Innehållsförteckning för December 2018 från Macworld UK

Apple fans around the world were watching the firm’s October event and they certainly weren’t disappointed, with the tech giant unveiling a host of exciting new products. MacBook Air The Air has been given a substantial upgrade, receiving a full redesign as well as a Retina display. The new 13.3in screen contains 4 million pixels and is surrounded by bezels that are 50 percent smaller than its predecessor’s. Additional features include Touch ID and Apple’s own T2 security chip – all powered by an eighth generation Intel i5 dual-core processor. The new Air will retail from £1,199. Mac Mini Apple’s diminutive Mac has had a substantial upgrade. The new Mini will have a four- or six-core CPU with up to 64GB of memory, making it up to five times faster.…

£1,199 from fave.co/2OxGqZe Apple says the MacBook Air is “the most beloved notebook ever”, and it’s not wrong. The huge success of the original Air had ripple effects throughout the industry, but it has languished in recent years. For the past three years or so, Apple had kept up with neither technological nor design advances in its most important laptop. Now, the MacBook Air has finally been brought up to modern Mac laptop standards, skipping forward three generations of Intel processors, adding a Retina display and Thunderbolt 3 ports, and giving us three colour options, among other things. But it feels a bit like Apple threw out the baby with the bath water, jettisoning some features of the MacBook Air that make it so well-loved. In fact, it would be…

£82.50 from fave.co/2zF8jJz If you are the designated family archivist, you can count on Adobe Photoshop Elements 2019 to give your run-of-the-mill photos a bit of a kick. The latest version of 2019 vintage does a good job of augmenting automated aspects of the program while giving the opening sequence a fresh coat of paint. Increasingly, Adobe’s creative apps rely on Adobe Sensei, the company’s artificial intelligence engine and the first thing you’ll notice when launching Photoshop Elements 2019 is the brand-new Home Screen. This light, airy window into the Elements world presents you with the new Auto Creations feature, a series of photo and video collages and slideshows generated from the content you added to the Elements Organizer. While Organizer, the asset management helper app for both Photoshop Elements…

Your Apple gear wasn’t cheap. And if you drop your iPhone, your iPad stops turning on one day, or your Mac’s hard drive just ups and dies on you, getting it repaired probably won’t be cheap either. Apple includes a one-year limited warranty with all hardware so if there’s a manufacturing defect, you’ll be covered. To also protect against accidental damage, plus extend the original warranty for longer and enjoy free tech support, you can opt to purchase AppleCare+. Here’s what it is, what it covers, and what you can expect to pay. Is AppleCare+ worth it? Only you can decide for your own situation, but this should be everything you need to know to make a smart choice. What is AppleCare+? AppleCare+ is Apple’s term for its warranty programmes.…

Apple has released its earnings report for the fourth quarter ending on September 30. Overall revenue reached $62.9 billion, marking a 20 percent boost from the year-ago quarter, and quarterly earnings per diluted share amounted to $2.41, marking a 41 percent increase. International sales played a big role in this success story, as they were responsible for 61 percent of Apple’s revenue. This was a led by a 34 percent increase in revenue from Japan and by a 22 percent increase from the rest of east Asia. While there was plenty of good news, Apple stock fell by 7.3 percent in after-hours trading. That was enough to bring it below its famous $1 trillion valuation, particularly if it stays that way through the night. Part of the reason for the…

£799 from fave.co/2OwhSzH It’s been ages since the Mac mini received an update, so we can see how fans of Apple’s smallest Mac would be happy for any improvements. On the flip side, because the mini hasn’t been updated for four long years, you may have convinced yourself that Apple would make dramatic changes – yet the update is pretty much limited to a processor upgrade. If you were anticipating a major overhaul, your disappointment is understandable. But get over it, because the new Mac mini is a worthy Mac for £799. In fact, in our benchmarks, its performance is fast enough to give the iMac some competition. If you’re buying a new Mac, you should definitely consider the mini, because you could end up saving some money – and…

£769 from fave.co/2PaVUaR We were lucky enough to be invited to Apple’s iPad Pro 2018 launch in New York, and spent some time trying out the devices (along with the new Apple Pencil) afterwards. Our hands-on review of the new iPad Pros, which focuses on the 11in model, is based on those first impressions (in simple terms, what is the tablet like to hold and use in real life?) and the specs and headline features announced on the night. We’ll have an in-depth review, featuring detailed battery and speed testing and our thoughts next month. Price The new iPad Pros are available to buy now. Instead of giving the surviving 2017 Pro model a price cut (the traditional approach), Apple has made the bold move of pricing this year’s models…

USE MULTIPLE DRIVES WITH TIME MACHINE FOR REDUNDANT BACKUPS When you create a backup system for your data, duplication is the best course of action. I don’t mean duplicating the files – that’s a requirement, but duplicating the destinations to which files are bound. Every form of backup media is destined to fail, and despite high reliability from cloud-backup services, you can’t put all your faith that any of them will always be perfect. Even a system with ‘five nines’ of reliability (99.999 percent) may suffer a loss, and the universe might pick you to experience that loss. The rule of thumb is summarized as 3-2-1: three copies of your data, two of them local, and one off-site. One copy is your live version on your active drives; one can…

It’s another record quarter as a part of a record fiscal year for Apple. The revenue was nearly $63 billion, the profit more than $14 billion, and for the year Apple generated $265 billion in revenue and nearly $60 billion in profit. It’s the company’s eighth straight quarter of revenue growth, and that growth has accelerated every one of those quarters. This is a healthy company; you couldn’t find a healthier one if you tried. Yes, Apple’s stock is getting hit because its guidance – the amount of money it expects to make during the current quarter – is actually slightly below what Wall Street analysts were expecting. For the record, the revenue Apple has guided to – between $89 and $93 billion – would be the most revenue Apple…

£749 from fave.co/2zFXkzD Like me, the vast majority of people coming to the iPhone XR will be leaving the home button behind. This time last year I didn’t feel ready to go full-screen at the expense of trusty Touch ID, despite the promise of Animoji, face recognition and selfie portraits. It seemed like giving up the home button would be too big a change, requiring me to learn new gestures and place my trust in a new security system. So what has changed this time round? Well, for one, Apple has taken the choice away. If you want a new iPhone then you have to accept Face ID. With only the XS, XS Max and iPhone XR to choose from, it’s RIP Home Button. For those hoping that Apple might…

When we took a look at the iPhone XS and XS Max performance in our reviews, we confirmed what we expected: they are not only the fastest iPhones ever made, but the fastest phones, period. Apple’s A12 Bionic just crushes every other phone processor. Now that the iPhone XR is available, with the same A12 Bionic processor running at the same speeds, we expect it to deliver similar performance in a package that costs £250 less. And because it’s a big phone with a big (for Apple) battery, and a much lower-resolution 1,792x828 pixel LCD display, it should deliver battery life that outpaces every other iPhone on the market. In other words, if you only cared about benchmarks, the cheapest new iPhone of 2018 would be the one to get.…