Innehållsförteckning för August 2024 från Macworld UK

According to a new report from The Information (fave.co/45yOcLr), Apple has suspended work on the high-end successor to the Vision Pro (you could call it Vision Pro 2). The report says Apple has told at least one supplier, according to “an employee at a manufacturer that makes key components for the Vision Pro”. This doesn’t mean that Apple has no faith in its new Spatial Computing category, but rather is just learning about how much people are willing to pay for it. Apple had reportedly been working on two new Vision products: a refreshed high-end ‘Pro’ model with enhanced capabilities, and a more affordable model that Apple would aim to sell for a price similar to that of a high-end iPhone. Apple had intended to get the more affordable model…

For those with small wrists, the Apple Watch Series 9 already pushes the envelope of comfort with the smallest option clocking in at a large 41mmm. However, a new report claims the Apple Watch Series 10 coming this autumn will be even bigger. Writing over at Medium, Ming-Chi Kuo says (fave.co/4b9vDP7) the upcoming Apple Watch “will feature form factor upgrades, including larger screen sizes”, bumping the size from 41- and 45mm to 45- and 49mm. That would represent the largest increase in screen size over a previous generation: Apple Watch Series 1: 38mm/42mm Apple Watch Series 4: 40mm/44mm Apple Watch Series 7: 41mm/45mm With the larger screen sizes has come an increase in overall size: Apple Watch Series 1 (38mm): 38.6x33.3x10.5mm Apple Watch Series 4 (40mm): 40x34x10.7mm Apple Watch…

Along with iOS 18, watchOS 11, and macOS Sequoia, Apple previewed iPadOS 18 during WWDC24’s jam-packed opening keynote. This upcoming OS update will pack a wide range of new features and changes, including a more customizable Home Screen, Apple Intelligence integration for M1, M2 and M4 models, a revamped Control Centre, and much, much more. However, there’s one feature everyone will rush to try before anything else. iPadOS 18 will finally bring a native Calculator app to the latest iPads – an addition users have been requesting since its debut in 2010, more than 14 years ago. But Apple isn’t just stretching the iPhone’s Calculator to fill the large canvas. Instead, it’s also bringing some advanced capabilities to it, which will turn it into an invaluable asset for students and…

Apple didn’t have a lot of new Apple TV or smart home announcements to make at WWDC, but the few new features announced provide some real quality-of-life improvements. Here are some of the key features coming to Apple TV and Apple’s smart home ecosystem this autumn. INSIGHT One of our favourite features of Amazon Prime Video is X-Ray – just pause what you’re watching to see the actors on screen, the music playing at that moment, and other relevant information. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they say, because InSight looks just like X-Ray. Swipe down on the TV remote when you’re watching an Apple Original series to see the same sort of info: actors and their characters and the current song playing. You can even add it to…

As we’ve already reported (see page 15), Apple took the wraps off its ambitious project to inject generative AI features throughout its operating systems at this year’s WWDC. The tech giant calls this Apple Intelligence, and it’s going to transform the way you use your iPhone, iPad and Mac, but it’s also got significant limitations and caveats. Here’s everything you need to know about Apple Intelligence before it lands on your devices: what it is, what it does, how it works, when it’s coming and what you’ll need to be able to use it. WHAT IS APPLE INTELLIGENCE? Apple Intelligence is Apple’s branded term for its suite of generative AI features coming first in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15 Sequoia. Because Apple has been using machine learning and…

It happens every year. Apple announces a new version of iOS with a bunch of really big new features, and then September rolls around, you install the new version, and it’s not the big things you love. Instead, there’s some tiny little quality-of-life improvement that just makes your day-to-day iPhone use so much better. Over the course of the summer and leading up to iOS 18’s release in September, beta testers will probably find dozens of these little tweaks. Some will appear and then go away, others will change over the course of the beta tests, and some won’t appear until shortly before release in the autumn. But we’ve been keeping our eye on the community, and here are some of the little iOS 18 changes that didn’t make it…

Price: £599 from fave.co/45CuVss The biggest innovation in this year’s iPad Air is the new bigger-screen option: if you want (and can afford the upgrade) you can plump for a 13-inch display. However, Apple sent us the 11-inch model for testing. This came fully equipped with 1TB of storage and cellular connectivity, for which you would have to pay a list price of £1,099. In addition to the iPad, we also received a Smart Folio for the test, which Apple has redesigned slightly and now allows a greater angle of inclination and a Magic Keyboard. This is the older Magic Keyboard model, which is now only compatible with the iPad Air, and not with the M4 version of the iPad Pro. The keyboard holds the iPad magnetically and serves as…

IS YOUR MAC SLUGGISH OR RUNNING HOT? HERE’S WHAT TO DO It’s happened to you, probably many times over the years: you’re using Safari, and it starts to feel like molasses. You’re working among several apps, and you start to have to wait for seconds or longer as you switch between them, adding frustration. Or you touch your laptop, and say, “Yowch!” – it’s much hotter than expected. What’s going on? The complex interplay of Mac hardware, macOS software, third-party background utilities and add-ons, and foreground apps can result in unexpected outcomes, like CPUs running hot, memory crunches, and sluggish performance. You can’t always pull one thread and untangle the problem. But you can pursue a few straightforward strategies to make things better without wasting lots of time. Try these…

In an alternate WWDC keynote that wasn’t dominated by Apple Intelligence (see page 44), the new iPad Pro could have been launched as Apple’s slimmest device ever and captured all the attention. Indeed, back in the day, the company would often build an entire launch event around the message ‘last year’s device, only thinner’. That hasn’t been a common sell in recent years, however, as Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman points out in a recent edition of his Power On newsletter (fave.co/4cqqtPK). The MacBook Pro, the Apple Watch and, to an extent, the iPhone have all been given thicker models designed to accommodate either new features, improved battery life, or in the case of the Apple Watch Ultra, a more robust chassis for outdoor settings. But with the launch of the…

At this year’s WWDC, Apple revealed macOS Sequoia, the next version of the Mac operating system. Version 15 is full of AI features, many of which are also in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18. Apple highlighted the following features during its keynote. iPHONE MIRRORING Mac users are iPhone users, and the two have often felt like separate platforms. iPhone Mirroring closes that gap, allowing users to directly access their iPhones on their Mac desktop. The Mac and iPhone connect wirelessly and users see the iPhone Home screen on the Mac. Users can click and use iPhone apps, iPhone app notifications can be activated, and the appropriate iPhone app launches. Users can also drag and drop photos and videos from the iPhone to the Mac. The iPhone audio will come through…

During its WWDC keynote, Apple kicked off the announcements with a look at visionOS 2. Coming to the Vision Pro later this year, this OS update packs a slew of new improvements and features that will further enhance the company’s spatial computer. Here are the biggest features users can look forward to this autumn. PHOTOS One of the most notable upgrades coming to visionOS 2 is the ability to transform regular, 2D images into spatial ones. Similar to the existing Spatial Video feature, this would detect subjects and add a 3D effect to them – making the viewing experience more realistic when using a Vision Pro. Beyond that, SharePlay in the Photos app on visionOS 2 will let multiple Vision Pro users enjoy a media viewing session while being physically…

With macOS Sequoia, Apple is introducing a new feature that lets you arrange windows in side-by-side tiles. It’s a new – and somewhat overdue – organizational feature to help users sort open windows and quickly find the one that’s needed. Not only is the new window tiling feature welcomed but it should’ve been in macOS long ago. Having multiple windows open is core to the Mac experience – as I write this, I have five different app windows open at the same time (it’s usually more than that) in a disorganized mess. I use Command+Tab to switch between them, but a lot of users have already installed a third-party utility to fill the tiling void that Apple didn’t bother to fill until now. If you currently use a third-party window…

The future of Apple technology was revealed at WWDC24 the future requires some hefty hardware. Apple introduced Apple Intelligence, its feature set in its operating systems that implement AI technology. Apple Intelligence is designed to do as much as it can on your device and will rely on cloud computing only when it needs to. And because AI tech is processor intensive, it means that the latest features will run only on certain devices. Here are the hardware requirements for Apple Intelligence when it arrives later this year: iPhone iPhone 15 Pro or later iPad iPad Air, iPad Pro (M1, M2) iPad Pro (M4) Mac MacBook Air/Pro (M1, M2, M3) iMac (M1, M3) Mac mini (M1, M2) Mac Studio (M1, M2) Mac Pro (M2) WHAT HAPPENS IF YOUR HARDWARE DOES…

Apple’s upcoming iOS 18 software update brings a lot of major changes to the way the iPhone behaves, and a few less heralded ones that are still worth knowing about. But one eagle-eyed beta tester has spotted a tweak that didn’t make either of those lists. According to the Reddit user ant_t99 (fave.co/3zkYVwW) iPhones running the first iOS 18 developer beta display the current time, even when they’re out of juice. For those who don’t wear a watch and rely on their smartphone to tell the time, this could be a crucial bonus feature. When an iPhone is considered to have run out of battery, it actually still has a little power left – a sort of emergency supply. And in iOS 18 it will use this to display an…

Price: £3.14 per month from fave.co/4eBhCwS When you first open the Adobe Acrobat app on your Mac, you will be welcomed by its main Home view. There, you will find different banners prompting you to perform various tasks. These include two Acrobat Pro ads, recommended tools, and a prompt to set the app as the default PDF viewer. None of them can be dismissed, and they certainly disrupt what could’ve been a cleaner Home page. In the Home page’s sidebar, Adobe Acrobat features some convenient shortcuts to popular destinations. So you get to easily navigate between shared files, agreements you’ve signed, document scans, connected cloud storage services, and more. Once you load a PDF in Acrobat, the tools you can use will populate in the sidebar. Those marked by a…

Apple’s wearable devices, including the Apple Watch and AirPods, could gain hefty increases in battery life thanks to a new development in battery technology. TDK, a major Japanese firm which has supplied batteries and other components for the iPhone, has announced that it has developed a material for a next-gen solid-state battery with far higher energy density than those used previously. In a press release (fave.co/3xi0njj, the company boasts that it has: “Successfully developed a material for CeraCharge, a next-generation solid-state battery with an energy density of 1,000 Wh/L, approximately 100 times greater than the energy density of TDK’s conventional solid‑state battery.” This technology, TDK says, is intended to be used in “various wearable devices, such as wireless earphones, hearing aids and even smartwatches, with the goal of replacing existing…

Apple has taken the wraps off iOS 18, and it’s going to be a big update. With huge leaps to some of the most-used apps and huge new personalization features, plus a big heaping helping of AI, this might even be the biggest iOS release in years. From Game Mode to the new Passwords app, there are tons of new features coming to your iPhone this autumn, but here are some of the most significant ways your iPhone will be elevated to the next level. APPLE INTELLIGENCE TAKES SIRI TO THE NEXT LEVEL While Apple’s big new AI features are not exclusive to iOS (they’re coming to iPadOS and macOS as well), they will make a huge impact to the way we use our iPhones. Apple emphasized the privacy and…

At WWDC 2024, Apple unveiled watchOS 11, the next operating system update for Apple Watch. The software brings new apps, new features, new face customization options, an upgraded Smart Stack, and extensive changes to the Apple Watch’s health and fitness functions. Here’s a taste of the new features coming to your Apple Watch later this year: NEW WATCH FACES We’ll start with something that comes up nearly every year: new watch faces. Or perhaps we should say upgraded rather than new faces because this is a change to the existing Photos face. The way this will change in watchOS 11 is that you’ll be able to create custom faces more easily, thanks to assistance from the OS. The Watch will analyse thousands of your photos to make a recommendation of…

When Apple announced it was going to stop using Intel processors in Macs, the company said it would support those Intel-based Macs for a number of years. It’s been four years since Apple silicon was introduced, so as WWDC arrives each year with its unveiling of the new version of macOS, users wait to see if the Intel Mac they use will be on the compatibility list. You can find the macOS Sequoia compatibility list on Apple’s website (fave.co/4cx3eUg), but it lists Macs by the model year, not whether it has Intel or Apple silicon. To help you figure it out, here’s the list of Intel-based Macs compatible with macOS Sequoia listed by release year and Model Identifier. MacBook Air Release year: 2020 Model Identifier: MacBookAir9,1 MacBook Pro Release…

The Mac section of the WWDC24 keynote was about 15 minutes, and in the first part of those 15 minutes, Apple showed iPhone Mirroring, a feature that was enthusiastically received by the audience watching the keynote at Apple Park. I grinned along and let out an “Oh yeah” in approval. iPhone Mirroring is a feature I’ve wanted for a long time. I don’t know how many times I’ve settled into my favourite chair with my MacBook in my living room, a refreshing beverage in hand, and a ‘chill’ music playlist playing in the room. Then I did something where I needed my iPhone, and I realized that left it in my bedroom. Oh, getting up and walking the 30 feet to get it would take 10 seconds, but it seems…

There are big, big things coming to iOS 18. You’ll be able to customize your iPhone like never before, every app gets good quality-of-life updates, and of course, Apple Intelligence permeates the entire system (if you have one of the newest iPhones capable of running it). Given all the hype out of WWDC for all the new features, you might be a little disappointed with September rolls around and iOS 18 is released. That’s because some of the best features won’t be in it – by design. Apple has announced that some of the features are “coming later this year”, which is usually Apple-speak for “we’ll add these in iOS 18.1, 18.2, or 18.3”. Here’s a quick list of the iOS 18 features that Apple has said not to expect…

Which iPad should you buy? There are a lot of choices and it can be confusing. There are four different varieties of iPad, listed below, and each is available with or without cellular (including 5G on certain models), which costs extra. That’s before we get into storage capacity, colours, and second-hand alternatives. Our in-depth buying guide assesses the whole range of iPads sold by Apple and explores all the factors that should influence your buying decision, such as value for money, how much storage you need and whether or not to buy a cellular version. We also reveal whether an updated version of each device is likely to be launched soon – answering the question of whether now is a good time to buy an iPad. SPECIFICATIONS iPad (10th gen)…