MacFormat March 2021

As thrilling as a new Mac is, at some point you’re going to have to work out how to move your data over from your old one – and that’s where our lead feature comes in. Starting on p20, you’ll discover the right way to back up all your apps and data and then migrate them over to your new machine – and if you’re coming to the Mac from Windows, we’ve got you covered too. Our second feature this month focuses on the world of widgets – the mini apps that live on your iPhone or iPad Home screen, enabling you to do all kinds of wonderful things before you open the main app itself. Turn to p60 for our top picks. In addition this issue, we’ve got two different takes on…

As thrilling as a new Mac is, at some point you’re going to have to work out how to move your data over from your old one – and that’s where our lead feature comes in. Starting on p20, you’ll discover the right way to back up all your apps and data and then migrate them over to your new machine – and if you’re coming to the Mac from Windows, we’ve got you covered too. Our second feature this month focuses on the world of widgets – the mini apps that live on your iPhone or iPad Home screen, enabling you to do all kinds of wonderful things before you open the main app itself. Turn to p60 for our top picks. In addition this issue, we’ve got…

Contact us Email your queries to letters@macformat.com Join the conversation at facebook.com/macformat or on Twitter @macformat The upcoming year could be a huge one for the Mac, with numerous reports suggesting new products and features across almost the entire range of Apple’s computers. If they come to fruition, 2021 could be a watershed year for Mac users. The first report comes from noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. He asserts that Apple will overhaul the MacBook Pro this year, offering both 16-inch and 14-inch sizes, with the latter replacing the 13-inch MacBook Pro by thinning the bezels and increasing the screen size. As well as that, Kuo claims that the MacBook Pro will come with a new chassis. This body will have squared-off sides, much like the current iPhone and iPad…

Contact us Email your queries to letters@macformat.com Join the conversation at facebook.com/macformat or on Twitter @macformat The upcoming year could be a huge one for the Mac, with numerous reports suggesting new products and features across almost the entire range of Apple’s computers. If they come to fruition, 2021 could be a watershed year for Mac users. The first report comes from noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. He asserts that Apple will overhaul the MacBook Pro this year, offering both 16-inch and 14-inch sizes, with the latter replacing the 13-inch MacBook Pro by thinning the bezels and increasing the screen size. As well as that, Kuo claims that the MacBook Pro will come with a new chassis. This body will have squared-off sides, much like the current iPhone and iPad Pro ranges. This will…

Security researcher Matthew Green has said his team were “shocked” by the vulnerabilities they discovered in both iOS and Android. Green, a cryptographer at John Hopkins University, said, “I came into this project thinking that these phones are really protecting user data well. Now I’ve come out of the project thinking almost nothing is protected as much as it could be.” According to Green, the problems begin as soon as you unlock your iOS device, which puts it into After First Unlock mode. This stores the device’s encryption keys in quick access memory, which makes them relatively easy to extract if you have the right tools. Before the device is first unlocked after a reboot it is in Protected Until First User Authentication mode, which offers far more robust defences.…

Security researcher Matthew Green has said his team were “shocked” by the vulnerabilities they discovered in both iOS and Android. Green, a cryptographer at John Hopkins University, said, “I came into this project thinking that these phones are really protecting user data well. Now I’ve come out of the project thinking almost nothing is protected as much as it could be.” According to Green, the problems begin as soon as you unlock your iOS device, which puts it into After First Unlock mode. This stores the device’s encryption keys in quick access memory, which makes them relatively easy to extract if you have the right tools. Before the device is first unlocked after a reboot it is in Protected Until First User Authentication mode, which offers far more robust defences. The…