MacFormatの April 2026 の目次

Spring is here and with it the chance to give your Mac a fresh start. In this month’s lead feature, ‘Detox Your Mac’ (p20), you’ll discover the best ways to do exactly that – from making much-needed backups of your precious data, to removing those apps and files you no longer use or need. You’ll also discover the best ways to move your Music, Photos and TV libraries to external drives to help free up gigabytes of space, turning your Mac into a lean, mean machine once more. Talking of Apple Music, turn to p62 and you’ll find some must-try tips and tricks to help you bring order back to your favourite tunes – from fixing artist, album and track metadata to solving issues with audio playback, mastering Smart Playlists…

When it first launched in 2022, the Studio Display was a high-end screen that nevertheless came at a more accessible price point than Apple’s flagship Pro Display XDR. Yet its lack of updates since that time means it’s been superseded by rival offerings – but a new version is now supposedly almost upon us. Rumours of a new Mac monitor have been around for years, but now Mark Gurman says Apple is ready to release it in the “first half of 2026.” As evidence of this, Gurman says that the current model is in short supply online and in-store, which often indicates that a product is about to be replaced. Past rumours have claimed that the new Studio Display will boast an A19 chip, ProMotion tech with a 120Hz refresh…

For years, ordering a Mac on Apple’s online store has taken a familiar route. Apple presents a few preset options, you choose one, then you customise its components to suit your needs. Now, that’s all changed. Instead of the old way, Apple now puts the customisation front and centre. From the start of the process, you’re given choices over screen size, colour, chip, and more. The preset options are totally absent, as Apple no longer makes any preconfigured suggestions for Mac purchasers at all. This brings the process of buying a Mac much closer to that of purchasing an iPhone or iPad. These devices have taken this approach for a long time now, and if that process is familiar to you, you’ll quickly find yourself at home with the refreshed…

36% > Increase in the number of Apple TV viewers compared to the year before. 23% > Increase in iPhone sales compared to 2025, earning Apple $85.3 billion. 99% > Customer satisfaction among iPhone 17 buyers. The iPhone is also the best-selling smartphone in the UK, US, Australia, Japan and urban China. 2.5 billion > Number of active Apple devices worldwide, including Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, adding 150 million active devices over the year. $550 billion > Amount of money made by developers on the App Store since 2008. The figure excludes the 15-30% commission Apple typically collects. $143.8 billion > Amount of money Apple earned to the year ending 27 December 2025, an increase of 16% over the previous year which exceeded expectations. $8.6 billion > Amount…

Backups are like AppleCare on your iPhone; you hope you’ll never need to use it, but if disaster strikes you’ll be really glad you have it. And like making sure you have home insurance before starting a DIY project, it’s a very good idea to back up your Mac before starting your digital detox. If it matters to you, back it up. That could mean backing up a work-in-progress novel, family photos, home movies, GarageBand creations, your wedding video, or something else entirely. If it’s stored digitally, it’s at risk: we’ve had hard drives fail, and apps crash and corrupt crucial documents. And if that’s not bad enough, if you commute or travel with your Mac there’s always the risk of damage, loss or theft. Without a backup, that could…

You can use Time Machine in a network too. You can do that in two ways. You can use another Mac as your Time Machine backup destination, or you can select a shared network-attached storage (NAS) device as your backup location. For the former, you’ll need to go into System Settings on the Mac you’ll be sharing. In General > Sharing > File Sharing, you can then select the Time Machine backup folder and Ctrl-click on it. Select Advanced Options > ‘Share as a Time Machine backup destination’. Additional storage space The bigger the backup, the more storage space you’ll need. With Mac laptops in particular, space tends to be at a premium unless you’ve really splashed out on your Mac’s specification. One of the best and most cost-effective ways…

So far, we’ve focused on removing things we don’t want. But what if that doesn’t free up enough space? Don’t worry, you don’t need to sacrifice any of your favourite apps or poke around in obscure parts of macOS. You can simply move some of your apps’ data and store it somewhere else. There are two ways to do that. You can move things from your Macintosh HD drive onto external storage, such as a speedy SSD or a networked storage drive. Or you can offload things to cloud storage such as iCloud Drive. Remember that neither of these options is a backup, so if what you’re moving isn’t part of the app – for example, your iMovie library – then you’ll still need to back it up. You can free…

IT WILL TAKE > 10 minutes YOU WILL LEARN > To use Wipr to banish ads, cookie warnings, trackers, pop-ups and other nasties YOU’LL NEED > Wipr 2 (£4.99, kaylees.site/wipr2.html), macOS 14 or later Gain control, and even go as far as removing ads from YouTube Some websites have become so focused on delivering adverts, they’ve effectively become unreadable. No sooner do you start an article, you’re being bombarded with pop-ups or being distracted by ads that break the text into tiny chunks. Although many websites rely on adverts to generate sufficient revenue to pay their staff, it doesn’t make the situation any less annoying. With Wipr 2, however, you can gain control for a small, one-off fee and even go as far as removing adverts from YouTube. Wipr 2…

IT WILL TAKE > 5 minutes YOU WILL LEARN > How to check the forecast in your area YOU’LL NEED > Mercury Weather (Free, offers IAPs, mercuryweather.app), macOS 13 or later How many times have you left the house, only to find yourself caught out by the elements? From an unexpected hailstorm when you’ve left your jacket to getting burned in blistering sunshine, it’s no fun being woefully unprepared for the weather. But there’s no need for that situation to arise if you have the Mercury Weather app for Mac. All the key info you need is instantly visible when you open the app, thanks to its use of data cards that show what you need without being overwhelming. There are handy extras, too, like a menu bar icon and many…

IT WILL TAKE > 15 minutes YOU WILL LEARN > How to use NoSheet to train your ear YOU’LL NEED > No Sheet (Free, IAPs, nosheet.app), iPadOS 17 or later NoSheet does things differently from many music-learning apps. It’s designed to free you from the tyranny of guitar tabs and the stuffiness of sheet music. You don’t need to have any musical knowledge to get started, and the app is designed for guitar, bass, piano, ukulele and voice. Rather than just teaching you how to play specific chords or melodies, NoSheet helps you understand the ‘why’ of music as well as the ‘what’ – so you’ll learn how to improvise and create your own sounds. It feels more like playing a game, but you’re learning important musical skills. NoSheet combines…

How do I sync music with my iPhone and iPad? If you’re an Apple Music subscriber, you don’t need to worry about syncing music. It’s cloud-based and all your playlists and favourites are shared via iCloud. But if you’ve ripped, mixed and burned music to your Mac, you can upload and sync it via iTunes Match. iTunes Match is a paid service (currently £21.99 per year) that scans your music library, finds matches on Apple’s servers and makes the highest quality version of each matched song available to stream or download. How can I turn off the automatic track mixing? If you’re an Apple Music subscriber, you have AutoMix, which is designed to transition from one song to another in a DJ-style fade. And it does that very well with…

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> £1,249 > FROM benq.eu > FEATURES 4K resolution (3840x2160), 3,000 lumens brightness, 600,000:1 contrast, 2x HDMI 2.1 ports, 1x USB-C ports, 1x 3.5mm audio jack, Bluetooth, remote control; 168.2x229.2x249.7mm, 3.8kg The 3,000 lumens projector was bright enough to use even during daylight hours BenQ makes a number of Mac-friendly monitors for professional and creative users, but it also has a range of projectors that are designed for movies and gaming at home. Its latest release is the TK705i, a high-end projector with 4K resolution, priced at £1,249. That’s a relatively modest price for a 4K projector, but it provides excellent image quality, with a bright display that doesn’t require you to completely black-out your lounge with heavy curtains first. The TK705i is a fairly chunky device, measuring 168.2mm high,…

> £129 > FROM ifi-audio.com > FEATURES Portable digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) with support for AAC and aptX Adaptive audio codecs, Bluetooth 5.2, 3.5mm and 4.4mm headphone jacks, MEMS microphone, up to 10 hours’ battery life; 33.7x53.5x11mm, 30g You can pair your Mac or iPhone with it like any other Bluetooth device We really liked the original GO blu portable digital-to-analogue (DAC) converter back in 2021 (#MF375), although its £199 price tag was aimed at hi-fi buffs rather than casual users who just wanted to listen to music on a smartphone. So we were pleased to find that the new GO blu Air kicks off with a big price cut, down to £129, while also fine-tuning the design to make it smaller and more portable. The GO blu Air measures just…

> £99 > FROM atonemo.com> FEATURES Wi-Fi streamer; support for AirPlay 2, Google Cast, Spotify Connect and Tidal Connect, 1x USB-C port, 1x 3.5mm audio output; Atonemo app with EQ and device management Streamplayer acts as a destination to which you can wirelessly beam audio With more and more people moving their music collections to the cloud or transitioning entirely to using streaming services, hi-fi equipment without wireless capability can be left out in the cold. This can mean high-end amps and speakers going unused as people opt for the convenience of a smart speaker, which will usually provide lower fidelity than the gear it succeeds. Swedish start-up Atonemo has come up with a clever solution that lets you bring older hardware into the 21st century. Streamplayer is a small…

CarPlay Ultra is Apple’s high-end in-car entertainment system, and it’s had a stuttering rollout since being announced in 2025. That’s partly because it’s a bespoke experience that takes time to develop, and partly because some carmakers may not want to hand over control to Apple. For months, it’s been limited to Aston Martin vehicles, but Mark Gurman has revealed that it will soon be available in more auto brands, including “at least one major new Hyundai/Kia model in the second half of this year”. Gurman added that the non-Ultra version of CarPlay is also coming to Tesla cars, ending a lengthy absence from Elon Musk’s vehicles.…

Apple’s AirTag has proven to be a popular way to keep track of important items, but it has gone unchanged for years. Until, that is, Apple updated it in late January with some much-needed features that should make it more useful. The Precision Finding feature is now more powerful thanks to a second-gen Ultra Wideband chip. Combined with an upgraded Bluetooth chip, you can now find items from up to 50% further away (iPhone model dependent) compared to the previous AirTag. What’s more, the AirTag’s alert sound is now 50% louder, which Apple says means you can hear it from double the distance. The new AirTag works with Apple’s Share Item Location feature, which enables a lost item’s whereabouts to be sent to ‘trusted third parties’, helping you to find…

iFi iDSD Phantom > £4,499 > From ifi-audio.com > It may cost more than a Mac Studio with M3 Ultra, but iFi audio’s iDSD Phantom is no ordinary piece of audio exotica. Essentially a digital-to-analogue converter (DAC), preamplifier and headphone amp in one, it’ll elevate your listening experience whenever you strap your cans on, thanks to switchable solid-state and vacuum tube circuitry, four interleaved Burr Brown DACs, Class A amplification and studio-grade DSD 20248 remastering. Not only that, but the iDSD Phantom also supports the major streaming services such as TIDAL, Spotify and Qobuz, as well as Apple’s AirPlay 2 – making it a cinch to play music from almost any source, including from your Mac, iPhone and iPad. It also has some great ways to make those sounds even…

Back in 1987, Apple formally B released a manual for developers aimed at creating visually consistent apps. The Cupertino giant called it Human Interface Guidelines: The Apple Desktop Interface and it laid the foundation for Apple’s principles of interactive design. Written by designer and engineer Bruce Tognazzini who had begun drafting the guidelines in 1978, it explained the rationale behind every decision, putting consistency at its heart. The basic principles of the document are said to remain relevant today. Over the years, Apple has continued to steer developers. In 1992, it published the Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines, focusing on the Mac range. The company followed that with a 1995 edition; fast-forward to today and the Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) can be found online at developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines, still claiming to help devs…

Clutter’s a great word to describe what ends up filling up folders and libraries. Unless you’re the really organised type, you’ll find things like undeleted installers, long-abandoned creative projects, PDF forms you filled out years ago and other digital detritus taking up space that could be put to better use. It’s tempting to hang on to everything forever just in case, but are you really going to need to refer back to emails you sent in 2022, a GIF that made you laugh six months ago or the PDF of a long-settled pet insurance claim? The answer in most cases is no, and Apple has provided some handy tools to help you get rid of things that are no longer needed – not just documents but photos, songs, downloads, and even…

IT WILL TAKE > 15 minutes YOU WILL LEARN > How to rejuvenate your range of recipes and cook up a storm YOU’LL NEED > Mela – Recipe Manager (Free, IAPs, mela.recipes), macOS 12 or later At the beginning of a new year, many of us vow to improve areas of our lives that could benefit from a fresh approach. What we eat every day is often one of the things that we want to refine – by cutting calories, improving the quality of the food that we consume, or by upping the overall nutrient levels to do the best we can for ourselves. There are plenty of recipe websites, but if you’re looking for a recipe manager that syncs with iCloud and that will help you easily organise and…

IT WILL TAKE > 20 minutes YOU WILL LEARN > How to boost your general knowledge in a range of topics YOU’LL NEED > Yuno – General knowledge (Free, IAPs, get-yuno.com), iOS 16 or later Wish your general knowledge was just a little more up to scratch? Can’t tell your Mozart from your Beethoven or your Washington DC from your Washington state? Worry not, because hope is out there in the form of the Yuno app, which can ramp up your brain power and get you ready for that tricky pub quiz. Yuno helps you build your knowledge through the use of short 10-minute digests and quick-fire quizzes. Each one tests your familiarity with your chosen subject, of which there are plenty to choose from. Topics range from science to…

It’s 25 years since Apple urged us to ‘Rip. Mix. Burn’ our music and introduced the iTunes music app to the world. The way we enjoy music has changed a bit since then: we’ve moved from iPods to iPhones, and the connections that took forever to download a single song to our iMacs in 2021 can happily stream Apple Lossless to our AirPods today. But iTunes is still with us in the form of Apple’s Music app. Apple split iTunes into separate Music, TV and Podcasts apps in 2019 but, at heart, Music is still iTunes; it’s just had a bit of a makeover. And that means it’s actually two apps in one; a player for your music library, and a player for the Apple Music streaming service. In this feature,…

How do I make the music more bassy in my headphones? If your headphones don’t have their own app with an equaliser, you can adjust the EQ in the Music app instead. The equaliser for your iPhone or iPad lives in Settings > Apps > Music > EQ and, when you select that option, you’ll see a whole bunch of different presets including ones for specific genres of music; presets to boost the loudness or the treble; and the self-explanatory Increase Bass. Unfortunately, you can’t create a custom EQ on iPhone or iPad like you can on your Mac. How do I stop Music from filling up iPhone storage? Go into Settings > Apps > Music and look for the Optimise Storage option. If you tap on this and then…

ON TEST… > Edifier ES20 > Groov-e Wave Glow > Marshall Willen II > Soundcore Select 4 Go > Styletech Mini Bluetooth Speaker > Tribit StormBox Mini+ We all enjoy music on the move. Whether we’re at a pool party splashing around with our friends, hiking through an unspoilt wilderness or simply chilling in a hotel room or B&B, having a portable speaker is a real boon. The ones on test this month are the most portable of all. Here we’re looking at six ultra-portable Bluetooth models, the sort you can wear around your neck on a lanyard while out and about, or hung from your belt loop or rucksack on a carabiner. These days, you can get all sorts of ultra-portable speakers at all sorts of prices. You can…

> 512GB £59.99, 1TB £109.99 > FROM lexar.com > FEATURES Up to 2TB of storage, 128-bit AES encryption and NFC, 1x USB-C port, up to 450MB/sec (read), 420MB/sec (write), MagSafe-compatible metal ring accessory; 85.6x53x7mm, 40g Even when connected to your computer, the drive will not be accessible until unlocked via NFC Anyone carrying sensitive or private data on a portable drive should consider using one that properly protects that data in the event it’s lost, stolen or left unattended. Lexar’s compact TouchLock is a solid-state drive (SSD) in a robust aluminium case that the company says can survive a two-metre drop, and has built-in hardware encryption to secure your data. Weighing just 40g and around 7mm in thickness, it’s no trouble to carry with you. The protection works on two…

> £229.99 > FROM razer.com > FEATURES Full-size USB keyboard, mechanical keys, customisable backlight effects, Command Dial, five macro keys, three macro buttons A wide range of versatile features that will appeal to gamers Razer makes a wide range of keyboards and mice, but they all rely on the company’s Synapse app to control important features, such as the programmable Function keys on its keyboards. Razer recently launched a new Mac version of Synapse, but it’s still in its early ‘preview’ phase and only supports a limited range of Razer products. Among the first keyboards supported by Synapse on the Mac is Razer’s Black Widow V4 range. This consists of several different keyboards, but we tested the top-of-the-range Black Widow V4 Pro, which costs a rather hefty £229.99. That price…

> £39.99 > FROM uk-shop.nanoleaf.me > FEATURES 75 multicoloured LEDs, 16 million colours, USB-C data and power, editable 2.5m length with sticky coating; colour mirroring, music mode, power and colour cycle buttons; desktop app The way the colours fade together mean that movement feels smooth The concept of dynamic backlighting is fairly well known, with a number of TVs and also third-party kits available that are able to replicate and expand your on-screen colours using extra lights. Nanoleaf is a smart lighting specialist whose PC Screen Mirror Lightstrip has been designed to attach to your computer monitor and enhance your viewing experience, especially when gaming, watching movies or listening to music. The Lightstrip is 2.5m long, and you fix it to the rear of your monitor in a rectangle, having…

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APP OF THE MONTH [MAC APP] TickTick: To-Do List, Calendar Free (IAPs) Never miss another task with this handy tool TickTick understands that staying organised is more than just having a simple list of tasks. Instead, it combines to-dos with a powerful calendar to help you keep on top of everything that’s on your plate. It’s just been updated to version 8, and this brings with it a wealth of new features and improvements. That includes suggested tasks that help you review incomplete jobs and decide what your priority should be today. There are new backgrounds to help differentiate your lists, while the calendar has gained a year view with a heatmap that highlights busy periods at a glance. There are many other improvements dotted throughout the app, such as…

For those of you who just heard a faraway ‘boing!’ it wasn’t your Mac starting up; it was the sound of spring, er, springing. And now that spring has sprung it’s a great time to give your Mac a digital detox. A digital detox is a silicon spring clean that will make your Mac cleaner, leaner and keener to respond to your every command. Macs are really reliable and generally quite speedy but, over time, computerised clutter can start to get in your way. That clutter can fill up your folders, take liberties with your Photos library and make your Music app messy. Redundant files, duplicated documents and other unwanted items can take up so much of your Mac’s storage that there’s no room for the things you actually want…

Had someone given us a penny every time a backup saved our neck… we’d have a lot of pennies! And those pennies would be mostly thanks to Time Machine, Apple’s built-in backup app for macOS. It’s not the only decent backup app but it’s free and it’s really easy to use. Time Machine makes automatic backups every hour, every day and every week if you connect your Mac to a suitably spacious external device such as an SSD or hard disk drive (HDD). For speedy retrieval, the hourly snapshots are stored on the same drive as the original files for at least the first 24 hours, provided your Mac’s drive is formatted using the Apple File System (AFPS), the default for recent Macs. The snapshots will then be moved to external…

Apple calls your Photos, Music and TV collections libraries, but in a way, they’re more like gardens or greenhouses than indoor spaces. If you don’t occasionally prune their contents, things can get out of control very easily. And a messy, sprawling library (or garden…) tends to be a too-big one, especially now even the humblest iPhone takes photos and records video at massive resolutions. If you’re the kind of person who takes 10 photos or records five takes of a video to get it just right, you’ll have nine photos and four videos taking up space you could reclaim. In the latest version of Photos, you can now use the Utilities option in the sidebar to access particular kinds of photos. Our options include photographed receipts, handwritten notes, documents we’ve scanned,…

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…

IT WILL TAKE > 20 minutes YOU WILL LEARN > Tips and tricks for FaceTime on Mac YOU’LL NEED > macOS 26 or later While many of us likely use a variety of video conferencing platforms on Mac, there’s a good chance you’ve not used FaceTime in a while. It’s an app we tend to use regularly on iPhone and iPad but, with recent updates, it’s become a great way to keep in touch on Mac, too – and there’s plenty you can do to make the most of it. From presentation modes for work projects, group calls with family, and smart ways to improve your audio, FaceTime has grown to become a tool you may have forgotten you have, but is actually a lot more powerful than you’d think.…

Some of the most common Apple Music library issues are to do with metadata. This is the info in a music file that tells the Music app (or other apps) what the song is, who made it, when it was released, and so on. Incorrect data can mean albums play in the wrong order, songs have the wrong name or artist, or tracks from compilations end up being split up instead of grouped together. You can fix all of those things with the Get Info option in Music, and you can also fix search issues, volume problems, and even automatically tweak a track’s sound in there too. How do I bring in playlists from other streaming services? Apple has made it quick and easy to bring playlists across from other…

The opening sequence of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) last June offered a vivid demonstration of Apple’s new love affair with Formula 1. Apple’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi, was visualised at the wheel of an F1 car, lapping at high speed on the circular roof of the company’s Cupertino headquarters. The high-pitched engine note reverberated around Apple Park, much as the shockwaves of Apple’s involvement with Formula 1 have rippled across the sport. Although the driving was simulated, Federighi – who joked that he was pleased CarPlay was a feature of his 200mph machine – was at the wheel of the same liveried car that featured in last summer’s Hollywood blockbuster, F1: The Movie. Since its release, the film based on the high-speed world of Grand…

The Edifier ES20 puts in a decent performance here, and has an LED light on the back, if that’s important to you. It’s nicely priced too. For a smaller, lighter speaker with a decent carry loop for a carabiner, there’s the Soundcore Select 4 Go. It doesn’t have the best volume, but it’s ideal for long hikes. The Groov-e Wave Glow has a lot to offer for the price, but is let down mainly by battery duration. The Styletech Mini is a little bulky but has its strengths with plenty of features and good vocal reproduction, and the Tribit PocketGo boasts both great sound and battery life. The winner? It may be the most expensive speaker on test, but the Marshall Willen II’s superior sound makes it a worthy winner.…

> From £34.99/year for one device; Ultimate (as tested) £114.98/year for five devices > FROM eset.com/uk > NEEDS macOS 11 or later The firewall is easy to configure, and is one of its strongest features Compared with the security features ESET offers for Windows, its suite for Mac might appear meagre, but that reflects the extensive protection against phishing, and so on, already built into macOS. Installation negotiates the inevitable obstacle course through multiple privacy and security alerts, helpfully guided by its installer. Depending on subscription level, separate Windscribe VPN and new VPN for Router installations may be included. Once installed, ESET runs a full scan for anything suspicious. This will keep the Efficiency cores in an Apple silicon Mac well occupied for a good hour or more, but runs…

> £169.99 > FROM eufy.com > FEATURES 1080p resolution, night vision mode, water resistant to IP67, up to 90 days’ battery life Image quality is good, despite the modest 1080p resolution Eufy is a division of Anker, which makes a wide range of handy chargers and hubs. The Eufy brand concentrates on smart home devices though, such as its cunningly named eufyCam range of security cameras. Like Anker, Eufy tends to focus on the more affordable end of the market, and its new C35 starts at just £69.99 for a single camera. You can buy a two-pack for £139.98 – which doesn’t save you any money at all – but we tested a three-piece system that includes two cameras along with Eufy’s HomeBase Mini control hub, which connects to your…

iMac > From £1,299 > In October 2024, Apple updated its 24in iMac with the M4 chip, giving it the wonders of Apple Intelligence. 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 top-tier 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 of storage on the entry-level model and up to 2TB on mid-range and top-tier models. You get a 4.5K (4480x2520) Retina display, with top-tier models…