPCOOKER $29.99 Platform iPad Got a great idea for an iOS or Apple Watch app?…

Free Developer Gracious Eloise, getscribblechat.com Platform iPhone Requirements iOS 9.3 or later iMessage got a supersized makeover with iOS 10, but those new features didn’t go quite far enough for some avid messengers. ScribbleChat is a standalone iPhone messaging app that replaces plain text and emoji with a buffet of expressive options. After setting up an account for your cell phone number, the app prompts to choose one of 17 handwriting styles in 15 available colors, using this default selection to convert typed text every time you press Send. If that’s not swanky enough, you can tap the magic wand button to summon an assortment of 15 other ready-made styles, complete with 3D text and animation. Most effects styles tend to be on the gaudy side of the spectrum, but…

$0.99 Developer Barbara Kudiess, twitter.com/Screenplay_Game Platform Universal Requirements Requires iOS 10 or later ScreenPlay is a puzzler aimed at 9-to-11-year-olds, but despite its name, teaching your child the art of writing for the movie or TV business is not the aim of the game. Instead, making movies provides a fun backdrop and analogy for the game’s real objective: helping youngsters develop logic and algorithm-building skills that will help lay the foundations for learning to code, not to mention prospering in math and other logic-based subjects. The gentle progression through increasingly difficult levels makes the game straightforward to pick up. While the instructions are scant, most 9-to-11- year-olds, perhaps with a little help, will have no trouble getting started. Taking the role of director, your job is to instruct your actors…

The great outdoors is a place of wonder and beauty, but also a lot of questions. What’s out there in the first place, and how do we get there? Can you eat that plant? Wait, where did we park again? Relax, valiant explorer. Here are six apps to the rescue! If you’re looking for an offline map app and travel guide all rolled into one, Pocket Earth Offline Maps & Travel Guides (Free, Universal) is your answer. It has offline maps for regions around the world, travel guides with points of interest, hiking and cycling guides, transit directions, GPS tracking to record the routes you take, optional topographic maps… you get the idea. In-app purchases unlock certain regional maps and topographic options. Whether you blew through your food stash with…

Free ($2.99 sub required) Developer BrushMedia, brushmedia.com Platform iPhone, watchOS Requirements iOS 8.2 or later Nothing makes a parent worry more than when their kids head back to college but forget to call or text that they made it home safely. Knowtify is a free app that automates the entire process, but in this case “free” only applies to installing the app. If you want to do anything with Knowtify, you’ll first need to pony up for an auto-renewing in-app subscription, currently an affordable $2.99 per year. The problem is there’s no trial period, so you’re stuck paying in the hopes does what it claims. Thankfully, Knowtify mostly lives up to its promises, although the Apple Watch app is a tad on the basic side of things. Once you’ve set…

$19.99 Developer Infinite Fall, nightinthewoods.com Requirements OS X 10.8 or later Night in the Woods opens with mysteries: Why did Mae Borowski, a dark blue anthropomorphic cat with a ragged right ear, burn out of college? Why does she keep having nightmares? And who dropped something grisly outside the Clik-Clak Diner at the edge of town? Answering these questions requires spending plenty of time with (and as) Mae, which isn’t always a pleasant proposition: She’s brash, naive, and feckless, with a knack for saying exactly the wrong thing to her eternally patient friends and family. Still, Mae is incisively written and believable, and Night in the Woods draws its strength from her flaws and her redemption. Structurally, Night in the Woods operates on a day and night schedule, autumnal afternoons…

MY HUSBAND and I have been using the Find My Friends app on our iOS devices for a while, mainly in the way that a coastguard might throw a life ring to a drowning swimmer. Notification: Christopher Phin left Work 2m. Help is on its way, harassed co-parent! Switch on Teletubbies and await rescue! Open your own beer first before helping others with theirs! BUT NOW my actual friends have started asking to share locations on Find My Friends, I’ve found it to be a meddlesome tattletale that is undermining me in the eyes of more organized humans. No longer can I claim to be stuck in traffic when I’m actually in my bedroom frantically chasing contact lenses around my eyeballs. I can’t pretend to be out of town when someone needs…

WE’VE BEEN WAITING for updates to the iPad lineup for a while now, and Apple didn’t disappoint with its late March announcement of a replacement for the iPad Air 2. More eye-catching, though, is the new color option on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. You can read all about these new devices on page 10. Already bought an iPhone 7? Apple has new case options to give it a fresh look, and has also introduced an abundance of new Watch straps, plus a bright red smart cover that works with the iPad Air 2. So, if you’re happy with your existing devices, you can at least give them a makeover. Turn to page 16 to learn more. That said, next time I upgrade my iPhone, I’ll probably pass…

AT FIRST glance you might wonder why Apple has bothered to introduce Clips, its upcoming mobile video app. Clips promises filters, stickers, and simple recording that makes it easy to create snazzy video, uh, clips – but then, so what? Snapchat, Instagram, and countless other apps have that covered, right? As usual, though, Apple has thought that one step further. For one, Clips isn’t a messaging app or a social media platform – its sole aim is to create video, which you can then share using the app of your own choice. Hold a button to record, and let go to stop. Once you’re done, you can drag clips into some kind of order and add effects, emoji, animated icons and the like. It’s like iMovie distilled into its purest form.…

FRANKLY, IT’S hard to overstate the impact of the iPhone on the game industry. In 2007, my field was only a $9.5 billion industry. In the decade since, it’s exploded to a $91 billion dollar industry, with mobile making up almost half of our sales. By prioritizing accessible gameplay, the iPhone gave all of us a place to become gamers. When I speak at colleges, the question I’m asked most often is “How do I work in the game industry too?” Well, the good news is that anyone can work in games. There’s a false idea that you need to have been programming since you were a teenager, must be in your 20s, and must have a specialized degree. None of that is true these days. Find an area you’re passionate…

EACH OF US has a core set of apps we use all the time, but what if you haven’t discovered the one app that’ll totally improve your Mac or iOS experience? How would you like 128 of them? When we started making this list, we were adamant no entries should be from Apple, as you likely know its apps well already. (Apple then bought one of them, but that shows how good it is.) So, here are 64 must-have Mac apps, and starting on page 46 you’ll find our picks for iOS. TWEETBOT $9.99 tapbots.com I use Tweetbot to keep up with Twitter largely to use its ability to keep multiple columns open for saved searches, direct messages, and multiple accounts’ timelines. I also love its features for muting topics that…

> THERE ARE plenty of apps which claim to automate the process of speeding up your Mac. Some of these simply automatically search for large files to delete and free up your caches, which we already did in the previous section. Some are malicious apps that pretend to clean up your Mac but instead bog it down with junk. Even reputable apps, such as virus scanners, will sometimes cripple your machine with multiple “threat detection” warnings about harmless files. In view of the above, we do not recommend any third-party software to fix a slow Mac. It’s going to be down to you; you should begin by examining the apps you already have installed to make sure that they’re necessary, because too many of them running at once is a common cause…

IMGPLAY Free Platform iPhone, iPad Bring life to whatever you capture with your iPhone, or fine-tune the motion in things that already move. This app can work with still photos, videos, Burst mode images, or Live Photos. You can stitch stills together for a low-end stop-motion effect. Things get really interesting with Live Photos and Burst shots: take the video or sequence of images, trim the result (even removing individual frames), add a filter and text, and export a video or an animated GIF. For free, ImgPlay is full-featured. A $1.99 in-app purchase adds more filters, and removes ads and watermarked output. LUMAFX $2.99 Platform iPhone, iPad We hadn’t counted on an app enabling rapid layering of advanced video effects just by blithely tapping away, but that‘s LumaFX in a nutshell.…

CARBO $7.99 Platform iPhone, iPad Among the wide range of apps that can photograph and store your real-world scribbles, Carbo tries something more ambitious than most. Your sketches and notes are cleaned up and converted to vectors, while preserving your original stroke. This means that images within Carbo retain the character of your penmanship, but are also editable in a manner standard photographs are not – you can select and move specific elements that Carbo intelligently groups, adjust line thicknesses throughout an entire image, add tags and annotations, and export the result to various formats. Carbo’s friendly and intuitive to work with, and efficient as well – a typical Carbo note requires only a tenth of the storage as the same image saved as a JPEG. PAPER BY FIFTYTHREE Free Platform…

Free Developer Flipboard, flipboard.com Platform Universal Requirements Requires iOS 9.0 or later In its earliest incarnation, Flipboard allowed you to view social media feeds and other online content in a stylish viewer that prioritized visual presentation and ease of navigation. Later versions allowed you to “curate” your own magazines on specific topics by adding links to web pages and feeds, and to share those magazines. Now, Flipboard takes that concept a stage further with “smart magazines.” The idea is that, rather than just allowing you to add content from specific publishers or on fairly broad topics such as sports or tech, Flipboard 4 drills down to allow you to specify niches within general areas of interest. It then builds a smart magazine from social media content and websites, based on…

$4.99 Developer 24me, twentyfour.me Platform Universal Requirements iOS 8.0 or later If there’s a true “killer app” for Apple Watch, it would be task management. After all, once you’ve keyed a bunch of tasks or events into your iPhone, it’s just a matter of checking them off as each one is completed, which can easily be done from any smartwatch. Complete does this and a whole lot more, offering full sync with Apple Reminders, “nag” alerts so you won’t forget what needs to be done, color-coding, and the ability to add new items by simply requesting an Amazon Alexapowered device to enter them for you. (Note that the app’s developer offers quite a similar app called 24me – it’s easy to get the two confused.) Smart alerts provide a summary…

1 WHERE TO ? Finding a great place to eat nearby no longer has to be a challenge. Put Where To? ($2.99, appsto.re/i67R672) on your iPhone, and then on your Watch. 2 BUFFET OF CHOICES Launch the Watch app and tap Any Restaurant to see a list of all the places to eat nearby. Save your favorites so you can quickly find them next time. 3 TIME TO EAT Once you’ve found something that sounds tasty, tap to read reviews, view opening hours, or get directions in Apple Maps to guide you to the door.…

$4.99 Developer It’s About Time, helloiat.com Requirements OS X 10.11 or later Almost identical to its predecessor, Disk Care 2 quickly displays startup disk contents as a circle grouped into eight different categories: Mobile Apps, Mail Downloads, Downloads, Old iOS (software updates downloaded by iTunes), App Logs, Cache, Large Files, and Trash. Click on one or more slices, and the center button updates in real time to show how much space will be reclaimed by deleting the selected content; one last click on the center button, and the deed is done. Slices change color when selected, offering peace of mind that those left as the default shade of gray will remain intact; you can also add files and folders that should never be deleted to an exclude list. If you…

Apple’s Touch Bar technology puts contextsensitive controls at the top of the keyboard, to save you time digging around in menus and windows to find the commands you need. Currently, the only official way to get a Touch Bar is to buy a MacBook Pro, and even if Apple were to update its Bluetooth-connected Magic Keyboard to include one, it’s unlikely to be affordable given the existing model costs $99. However, you can add a Touch Bar to your existing Mac by adding an iPad and third-party software into the mix. If you don’t have an iPad there’s an app that enables you to see what the Mac’s latest control method would add to your apps if you were to upgrade. Be aware, though, there’s one aspect of the real…

REQUIRES iOS 10 or higher YOU WILL LEARN How to report and stop annoying or risky numbers that keep calling you IT WILL TAKE 15 minutes THESE DAYS it’s easier than ever to stay in touch with people all over the world, but there’s a downside in that it’s also easy for unsolicited calls to reach you. One cause of this can be that you’ve given your personal data to social networks, apps, or services, perhaps because they require it as part of setting up an account. Even if you trust that they won’t share your details, a security breach could leak data and lead to fraudsters, phishers, and identity thieves calling you – not to mention the barrage of telemarketers. This is where Hiya (apple.co/2kI5Qsg) tries to help out: The…

“Apple TV is in decline - what’s going wrong?” in the April 2017 issue was of special interest to me. The only thing that’s stopped me moving from a 3rd-generation Apple TV to the latest model is that the newer version omits fiber optic audio output. My audio receiver has this type of input and serves me well for surround sound, but it has no HDMI input. I’ve investigated using a converter to change the HDMI output to fiber optic, but I have read that the success of these converters is hit-and-miss. As for my older audio receiver, it is still functioning well, so I can’t justify spending hundreds of dollars on a new receiver with HDMI input just to have surround sound on a new Apple TV. I know…

LAUNCH CENTER PRO $2.99 Platform iPhone, iPad (separate apps) More or less a speed dial for regularly performed tasks, Launch Center Pro can be a huge timesaver. It takes complex sequences of actions and turns them into tappable items. You can create shortcuts for things like posting an update to Tumblr, sending your most recent photo to Twitter, adding items to list-making app Clear, and opening a specific view in Google Maps, and you can arrange your shortcuts in groups. Launch Center Pro is an essential purchase, and well worth its low price tag if you regularly use even just a few of the apps that support it. Check out the list of those apps, and the actions that Launch Center Pro can automate in each, at bit.ly/2mXZqmy, and you’ll…

PROCREATE POCKET $2.99 Platform iPhone Procreate for iPad’s ethos of an interface that gets out of your way is even more successful in this iPhone version. The top toolbar gives fast access to brushes, smudging, an eraser, layers, and adjustment tools, while at the sides are handles for changing brush size and opacity. Great for actual artists, yet friendly for dabbling in digital painting, you can even record your process as a video. ENLIGHT $3.99 Platform iPhone, Pad As well as photoediting basics, this app’s painterly and classic film filters look the part. It can process 50MP images on iPad Pro, reduce noise, freeze areas during edits, and precisely mask any effect. You can’t later adjust effects, only undo, but that’s our only niggle. OVER Free Platform iPhone, iPad Put text…

CAMERA+ $2.99 Platform iPhone, iPad Front and center here is a minimalist viewfinder; manual focus, exposure, white balance, and shutter speed are in a slide-out panel. The Horizon Level option is helpful and unobtrusive, and macro mode is notable, too – the viewfinder zoom and focus slider make this one of the easiest apps for close-ups. Post-processing tools are extensive, and the Clarity option’s great at saving drab snaps. SKRWT $1.99 Platform iPhone, iPad If you’ve ever taken an photograph of a building head-on, you might spot that the center of the frame bulges, causing lines to curve into a bowl shape. You can use SKRWT to correct distortion to straighten lines, such as a building you’ve snapped while looking upward. INFLTR $2.99 Platform iPhone, iPad Filters in iPhone apps…

Free (Basic), $14.99 (Premium) Developer Actions, quadro.me Platform Universal Requirements iOS 8.0 or later Want a Touch Bar but can’t afford the new MacBook Pro? Quadro turns your iOS device into a touchscreen that controls your Mac (or Windows PC). The app requires you to install a mini-server on your Mac, which it then connects to over USB (effortlessly) or Wi-Fi (with a bit of yelling). It scans your Applications folder, and if it spots an app it knows about, it installs the appropriate set of tiles and buttons to control it. For example, if you switch to Ableton you’ll get a screen enabling you to control track transport, mapping, and quantization. Move to Calendar and you get buttons for adding events, editing events, going to a particular date, and…

Free ($9.99 in-app purchase removes ads) Developer Overcast Radio, overcast.fm Platform Universal Requirements iOS 10.2 or later Here at Mac|Life, we love listening to podcasts with Overcast – and now, the best podcast app out there just got even better with version 3. There are lots of changes here, most of them focused on ease of use. Playback settings can be accessed by swiping left or right, rather than having the controls hidden in the corners of the screen. The control to change the playback order has an explicit label, instead of a tiny triangular icon. And best of all, you can – at last! – create proper playlists. Before, the only option was for Smart Playlists, which added new episodes based on rules you set (such as adding every…

Free Developer Stephen Anthony, darjeelingapps.com Platform iPhone, watchOS Requirements iOS 10 or later watchOS already includes a built-in app for remotely controlling the iPhone’s camera, but it doesn’t do much beyond taking photos and triggering a timer. Iris – Pro Camera Control goes the extra mile, offering complete remote control over exposure, ISO, focus, zoom, color temperature, and tint, right from your wrist. You’ll need to have Iris running on iPhone, of course — you can’t control the built-in iOS Camera app from this one — but otherwise this is a great way to fine-tune shots before they’re taken, especially when the device is mounted on a tripod. A swipe across the Apple Watch’s display switches between options, which you adjust by turning the digital crown. Once you’re finished making…

$349 Manufacturer Drobo, drobo.com Features 1x USB-C port, five bays for between two and five disks The major appeal of Drobo’s storage drives is the ability to start with two disks installed and add more later to boost capacity whenever suits you. The distinguishing feature of this model is its USB-C port; a USB-A-to-C cable is included, but if your Mac has the newer kind of port, you’ll need to provide your own adapter or replace the cable. This port is limited to USB 3.0 speeds, though. Access to the disk bays requires no tools: The front panel is magnetically attached and easy to remove. The downside is there’s no way to lock the panel in place. A sticker on its back explains the statuses of the lights on the…

$29.95 Manufacturer Binary Nights, binarynights.com Requirements OS X 10.11.6 or later Just because something has been around a long time doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good. Case in point: Finder, the venerable Mac file manager which after more than three decades remains a core part of macOS experience, but which hasn’t really changed in its basic operation for most of that time. Although Finder isn’t likely to go away anytime soon, there’s always room for welcome improvement. ForkLift 3 is a Mac app that serves double duty as a full-featured alternative to Finder, as well as a client for transferring files between local and remote FTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, or other connections. ForkLift offers many advantages over Finder, not the least of which is the dual-pane interface that makes copying and…

$9.99 Developer Webin, readkitapp.com Requirements OS X 10.10 or later Between Instapaper, Pocket, Pinboard, and a variety of RSS sources, Mac users wind up bouncing between multiple applications to get caught up with news subscriptions. ReadKit unites these disparate services under the same roof, providing a single destination for all your news. In addition to those services, ReadKit includes its own offline RSS engine for new or imported OPML feeds, but also syncs with popular providers Feedly, Fever, NewsBlur, Feed Wrangler, and Feedbin. Some need a premium subscription to work, but free accounts are often okay. The beauty of having everything under one roof is that you can drag and drop articles, bookmarks, or feed stories between different services with ease. Feeds are grouped by account in a sidebar, with…

$639.99 Manufacturer LaCie, lacie.com Features 2x Thunderbolt 3, 1x USB 3.1 (Type-C) This drive has two features that are attractive if you deal with very large media files or have a high-end display setup: It sports a gigantic 10TB capacity, and two Thunderbolt 3 ports. Such a fast connection to your Mac might seem wasted on a traditional disk. The point of it, though, lies in the second Thunderbolt 3 port, which enables you to daisychain another device – great news if you’re running short of places to plug things into your Mac, and that device can even be a 5K display. LaCie quotes speeds of up to 240MB/sec. As ever, mean averages are lower: 220.7 and 211.5MB/sec sequential read and write speeds respectively, and 108.and 95.1MB/sec when reading and…

1 D-LINK OMNA 180 $200 dlink.com The Omna 180 supports Apple’s HomeKit platform. As well as providing 1080p resolution, night vision, and a 180-degree wideangle lens, the camera can be used to control other HomeKit-compatible devices, such as Philips Hue light bulbs or the various sensors in Elgato’s Eve range. 2 NETATMO TAGS $99 netatmo.com These contact sensors provide a quick and easy way of extending the Netatmo Welcome security system. You need the Welcome camera in order to control the tags, but three tags for a hundred bucks means you can cover a number of locations in your home fairly inexpensively. 3 PANASONIC SMART HOME MONITORING SYSTEM $68 panasonic.com This bundle of smart devices includes two window/door sensors, a motion sensor, a smart plug, and the hub unit. There’s an iOS app…

SONY BRAVIA XBR-X900E $1,699.99 (55-INCH) SONY.COM If you’ve got to have the very latest tech, Sony’s 2017 line kicks off with this series of Android-TV-powered 49-, 55-, 65-, and 75-inch direct LED backlit models that offer elegant design, excellent motion handling, and clear audio. However, we bet you still won’t like the rubberized remote control. FLASHMEN HDMI TO RCA AV CONVERTER $16.99 AMAZON.COM Apple TV is awesome – until you need to plug it into an older television without an HDMI port. This handy little converter takes a 1080p HD signal and makes it compatible with RCA jacks in NTSC or Euro-friendly PAL format. There’s composite video and stereo audio output, too.…

REQUIRES An iPhone with internet and GPS connections YOU WILL LEARN How to search for places, get turn-by-turn directions and take a detour IT WILL TAKE 5 minutes APPLE’S MAPS APP has come on in leaps and bounds since its, shall we say, disappointing debut in 2012. For instance, as well as plotting directions to get from A to B by car or on foot, it now offers public transport directions, and it can tell if a ride-booking service such as Uber that serves the local area has its own app, and provides links to download and use them. It’s the little things that count. Despite the improvements, you may still find Maps doesn’t know as much about businesses as Google Maps, so the more info you can provide the better.…

REQUIRES iOS 10’s Clock app YOU WILL LEARN How to set up and use the Clock app’s Bedtime feature IT WILL TAKE 5 minutes YOU MAY THINK you know about every single way you can use the Clock app, but in iOS 10 it has gained a new feature, Bedtime, that’s well worth checking out. As its name suggests, it’s all about helping you get a good night’s rest, and it’ll also give you some insight into your sleep patterns. Tap Bedtime’s icon in the app’s bottom bar and you’ll be asked a few questions, one at a time, such as how many hours of sleep you need, when you want to be woken up, and how far in advance you want your device to prompt you to get ready for…

REQUIRES iOS 10.3 YOU WILL LEARN How to stop apps using an unwanted amount of precious iCloud storage IT WILL TA KE 15 minutes IT’S TEMPTING TO leave certain settings on your iPhone or iPad on their defaults, not least iCloud Backup – how many times has the importance of backing up been hammered into your brain, after all. That may seem like the safest strategy, but ask yourself whether it’s costing you more money than necessary. While writing this tutorial, we were shocked to discover that iCloud Backup was putting 941MB of data from Tweetbot, and 459MB from Amazon Music online. Neither of those apps stores anything we can’t easily obtain again. So, if you’re trying to stay within the 5GB Apple provides for free with all iCloud accounts, we…