MacFormat June 2020

With days out, holidays and even visits to friends and family currently on hold, now is the perfect time to revisit your Photos library and look through the images you’ve stored there. Hopefully, the Memories feature will remind you of all kinds of events and adventures you’d long since forgotten, but if you’re anything like us, there’ll be thousands of images clogging up your library that will be in desperate need of some TLC–and that’s where this month’s lead feature comes in. Starting on page 14, you’ll discover how to organise your Photos library–from importing images to assigning metadata–and well as hardware recommendations for image storage. Plus, you’ll discover dozens of easy and powerful way to improve your images, whether you want to remove red-eye and unwanted objects, or improve contrast,…

With days out, holidays and even visits to friends and family currently on hold, now is the perfect time to revisit your Photos library and look through the images you’ve stored there. Hopefully, the Memories feature will remind you of all kinds of events and adventures you’d long since forgotten, but if you’re anything like us, there’ll be thousands of images clogging up your library that will be in desperate need of some TLC–and that’s where this month’s lead feature comes in. Starting on page 14, you’ll discover how to organise your Photos library–from importing images to assigning metadata–and well as hardware recommendations for image storage. Plus, you’ll discover dozens of easy and powerful way to improve your images, whether you want to remove red-eye and unwanted objects, or improve…

Your next Mac could soon be ‘armed’ with an ARM rather than an Intel processor, if the latest rumours are anything to go by. While a switch has been rumoured for some time, the change could happen faster and be more extensive than anyone has anticipated. Renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has previously suggested that at least one MacBook would arrive with an ARM processor in 2021. However, in a leaked research note seen by MacRumours, he’s now suggesting that the majority of Apple’s Mac line-up, both desktop and laptop, could go ARM in 2021. The reason? Kuo argues that doing so would not only enable Apple to cut its processor costs by between 40-60%, but that it would also enable it to more easily differentiate the Mac from its Windows PC…

Your next Mac could soon be ‘armed’ with an ARM rather than an Intel processor, if the latest rumours are anything to go by. While a switch has been rumoured for some time, the change could happen faster and be more extensive than anyone has anticipated. Renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has previously suggested that at least one MacBook would arrive with an ARM processor in 2021. However, in a leaked research note seen by MacRumours, he’s now suggesting that the majority of Apple’s Mac line-up, both desktop and laptop, could go ARM in 2021. The reason? Kuo argues that doing so would not only enable Apple to cut its processor costs by between 40-60%, but that it would also enable it to more easily differentiate the Mac from its Windows…

WE ASKED… What new hardware would you most like to see Apple announce at WWDC 2020? Log on and see next issue’s big question! twitter.com/macformat facebook.com/macformat Apple snaps up Dark Sky Dark Sky, the acclaimed weather app has been bought by Apple for an undisclosed sum. Writing on the darksky.net website, company CEO Adam Grossman said: “Our goal has always been to provide the world with the best weather information… and to do so in a way that respects privacy. There is no better place to accomplish these goals than at Apple. We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to reach far more people.” Available for £3.99, Dark Sky has an average score of 4.5 on the App Store.…

WE ASKED… What new hardware would you most like to see Apple announce at WWDC 2020? Log on and see next issue’s big question! twitter.com/macformat facebook.com/macformat Apple snaps up Dark Sky Dark Sky, the acclaimed weather app has been bought by Apple for an undisclosed sum. Writing on the darksky.net website, company CEO Adam Grossman said: “Our goal has always been to provide the world with the best weather information… and to do so in a way that respects privacy. There is no better place to accomplish these goals than at Apple. We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to reach far more people.” Available for £3.99, Dark Sky has an average score of 4.5 on the App Store.…