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OCTOBER 2022 CONTENTS

MACUSER
The $1,199 M2 MacBook Air cuts too
many corners 7
M2 MacBook Air chargers tested 13
No, throttling and overheating isn’t a
problem on M2 MacBook Air 17
Jony Ive reveals Steve Jobs’ one-word
advice on design 21
MacUser Reviews 25
Hot Stuff 31
iOSCENTRAL
Apple’s next iPhone SE needs these five
Google Pixel 6a features 35
Folding iPhone feels further away 38
watchOS 9 brings sleep, sharing, fitness
enhancements to your wrist 41
Customize your Lock Screen in iOS 16 44
Instantly lift the subject from any image 49
Top 5 macOS 13 Ventura features 58 iOS Central Reviews 53
WORKINGMAC
You can take it with you: How to destroy
the data you leave behind 71
Stop email read receipts in Apple Mail 77
Migrate a dead Mac to a new one without
erasing the new Mac 80
Parallels Desktop full: New features
in Parallels Desktop 18 82
PLAYLIST
Review: Focusrite Vocaster Two Studio 91
Belkin Soundform Immerse review 98
Monoprice Soundstage3 speaker:
Punchy, thumpy, stylish 104
T-W4: Time for an upgrade 108
Creative BT-
HELPDESK
Return the flags to the Mac’s keyboard
menu; move images and videos among
13 hidden iOS 16 beta features 64 Photos albums; Photos library won’t

load—time to rebuild; adjust the date and
time in the macOS Menu Bar 115
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The $1,199 M2 MacBook Air

cuts too many corners
Benchmarks bear out our fears: Performance is shockingly bad in some tests.
BY DAVID PRICE
T
he M2 MacBook Air is here and, tested and reviewed here [fave.co/
like the M1, Apple has two 3zbn71l] has 1TB of storage and 16GB of
options to choose from, one RAM for $1,899), and the entry-level
with an 8-core GPU and one model with 256GB of storage, which
with a 10-core GPU. We’ve been testing costs $1,199.
both models at Macworld, the step-up That’s a pretty big difference in price,
model that starts at $1,499 (the model we which led us to wonder what exactly
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MACUSER $1,199 M2 MACBOOK AIR CUTS CORNERS
you’re getting for the extra money. It turns 2020, and for the quad-core Intel i5 model
out you’re getting quite a lot. that came out in the same year.
With two fewer GPU cores, less RAM,
and an SSD configuration that appears RAW PROCESSING POWER
suboptimal for read and write speeds, the We began by looking at processing power
cheapest MacBook Air faces several using the Geekbench 5 and Cinebench
obstacles in trying to compete with its R23 CPU benchmarks. We didn’t expect a
costlier sibling. In some cases we were huge difference here, given that our 2022
shocked by how much worse it performed, Airs have the same processor with the
but there were some pleasant surprises too. same number of CPU cores, although the
Read on to find out how both the top-end model we tested did have twice
top-end and entry-level versions of the M2 as much RAM (16GB versus 8GB).
Air got on in our speed and performance Things were off to a promising start,
benchmarks. Where possible we’ve with the entry-level Air tracking close to its
included equivalent scores for the 256GB more expensive sibling across all four tests
version of the M1 MacBook Air released in (it was never more than 2.2 percent
GEEKBENCH 5 GEEKBENCH 5
Single-core Multi-core
MacBook Air MacBook Air
M2 (2022) 1TB 1,927 M2 (2022) 1TB 8,959
M2 (2022) 256GB 1,901 M2 (2022) 256GB 8,768
M1 (2020) 1,730 M1 (2020) 7,528
MacBook Air Intel MacBook Air Intel
Quad Core i5 (2020) 1,182 Quad Core i5 (2020) 3,204
HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER
CINEBENCH R23 CINEBENCH R23

Single-core Multi-core
M2 (2022) 1TB 1,584 M2 (2022) 1TB 7,887
M2 (2022) 256GB 1,555 M2 (2022) 256GB 7,944
M1 (2020) 1,496 M1 (2020) 6,838
Quad Core i5 (2020) 902 Quad Core i5 (2020) 2,577

behind) and showing gains of up to 16.5 know how these Macs will behave in the
percent on 2020’s M1 Air. In fact, the real world. We set them our usual battery
256GB Air scored slightly higher than the of stabilizing, exporting, and encoding
1TB model in Cinebench’s multi-core tasks in iMovie and HandBrake 1.5.
component, although this was by less than There was barely a difference in the
1 percent and probably just an anomaly. M2 Airs’ speed when exporting a 4K file
at High settings, but in every other test
REAL-WORLD TASKS we saw significant loss of performance
CPU benchmarks give you an idea of a when using the cheaper model. Exporting
machine’s speed on paper, but we want to at ProRes settings took 27.6 percent
longer. Stabilizing an iMovie clip,
meanwhile, took an alarming 43 percent
iMOVIE STABILIZATION longer; we actually had to wait longer
Seconds
MacBook Air
than when using the M1 model from 2020
M2 (2022) 1TB 288
MacBook Air
M2 (2022) 256GB 412
MacBook Air
M1 (2020) 393 HANDBRAKE 1.5 ENCODE
LO W E R S C O R E S A R E B E T T E R H.265 X265
Seconds
MacBook Air
M2 (2022) 1TB 934
iMOVIE 4K EXPORT (PRORES) MacBook Air
M2 (2022) 256GB 1,188
Seconds MacBook Air
M1 (2020) 1,415
MacBook Air
M2 (2022) 1TB 123 MacBook Air Intel
Quad Core i5 (2020) 4,950
MacBook Air
M2 (2022) 256GB 157 LO W E R S C O R E S A R E B E T T E R
MacBook Air
M1 (2020) 243
LO W E R S C O R E S A R E B E T T E R
HANDBRAKE 1.5 ENCODE

H.265 VIDEOTOOLBOX
Seconds
iMOVIE 4K EXPORT (HIGH)
Seconds MacBook Air
M2 (2022) 1TB 255
M2 (2022) 1TB 286 M2 (2022) 256GB 307
M2 (2022) 256GB 285 M1 (2020) 326
MacBook Air MacBook Air Intel
M1 (2020) 289 Quad Core i5 (2020) 932
LO W E R S C O R E S A R E B E T T E R LO W E R S C O R E S A R E B E T T E R

(which was also an entry-level unit and percent on write speeds. (The explanation,
cost just $999). based on teardowns [fave.co/3QVXl92] of
In our HandBrake tests the 256GB the machine, is that Apple uses a single
model was slower than the 1TB version by 256GB chip rather than two 128GB ones
27.2 percent and 20.4 percent, respectively. as in last year’s model.)
In both cases it was closer in speed to the The 256GB Air was unable to
M1 model than to its own sibling. disprove these dire prognostications.
Read speeds were 47.9 percent slower
DISK SPEEDS than on the 1TB model on average, while
We test the read and write speeds of our write speeds were a staggering 50.2
review Macs using the Blackmagic Disk percent slower, far worse than expected.
Speed Test (fave.co/3pGDmiz). We were In both cases the entry-level Air is
particularly keen to see how the base Air considerably slower than the 2020
got on in this test, following reports that its model. You probably won’t notice the
SSD is up to 50 percent slower (fave. slowdown in normal day-to-day use, but
co/3P3gLqS) on read speeds and 30 for $1,199, we expect much stronger SSD
performance.
DISK SPEED; READ GAMING PERFORMANCE

MB per second
MacBook Air Last up, we looked at the two Airs’
M2 (2022) 1TB 2,790
MacBook Air
performance running a pair of demanding
M2 (2022) 256GB 1,454
MacBook Air
games: Rise of the Tomb Raider (fave.
M1 (2020) 2,768
co/3AlWqHJ) and Civilization VI (fave.
MacBook Air Intel
Quad Core i5 (2020) 1,355
co/3QRg857). Both of these games include
HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER
a benchmarking mode that allows you to
measure framerates without the use of any
additional software.
DISK SPEED; WRITE This is one test where Apple’s own
MB per second
MacBook Air publicly released specs for the two
M2 (2022) 1TB 3,216
MacBook Air
machines led us to expect a significant
M2 (2022) 256GB 1,600
MacBook Air
differential. Simply put, the 1TB Air we
M1 (2020) 2,462
MacBook Air Intel
tested has a 10-core GPU, while the
Quad Core i5 (2020) 1,263
256GB model has only 8 cores, so lower
HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER
framerates are to be expected.

above its weight on
Civilization (see
overleaf),
performing
comparably to the
1TB MacBook Air
with M2 on High
settings and slightly
better on Medium.
The top-end Air
is undoubtedly a
better gaming
machine, but the
We tested the Airs’ performance on a pair of demanding games, loss of two GPU
including Rise of the Tomb Raider (pictured). cores doesn’t
appear to handicap
The test results were slightly the cheaper model as much as expected.
confounding, however. Tomb Raider Performance is likely to vary from game to
numbers were largely predictable, with the game, however, and we advise caution if you
8-core Air 43 percent behind at High often play a graphically demanding title.
settings and 26 percent behind at Medium.
(In both cases framerates for the entry-level VERDICT
M2 were lower than for the M1 from 2020.) It’s scarcely surprising to discover that this
But the cheaper model punched well year’s $1,199 MacBook Air performs less
RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER

(MEDIUM) (HIGH)
MB per second MB per second
M2 (2022) 1TB 81 M2 (2022) 1TB 52
M2 (2022) 256GB 59.86 M2 (2022) 256GB 29.64
M1 (2020) 60.62 M1 (2020) 37.39
Quad Core i5 (2020) 15.49 Quad Core i5 (2020) 8.26

CIVILIZATION VI CIVILIZATION VI
(MEDIUM) (HIGH)
MB per second MB per second
M2 (2022) 1TB 65.2 M2 (2022) 1TB 50.24
M2 (2022) 256GB 66.85 M2 (2022) 256GB 49.54
M1 (2020) 54.5 M1 (2020) 33.8
Quad Core i5 (2020) 12.7 Quad Core i5 (2020) 8.24
impressively than the higher-end model. display, MagSafe, and a new design, but
What is more troubling is how much slower the M2 performance boost just isn’t there.
it is when it comes to read and write disk If you do decide to buy the new Air—
speeds (around 50 percent in each, and we recommend paying extra for the
according to our tests) and at real-world upgraded configuration—make sure you
stabilizing, exporting, and encoding tasks. find the lowest price by browsing our
It’s always tempting to go for the guide to the best MacBook Air deals (fave.
cheapest configuration of a new Apple co/3cnhTIn). Or just pick up an M1 Air and
product in order to enjoy the new design save a couple hundred bucks. ■
and processor at the
lowest possible outlay. As
far as the M2 MacBook Air
is concerned, however,
we would advise against
this, since testing
suggests you’ll be getting
a machine that in certain
respects performs no
better than a cheaper
model from 2020, and in a
few cases is actually
worse. Admittedly,
you’re getting a
bigger and better We recommend you opt for the upgraded M2 configuration.

Apple’s new M2 MacBook Air
chargers tested: Twice the ports
or twice the speed?
Which Apple charger should you buy for your new M2 MacBook Air?
BY JASON CROSS
W
e’re big fans of the new M2 adapters to choose from, depending on
MacBook Air (fave.co/ the model you select.
3NFo4nO). It’s not a perfect If you opt for the base model, it will
laptop—we want a better include a 30W USB-C Power Adapter
webcam, it’s a fingerprint magnet, and it’s (fave.co/3AO0ceA) by default, but you can
expensive—but we do think it’s one of the pay an extra $20 to replace that with
best everyday laptops for everyday users. either the standard 35W Dual USB-C Port
When you buy one, you have three power (fave.co/3dWeL6I) or Compact Power
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MACUSER TESTED: M2 MACBOOK AIR CHARGERS
Adapter (fave.co/3CvixOB), or the 67W Adapter has two ports, we wanted to find
USB-C Power Adapter (fave.co/3Cuinac). out how fast your MacBook Air will charge
When you buy a higher-end model with at when both ports are in use. So we
least 512GB of storage, you are given the charged an iPhone while charging the
35W dual-port model by default, but you MacBook Air, and when that iPhone was
can switch to the 67W single-port model at nearly fully charged we swapped it out for
no cost. another to keep a consistent load
Each option has its pros and cons, so throughout our test. We’ll examine the
we tested them all to help you decide results in detail below.
which one to choose.
30W USB-C
POWER ADAPTER There’s a reason Apple gives you a plain
PERFORMANCE COMPARED 30W charger with the least expensive
To test the charging performance of these MacBook Air model, though at starting
three power adapters, we took a brand price of $1,199 we think Apple should
new M2 MacBook Air and drained it down have just given all MacBook Air buyers
to 1 percent battery life, then used its the same option (35W dual-port or 67W
included USB-C to MagSafe cable to single-port).
attach it to one of the power adapters. We It’s a little slower than the 35W adapter,
had no applications running and kept the as you might expect. You get to a half
lid closed while charging, opening it briefly charge in just under an hour, about 10
every 10 minutes to record the current minutes longer than for the 35W model. A
state of charge before closing it again. full charge takes about 140 minutes, 20
This gives us a look at the total charge minutes longer than for the 35W model. It’s
performance over time for all three not bad performance, but if you’re already
adapters, and the tale is interesting (if not spending $1,199 for a laptop you should
really surprising). probably spend $20 more for one of the
The charging rates for all adapters are other two options.
limited as the laptop approaches a full
charge—that’s normal behavior for nearly all 30W USB-C Power Adapter
rechargeable batteries. The 67W USB-C This new adapter has two things going for
Power Adapter is the fastest, as you’d expect. it. First, it’s more compact than most of
What’s that fourth line in green? Since Apple’s other chargers. It doesn’t stick as
the 35W Dual USB-C Port Compact Power far out from the wall, and the ports aim

approached a full
M2 MACBOOK AIR CHARGING RATES charge, we swapped
it out for another to
keep a relatively
consistent load on
that second port.
You can see that
charging two devices
has the expected
dramatic impact on
charging performance.
With the whole power
adapter to itself, the
MacBook Air got to 60
If you want speed, you clearly want the 67W USB-C Power Adapter. percent in 1 hour, and a
full charge in about 2.
downward, which is quite convenient. When sharing with an iPhone, it only got
Second, it’s got two USB-C ports, so you half as much charge in that first hour and a
can charge two devices at a time with a full charge took about 75 percent longer.
single outlet. That’s the benefit of this product:
Apple says the charging rates are flexibility. If you’re not in a hurry, you can
independently controlled, so the 35W charge two devices in a couple hours with
maximum is divided up between the two just a single outlet. If you want to charge
ports based on need as negotiated by the faster, you can just use one USB-C port.
USB Power Delivery 3.0 spec. Most of the Third-party accessory makers have offered
time you’ll get an even 17.5W split, but if products like this for years, so it’s nice to
you plug in something that requires less see Apple finally jump on the bandwagon.
juice, such as an Apple Watch or AirPods,
it will get 7.5W while the other port gets up 67W USB-C
to 27.5W. If you want to fast-charge your MacBook
We tested this charger two ways: with Air, you’ll need a power adapter that
only the MacBook Air plugged in and delivers over 60 watts, such as Apple’s
with the MacBook Air and an iPhone 13 67W USB-C Power Adapter. Using it, we
plugged in. When the iPhone got to 52 percent state of charge in 30

MACUSER TESTED: M2 MACBOOK AIR CHARGERS
minutes, almost exactly matching Apple’s a concern with the awesome battery life of
50 percent in half an hour promise. Given the MacBook Air. But if you often find
that you can easily get 5 or 6 hours of real yourself with only 45 minutes to get as
work done with half a charge, that’s a much charge as you can during a layover
really nice benefit. between flights, the 67W adapter might be
The charge curve starts to slow down the better choice.
as the battery gets full, of course. A full Even so, we think there are better
charge takes just over an hour and a half, options. Consider something like the Anker
which is still quite good given that the 735 charger (fave.co/3dVOt4y), which is
battery will easily last all day. This power about $60 like Apple’s and has 65W of
adapter is a lot bigger and only has a total power output, but is smaller and has
single USB-C port, but it sure is fast. two USB-C ports and one USB-A port. See
our roundup of the best MacBook
WHICH IS THE BEST CHOICE chargers (fave.co/3Aopnms). ■
FOR YOU?
The 67W USB-C Power Adapter costs the
same as the 35W Dual USB-C Compact
model: $59 if purchased separately, or
$20 more if you upgrade the base model
MacBook Air. We think the $20 upgrade
cost is probably worth it—the 30W adapter
is slower, bigger, and less flexible than the
35W model and much slower than the
67W model.
But the 35W Dual USB-C Port Power
Adapter feels like the real winner here.
You can’t fast-charge, but you have the
flexibility to charge two devices slowly if
you’re not in a hurry or one device at a
perfectly reasonable speed if not.
The 67W adapter is really only a
priority for those who are often in
situations where they need to get a lot of It’s worth considering an alternative such as
juice quickly, and that’s honestly not often Anker’s 735 charger.

No, throttling and overheating isn’t
a problem on M2 MacBook Air
The M2 MacBook Air thermal issue is all hot air.
BY ROMAN LOYOLA
A
pple’s release of the new Macworld’s Jason Cross calling it “a
MacBook Air was highly success” and a “delightful everyday
anticipated, mostly for two computer for most users.”
reasons: its redesign and the But the praise for the MacBook Air has
introduction of the M2 processor, the next been overshadowed by reports of
generation of Apple’s M-series of chips. throttled performance. Article after article
As expected, the reviews for the M2 warns of a performance “shortcoming”
MacBook Air have been favorable, with (fave.co/3AI9gBr), “severe” throttling (fave.

MACUSER M 2 M AC B O O K A I R : OV E R HE AT ING NOT A PRO BLE M
co/3AMV1LI), and the notion that it “can’t in the intended user Apple is designing the
handle the heat” (fave.co/3pIXIHT), and MacBook Air for.
video (fave.co/3pFRbOe) after video (fave.
co/3dY0ZR6) demonstrates what’s USING THE PROPER TOOL
supposedly wrong with the new laptop. It FOR THE JOB
might lead some people to question The MacBook Air doesn’t have any fans
whether it’s worth their money and wonder built into it. It’s a passively cooled machine,
what Apple was thinking. meaning that it doesn’t use any special
We’ve been here before, people. Back hardware to actively cool it. Apple did this
in 2020 when the new M1 MacBook Air purposefully by design so that the
was introduced, it made splashy headlines MacBook Air could be thinner than the
with its jaw-dropping speed improvement MacBook Pro. If the MacBook Air starts to
over the Intel chips as well as the throttling heat up, it will throttle performance to
it needed to maintain a proper temperature maintain a proper running temperature.
under more strenuous workloads. In fact, This is another aspect of the MacBook Air
heat has always been an issue with the that is by design.
MacBook Air even before Apple silicon. The MacBook Air is also Apple’s most
It’s the same story, different year. Why ispopular laptop because it’s the company’s
it news all over again? Why didn’t Apple fix most affordable one. Its price attracts what
the problem? The answer is simple and lies we’ll call “casual” users, those who spend
most of their time on the web, use
productivity apps like iWork or
Microsoft Office, stream audio
and video either for
entertainment or for online
meetings, and other productivity
tasks that everyone does with a
computer. The most stressful
work likely involves apps like
Photos, iMovie, GarageBand,
or some other consumer-
level creative software for
The M1 MacBook Air made headlines with its jaw-dropping short stints.
speed improvement over the Intel chips. The MacBook Air

MacBook Air doesn’t
throttle. It does. But what
makes it throttle? Tasks
that “casual” users don’t
regularly do. For example,
one report of the Air’s
severe throttling involved
an export of 8K Canon
RAW video. You know
what produces 8K Canon
RAW video? Cameras that
are priced over $4,000.
The MacBook Air isn’t a high-end work machine, even if it does You know who works in
have a speedy processor. 8K Canon RAW video?
Video professionals. You
handles these task without any problems— know what Macs they buy? MacBook Pros.
it’s as fast as the 13-inch MacBook Pro (fave. The MacBook Air throttles when doing
co/3POoGJc) with the same M2 processor. CPU-intensive tasks that are often done by
It’s the one most people should buy—add users doing “serious” work, often in a
the Air’s redesign and feature set, and we professional setting. This is by design. If
think it’s a better value than the
13-inch Pro. If I’ve just
described what you do on a
daily basis, the MacBook Air is
a better value for you. (There
is a separate performance
issue with the MacBook Air or
13-inch MacBook Pro with a
256GB SSD (see page 7) that
is a head-scratching design
decision, but it’s not
related to the throttling
concerns.) The M2 MacBook Air is as fast as the 13-inch MacBook Pro
That’s not to say the (pictured) with the same M2 processor.

MACUSER M 2 M AC B O O K A I R : OV E R HE AT ING NOT A PRO BLE M
you’re using a MacBook Air and you are gemstones. And when they gloss over
often rendering 8K RAW video, or this, it makes it seem like it’s an issue that
producing lengthy high-resolution videos affects everyone.
in Final Cut Pro, or professionally making As someone who works in media, I
music, or doing whatever it is you do that admit, we’re in a battle for your attention,
taxes the CPU all the time, and you get and some outlets are more willing to
frustrated by it, you know what? You’re exaggerate in their headlines than others.
using the wrong tool for the job. You (And yes, Macworld is guilty of this too. I
should be using a MacBook Pro. hear about it in your emails and tweets.)
If you insist that Apple fix the MacBook But most outlets do clarify in their content
Air, ask yourself: If you’re willing to shell exactly who the intended user is for the
out for the equipment to produce the MacBook Air.
content you want, why are you skimping The fanless MacBook Air is by design—
on buying the MacBook to finish the job? Apple isn’t overlooking anything. Its target
user is “the rest of us,” everyday users with
HEADLINES THAT GRAB YOU productivity tasks to get done. The
A lot of these reports that use screaming MacBook Pro is for users who are
headlines about the issue do actually point demanding of processing power. Get the
out that you have to be doing something right Mac for what you want to do. ■
atypical for a casual user to
get the MacBook Air to
throttle. But a lot of
reports gloss over the
fact that you’re
probably not going to
render a 60-minute 4K
video in Final Cut Pro
while you have 20
tabs open in Safari
and you’re sorting
your FileMaker Pro
collection
database of
10,000 Power users would be better off opting for the M2 MacBook Pro.

Jony Ive reveals Steve Jobs’
one-word advice on design
Former Apple design guru shares how his former boss still guides his work today.
BY SIMON JARY
I
n an interview in design magazine Ive is described in the interview
Wallpaper, former Apple Chief Design Sir (fave.co/3cr8eAp) as “unfailingly polite,
Jony Ive reminisces on advice given to solicitous and considerate” but often
him by company founder Steve Jobs. He describes his design process as
also expresses his anger that much design “furious” and “angry,” particularly in
today doesn’t work as well as what he and relation to design’s response to climate
Jobs did at Apple, and is all the poorer for change, an issue on which he has been
it—going so far to claim that “many products working with King Charles III, Britain’s
do not deserve to exist.” new monarch (formerly Prince of Wales).

MACUSER JONY IVE REVEALS STEVE JOBS’ DESIGN ADVICE
Ive left Apple in 2019 to form his own guide for business to avert climate
design consulting firm and recently cut all ties catastrophe in the belief that capitalism and
(fave.co/3AIy0cN) with Apple. However, he enlightened self-interest are compatible
still remembers the one word Jobs told him with saving the planet.
should go into everything he designs: care. While all this royal talk sounds
archaic, Wallpaper reports that, despite
ROYAL SEAL OF APPROVAL its Latin name, Terra Carta is written in
As well as being a Knight Commander of the language of modern management
the Order of the British Empire theory, and looks at areas of
(KBE) for the past decade, green investment, such as
Ive is a Royal Designer electric flight, carbon-
for Industry, an neutral construction,
Honorary Fellow of and nuclear
the Royal fission. Ive is
Academy of helping King
Engineering. His Charles advise
most recent the four winners
design isn’t quite of the king’s
on the scale of the £200,000
iPhone: the seal for ($240,000)
the former Prince of Sustainable Markets
Wales’ Terra Carta Initiative to take their
campaign (fave. projects to market. The
co/3ANWK3e), which boasts the two worked together after Ive
motto “For Nature, People and Planet”. Ive suggested the forming of a design lab at
designed the seal using a specially drawn the Royal College of Art (RCA), of which
Baskerville-derived serif font that he he is chancellor.
reserves for his personal projects.
Based on the famous royal charter of ‘CARE’ IS KEY TO DESIGN
rights, the Magna Carta, which was signed For all of his accolades, Ive is filled with
under some duress by King Charles’ distant anger when discussing design. “I am angry
relative, King John, in 1215, the Terra Carta that most of what is made seems so
is a mandate that puts sustainability at the thoughtless. So many products do not
heart of the private sector. It is meant as a deserve to exist. The minimum that they

You often hear people apologizing
that things are not made the way that
they wanted. I understand that
excuse, but at Apple I spent months at
manufacturing sites, and my apology
would have had no currency.”
He still remembers the time he spent
discussing design with Jobs and how
one word defined everything he helped
make. “Steve told me, ‘When you make
something with care, even though you
don’t know who the people using it will
be, they will sense it. Care is a way to
Steve Jobs gave Jony Ive some important advice. express our love for the species.’”
And Ive still relies on that advice
should do to justify themselves and today. “If it’s designed and made with care,
consume all that material is that their a mass-produced object can have the
designers should care about them. resonances of a batch production. It
“We have lost sight of how recent comes down to motivation and the
industrialization is. Unlike architecture, sacrifices you make for the exercise.” ■
design is still a new
profession. It is developed
by putting a design office
on top of a manufacturing
plant, then discovered
authorship, and is still
trying to find how to make
sense of the equation.
“When you design,
you must have a
thorough understanding
of materials, otherwise
you get a fractured
development of form.… One of Jony Ive’s most famous designs is the iPhone.

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CLIPBOARD MANAGER Apple didn’t invent the

PASTE: GET A DEEP concept of the clipboard—the
place where a copied item
VISUAL HISTORY OF goes (Command-C)—but the
EVERYTHING company has made great use of it across
decades. It’s handy to always have a place
YOU’VE COPIED TO to drop something temporarily. I’ve been
THE CLIPBOARD baffled, however, since Apple declined to
BY GLENN FLEISHMAN bring the multi-page Scrapbook from
System 9 to Mac OS X 10.0 over two
decades ago that macOS has never had a
built-in way to retain older clipboard items.
This has given rise both to dedicated
clipboard utilities, like competitor PasteBot
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MACUSER REVIEW: PASTE
The main Paste interface is a banner that spans the bottom of a display with rich previews.
(fave.co/3QLARr0), and clipboard-history If the currently open window or cursor

features in unrelated apps. Paste (fave. selection point is compatible—like plain or
co/3pIjMCj) is among the best of these, rich text with a word processor or an open
providing not just a potentially infinite document in an image editor—the item
clipboard history but also synchronization pastes into the app. Otherwise, it’s only
across macOS, iOS, and iPadOS at no transferred to the active clipboard. You’re
additional cost. not limited to just pasting, however. Items
Once it’s installed, invoke Paste by can be dragged from the Paste history into
pressing Command-Shift-V, the default a document or window.
keystroke in macOS across most apps for While you can scroll back in time in the
Paste and Match Style. (You can change Paste history by holding Command and
this keyboard shortcut.) This brings up scrolling right, you can also search for
something akin to a banner across the stored items. Paste recognizes data types;
bottom of your display; if you have you can add “link” or “image” to a search
multiple displays, Paste intelligently brings to restrict matches to those categories.
up the banner on whichever you currently You can also create “pinboards,” which are
have focus on by interacting with a stored sets of items that are accessible via
window or app. the Paste banner.
The Paste banner shows previews or You can customize Paste in a number
the full text of the last several items of ways to fit the shape of how you’d like it
copied. It displays thumbnails of media to “remember” and to work via Paste →
and rich text, while generating a link Preferences. The most significant option is
preview for copied URLs. You can double- “History capacity” in General settings: You
click an item to paste it, or select one or can set it to have a depth of a day, week,
more items to copy, rename, delete, or month, year, or unlimited. If you’re typically
preview via Quick Look. simplifying rich text into plain text,

removing all formatting, you can turn on The Paste
“Always paste as Plain Text” to avoid Stack
accumulates
having to add a modifier key when pasting.
copy
The Shortcuts tab lets you change operations for
keystrokes and modifier keys for major easy replay
app actions. into form
fields.
For privacy and security, Paste’s Rules
tab lets you exclude copying items from
apps like 1Password and optionally
whenever the app thinks the clipboard
contains a password or confidential data.
You can use Paste on multiple devices
without synchronization, but that seems
like a waste of technology. Enable iCloud
sync in Paste → Preferences → Sync as well accidentally as its default display and hide
as in the iOS and iPadOS versions of the keyboard shortcut is Command-Shift-C—
app if you install those, and you have too close to Command-C for Copy!
access to the same copied items on all Pressing the shortcut with a set of items on
your devices almost as soon as you press it closes the stack and erases its contents.
Command-C or use a Copy menu item. If you plan on using the feature, I suggest
If you’re routinely selecting items to immediately changing its invocation
paste into form fields, such as name and keyboard shortcut to something far harder
address details, you can use a stack to press.
feature in Paste called the Paste Stack. As Paste, sold only through Apple’s App
you paste into the field, it accumulates Stores, relies on a single unified
items. Click a button at the top, and the subscription that covers all your iOS,
field order changes. You can then press iPadOS, and macOS devices: $1.99 per
Command-V to paste each item month or $14.99 per year for an
in succession. Each paste
mmmmm individual. A $19.99 annual
operation removes the top item family subscription extends
Paste
off the stack. PRICE
unlimited use to your Family
The stack is not persistent $2 Sharing group. The company
COMPANY
across sessions and is offers a 14-day trial on its
Paste Team
perilously easy to close subscription. ■

MACUSER
MAC UTILITY Apple includes many hidden

TG PRO: thermometers in its Macs and a
tachometer for models with one or more
STAY ALERT fans. In normal usage, you may never give
TO HOT FANS a thought to how hot your performance
cores are or how fast a fan is running. But
AND HOT CHIPS we live in times of extreme temperatures,
ON A MAC and some Macs—particularly Intel
BY GLENN FLEISHMAN models—run hot already.
TG Pro (fave.co/3PRzNAF) exposes
low-level information Apple tracks and lets
you set alerts in case values exceed what’s
considered safe for long-term operation. You
may want to have a fan or fans kick in sooner
or faster than Apple’s default behavior or run
your Mac cooler to preserve its longevity.
You can view current information via a
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includes those for parts of
the CPU, GPU, and power
supply. These are mainly
on a single chip with an
M1 or M2, or divided
among several chips for
older Intel systems.
Checking “Check hard
drive temperatures using
SMART” in TG Pro →
Preferences →
Temperatures can pull in
data from external drives. I
use an external SSD as
Get a quick glimpse of how hot your Mac’s various components my startup volume, and it’s
are running. useful to know its
temperature in case it
lengthy dropdown system menu you can were to start overheating.
customize to reduce the number of entries. You can set alerts to appear as macOS
Its menu bar item provides a concise notifications (on appropriate versions of
summary you can tweak to show the highest macOS) and optionally configure outbound
or average
temperature across
all sensors, among
other choices. You
can also bring up
the app’s sole
window to view a
graphical display of
regularly updating
temperature
information.
This list of The menu is extensive, but you can customize what you see (only a
temperatures portion of it is shown here).

MACUSER REVIEW: TG P R O
mail settings for TG Pro

to email you warnings.
A Fan section in TG
Pro’s preferences allows
you to set rules to
trigger fan operation. For
instance, you might want
the fan to run at
maximum whenever the
highest temperature of
any sensor reading CPU
values exceeds a
particular temperature.
Fan control requires
installation of a helper
app, which TG Pro
displays the status of in Set rules to have the fan run before Apple’s defaults, among other
the Fan preferences. options.
For Intel Macs with a
T2 Security Chip and all M1 and M2 Macs, TG Pro costs $20 for a one-time
TG Pro can’t bump the fan higher without license fee that covers three Macs for
taking full control. Thus, the company personal use or one for business use. That
locks all overrides to the fan running at fee also covers all future updates to
maximum. You can unlock this setting and version 2, first released in 2014. TG Pro
choose specific fan speeds. If you do, works with macOS 10.12 Sierra or later.
you’re assuming responsibility from the If keeping your Mac from experiencing a
operating system for choosing all the fever and using fan speeds to help is part of
other situations in which to run your computer health plan,
a fan or turn it off. It’s an
mmmmh install TG Pro for peace of mind
interesting set of choices that and greater control. Apple has
TG Pro
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dozens of thermometers and
great depth about (fave. $20 fan tachometers that TG Pro
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co/3AmE6y9) if you really need exposes for monitoring and
Turnabelly Software
to know. warnings. ■

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PLUS AUDIO THE
What we’re
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this month
+RECORD PLAYER
plusaudio.com
Plus Audio (aka +Audio) violated the prime directive

of audiophile listening when it decided to design
an all-in-one unit that places the turntable on top of
the speaker. The rules insist that the vibrations
from the speaker are going to drift up to the
tonearm and mess up the playback. How can a
company possibly deliver great sound in this kind
of package? Well, the designers at Plus
Audio appear to have circumvented
the laws of physics, as The
+Record Player delivers
a spectacular
listening experience
despite its
unconventional
design. There’s plenty
of low end and, once
you balance the
tonearm, the tracking is
smooth and steady.—JAMES BARBER

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KEYCHRON Q9
keychron.com
This adorable “40%” keyboard has

proven popular with enthusiasts
who demand the maximum amount
of free space on their desk or in
their travel bag. Weighing just over a
kilogram, it lacks function keys but it
does have a full arrow key cluster
plus a home and delete key. Beyond
that, it has a super thick and heavy
milled aluminum case, hot-swap
switches with full RGB lighting,
gasket mounting, and lots of interior
foam for a super-premium feel and
easy programming.—MICHAEL CRIDER

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Inside the transparent case of this

power bank is a 5600 mAh high
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to fully charge a MacBook Air. It
features adjustable voltage controls
through its built-in display, and comes
with two USB-C ports, one USB-A port,
and one DC output port. The eight
lithium-ion high-capacity battery cells
in the device can be fully charged in
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iOSCENTRAL The latest on iOS, iPhone, iPad,
Apple Watch, and App Store
Apple’s next iPhone SE needs

these five Google Pixel 6a features
Apple should be paying attention to Google’s moves.
BY CHRIS BARYLICK
S
ince the launch of the first Pixel the two companies are also in a
phone in 2016, Apple and continuous dogfight to control the mid-
Google have been in a perpetual range market with their respective
features-based arms race as to “budget” handsets, the $429 iPhone SE
what their smartphones can offer their and $449 Pixel 6a.
customers. While this is exceptionally There are plenty of admirable traits to
prevalent in the flagship devices such as consider with the current iPhone SE, most
the iPhone 13 Pro Max and the Pixel 6 Pro, notably its A15 Bionic processor, which

iOSCENTRAL N EX T i PH O N E SE
just a single camera, the

iPhone SE is very limited. A
second camera would allow
features like Cinematic
Mode, proper portraits, and
just better all-around shots
that the current iPhone SE
just can’t get.
2. NIGHT MODE
Speaking of the camera, one
of the iPhone SE’s biggest
The Google Pixel 6a has two cameras hiding in its stylish bar. limitations is its lack of Night
mode due to its reliance on
edges out the Google Tensor processor older camera hardware. Night mode is
found on the Pixel 6a. Still, Apple may easily the most significant new camera
need to take a long, hard look at its feature of the past five years, and if
offerings for its budget smartphone and Google is putting it on its cheapest Pixel,
gauge the best ways to keep up in the surely Apple can too. You shouldn’t need
entry-level market. Here are five Pixel to spend $700 and up on an iPhone just to
6a features we’d like to see Apple take decent photos in low light.
borrow for its next-generation
iPhone SE.
1. A DUAL CAMERA
Sometimes it just comes
down to numbers. Google
has found a way to include
two cameras on the Pixel 6a,
a 12MP wide-angle lens and a
12MP ultra-wide camera,
while the iPhone SE has a
single 12MP wide camera. It Google’s Pixel 6a cameras offer Night mode. We hope that
takes fine pictures, but with the next iPhone SE will follow suit.

3. MORE STORAGE
You can never have enough
storage in your phone, and Google
simply has Apple beat here. While
the current iPhone SE has more
options than the 6a (64GB, 128GB,
and 256GB), Google has managed
to get an impressive 128GB of
storage space in its entry-level
smartphone, which is pretty
compelling to any prospective
buyer. Apple’s entry-level iPhone
SE may start at a price that’s $20
cheaper than the Pixel 6a, but that The Pixel 6a’s OLED display makes the iPhone SE’s
extra 64GB of storage to bring it 4.7-inch LCD look ancient.
up to the Pixel 6a’s 128GB of
storage will run buyers an extra $50. We’d 5. AN IN-DISPLAY
like to see the next model level the playing FINGERPRINT SENSOR
field without upping the price. We’ve heard rumors for years that Apple is
working on a fingerprint sensor that rests
4. A BIGGER OLED SCREEN under the screen (fave.co/3KkX3pC), but it
The iPhone SE’s LCD display is hardly a has yet to materialize on any device. The
deal-breaker, but it’s hard not to look at the Pixel 6a is one of countless Android
Pixel 6a’s impressive OLED screen with phones to feature the tech, and the next
envy. Apple has used OLED displays on iPhone SE, which will presumably have a
the high-end iPhones since the days of the new design that ditches the Home button,
iPhone X, and as such, the current iPhone would be a great time to unveil it. On the
SE, the last iPhone with an LCD, feels as if Pixel 6a, it’s convenient and packs the kind
it’s being assembled from leftover parts. If of utility and the kind of feature that would
Google can find a way to incorporate a make the iPhone SE more attractive to
6.1-inch OLED display into its budget buyers. Putting Touch ID in the power
smartphone—and one that can even run button like the iPad Air and mini would be
at 90Hz (fave.co/3PQ65fu)—surely Apple fine, but an in-display sensor would truly
can as well. elevate the SE. ■

iOSCENTRAL
Apple’s rumored folding iPhone

feels further away than ever
The fourth Galaxy Z Fold shows Samsung is running out of problems to fix,
while Apple hasn’t even got started.
BY DAVID PRICE
A
pple has never been especially crown it as the world’s first smartphone.
interested in doing things first, On the contrary, we had plenty of
which is unusual for a smartphones before then; they just weren’t
technology company, very good. Apple found a market that was
particularly one worth trillions of dollars. It ripe for domination—sitting in that sweet
likes to do things right. It likes to do things spot where user interest was high and
when it’s good and ready. available product quality was low—and
The original iPhone was one example then came crashing in like a multitouch
of this, as much as the company’s cannonball with a phone that executed the
cheerleaders may try to retrospectively concept properly.
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But the folding iPhone (fave.co/ improved camera and a slimmer chassis.
3TjE6I4), which is a thing we talk about These are the sort of upgrades you’d
endlessly rather than a thing that actually expect with a mature device, not with
exists in any verifiable form, has followed a something that’s new and risky.
different path. In theory, Apple has been Granted, the Galaxy Z Fold 4 (which
playing its usual long game, watching, you can preorder here; fave.co/3PN5iM5)
waiting, and moving behind the scenes doesn’t look terribly different from the
while Samsung, Motorola (fave.co/ original Galaxy Fold. It’s a little thinner, a
3Czkbi4), Oppo (fave.co/3PTtRHt), and the little more practical, and a little cheaper,
rest roll out their hyped products to get the but Samsung has stuck with its original
market warmed up. But as Samsung vision of an overly skinny and thick phone
unveils the fourth generation of its Galaxy that opens into a larger tablet. Samsung
Fold phone, the market has been nicely says it has sold some 10 million foldable
warm for a while now, and there’s no sign devices over the past three years, which
of a headlining act from Cupertino. includes the less expensive Galaxy Flip,
but there’s a sense that the market is still
THE FOLD, GETTING OLD very much untested and uncertain.
As you’d expect with a new form factor, the In some ways that’s a difficult position
Fold struggled in its early days. The for Samsung, which now has to come up
original Fold was afflicted by terrible with convincing reasons for customers to
reviews (fave.co/3CCVtxo), delays, screen upgrade from previous generations and
defects, and software bugs,
and was, quite frankly, a
mess. But by the time the
Galaxy Z Fold 3 (fave.
co/3pO7h8A) rolled around,
we saw Samsung settling
down and honing. Rather
than fixing major problems, it
was fine-tuning the design
and bringing down the price.
This week’s Z Fold 4 (fave.
co/3pKfc6I), meanwhile, Although Samsung says it has sold some 10 million foldable
offers a faster processor, an devices, the market is still untested and uncertain.

iOSCENTRAL F O LD I N G i PH O N E
woo new customers who may be skeptical. Because for all the tech media’s
But it also lets the company rest a bit. With understandable cynicism about hype and
virtually no competition (fave.co/3KpnyKt), points of failure, foldables could become a
Samsung’s innovation with the Fold has widely prevailing or even dominant form
been stagnant: There’s still a crease in the factor. After all, a foldable screen is in
center of the screen, there still isn’t a slot principle the ideal design for a phone, one
for the S Pen, and there’s still a gap when that combines a large workspace with a
it’s closed. And at $1,799, it’s still very compact chassis. There are simply some
expensive. practical problems in delivering that design—
It’s easy to see why Apple would never and if you wait long enough, as Apple is
sell a flagship iPhone with the same flaws. doing, those problems start to vanish.
New Apple devices may be rough around Let me put it another way. Imagine the
the edges—the first iPhone didn’t even tech landscape of 2030. What’s the main
have an App Store and the original Apple device each person is using in their daily
Watch relied on an iPhone to run apps— life? It could be the iPhone 21 Pro Max with
but the hardware is always rock solid. the same form factor and a better camera,
Software can evolve and mature, but but it’s more likely to be something entirely
hardware is forever. new, such as VR/AR headsets. Perhaps
But still, people seem to like Samsung’s something we’ve seen already will have
folding phones. Even if Apple gets it right, evolved to take on a broader role: the
launching a folding iPhone now would be Apple Watch, for example, if Apple can
an enormous challenge, with rivals find a way around the screen size
experienced at making reliable foldables limitation. But no matter what, it’s difficult to
and customers having built up loyalty to imagine everyone will still be carrying
specific devices. With no folding iPhone in smartphones with the same design as the
sight for at least 2 to 3 years, the foldable iPhone 13.
revolution is close to passing Apple by, if it Foldable smartphones have at least a
hasn’t done so already. shot at being the universal device of the
future, and it worries me that Apple seems
WAITING FOR THE iFOLD to be doing so little to prepare for that
So what’s Apple’s grand plan? Is it future. It’s one thing to be fashionably late,
seriously going to give up on the foldables but when it comes to foldables, Apple runs
market completely? Perhaps. But that’s the risk of turning up to the party and
more of a gamble than it might seem. finding that all the seats are taken. ■

watchOS 9 brings sleep, sharing,
fitness enhancements to your wrist
These are the top features coming to your Apple Watch this fall.
BY MICHAEL SIMON
A
t its Worldwide Developers Lunar: Depicts the relationship
Conference keynote, Apple between the Gregorian calendar and lunar
unveiled the latest version of calendar, used in many cultures such as
watchOS 9 with a handful of new Chinese, Islamic, and Hebrew.
features designed to keep you healthier and Playtime: A dynamic piece of art that’s
more connected. Here are the top features unique to Apple Watch and created in
coming to your Apple Watch this fall. collaboration with artist Joi Fulton.
Metropolitan: A classic, type-driven
NEW WATCH FACES watch face where the style changes as the
It wouldn’t be a watchOS update without Digital Crown is rotated.
new watch faces. This year Apple has four Astronomy: An original face that has
new ones, including a completely been completely remastered and features
remastered classic face. a new star map and current cloud data.

iOSCENTRAL WATCHOS 9 ENHANCEMENTS
You’ll also get “enhanced

and modernized”
complications on many of
Apple’s classic faces,
including Utility, Simple, and
Activity Analog, along with
background color editing for
Modular, Modular Compact,
and X-Large for additional
personalization. And the
Portraits, Focus, and WatchOS 9 introduces new watch faces, Astronomy, Lunar,
California faces have some and Play Time.
new features as well.
of their progress while new alerts for pace,
BETTER WORKOUTS power, heart rate, and cadence will give
Workout is the go-to app for fitness you a live picture of your metrics.
enthusiasts and it’s getting a lot better in Triathletes will also be able to use the new
watchOS 9. The app will now provide Multisport workout type that automatically
richer metrics for measuring performance, switches between swimming, biking, and
as well as new training experiences. Users running using the Apple Watch’s sensors
can also use the Digital Crown to cycle to to recognize movement patterns.
cycle between Workout Views. Runners will also get more out of
Custom Workouts and Heart Rate watchOS 9 with new running form
Zones will help athletes keep better track metrics, including Stride Length, Ground
The Workout
app provides
richer metrics
for measuring
performance.

Contact Time, and Vertical Oscillation, new FDA-cleared A-fib History feature
which can all be added as metrics on and access important information to
Workout Views. Finally, swimmers can provide deeper insights into their
now track their efficiency with a SWOLF condition. Users will also be able to
score—that’s a stroke count combined download a PDF with a detailed history
with the time it takes to swim one length of their A-fib and lifestyle factors.
of the pool.
MEDICATION TRACKING
SMARTER SLEEP TRACKING Apple is bringing a new Medications app
After bringing sleep tracking to watchOS 7, in watchOS 9 to help users track and
Apple has enhanced the system in manage prescription mediations, daily
watchOS 9 with the addition of sleep vitamins, and supplements. You’ll be able
stages. As with Fitbit watches, Apple will to create a medications list and set up
use the accelerometer and heart rate schedules and reminders in the Health
sensor to determine when you’re in REM, app. Each medication will be able to
Core, or Deep sleep. Users will then be have a custom schedule, and users can
able to view detailed information about the receive alerts when there are potential
time and quality of their sleep with issues with taking two or more
additional metrics including heart rate and medications together. ■
respiratory rate, in sleep comparison
charts in the Health app.
A-FIB HISTORY
The Apple Watch has
been able to detect
possible signs of atrial
fibrillation (A-fib), but
there hasn’t been a way
to see your previous
readings. In watchOS 9,
there is. Apple Watch
users who are diagnosed
with A-fib will be
prompted to turn on the watchOS 9 will do a better job of tracking sleep and A-fib.

iOSCENTRAL
How to customize your Lock

Screen in iOS 16
Fonts! Colors! Widgets! Personalize your lock screen as never before in iOS 16.
BY JASON CROSS
O
f all the great features information. Where it used to be that
coming to our iPhones this every iPhone had the same Lock
fall with iOS 16, the most Screen with different static wallpapers,
easily recognizable and with iOS 16 everyone’s screen will be
“everyone will use this” of them has to be personal to them.
the new overhauled Lock Screen. It’s all Customizing your iOS 16 Lock Screen
about personalization—you have lots of is simple and intuitive, but there may be
options to change the way it looks, and a some nuances you miss. Here’s how you
host of widgets to add more useful can make your Lock Screen your own.
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1. LONG-PRESS THE 2. CHOOSE A LOCK
LOCK SCREEN SCREEN STYLE
To start customizing your Lock Screen, just The first thing you should do when you
long-press on it anywhere other than on make a new custom lock screen is to pick
your notifications. Your Lock Screen zooms your style. Each style has several options
out and the bottom of the screen has two to choose from.
buttons: Customize and a plus-sign (+) People: A Photos background that just
button to add a new Lock Screen. starts with a filter on your Photos library for
You can have several Lock Screen people.
setups and either switch between them Photos: A photo background selected
manually (long press to get to this interface from your Photos library.
and then swipe left and right) or Photo Shuffle: Automatically changes
automatically (by assigning Lock Screens the background image throughout the day.
to specific Focus modes). You can adjust the frequency between
You can also edit the current Lock Hourly, Daily, On Tap, or On Wake. You can
Screen in the Settings app, under also choose to use the Featured Photos
Wallpaper. To delete a Lock Screen, automatically selected by the Photos app
long-press to (and can
enter the select from
lock screen broad
selection categories)
mode, swipe or pick
to the lock photos
screen you manually.
want to Emoji:
remove, Pick up to six
and long- emojis and
press on it. they’ll be
Select made into a
Delete pattern.
Wallpaper Weather:
from the This is a
bottom of dynamic
the screen. 1. background 2.

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that changes to represent the current Lock Screen, and there a plenty of options
local weather. to choose from.
Astronomy: This displays a dynamic Tap the time to pull up the Font & Color
globe that shows the earth or a close-up picker. There are six font styles to choose
view of your position on it (with live cloud from and over a dozen colors, plus a
data and accurate sunlight), the moon or a full-color wheel that lets you select any
detail of it (with accurate moon phase), or color. If you don’t use Arabic numerals, tap
the whole solar system. the globe to switch over to Arabic Indic or
Color: Pick a background color and get Devanagari.
a subtle gradient effect in six different styles.
4. CHOOSE YOUR WIDGETS
3. CUSTOMIZE THE TIME There are five widget slots to populate
DISPLAY with real-time data from your favorite apps.
Once you’ve got a style picked out, the Most of them are tappable: They show
time is the first thing you’ll want to some basic information and launch the
customize. It’s the largest element on your associated app when tapped. Apps that
3. 4.

might provide sensitive info will not You can
populate their information until Face ID switch
recognizes you, just as notification details between
are hidden until you are identified. different
Above the time: There is room for a Astronomy
single thin horizontal widget—it doesn’t views, Emoji
have to be the date anymore! patterns, or
Below the time: There are four square/ Color
circular spots, but some widgets are gradients.
double-wide to show more information. So For the
you can end up with one, two, three, or Photo
four widgets here. Shuffle
There are widgets for lots of Apple’s screen, you
built-in apps like Calendar and Weather, can tap the
but iOS 16 also includes a framework for button in
developers to add their own. It’s the lower-
apparently almost identical to making left to 5.
complications for Apple Watch (though not reselect
“corner complications”), so there’s a good which photos you’d like to feature and
chance that a lot of apps will have Lock how often they should change.
Screen widgets.
6. CHOOSE HOW YOU
5. CHANGE OPTIONS, FILTERS, WANT YOUR NOTIFICATIONS
AND MORE TO APPEAR
For each Lock Screen style, there are a set The last thing to do in customizing your
of options to change. Enter the Lock Screen Lock Screen is to choose how you want
edit mode with a long press and tap notifications to appear. You don’t do this in
Customize on the setup you want to tweak. the Lock Screen customization area, but
For photos, you can swipe left and right rather in the Settings app.
to change filters. Tap the menu button (…) By default, Notifications are shown in
in the lower right to disable perspective a new Stack format that shows the more
zoom—the AI-driven feature that pulls the recent notification on top and others
foreground subject out of your photo and fading into the distance behind it. You can
places it in front of your time and widgets. swipe the stack down to see a Count of

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(automatically
triggering Sleep
during bedtime,
or Driving while
you’re in the
car), the
associated
Lock Screen
will be applied.
But if you
long-press on
the Lock Screen
interface and
6. swipe over to
manually select
your notifications, or swipe the stack that Lock Screen, the focus mode will
upward to see the full List as you would in be enabled as well.
earlier versions of iOS. But in Settings → That
Notifications you can change the default means your
to any of these views. No matter which iPhone will
you pick, you can swipe up and down switch over
between them. to your Work
Lock Screen
7. OPTIONAL: LINK A when the
FOCUS MODE Work Focus
If you’re a fan of Focus, you can link a mode is
Focus to it. Just tap the Link Focus button enabled, but
at the bottom of the Lock Screen you can
customization interface. Or open enable the
Settings → Focus, select the Focus mode Work focus
you want to link, and choose it in mode by
Customize Screens. switching to
This feature works in both directions! that Lock
If your phone enters that Focus mode Screen. ■ 7.

iOS 16: How to instantly lift the
subject from any image
Lurking within iOS 16 (and macOS Ventura) is the incredible ability to instantly
lift the subject out of nearly any image.
BY JASON CROSS
O
nce everyone has had a might be something that gets used (and
chance to explore the many abused) across social media and
new features of iOS 16 (fave. messaging every day by millions—a
co/3BziW1V), launched in built-in capability to simply cut the subject
September, they’ll all be talking about out of nearly any photo.
their custom lock screen (see page 46). I don’t mean only your own photos in
But the real star feature of the update your own library. Rather, this is an
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expansive systemwide feature that can Choosing

also pull the subject out of images on the Copy Subject
selects the
web in Safari and images in Files. It’s not
image’s
perfect, with occasional fuzzy edges or subject and
strange selections, but it can be a huge nothing else.
time saver and lots of fun.
1. IN PHOTOS, LONG-PRESS ON
A SUBJECT AND SELECT COPY
In your Photos app, select an image and
long-press on the subject. The feature
works best if the subject is clearly defined
from the background. The image will flash
a white outline, and then when you release
your finger you’ll see Copy and Share…
options. Select Copy to copy to the
clipboard, or Share… to open the share
sheet and share just the subject. 2. ON THE WEB, LONG-PRESS
AN IMAGE AND CHOOSE
Long-press
the subject, COPY SUBJECT
and when you On a website, long-press any image and
release you’ll release. You’ll see a pop-up menu. Here,
see a couple of
Share, Copy, and Save to Photos refer to
options.
the entire image. So choose Copy Subject
to select just the subject of the image.
3. PASTE THE IMAGE

IN A MESSAGE (OR
ANYWHERE ELSE)
Once you have the subject copied, you
can paste it anywhere you can normally
paste things from your clipboard. Tap in
Messages and select Paste, or in Files to
save it as a PNG file with a transparent

You can paste the image first. In the Finder use
your image QuickLook (space bar) to open the image,
wherever you
then right-click and choose Copy Subject.
want, including
Messages. You can then paste that image into
any application that will accept images
from your clipboard, like Messages,
Mail, or Notes.
IT EVEN WORKS ON
PAUSED VIDEOS!
If you’re playing back a video in the Photos
app, you can pause it and select the subject
just as if it was a still image. This doesn’t
really work on every video on the web,
though—especially if that video uses its own
player. The workaround is to take a
screenshot and then copy the subject out of
background. It even works with Handoff that image. It’s an extra step or two, but it’s a
between your iPhone and Mac. much more reliable method than grabbing
the subject straight from the video. ■
HOW IT WORKS IN
MACOS VENTURA
As you would expect, this
works on your iPad with
iPadOS 16 as well. But it’s
actually built into macOS
Ventura (fave.co/3POCAdP),
too! In Safari or Photos, right-
click any image (or tap the
touchpad with two fingers) and
choose Copy Subject to copy
it to your clipboard. If you’re
using some other application
(or a different browser), save This feature is also built into macOS Ventura.

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iOS GAME CONTROLLER The most popular iPhone games are made
RIOTPWR XBOX for touch, with an interface you can read
on a small display. That’s not secret. But
CLOUD GAMING there’s a big market for games that not
CONTROLLER FOR only work with a controller, but are really
meant to be played with one. The new
iOS: WIRES FOR Amazing Bomberman (fave.co/3CAC5RJ)
THE WIN on Apple Arcade is a great example—sure,
BY JASON CROSS there are touch controls, but it’s a whole
different experience with a controller.
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There’s also all the game-streaming holder slot and Lightning wired
services: Xbox Cloud Gaming (fave. connections to minimize latency and keep
co/3pKBIMT), Stadia (fave.co/3KnjSJ4), your iPhone charged up. It’s a good idea,
Luna (fave.co/3QVipMP), and so on. Apple but narrow in focus—this controller is really
may make it harder than necessary to use only for iPhone gaming, because it has no
these services by forbidding them from wireless capability at all and requires a
having apps in the App Store, but the web Lightning port.
apps provide a pretty good experience
once you get them set up. AN XBOX CONTROLLER
These days, Apple has made it much (SORT OF)
easier to use a good game controller Physically, the RiotPWR controller is an
with your iPhone. You used to have to Xbox controller. Its shape, size, buttons,
buy an MFi certified controller, but ever sticks, and D-pad all mimic those of the
since iOS 14 added Xbox and PlayStation Xbox Series S/X controllers, with only the
4 controller support, a steady stream of slightest of differences. There’s an Xbox
iOS updates has expanded the list to lots button between the View and Menu
of different Bluetooth game controllers. buttons—shifted down and made smaller to
Just pair the controller in Settings → make room for the slot into which you place
Bluetooth and
you’re ready
to play.
Still, there may
be some benefit to
a dedicated iPhone
game controller.
The Xbox Cloud
Gaming Controller
from RiotPWR tries
to provide the best
of both worlds:
familiar Xbox
design and
features, and a
built-in phone The permanently attached Lightning cord is longer than it should be.

the phone holder.
There’s also a share
button to the left of
the D-pad (double-tap
it to take screenshots).
While the layout is
definitely Xbox, the
functionality isn’t. The
controller has no USB
hookup, and no
wireless support of
any kind. You can’t
use it with your Xbox,
or Mac, or PC, or Pass-through Lightning power and an audio jack are handy features.
Android phone. The
iPhone holder is a simple plastic clamp with controller; just plug it in to your iPhone (or
a hinge, and it plugs into the top of the an iPad with a Lightning connector) and
controller. It looks awkward, but the you’re in business—no awkward setup or
placement is actually quite nice when pairing required.
you’re immersed in a game. The cord is about 2 feet long when it
Though the lightweight plastic feels a only needs to be about 6 inches long,
little on the cheap side, especially the which leaves a lot of annoying dangling
D-pad, you really do get an authentic Xbox extra at the back. I suppose the idea is that
controller feel. The sticks and buttons feel it’s long enough to plug into an iPad or an
like those on an Xbox controller, and the iPhone on a desk instead of in the mount,
layout, placement, and measurements are but if you really want to do that I suggest
just right. using a wireless Bluetooth controller.
The wired connection has a few
WIRES EVERYWHERE benefits. It’s lower latency than Bluetooth,
The lack of batteries and wireless makes and while that’s not a big deal for local
the controller wonderfully light, but it means gaming, the game-streaming services are
you’ve got to plug in your iPhone to use it. laggy enough without introducing more
There’s a permanently attached Lightning controller latency. It also passes through
cable coming out of the back of the audio to the audio jack at the bottom of the

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controller, so you can

use wired
headphones.
Speaking of
pass-through, you’ll
find a Lightning
connector next to
that audio jack at the
bottom. If you don’t
mind more wires
when you’re gaming,
you can plug a
USB-to-Lightning
cable in there to pass
through power to The value of RiotPWR’s controller is that the wired connection
your iPhone. Gaming shaves off a bit of latency.
drains your battery
fast, so that’s handy if a little clunky. Sadly, and of course Xbox consoles. There are
this is for power only. You can’t plug the lots of clip-on phone holders for $15 or less
controller into a Mac or PC (or (fave.co/3AtEZF0).
console) with a USB-to-Lightning For most users, that’s going to
cable to use it (we tried!). mmmh be a better solution. The value of
Xbox Cloud Gaming the RiotPWR is that the wired
Controller
VERDICT PROS
connection shaves off a bit of
RiotPWR’s Xbox Cloud Gaming • Legit Xbox controller latency, passes through audio to
design.
controller is a good solution, but • Lightweight.
a wired headphone jack, and
narrowly focused. And at a price • Pass-through Lightning passes through power if you plug
charging.
of $70, you should be very sure the controller in. You’ve got to
CONS
you want exactly these features. • Only works with iPhone really want those features to pay
and Lightning iPads.
An official Xbox controller more and give up the far greater
• Wired connection only.
(fave.co/3Cvcw4x) is about $50, PRICE
flexibility of a regular official
and can be used via Bluetooth $69 wireless Xbox controller and clip
with your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. It COMPANY
combo. But if you do, it’s a great
RiotPWR
works with PCs, Android phones, solution for iPhone gamers. ■

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YOUR
MAC
THE NEXT MAC
OPERATING
SYSTEM
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A
pple during its WWDC keynote thumbnails of your other windows
took the wraps off macOS 13 placed in a vertical row off to the side.
Ventura, the next major version When you click on a thumbnail, the open
of the Mac operating system. A window transitions to the thumbnail row,
beta test version of Ventura is available to and the clicked window takes center
developers now, with a public beta coming stage. If an app has multiple windows
in the next few weeks. The official release open, you can cycle through them in the
to the general public will happen this fall. thumbnail row.
Ventura has a ton of new stuff, but If you have a group of windows that go
we’re highlighting the top features here. together for a task you’re working on—for
example, a Safari windows for a store,
1. STAGE MANAGER Notes with a shipping list, and Maps to get
Mac users tend to work in multiple apps directions to the store—you drag
and files at once, which leads to dozens of thumbnails to the center of the screen and
open windows. You can use Mission create a grouping. You can also drag files
Control to sort your windows, but it’s still from the Desktop onto an app thumbnail
overwhelming to find the one you need. to open those files in that app.
The new Stage Manager helps you get
control of those windows. 2. iCLOUD SHARED
Stage Manager can be activated in PHOTO LIBRARY
Control Center, and it places your active iCloud Shared Photo Library is one of
window in the center of the display, with several collaboration features Apple is
introducing in macOS
Ventura. You can now
create a photo library and
share it with up to six
family members to create
a shared collection of
photos.
Members can pick and
choose which photos and
videos to add to the
collection, decide to share
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delete items. The Photos app
will make suggestions on
which photos to add to a
collection based on the
members of a group.
3. CONTINUITY
CAMERA: THE
iPHONE WEBCAM
Apple gets a lot of grief for 3.
the quality of the FaceTime
camera included with Macs. The 4. PASSKEYS IN SAFARI
company’s fix for this isn’t to upgrade its Passkeys is a feature in Safari that basically
camera, it’s to introduce a new feature lets you use Touch ID instead of a
called Continuity Camera. But to use this password for a website. A unique digital
feature, you need an iPhone 11 or later key is created for the specific site you
running iOS 16. want to access, and when you want to log
Continuity Camera is like Universal in, the key is submitted to the site and you
Control in that you can mount an iPhone to authenticate it using Touch ID on a Mac or
the Mac, and macOS Ventura automatically Face ID on an iPhone or iPad.
senses the device and wirelessly connects Apple said that a Passkey can’t be
to it. You can then use the iPhone camera phished, since you can’t inadvertently
in FaceTime and other apps. hand over a Passkey to a hacker, and
Continuity Camera has features such since Passkeys aren’t saved on a web
as Center Stage (which keeps you in the server, they can’t be revealed in a leak.
center of the frame) and Portrait mode. And Passkeys are synced across your
The new Studio Light feature uses the Apple devices.
iPhone flash to provide better lighting, and Apple said it is working with the FIDO
the new Desk View creates a two-shot Alliance (fave.co/3RiEHI2) to make sure
view, one of the person, and another of that Passkeys work on non-Apple devices.
the desktop in front of the Mac. Studio (More specifically, Passkey Apple’s
Light requires an iPhone 12 or later implementation of the FIDO password-less
running iOS 16. authentication standard). From the

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will also support Live

Text (introduced in
macOS Monterey),
which allows users to
search text in an image.
Actions can now be
performed within
Spotlight, so you could
use Spotlight to, for
example, start a timer,
run a shortcut, or create
a document.
4. In a move that
seems to compete
keynote, it looks as if you need to scan a directly with Google, Spotlight will offer
QR code displayed on a non-Apple device more-robust results when you’re using it to
to access a Passkeyed account. search for information on things such as
movies, TV shows, personalities,
5. SPOTLIGHT IMPROVEMENTS businesses, and sports. Spotlight will fill its
Spotlight, the built-in search feature for results window with more information for
macOS, has a refined interface so that it’s you to peruse. ■
more uniform across its
platforms. The other
new features help
make Spotlight a more
viable way to interface
with the Mac.
Quick Look, the
feature that provides a
large preview of an
image, finally works in
Spotlight and finally
can find media in your
Photos library. Spotlight 5.

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IN THE iOS 16 BETA
URES iOS 16 IS PACKED WITH NEW FEATURES,
SSED AND SOME OF THE COOLEST ONES

DIDN’T GET MENTIONED ON STAGE.
BY JASON CROSS
A
FEATURE 13 H I D DE N F EAT U R ES I N iO S 1 6 BE TA
T
he WWDC keynote was nearly but here are 10 smaller iOS 16 details we
two hours packed with awesome think are worth pointing out.
new features for the iPhone
(fave.co/3BziW1V), iPad (fave. 1. SUPPORT FOR SWITCH
co/3TD4XyW), and Mac (fave. CONTROLLERS (AND OTHERS)
co/3POCAdP), new Mac hardware (fave. iOS 16 officially includes support for
co/3NFo4nO), and even a very early sneak multiple new Bluetooth game controllers,
peek at next-generation CarPlay (fave. including Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons and
co/3AApmvO). Pro Controllers, so you’ll have even more
Despite the marathon keynote options when you play games. This
presentation that brought dozens of new support extends to tvOS and iPadOS, too.
features, there are so many changes in
iOS 16 that quite a lot had to be left out. 2. LOCKED FOLDERS
Some were covered in the iPadOS and IN PHOTOS
macOS presentations—improvements to As an extra privacy measure, the Hidden
apps like Mail are coming to all devices— and Recently Deleted folders in Photos are
WWDC 2022’s marathon keynote introduced dozens of new features in iOS 16.

locked by
default now so
someone
won’t
accidentally
stumble upon
them. You use
your iPhone
login
credentials
(Face ID,
Touch ID, or
passcode) to
access them.
The notifications that come in on the iOS 16 lock screen can be customized.
3. PHOTOS
DUPLICATE DETECTION banner with a counter if you want to keep
In the Photos app’s Albums view, you’ll find everything super tidy.
a new Duplicates option in Utilities. It
automatically finds identical images and 5. WEB PUSH NOTIFICATIONS
lets you merge them, combining captions, During the keynote, Apple noted that
keywords, and favorites into whichever Safari in macOS Ventura will support web
duplicate image is of the highest quality. push notifications. That’s coming to iOS
So now you can keep your photo library a and iPadOS as well, but not right away—
little cleaner. Apple lists the feature as “coming in 2023”
for its mobile OSes, which is probably a
4. LOCK SCREEN good thing, to be honest.
NOTIFICATION LAYOUTS
When Apple showed off its fancy new lock 6. MORE OFFLINE
screen, it only demonstrated notifications SIRI FUNCTIONS
arriving in a stack, but that isn’t the only Speaking of Siri, if you have an iPhone 12
option. You can set it to list view if you or later, it will do even more offline than
want to see them all covering up your before. Most Home control functions,
fancy lock screen like before, or a single Intercom, and Voicemail functions will

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network you wish to get the password

Most Home
control functions for. This will take you to a screen with a
can be controlled lot of options and information. The
offline in iOS 16. Password field will have dots instead of
the password, but just tap that and your
iPhone will authenticate you with Face
ID or Touch ID and display the password
in plain text, with a prompt to Copy it if
you wish.
8. HANG UP WITH SIRI

Speaking of Siri, you can finally hang up a
phone call or FaceTime call with Siri. It’s kind
of weird that it took this long. Sure, the other
person will hear you say it, but so what?
operate without sending anything to 9. BETTER BLURRING

Apple. You obviously need a network ON iPHONE 13
connection to communicate with your If you have an iPhone 13 or iPhone 13 Pro,
HomeKit hub, for instance, but all you’ll get better bokeh in a couple of
processing stays on your iPhone and
nothing goes beyond your local network.
7. SEE YOUR WI-FI PASSWORDS

With iOS 16 you can finally see the
passwords for your saved Wi-Fi networks
in plain text! You can then easily copy
them to the clipboard to share if
necessary. Or you can just see it to read
the password out loud to a friend for
whom the usual seamless Apple Wi-Fi
sharing (fave.co/3Q1KXTF) isn’t available.
Simply open Settings, then Wi-Fi. You’ll be able to take better photos in iOS 16
Tap the info button (i) next to the Wi-Fi without needing to upgrade your iPhone.

noticeable ways. In Portrait shots, objects Apple has
in the foreground—in front of the subject— improved Hide
My Email in
will get a blurring effect. And in Cinematic
iOS 16.
mode videos, the depth-of-field effect has
better accuracy around things like hair and
glasses. And we’re still amazed at the
on-demand cutouts it’s doing with lock
screen photos.
10. REMOVE MORE

APPLE APPS
Apple has allowed us to remove some of
its pre-installed apps since iOS 10, and it’s
adding three more (fave.co/3TsiKIn) in iOS
16: Find My, Clock, and Health. However,
Apple notes that some built-in Find My
features will still work and some Apple custom domain with people outside your
Watch features might be affected. Family Sharing group. From the iCloud
Mail settings you can purchase a new
11. HAPTIC KEYBOARD domain or enable catch-all aliases right
SUPPORT from iCloud Mail settings.
The built-in iOS 16 keyboard will now have
an option for haptic feedback as you type, 13. MEMOJI IMPROVEMENTS
so it’ll feel a little more natural to tap the What can we say? We like Memoji (fave.
glass. Sadly, this doesn’t appear to be co/3CYBObF). And they’re getting a
coming to the iPad just yet. number of meaningful improvements in
iOS 16 (and iPadOS 16 and macOS 13).
12. iCLOUD+ IMPROVEMENTS There are more sticker poses, and you can
The Hide My Email and custom email use all the sticker poses for your contact
domain features of iCloud+ are getting a image. There are 17 new and updated
little more useful in iOS 16. Hide My Email hairstyles, more headwear, more noses,
is integrated directly into QuickType and more neutral lip colors. It should be
keyboard suggestions, so it should always easier than ever to make your Memoji
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destroy the data you leave behind
While many people want to ensure families or others can access their email, photos,
and other information after they die, some want it locked away forever.
BY GLENN FLEISHMAN
A
sadly common question for this sort of posthumous access. Apple
Mac 911 since the start of the added an option in late 2021 called Digital
pandemic was how to deal with Legacy (fave.co/3cqWCxk) that lets you set
someone’s online accounts up your iCloud account in such a way that
and data stored on computers and mobile you can make it a simple task for
devices after they’d died. In most cases, appointed people to retrieve specific data,
preparations have to be made to provide like photos and contacts.
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But a reader
recently asked the
inverse question: How
can data be locked
away forever in the
event of a death?
Some people have
secrets; others are
intensely private;
others wish to be
forgotten. The author
Franz Kafka burned
For items you do want to leave behind, set up a place that can be
an estimated 90 universally accessed. For example, upload the pictures you want to
percent of his work leave to a Google account.
while alive. He died of
tuberculosis at the age of 41, leaving Here’s how to set things up to avoid
instructions to his dear friend and literary losing access during your lifetime and
executor Max Brod: “Everything I leave largely ensure your data dies with you if
behind me…in the way of diaries, that’s what you want. (Please note that this
manuscripts, letters (my own and others’), is a column at a computer publication. I am
sketches and so on, to be burned unread.” not a lawyer, and none of the following
(Brod ignored this instruction, which has comprises legal advice. Consult experts
prompted a century of second-guessing.) when making precise plans.)
Modern strong, whole-device
encryption makes it feasible to prevent WHAT YOU WANT TO
anyone from obtaining your locally stored LEAVE BEHIND
data once you’re gone. For cloud-stored Assuming you want some documents,
data, it’s possible there’s no technical way photos, or other details available to family,
to ensure an account that contains files or heirs, descendants, friends, or the public,
details encrypted only by the cloud identify those first. I’d recommend storing
provider could be made irretrievable. You that information and regularly refreshing it at
may need to leave some instructions a site that allows inexpensive storage and to
behind and hope for a more faithful Max to which you could provide someone a
carry them out. password for access after your death.

For instance, set up a Google account Password manager password: Except
that’s separate from any you use for other for iCloud Keychain, set a strong
purposes, and pay the company’s yearly password that you memorize and
data storage fee for amounts greater than otherwise make unavailable to other
the included space if necessary. parties. You may want to create and retain
Then keep everything else securely a recovery kit, which password managers
locked away. produce, in case you forget the
password. But if you store that kit in a
PASSWORDS AND SECOND place other people might find, they could
FACTORS use it just as easily to unlock passwords
It’s never a bad time to improve your for all your email and online accounts.
password strength, confirm the ones you (iCloud Keychain relies on device
use are good enough, and enable passwords and biometrics; see below.)
stronger account protections. Strong passwords: To prevent people
Password manager: Use 1Password, from guessing your passwords, make sure
DashLane, LastPass, or iCloud Keychain to that at all services at which you store
generate and manage all your passwords. private data or leave a record of what you
Some of these apps let you store other do, you have what’s currently considered a
information securely within them. This strong password. That’s at least 12
centralizes your password storage, making randomly generated characters from a
a single locked vault. But also… password manager or randomly selected
words that form a password 20
characters or longer. (Use
passkeys [fave.co/3wE1Nkm]
when they become available at
Apple, Google, and Microsoft
later in 2022 for even more
complete protection.)
Two-factor authentication
(2FA): While 2FA deters easy
access to your account by
those without your credentials,
We recommend you use a password manager such as it can also be another lock that
1Password (pictured). keeps accounts secure.

One weakness of leaving accounts (fave.co/3cA0Vq6). Because of how Apple

behind is that a relative or another party throttles and controls password input to
who obtains access to your phone deter cracking, its password doesn’t have
number—not even your phone—may be to be nearly as long as ones stored
able to trigger a sequence of account elsewhere in which a password cracker
recovery steps even at sites that support could obtain the encrypted form of the
2FA. See below under “Leave instructions” password and perform trillions of offline
for thoughts. brute-force tests.
iCloud: Using iCloud at all could leave
PREPARE WITHIN THE APPLE your data available after you’re gone. Most
ECOSYSTEM iCloud sync services are encrypted only
If you’re entirely in the Apple ecosystem, by Apple (fave.co/3CFxo9g), meaning
here’s how to prevent anyone else from someone with account access could
obtaining your data. (Many of these tips access and download that data. (iCloud
suffice for the living and the dead.) Keychain is end-to-end encrypted,
macOS: Enable FileVault. With a strong avoiding that issue.) However, if you don’t
account password for all accounts enabled enable Digital Legacy, described above,
to log in via FileVault, the Mac’s data is it’s unlikely Apple would let anyone log
effectively unrecoverable. (Intel Macs with into your account. Apple also has a
a T2 Security Chip and all M-series Macs process to delete a deceased person’s
automatically encrypt all data on the account (fave.co/3RejPSc).
internal startup volume, but without On devices that offer Touch ID or Face
FileVault enabled on those machines, the ID unlocking, these biometric methods are
Macs can boot and decrypt the startup ostensibly impossible to bypass. After
drive before you enter your password, you’re no longer among us, your
making it easier to crack.) biometrics pass with you. (There are some
iOS/iPadOS: Since the iPhone 5s for gruesome suggestions online that it might
iPhones and the iPad Air (2013) for iPads, be possible to unlock devices of someone
Apple has built full-device encryption into who has just died; I think that’s an unlikely
its mobile gear. A device has to be scenario for the vast majority of us.)
started up and unlocked to enable access Apple automatically disables biometric
to data stored on it. Set a strong access after 48 hours of a device not
passcode—six digits minimum, but being unlocked in any fashion, reverting to
preferably a longer alphanumeric one password-only unlocking.

states, your executor
will have no legal
authority to access your
digital assets.” Instead,
you’ll have to provide
someone you trust with
instructions on what
you want to be done.
You might leave money
to that person with
the stipulation they
carry out your wishes,
Biometric security methods such as Face ID and Touch ID are but whether an
extremely difficult to work around. executor can manage
compliance with that,
LEAVE INSTRUCTIONS it’s hard to say. (Again, I am not a lawyer:
ABOUT CREDIT CARDS, This is an area for which you should find
BANK ACCOUNTS, local legal advice.)
PHONE NUMBERS, AND Data in the cloud or at online accounts
ONLINE ACCOUNTS remains vulnerable unless it’s encrypted
Even if you don’t have substantial assets using keys held only by you or generated
you think you will leave behind, it’s best to and stored on your devices. For the
have a will and find a friend, family former, that would include Backblaze for
member, or lawyer that you can trust to act online backups, where you and only you
in your interests as your will’s executor. possess your backups’ encryption key. For
That person can manage the financial the latter, many iCloud services rely on
aspects of shutting down services. For end-to-end encrypted secured by keys
instance, an executor can alert all financial only held on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac,
institutions and credit card companies such as iCloud Keychain (noted earlier),
about your death and send a copy of the Health data, Wi-Fi passwords, and your
death certificate to freeze spending from Safari browsing history and bookmarks.
your accounts. You could rely on benign neglect:
However, as the legal-information site Without regular interaction, many accounts
Nolo notes (fave.co/3QXOT9f), “In most simply go defunct. A lack of an active

credit card or a failure to respond to access or recovery by texting links or

security notifications could cause a site to codes to a phone number. You should
shut down an account. With password ensure an executor will retain your number
preparations made above, ostensibly no for a period of time with the stipulation that
one will be able to access the account they cannot use it for account access, or
even if it remains active indefinitely. have the number frozen or shut down to
But you can’t fully count on that: Sites avoid another party gaining access.
get hacked. You probably want someone Shut online accounts: Many services
to take more aggressive steps. let an appropriate party notify them to
While you are able to, create a list of allshutter an account. A copy of the death
the sites, banks, phone companies, and certificate is typically needed. Each service
other services related to phone numbers, is different, so your appointed person may
text messages, data storage, and other have to perform a fair amount of research.
services so a party you trust could It might take 30 to 60 minutes per account
methodically shut things down that an to find the current instructions at the time
executor can’t: of your passing, generate the paperwork,
Secure your phone number or and follow up.
numbers: Some sites allow account Wipe devices: Depending on the state
or country and local
rules, you may be able
to ask someone to erase
your devices. With
proper device security,
that may be impossible.
Further, Apple devices
that support Activation
Lock will generally be
unusable if you were to
die with Find My Mac,
iPhone, or iPad
enabled—the device will
at least be erased, but
Some credit card companies will shut down an account after a unusable to any
period of inactivity. subsequent person. ■

How to stop email read receipts
in Apple Mail
Since the feature was never implemented as a mail standard, there’s no good
way to find out if someone has read your message.
BY GLENN FLEISHMAN
B
ack in 2001, Macworld writer Instead of becoming a standard and
Deborah Shadovitz explained routine part of email over the last 20 years,
an in-progress standard for read receipts—as they’re generally
email messages (fave.co/ called—became a key part of a privacy
3QWxaPu) called Return-Receipt, the name battle. Does a sender have the right or
based in part on a line sent in the privilege to know whether and when a
metadata portion of the message by your recipient has read their message, or even
email software. if they’ve forwarded it to other people?
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when images are loaded, effectively

reveals that the email message was read,
at what time that occurred, and at what IP
address, a loose way of identifying
someone’s whereabouts on the internet.
Each time the message is forwarded or
read, those instances can be logged as
well with some marketing and mailing list
software.
As part of the ongoing cat-and-mouse
game between privacy-forward
Outlook lets you request a read receipt, but companies like Apple and marketing
few modern email clients will honor that firms and app makers that fail to gather
request at all or by default. advance permission for disclosing
private information and personal
Some email software includes an decisions, these invisible tracking pixels
option to enable a read receipt. In Outlook are now largely blocked.
on the web, for instance, you can click If you don’t load images in your email
New Message, click the ellipsis (…) button app, the tracking pixels can’t perform their
for more options above the message, magic. Some apps, such as Postbox (fave.
choose Message Options, and check Read co/3R1MZo6), specifically look for and
Receipt. For email within an organization, block those pixels. You can also get
an administrator may configure Outlook or MailTrackerBlocker (fave.co/3EHSQZ7), a
another mail server to provide this kind of free extension for macOS Mail (already
“message read” acknowledgment. updated through macOS 13 Ventura) that
But most mail apps don’t include a way blocks the best-known trackers.
to ask for a read receipt as most mail apps Apple built a more comprehensive
symmetrically won’t generate a receipt, solution into Mail starting in iOS 15,
making it unreliable. iPadOS 15, and macOS 12 Monterey with
Third-party plug-ins and some Mail Privacy Protection. This feature uses
marketing-oriented email hosts and apps a proxy method: Apple downloads all
can embed a consent-free tracking “bug”: remote images for messages received
a transparent 1-by-1–pixel image that, on your Mac using a proxy method that
rendered as part of an HTML message also separates your IP address from the

macOS, go to
the Mail app,
choose Mail →
Preferences,
click the
Privacy tab,
and check the
Protect Mail
Activity box.
If you don’t
even want a
sender to
know you’ve
You can block the best-known trackers using MailTrackerBlocker, a received the
free extension for macOS Mail. message,
you can
message. Apple’s system doesn’t reveal paradoxically disable Protect Mail Activity,
anything about when you read a then enable or check Hide IP Address
message as a result—only that a and Block All Remote Content. This
message was received. prevents loading media or anything else
You can enable it in iOS and iPadOS in stored remotely when a mail message is
Settings → Mail → Privacy Protection and rendered. Any attachments will load
enabling Protection Mail Activity. In normally. ■
Protect Mail Activity severs the loading of remote content in email from your location and from
the time at which you opened the message.

WORKINGMAC
Migrate a dead Mac to a new one

without erasing the new Mac
If you have just a set of files on your old Mac or in a Time Machine backup, you can migrate
selectively or just browse files.
BY GLENN FLEISHMAN
W
hen your Mac dies or an Dead display: Assuming attaching an
iMac’s or laptop Mac’s external display to your iMac or laptop
screen fails, you probably didn’t work, you can use Target Disk Mode
have files on it you want to to mount your old Mac as a volume on your
bring to a new Mac. There are several new Mac. See my column “How to share a
paths you can follow: Mac’s drive with another Mac, whether Intel
External Time Machine volume: If you or Apple silicon” (fave.co/3cr79IS).
had an external Time Machine volume Internet backup: If you can’t retrieve
connected, you can plug the drive into a your files through the above methods and
new Mac. you had your Mac connected to an
Networking Time Machine volume: If Internet-hosted backup service, visit that
you were backing up over the network to service’s site to find options. Typically, you
a Time Machine volume, you can connect install the backup software on your new
to that volume from the replacement Mac. Mac, log in with your credentials, and
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If you had an
external Time
Machine volume
connected, you can
plug the drive into a
new Mac.
select files to restore in place or as a navigate backups by date, with each

download. If the amount of data lost is truly backup appearing as a time-stamped
enormous, some services will deliver to folder. (If you see a list of disk images,
you for a deposit fee an SSD or hard drive first double-click the one with your old
with files you can return after restoring. Mac’s name to get to that set of time-
With a Time Machine volume stamped folders.)
connected directly to your Mac or a Time Because of how Time Machine stores
Machine volume mounted over a network files, each folder contains the equivalent
from another Mac, you can: of all the files in the backup from your
Use Migration Assistant: You can use old Mac. You can browse and copy
Migration Assistant to select a Time specific files or folders. ■
Machine backup and
restore all or part of
it. I described in a
recent column (fave.
co/3AwIr1H) how to
use Migration
Assistant to migrate
a single user’s data.
Browse
backups and select
files: With a Time
Machine volume
mounted, you can You can browse backups by date on a Time Machine volume.

WORKINGMAC
Parallels Desktop full: New features

in Parallels Desktop 18
Parallels Desktop allows you to run multiple operating system, including Windows, Linux,
and more, on your Mac. Our full review includes the new features in the latest version.
BY CLIFF JOSEPH & KAREN HASLAM
For many Mac users, running to test applications and services on

Windows applications is a alternative operating systems—the only
necessity. Perhaps your way you can install macOS alongside
employer uses software Windows is on a Mac, because Apple
that’s available only for Windows, or won’t allow installation of macOS on
requires use of a website that relies on anything else.
some Windows-only technology. Or When Apple moved to Intel CPUs
perhaps you are wanting to play Windows back in 2006, running Windows on a
games on your Mac. Or maybe you need Mac became easier thanks to the
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introduction of Apple’s own Boot Camp, the ARM-based M-series of chips also
which made it easy for users to run both means running a non-ARM version of
Windows and macOS natively on their Windows is problematic. But luckily there
Mac. But times have changed, and Apple is an ARM version of Windows, although
has now transitioned from Intel to its own getting hold of that has been a challenge
M-series chips and left Boot Camp in the (until now).
past, as it is not an option for M-series The latest update to Parallels Desktop
Macs. (Macs that use Intel processors will is version 18. We’ll discuss what’s new in
still be able to use Apple’s Boot Camp to this version below before running through
dual-boot and switch between Windows some of the best features in Parallels
and macOS). Desktop that have been introduced over
Luckily there are other options for the years.
those wanting to run more than one
operating system on a Mac, and one of the WHAT’S NEW IN PARALLELS
best is Parallels Desktop. DESKTOP 18?
Parallels Desktop for Mac (fave. As always, Parallels Desktop is updated
co/3cnD9xP) is an excellent solution for every year to coincide with the launch of
running guest operating systems within the latest versions of the macOS. So, as
macOS, and thanks to a regular cycle of expected, the new Parallels Desktop 18 is
annual updates—that generally coincide now compatible with macOS Ventura—
with updates to
macOS itself—
Parallels
Desktop has
ruled the roost
in the Mac
virtualization
market in
recent years.
That’s not to
say it’s
completely
plain sailing.
The move to Corel VideoStudio 2022 in Windows 11.

WORKINGMAC REVIEW: PA R A L LE L S D E SKTO P
both as the main host operating system, machines to use up to 62GB of memory
and as a guest virtual machine—as well and 18 CPU cores, in order to provide
as the latest version of Windows 11. Of improved performance. Unfortunately,
course, there was a problem when Apple Parallels told us that the multiple GPU
began to introduce new Macs based on cores on the M1 and M2 chips are
its own Apple Silicon chips, as Parallels controlled solely by the macOS itself, so
running on Macs with M1 or M2 Parallels doesn’t allow you to also specify
processors was no longer able to run the the number of GPU cores used by your
Intel version of Windows (or to use an virtual machines.
existing Boot Camp partition to create a Other new features include support
Windows virtual machine). for Stage Manager in macOS Ventura, so
There is a version of Windows—called that your Windows apps will get tucked to
WoA, or Windows on ARM—that uses the the side of the screen alongside all your
same ARM technology as Apple’s M1 and Mac apps. There’s also improved support
M2 chips, and that could run on Macs with for USB audio and video capture devices,
those chips. However, WoA isn’t normally and even game controllers for Windows
licensed to individual users, which meant games too.
that owners of M1 and M2 Macs faced both The Business Edition of Parallels Desktop
technical and licensing problems if they 18 includes new features to help large
wanted to run Windows on their Macs. organizations quickly roll out Parallels virtual
Thankfully, Parallels Desktop 18 finally machines to multiple users, while the Pro
seems to have solved these problems, Edition for developers provides improved
and now includes the ability to download networking features and a command-line
and buy the ARM version of Windows 11 interface to speed up testing.
directly within Parallels itself. That’s all good news for owners of
Parallels also states that WoA now Macs with M1 or M2 processors, but
allows you to run most older software and there’s a bit of bad news too, as the price
apps that were originally written for the of Parallels Desktop 18 has increased for
Intel version of Windows, so you shouldn’t the first time in quite a few years. The
have any compatibility problems when standard version for home users and
running virtual machines that use WoA. students now costs $99.99/£89.99 per
On high-end Macs, such as the Mac year, while the Pro Edition costs
Studio with its M1 Max and Ultra chips, $119.99/£99.99, and the Business edition
you can now configure your virtual is $149.99/£119.99.

PARALLELS DESKTOP FULL Over the years Parallels Desktop has
REVIEW gained a wealth of feature that take
Parallels Desktop is virtualization software advantage of the fact that multiple
that allows you to create a virtual machine operating systems can run side by side.
that runs Windows, and other operating For example, version 17 improved the
systems, on your Mac as though they ability to copy and paste text and graphics
were another Mac app. Unlike Apple’s between Windows and Mac apps, and you
Boot Camp—which meant you had to shut can drag and drop images into Windows
down the Mac side of things completely directly from Mac applications like Photos
and then reboot your Mac into Windows— and Safari, too.
Parallels lets you run Mac and Windows Parallels also attempts to make things
apps side by side at the same time. as simple as possible for the user with its
This means you can view the Windows Coherence mode that lets Windows apps
desktop within its own window floating on seamlessly coexist alongside native
the Mac desktop, expand Windows to macOS apps, rather than inside a separate
full-screen size so that it hides the Mac virtual machine window.
desktop altogether, or even shrink Incidentally, you can run more than just
Windows down to a small preview that sits Windows using Parallels. There are a
in a corner on the Mac desktop so that you number of supported operating systems,
can keep an eye on the Windows side of many of which are free to download and
things while working in other Mac apps. use, such as BSD Unix, Ubuntu, Debian
and different versions of
Linux. Over the years
Parallels have improved
support for these
operating systems and
has made some behind-
the-scenes improvements
that can help you manage
multiple virtual machines.
If you’ve ever
wondered what Linux is
all about, installing and
You can cut and paste between Mac and Windows applications. using a version via

Parallels is a relatively painless way to try with Windows 11 and its BitLocker data
it out. Download a version of Linux, set up encryption features.
a virtual machine, install the OS, and test
it out. If you like it, keep it around. If you RUNNING MULTIPLE VERSIONS
don’t like it, just remove that virtual OF MACOS
machine’s file from your hard drive, and It’s not only Windows, Linux, and company
it’s gone for good. that you can run in your virtual machines.
It’s also possible to run a version of macOS
RUNNING WINDOWS as both the host—the primary operating
There is no doubt that most people using system on your Mac—and as a guest virtual
Parallels are doing so to run Windows on machine. This means you could run the
their Mac, and Parallels has made it newest version (or test the latest beta
super-easy to upgrade older Windows version) of macOS as a virtual machine
virtual machines to the latest version in before deciding whether to fully install it
just a few clicks. onto your Mac.
However, running Windows has There are, again, some limitations with
become more problematic since Apple M-series Macs. They can’t run anything
switched from Intel to its own ARM-based older than macOS Big Sur simply because
M-series of chips. The X86 version of that was the first version of macOS written
Windows will not run on ARM. Luckily for an ARM-based system.
there is a ARM version of Windows, and
luckily, as we said above, Parallels PERFORMANCE
Desktop 18 makes it easier for users to Good performance is vital when running
get hold of this illusive version of the Windows or Linux in a virtual machine on
operating system. your Mac, so over the years Parallels has
If you have an Intel Mac, you’ll still be made improvements to memory allocation
able to run most versions of Windows and graphics performance.
going right back to Windows XP. That’s not Running two (or more) operating
to say there aren’t issues running Windows systems on your Mac at the same time
on older Macs. For example, Windows 11 means you need plenty of memory, disk
requires a special security chip known as space, and—above all—processor power
TPM 2.0 to run, which Macs lack, but to run your virtual machines efficiently.
Parallels 17 found a way around this by Fortunately, modern multi-core processors
adding a virtual TPM chip that can work can run routine apps such as the Windows

introduced an
Automatic Resource
Manager that can
monitor your virtual
machines to determine
how much memory and
processor power is
required for the apps
you’re running, and then
automatically allocate
the required resources
for you. Thanks to this
On older Intel-powered Macs you can run old versions of macOS. feature, you are not in
the dark about which
versions of Microsoft Word or Excel using virtual machines are consuming your
virtualization with no trouble at all. You do precious system resources.
need plenty of memory to run macOS and Another helpful addition, which arrived
Windows alongside each other, though. with Parallels Desktop 14, is a Free Up Disk
To get the most out of Parallels, you’ll Space feature. While the software was
want to give your Mac as much RAM as already able to manually reclaim valuable
you can afford—1GB is a good starting storage space from individual virtual
point, as you’ll then have enough RAM to machines, this option allowed the
run Parallels alongside a few other consolidation of snapshots (which are
applications. However, 2GB is much saved states of your virtual machines) so
better, particularly if you’re going to run they take up less space. Users can also
multiple OSes at the same time or run a resume or shut down tasks, and archive
lot of large applications within your lesser-used virtual machines for even
virtual machines. more space savings.
You can specify how many of your Mac’s
processor cores and how much of its PRICE AND OPTIONS
memory is allocated to each virtual machine. There are several options for buying
However, that can be a little confusing for Parallels Desktop, depending on how
new users who aren’t familiar with you’re likely to use it. Fortunately, there’s a
virtualization technology, so Parallels 17 14-day free trial available at www.parallels.

com so you can try the program for a while Corel hasn’t had a great record of
and decide which option is best for you. supporting the Mac over the years—
Parallels Desktop 18 marks a price although the release of CorelDraw for
increase for the first time in a few years. the Mac after a gap of almost 20 years
The standard version for home users and did at least suggest the company hadn’t
students who just need to run a few key forgotten about Mac users altogether.
Windows apps (or games) now costs Rather than simply submerging
$99.99/£89.99 per year (it was Parallels Desktop within the labyrinthine
$79.99/£69.99), or a one-time purchase of depths of Corel’s own website, Parallels
$129.99/£104.99 (was $99.99/£79.99). continues to maintain its own identity and
Existing users can upgrade to the new its own website, and progress has
version for £54.99/$69.99—it’s the same continued unabated.
price whether it’s the home or pro edition, Whether buying Parallels Desktop for
and this is also an increase on previous Mac for the first time or taking the annual
versions where the upgrade cost upgrade plunge, I wouldn’t hesitate to
$49.99/£39.99. install the latest version. Parallels
The Pro Edition, which includes Desktop isn’t the only virtualization
additional features for developers who software available for Macs—its main
want to test and debug their applications, rival, VMWare Fusion, is also regularly
now costs $119.99/£99.99, and the updated—but Parallels is the most
Business edition, which adds a frequently updated version
number of admin and and boasts the more
mmmm
maintenance tools for impressive features. Its status
Parallels Desktop
businesses and organizations, PROS
as the leader in this field was
is $149.99/£119.99. These are • Yearly update cycle. emphasized when Apple
only available on annual • Can choose a perpetual used Parallels Desktop to
license or subscription.
subscriptions, but that does CONS demonstrate a number of
include upgrades. • Price increase for latest Windows apps and games
version.
• Virtual machines require a running on prototype ARM
VERDICT lot of memory and
processor power.
Macs during its 2020
We’ll admit we were a bit PRICE Worldwide Developer
worried when we heard that $99 Conference, and if Parallels
COMPANY
Corel had taken over Parallels has Apple’s backing, then its
Parallels
at the end of 2018. After all, future should be good. ■

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PLAYLIST Everything you need to know about Apple Music,
Apple TV, and Mac or iOS-based entertainment
Focusrite Vocaster Two Studio:

Start your content creation dream
This audio interface and microphone-headphone kit focuses on content creators’ needs.
BY JON JACOBI
I
f you’re hearing the siren call of easy 3cqdEvN) is a great deal for broadcasters,
money on YouTube and its kin, you need it’s designed with the needs and thought
a means of capturing quality audio. The patterns of musicians and engineers in
microphone in your laptop or display mind—if you have the expertise, you’ll be
isn’t going to cut it. Sorry. up and running in no time. The less
While a product like Universal Audio’s experienced will have a good amount of
excellent Volt 276 studio pack (fave.co/ learning to do, and that’s where a product
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like the Vocaster Two Studio comes in. It’s two quarter-inch stereo headphone jacks
a combination of a high-quality audio on the front, and two balanced (TRS, tip/
interface, microphone, and headphones ring/sleeve) quarter-inch outputs for
that feature a design, setup, and software powered speakers. That much will be
experience tailored to the budding familiar to the pure musical crowd.
content creator. Taking a cue from the RØDECaster Pro
(fave.co/3KAuNiY), the Vocaster also
DESIGN AND FEATURES accepts audio via Bluetooth. This is super
The Vocaster Two Studio is tailored to convenient if you want to record
newcomers to the broadcasting routine. something onto your podcast from a
The labeling of the controls hints at proper phone without a headphone jack—one
usage (Host/Guest) instead of mere might even say it’s necessary given the
functionality (Mic 1/Mic 2), and everything is increasing rarity of such jacks. There’s a
arranged according to how a broadcaster Bluetooth pair/enable button on the back
looks at things. of the interface.
The Vocaster Two audio interface is a You can see from the images below
bus-powered Type-C USB device, but it’s that Focusrite is bent on making setup and
atypical in that there are no quarter-inch use as intuitive as possible. The Guest/
line level or guitar inputs. These aren’t Host labeling reminds me of the old radio
particularly pertinent to broadcasting, so broadcast facilities I once habituated. Input
why bother? That also means mic inputs from phone, output to camera—it’s brilliant.
are pure XLR, not the combo XLR/quarter- I quite liked the top of the Vocaster that
inch that are so common these days. slopes toward you, as well as the honkin’ big
There is a 3.5mm stereo Phone (as in infinite-travel rotary dial you use for changing
cellphone) input that can function as a the mic input levels. Surrounding the big dial
line-in jack. The front of the device has is a circular halo meter showing the master
gain, with two
semi-circular
strips just
outside the
halo
displaying the
Even the labels on the rear of the Vocaster Two follow the podcasting theme. input levels
More-granular settings may be made in the Vocaster Hub application. for the

signifies recycled plastics. (It really
does in this case.) I don’t love
the look, but I appreciate the
thought.
The Vocaster Two is what’s
known in the industry as a 14-in,
4-out interface. That first number
reflects the total number of
monophonic inputs (a stereo input
counts as two mono) that the
Focusrite’s Vocaster Two audio interface is tailored for
audio broadcasters, not musicians or audio engineers. interface presents to the recording
software. The list includes both
microphones. physical (the two mics, L/R Bluetooth, and
All the dials have exceptionally L/R Phone) inputs and virtual (four
smooth and solid-feeling travel. However, loopback inputs, two L/R) inputs for the
I’m not sure I like having the host audio generated by programs on your
headphones and speaker output computer (streaming, media players, and
assigned to the same dial. I might have so on).
opted for a third button assigning speaker Another four virtual inputs are actually
volume to the larger control, or simply a L/R submixes: Video is the entire mix (all
fourth knob. That might have unbalanced unmuted inputs) sans the guest input, and
the look of the interface, but c’est la vie. Show is the entire mix (all inputs) as seen
Then again, I have tasks other than in the Vocaster Hub software. Both save
broadcasting in mind. you from having to create multi-track
Below the rotary dials are six buttons, mixes in your DAW (recording software).
two for muting the two microphone inputs, The chart from the users guide listing the
two that toggle the main rotary dial inputs is shown below.
between the host and guest mic inputs, Speaking of input, the Vocaster will
and two that “Enhance” the sound of each automatically adjust the gain levels of the
mic input—more on Enhance in a bit. mic inputs for you. If you’re new to
The whole top is done in flat black, recording, this is a nice bit of
which looks fantastic but shows handholding. And once you see what the
fingerprints quite readily. The bottom has proper level (approximately) looks like,
the speckled dark gray look that usually you’ll have no problems setting or

microphone for about 10

seconds, and it will
adjust the gain for
optimal signal strength—
that is, loud but without
distortion. It might be
nice to have a memory
function for different
mics, but that’s a
musician talking.
You’ll see all these inputs in your DAW or recording software. Ten Also indicative of the
individual inputs (5 to 14), and four inputs delivering two handy Vocaster Two Studio’s
stereo submixes. Loopback brings in material from other sources
on your computer, such as a video or audio file playing in your focus on broadcasting is
browser. the software bundle:
> Hindenburg LITE
tweaking levels manually. and 6-month Hindenburg PRO Trial (local
As the owner of a Focusrite Clarett recording and storyboarding software)
4Pre (Thunderbolt), I did run into one issue > aCast: 6-month Influencer Plan
most users won’t—incompatibility between (podcast creation and publishing)
the Vocaster Hub software that is used to > SquadCast: 3-month Pro + Video Trial
change settings (some of which aren’t (Podcast creation)
accessible from the physical interface) and > Ampify Studio: 6-month Premium Trial
my older Focusrite Control app. Updating (royalty-free sounds and loops)
the latter fixed the issue of Vocaster Hub The Vocaster Two Studio is backed by
not recognizing the interface. Other an unusually long, three-year warranty, as
software saw the interface just fine. well as year-round, 24-hour support.
The included Hub software lets you do
everything you can from the physical PERFORMANCE
interface, plus change the Enhance settings As the Vocaster Two Studio is a bundle, the
for each channel (clean, warm, bright, radio) quality of the mic and headphones is almost
and toggle the 48 volt phantom power as important as the quality of the interface.
separately for each channel. The Hub If they’re not up to snuff, you’ve fiddled
software is also where you initiate the auto away money and the world has more tech
gain function. Click on it, speak into the waste on its hands. While I loved the

analog-vibe of Universal Audio’s Volt 276 elements in the mix, and the result you’re
Interface, I felt it could have done better looking for. Overall, I’d say Focusrite has
both mic- and headphone-wise. nicely covered most scenarios and desires.
The auto-gain function worked well,
Interface albeit a bit conservatively (less gain)
The Vocaster Two audio interface doesn’t compared to what I’d dial in. But there was
have the gaudy specs (gain, noise, plenty enough signal for recording. Keep
distortion) that many modern interfaces in mind that you’ll want to use this feature
claim. Especially when compared to my with the mic positioned as it will be when
Focusrite Clarett 4Pre and Universal Audio you actually record with it.
Apollo Twin X, which are appreciably The mic preamps were also practically
pricier interfaces. However, in use, it noise-free. (Focusrite is very good when it
sounded clear, musical, and pretty much comes to that.) The Bluetooth connected
as sonorous as those others on my desk. If quickly and input was as clear as what the
I had to ascribe any deficit, it might be in technology can produce.
the clarity of the sound field, which is a All in all, while I wouldn’t call the
mid-range thing. It would be very, very Vocaster interface a top-tier unit, its real-life
close, however.
What is very noticeable is
the ton of headroom on the
mic inputs—far more than the
aforementioned competitors
have. I’ll talk more about that in
a bit. Also, the Enhance
function is very noticeable
sonically. I personally preferred
the Clean (no compression or
EQ) setting, but the
compression and EQ were
employed effectively on the
Warm, Bright, and Radio
settings. Which one you’ll
Vocaster Hub lets you easily access the functions of the
prefer is a matter of taste, what interface, as well as select what the Enhance button does
you’re recording, the other and automatically set the gain on the microphone inputs.

performance matched anything priced dynamic, has a different mid-range flavor.

similarly that I’ve tested. In truth, I was in no But darn if it isn’t a good thing that the
desperate rush to get back to my other Vocaster interface’s inputs have 70 dB of
interfaces, as I have been when testing headroom. Plugging the DM14v into my
some lesser interfaces. I also love the look. other interfaces, I had to crank the input
dials almost to their limit to get an
Microphone and cable adequate signal. Even my 57s and 58s
What was even more impressive were the don’t require as much gain.
sonic characteristics of the included DM14v The DM14v attached to the Vocaster
broadcast mic. I liked that it has an Two? No problem. Plenty of signal. That
integrated pop and sibilance filter (foam means if you want to use another
over the speaking end), as well as the extremely low-signal level dynamic
integrated mic stand mount. There’s even microphone such as the Shure SM7B with
a male-to-male adapter-coupler so you the Vocaster Two, you won’t need a
don’t have to mess with your existing Cloudlifter or similar mic preamp.
mount to attach the DM14v. I didn’t get to test the smaller SM58-
I’d be in no hurry to upgrade this mic as like mic featured with the Vocaster One,
it’s dead-on in the frequency range of the but I did hear it in a Zoom meeting with
human voice. The DM14v compared nicely to the Vocaster product manager. It
my RODE NT-2A and Shure SM57/58’s, sounded fine. I don’t know what Enhance
though the RODE, a condenser rather than setting he was using, though I noticed
some compression. Beyond that, I
can’t really say.
Though I haven’t talked about its
inclusion, the microphone cable
Focusrite provides is of reasonable
quality—supple, with good-quality
connectors. It also fits snugly enough
that I wouldn’t worry about it coming
loose without a rather substantial tug.
Headphones
The DM14v included in the Vocaster Two Studio pack The HP60v headphones Focusrite
mimics the sound of a Shure SM7B nicely. bundles are slightly better than

but it does segue into Focusrite
calling out that the Vocaster Two
use lots of recycled materials. I
appreciate that.
I should point out that I’m using
some pricey and very competent
Sony, Marshall, and Edifier planar
headphones as the sonic baseline
for comparison. The HP60v’s are
perfectly serviceable, if not best of
breed. In other words, they’ll do
The HP60v headphones that come in the Vocaster just fine.
Two Studio are decent, if not best of breed.
VERDICT
those supplied with the Volt package, but I am a sucker for in-tune, on-target
I’d still rate them the weakest component products. Instead of simply bundling one
in the kit. The mid-range is a bit more of its existing, highly regarded interfaces,
saturated than is optimal for musical Focusrite created something far more
listening as it makes it more difficult to suitable to task. The company took design
pick out individual instruments cues from existing products,
and is tiring over the long haul. but expanded on the concept
mmmm
However, heavy mid-range to make the Vocaster unique.
Focusrite Vocaster
can also be good for Two Studio
Kudos.
monitoring the speech that’s PROS In short, it’s an excellent
part and parcel of this • Great sound. starter kit for a decent price
• Tons of input headroom for
product’s mission. quiet mics. that you won’t immediately
I’m also not in love with the • Thoughtful, on-point design outgrow. Now the company
and features.
6-foot, non-coiled cable—I CONS
needs to sell a kit that
found it hard to keep out of the • A tad pricey. includes two mics and two
way. Give me coiled types any • Headphones are mid-range pairs of headphones. I saw
heavy.
day. Coiled is probably also PRICE neither the DM14v or HP60v
more difficult to manufacture $499 for sale separately. Hopefully,
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with recycled or green they will be by the time you
Focusrite
materials. That’s a pure guess, read this. ■

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Belkin Soundform Immerse:

You won’t lose these earbuds
Built to work with Apple’s Find My network, these ANC earbuds deliver a feature that no
other third-party manufacturer can match.
BY JAMES BARBER
B
elkin has long been committed to Lightning accessories that conformed to
accessories designed to work Apple standards.
with Apple’s iPhone and other Belkin entered the audio accessory
mobile products. When Apple market in 2019 and now manufactures
launched the Lightning connector in 2012, headphones, earbuds, and speakers. The
Belkin was quick to market with a line of new Soundform Immerse noise-cancelling
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in-ear headphones are Belkin’s latest microphones per earbud (two external
audio product. The company is pushing and one internal) to utilize a combination
the Soundform name as it looks to of feedforward and feedback processing.
establish itself as a company with real The earbuds support the aptX HD
audio chops, much as Anker has done codec for 24-bit resolution at sampling
with its successful Soundcore line of rates up to 48kHz.
speakers and headphones. Each earbud has 12mm dual-layer
The killer feature here is that the drivers with neodymium magnets. The
Immerse headphones are designed to Immerse feature a frequency response
work with Apple’s Find My network, from 20Hz to 20kHz and a sensitivity rating
leveraging the massive number of iPhones of 98dB SPL. They use the Bluetooth 5.2
in the world to help you locate a pair of standard, work with the A2DP, HFP, and
lost earbuds. The implementation is AVRCP profiles, and support connection to
fantastic, but how does the sound of these multiple devices at one time.
earbuds rate in a very crowded market? The Immerse offer 8 hours playback
from each earbud, plus another 28 hours
ARE THE SOUNDFORM of battery time from the charging case.
IMMERSE WELL BUILT? The case works with Qi charging or can be
The Soundform Immerse earbuds (fave. plugged in to charge with the included
co/3wHWlNE) are available in a gloss USB-C cable. In a pinch, a 10-minute
black or white finish. The
white is a close match for the
color of AirPods and other
Apple accessories, continuing
a Belkin tradition of Apple
vibes that makes some
customers wonder whether
Belkin is a division of Apple.
The case is a bit larger than
what you might expect at
1.97x3.94x5.12 inches.
The Immerse feature
hybrid active noise Belkin’s Soundform Immerse noise-cancelling earbuds will
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implemented Apple’s Find My

technology and introduced its own Ping
My Earbuds feature. If you’re the kind of
person who needs this feature, you’ll
really enjoy this option.
Ping My Earbuds is fantastic. If you
misplace an earbud and it’s in range,
you can go to the Locate Device setting
in the Soundform iOS or Android app
and select either the left or right earbud,
and that earbud will start beeping and
get progressively louder until you find it.
Should you be a person who takes
The battery in Belkin’s Soundform Immerse in-ear their earbuds out and puts them directly
ANC headphones should last about 8 hours. The
in the case? Well, of course, that’s the
charging case holds enough for an additional 28
hours. In a pinch, a 10-minute charge will yield an ideal. But if you’re coming home with a
hour of play time. load of stuff or squirming kids,
sometimes those earbuds don’t exactly
charge gives the earbuds a full hour of go back where they belong. Ping My
playback. The earbuds are rated IPX5 for Earbuds is a perfect solution.
protection from sweat and rain. Apple’s Find My network can help you
These are all solid specs
for a pair of earbuds that’s
getting up into the premium
price range, so everything’s
good so far.
WHAT HAPPENS IF
YOU LOSE YOUR
SOUNDFORM
IMMERSE EARBUDS?
The best thing about the
Soundform Immerse is the
The Soundform Immerse earbuds come with three sizes of
way in which Belkin has silicone ear tips and three sizes of silicone wings.

find a missing case and alert
you when you leave it behind.
Once you connect your
Immerse earbuds to Apple’s
Find My app, you can control
your settings in the Items tab.
Another great option is the
Left Behind setting that alerts
you when you leave your
earbuds behind. It automatically
excludes home from the Left
Behind notifications, and you
can add an office or other place The Soundform app for iOS and Android offers extensive
to the excluded list. Belkin has control over earbud settings.
added a Bluetooth radio in the
case, so this function gave consistently satisfyingly clicky and, if you’ve paused the
reliable readings. music, play a distinctive tone when cycling
There’s also Apple’s Lost Mode. If the through the noise-cancelling, Hear-Thru,
Find My Network isn’t locating your case, and off modes.
activate the setting to get a notification The Soundform Immerse’s touch
when the case shows up on Apple’s controls are much less satisfying to use.
network. It also links the Soundform Immerse Default has volume control as a single tap
to your Apple ID and prevents anyone else (left side: volume down, right side: volume
from pairing with the earbuds. You can up), play and pause a double tap, and skip
also create a message with your email or forward or back a triple tap (left side:
phone number that will pop up on the previous track, right side: next track). The
device of anyone who finds your lost case. touch controls were glitchy at best and
somewhat improved for me after I made
HOW DO YOU CONTROL THE the play and pause control a single tap,
SOUNDFORM IMMERSE? but they were more irritating than useful.
Another great feature is the way listeners
can use a physical button on each earbud IS THERE AN APP FOR THE
to control noise-cancelling settings and SOUNDFORM IMMERSE?
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Soundform app, available for iOS and any of the EQ presets, give your new
Android. Belkin created several custom creation a name, and save the result as a
settings it calls Scenes. You can choose personal Custom EQ setting. You can save
between Default, Immerse, Voice, Relax, up to five custom EQs, so tweak away.
Aware, and Watch. Immerse has a The app also has settings that allow
turntable icon, Relax has a crescent moon you to turn on Auto Pause when removing
icon and Watch has a movie clapper icon, an earbud, activate a Gaming Mode to
so you can figure out what those are for. reduce latency, turn on Multipoint
There’s also an array of EQ presets, connection and active Mic Monitoring,
including Belkin Signature Sound, Rock, Hip which automatically turns on Hear-Thru
Hop, Electronic, Pop, R&B, Jazz, Classical, when you speak on a phone call.
Acoustic, Vocal, Neutral, Bass Reduce,
Treble Reduced, and Balanced. I found that HOW DO THE SOUNDFORM
Belkin Signature Sound delivered the best IMMERSE SOUND?
results across all genres. If you’re eager to There’s nothing special about the sound of
experiment, the app allows you to adjust these earbuds, but they get the job done.
While they don’t deliver a memorable
listening experience, they’re certainly not
bad in any way. Let’s try a comparison with
cars. The Ford Taurus and Toyota Camry
are both sensible cars that do an efficient
job of getting around but it’s hard to
imagine anyone telling you how much they
love how the cars look or drive.
The 1More Evo and Soundcore Liberty
3 Pro are ANC earbuds in the same price
range that deliver a far more detailed and
dynamic listening experience. For a few
dollars more, there are the Sony
WF-1000MX4, the Beyerdynamic Free
Byrd, and even the Apple AirPods Pro
in-ear headphones for listeners who really
The Soundform app for iOS and Android
allows you to choose from a variety of EQ care about the best music reproduction.
presets or create your own custom settings. None of those earbuds have as good

an implementation of the Find My
network. If that’s the feature that’s
important to you, the Soundform
Immerse earbuds sound fine. It’s
just that they’re nothing special.
WHAT’S IT LIKE
TO WEAR THE
SOUNDFORM IMMERSE?
The Soundform Immerse are
large earbuds. They’re like the If you’re attracted by the Soundform Immerse’s unique
neck bolts from Frankenstein’s features, you won’t be disappointed.
monster, except sticking out of
your ears. Belkin ships them with three case attached to a carabiner along with a
sizes of silicone ear tips and silicone wing Tile. The Soundform solution is less
tips, so I was able to swap out some wing complicated and works a lot better.
tips to help seat them in my ear, but that The ability to customize the Soundform
didn’t make them look any less dramatic. Immerse’s EQ in Belkin’s app and to
The good news is that they were control the earbuds’ ANC with physical
comfortable to wear for long buttons are also great features.
periods, which was a bit of a mmmh It’s too bad the earbud touch
surprise considering their large Belkin Soundform
controls aren’t more reliable or
form factor. Once I got the right Immerse easy to use.
PROS
fit, I was able to wear them The sound quality is
• Work with Apple’s Find My
throughout a workday with network. average. But there just aren’t
minimal fatigue. • Physical button controls many brand-name headphones
ANC.
CONS these days that sound bad. The
VERDICT • Earbuds are very large and
will stick out a lot from your
Soundform Immerse are
If you’re an iPhone user who’s ears. somewhere in the middle of
had trouble keeping track of • Sound quality is nothing the pack. If you’re attracted to
special.
earbuds, the location finder PRICE the unique features that Belkin
features are fantastic. I’ve lost $179 has built into these earbuds,
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more than one AirPods case in you won’t be disappointed by
Belkin
my life, and I now use a silicone what you hear. ■

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Monoprice Soundstage3 speaker:

Punchy, thumpy, stylish
This powerful Bluetooth speaker offers a host of features and sounds very
good with most material.
BY JAMES BARBER
I
f you’re looking for a portable Bluetooth More than that, it’s got punch and
speaker that brings the gusto, then thump. If you’ve ever tried to get a party
Monoprice’s Soundstage3 Portable started with a bass-challenged audio
(fave.co/3wF7NcT) fits the bill. This is no device, you know how important oomph is.
dainty wallflower of a speaker: A 50-watt
Class D amp drives a large 5.25-inch DESIGN AND SPECS
woofer and a pair of tweeters and will When I say it’s no wallflower, I mean that
supply a decent-size gathering with the Soundstage3 Portable measures
suitably loud tunes. 7.3x13.6x6.9 inches (HxWxD) and weighs in
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when it’s swung
about in transit.
Tastes vary.
The most
obvious feature on
the top of the
Soundstage3
Portable is the
carrying handle. It’s
soft, very pliable,
and easy on the
Top-mounted controls for the Monoprice Soundstage3 Portable. hands. How durable
it will be, I can’t say,
at a hefty 10.8 pounds. Though that may but I like it. Also on top are the button
not please some petite users, heft in controls: on/standby, Bluetooth pair
speakers is generally a sonically good (version 4.2), volume up and down, and
thing. It makes for deeper resonance and source select.
better acoustic coupling with the surfaces I was just a tad surprised at the lack of
the speakers sit on. In some cases, of a 1⁄4-inch or XLR inputs on the
course, audiophiles and studios go to Soundstage3 Portable. At its size and with
great lengths to eliminate acoustic 50 watts of amplification, this speaker
coupling. But that’s an accuracy thing, not could easily serve as a lightweight PA. It
a normal listening and dancing thing. still can—you’ll just need to bring a mixer
I found myself quite
partial to the Soundstage3
Portable’s minimalist, basic-
black looks. The lack of a
dome on the main speaker
gives the unit a distinct look
and enhances its sense of
minimalism. The rounded
edges add to the appeal in
my book, not to mention Rear ports for the Monoprice Soundstage3 Portable include a
making it less dangerous subwoofer output.

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along. The stereo RCA, optical S/PDIF, By the way, those plentiful 50 watts are
and 3.5mm auxiliary inputs will handle divvied up 30 watts to the woofer, and 10
said mixer and just about any other watts apiece to the tweeters. Run time
source. If you are looking for a Bluetooth from the 8800mAh battery is said to be 10
speaker/PA combo, take a look at our hours at half volume.
Mackie Freeplay Live review (fave. The back of the Soundstage3 Portable
co/3CGBcXP). is also home to a subwoofer output, the
There’s also a Type-A USB port on the two-prong power jack, a beefy on/off
back for charging phones and other switch, and the acoustic bass port.
devices. Charging external devices will of
course be to the detriment of the SOUND
Soundstage3 Portable’s run time. The Soundstage3 Portable’s most salient
The Soundstage3 Portable features sonic strength is its generous volume and
the aforementioned 5.25-inch full-range lower register reproduction, aka thump.
aluminum cone woofer and two 1-inch Sub-bass is apparent. That said, the
silk dome tweeters. It’s difficult for mid-range is reasonably well-defined, and
humans to distinguish stereo in the bass highs are also well-represented. Even
registers, so leaving that to the tweeters better, the unit maintains its pleasant
is a common design compromise. It musicality even at high volume. With most
allows for a beefier woofer. material, it’s vying for the best-sounding
single-woofer
and dual-tweeter
box I’ve heard.
As is the case
with nearly all
single-woofer
and dual-tweeter
speakers I’ve
tested, however,
there are
occasional phase
cancellation
While one woofer saves space and can be bigger, it can also cause
issues with poorly mixed material. This phenomenon is not unique to the issues, causing
Soundstage3 Portable. some sounds to

be rendered far more
quietly than they should be,
or the overall audio to
sound thinner than it should.
What happens is that the
L/R stereo signals cancel or
degrade each other in the
mono woofer, but are still
audible from the stereo
tweeters. With the crossover
for the tweeters at 3kHz,
this was more noticeable on
those rare occasions with
the Soundstage3 Portable.
Stereo separation from
the Soundstage3 Portable The Soundstage3 Portable is a handsome unit that delivers
also isn’t what it would be if volume and thump.
it had dual full-range
woofers angled outward. careful. Water and sand are
Instead, it’s more what I’d
mmmm definitely not its friends.
consider a strong hint. But The Soundstage3 Portable
Monoprice
that’s only an issue with intense Soundstage3 delivers volume and thump.
Portable
listening sessions. Dancing
PROS
around with the tunes pumping, • Loud, good-quality sound. VERDICT
you’ll likely never care about • Thumpy. In its intended role as a loud,
stereo separation. • Handsome minimalist thumpy, sonorous speaker, the
design.
Battery run time was at 4 CONS Soundstage3 Portable
hours with half a charge left, so • Minimal stereo separation. provides good service the vast
• No published IP code for
I’m guessing Monoprice’s claim protection from weather or majority of the time. It’s also a
of 10 hours at half volume is particulate matter (cannot particularly handsome unit in
be exposed to moisture).
largely accurate. Note that the PRICE my book. I do wish Monoprice
Soundstage3 Portable is not $249 had opted for dual woofers,
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weatherproof, so if you take it but I wish that about every
Monoprice
outdoors, you’ll need to be speaker that settles for one. ■

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Creative BT-W4: Choppy

Bluetooth? Time for an upgrade
This high-end Bluetooth transmitter and microphone combo works with most
computing devices and ups the ante in wireless audio.
BY JON JACOBI
B
luetooth can make for a liberating time for something like Creative’s new,
listening experience, but older state-of-the-art $50 BT-W4 USB transmitter
setups may suffer from limited (fave.co/3Tu89MY). In the BT-W4’s case,
range and—worse—high latency, “state of the art” means the Bluetooth
resulting in distracting lip-sync problems standard 5.2 and Qualcomm’s aptX
when streaming movies or TV shows. Adaptive codec, a combination that can
If you’ve been noticing choppy or deliver greater range, higher fidelity, and
laggy Bluetooth performance, it might be lower latency.
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Of course, you need the same tech on incremental upgrade.) The dongle also
the other end to really take advantage of supports SBC, the default Bluetooth audio
the latest Bluetooth standards and codec, as well as Qualcomm’s aptX and
Qualcomm’s audio codecs, but we never aptX Adaptive codecs.
said upgrading your Bluetooth setup If you’re not familiar with the aptX
would be easy—or cheap. Adaptive, it’s the latest of Qualcomm’s
Bluetooth audio codecs. aptX Adaptive
HOW DOES THE CREATIVE includes and/or upgrades all the key
BT-W4 CONNECT TO A features and benefits from the company’s
COMPUTING DEVICE? previous aptX efforts, including low
The BT-W4, like its BT-W3 (fave.co/ latency, high-resolution audio (up to
3ARXdk7) and BT-W2 (fave.co/3Axlyvg) kin, 24-bit/96kHz), and adaptive data rates.
looks similar to a wireless mouse or Qualcomm says aptX Adaptive is
keyboard dongle. It’s USB (Type-C with a “designed to be backwards compatible
C/A adapter) and behaves like an audio with aptX- and aptX HD-supported
interface on your computing device. devices.” Talking to the company, aptX
There are no audio inputs, which Adaptive should indeed fall back to aptX
means the BT-W4 won’t help you with HD for devices that support the older
most TVs and stereos, as they don’t codec, although there’s been some
generally support class-compliant audio scuttlebutt countering that claim. In any
devices. However, when I say computing event, it’s possible the connection for
device, that does include the PlayStation some devices may revert to plain aptX.
4 and 5, as well as the Nintendo Switch. If you’re rocking aptX HD and aptX
Creative includes instructions for use on Low Latency in your playback device, the
those devices. BT-W3 (fave.co/3ARXdk7) explicitly
supports those codecs and might be the
WHAT VERSION OF surer fit. (The BT-W2 is plain aptX and aptX
BLUETOOTH DOES THE Low Latency).
CREATIVE BT-W4 SUPPORT? “Adaptive” means the codec will alter
As I previously mentioned, the BT-W4 the transmission rate according to signal
supports Bluetooth 5.2, with a data transfer strength—hopefully maintaining
rate up to 3 Mbps and an unobstructed undistorted, smooth playback when the
range up to 165 feet. (There is a Bluetooth signal weakens, albeit at perhaps not as
5.3 spec now, but it’s more of an high quality. Trading quality for range and

PLAYLIST REVIEW: CREATIVE BT-W4
vice versa is something built into the As to that hands-free mode, Creative
Bluetooth 5.0 spec, which is no doubt bundles a mini-microphone that plugs
what Qualcomm is leveraging. directly into your headset/audio jack. The
The BT-W4 will automatically link mini-mic is TRS (tip/ring/sleeve), though
using the best protocol available, and it there’s no pass-through as the mic
will also let you know which protocol it occupies the end of the apparatus. The
picked. A small LED on the logo side of mic shows up in your audio device list as
the BT-W4 will glow blue if it’s using SBC, an input (the name will vary according to
green if the codec is aptX, and purple if where you plug it in). You might prefer the
it’s aptX Adaptive. Creative microphone, but you can still use
the headset’s microphone for HFP if you
WHAT KIND OF CONTROLS so desire.
DOES THE CREATIVE BT-W4 Note that HFP doesn’t use the loftier
HAVE? aptX codecs, just the lesser two-way
On the end of the BT-W4 is a multifunction codec that’s part of the profile.
button that (depending on whether you
long-, single-, or double-press) allows you HOW GOOD IS THE CREATIVE
to pair, switch between up to four devices, BT-W4’S PERFORMANCE?
or enter hands-free mode (aka Hands-Free I tested the BT-W4 on both a Windows 11 PC
Profile, or HFP). and an iMac running the latest macOS
Monterey. I used several
top-tier Bluetooth
headphones, including the
Marshall Major IV, Marshall
Monitor II ANC (fave.
co/3RlEmnX), Sony MDR-
XB950B1, and Edifier Stax
Spirit S3 planars (fave.
co/3KyajqM). Both Marshalls
are SBC only; the Sony
supports plain aptX (not aptX
Low Latency, HD, or Adaptive),
The BT-W4 and the bundled mini-microphone will definitely
improve your videoconferencing experience. If you’ve ever AAC (Apple’s lossy Bluetooth
yanked your headset wire out accidentally, you’ll know why. codec), and SBC; while the

Edifiers support SBC, aptX
HD, and aptX Adaptive.
The BT-W4 paired with
all four headsets quickly,
chose the optimal codec
automatically, and
switched quickly between
those already paired at a
press of the button (as
previously described). It
made the testing process
quite easy.
In terms of sound The BT-W4 sitting on top of a guitar pick. And yes, the pick is
quality, all the headphones copper. This should give you an idea of its relative size.
sounded good whether
connected via SBC, aptX, or aptX headphones that didn’t support aptX
Adaptive. I might give a slight sonic edge Adaptive. I had to dial in from 130 to 150
to the Edifier and aptX Adaptive, but I have milliseconds of audio compensation for
no idea what the connection rate actually the VLC media player to get dialog and
was. The distance was only a few feet to sounds to sync up.
this phase of the testing, and most of the With the Edifier Stax Spirit S3 headset
source material was 16-bit/44.1kHz, so I’ll and aptX Adaptive, dialog lag was much
assume I was getting optimal throughput. less pronounced. If I was being super picky,
The Edifer is an outstanding-sounding I might have pushed the audio forward
headphone no matter what the codec. perhaps 20 to 40 ms (I did so for testing),
Note that while aptX Adaptive supports but while listening to some rock and roll or
24-bit/96kHz, Creative only claims watching Master and Commander: Far Side
24-bit/48kHz streaming. Faster sampling of the World, I honestly didn’t feel the need.
rates have their uses internally for
processing and can reduce latency, but WHAT’S THE BLUETOOTH
they otherwise do not increase playback RANGE OF THE CREATIVE
sound quality, especially when they are BT-W4?
being compressed by a Bluetooth codec. In terms of range, aptX Adaptive was
Latency was an issue with the three clearly superior in my tests, if only by a

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sounded very good, but its placement can

limit its volume. Obviously, this will vary by
where each device places its jack. On my
test setup, it was about 18 inches away
with the mic facing me, and signal strength
was adequate, if not optimal.
The bundled mic will work best with
gaming controllers, where it will already
be close to your face. You might consider
The BT-W4 is a solid upgrade for those
tired of working with sub-par Bluetooth a 3.5mm TRS male-to-female extender
implementations. cable if your jack is in an out-of-the-way
location.
little, over aptX and SBC. I managed to When all was said and done, I was
make it outside my front door with the impressed with how easy it was to set up
Edifier’s still connected, whereas the older, and use the BT-W4, as well as its quick
non-aptX Adaptive headsets started failing connections and overall sound. The
before I breached my entryway. BT-W4/Edifier Stax Spirit S3 combo made
On the sidewalk in front of my building, movie-watching close to lag-free, even in
the difference was more pronounced, with media players without audio sync
Bluetooth 5/aptX Adaptive compensation.
providing perhaps another 20 mmmmh
feet over plain aptX and SBC. Creative BT-W4 VERDICT
What was a bit surprising is PROS If you’re tired of working with
• Excellent Bluetooth sound
that aptX Adaptive seemed to and range. sub-par Bluetooth
fail in the same way as the • Supports aptX Adaptive. implementations—and the
other modes: with dropouts as I • Quality mini-microphone is computer world is rife with
included.
hit maximum range. I didn’t CONS them—then the BT-W4 will
notice any drop in quality • Won’t work with most TVs make for a solid upgrade.
or stereos.
before these occurred. • Requires aptX Adaptive on Just remember that it takes
Interpret that as you will; it the receiving end to work two to tango; without aptX
its magic.
could’ve been my ears, but PRICE Adaptive (or possibly aptX HD)
don’t be surprised if you notice $49 on the other end, you might still
COMPANY
the same behavior. experience lag, range, and
Creative
The mini microphone quality issues. ■

SO CAN
YOU.
HELPDESK Answering Your Questions and Sharing Your
Tips About Getting the Most From Your Mac
Mac 911
Solutions to your most vexing Mac problems.
BY GLENN FLEISHMAN
HOW TO RETURN THE by clicking the plus sign (+) and browsing
FLAGS TO THE MAC’S or searching for the layout you need.
KEYBOARD MENU The flags helped some of us recognize
For decades, Apple relied on a country and confirm the layout we wanted when
flag as the primary indicator of which multiple choices for a language were
keyboard layout you’d selected in macOS available, such as a French layout used in
for languages associated with a single France versus a French layout used in
country. In the last several versions of Canada. Many entries, such as Arabic, used
macOS, you select keyboards in System letters or logograms as their symbol when
Preferences → Keyboards → Input Sources no single country association made sense.
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In macOS 12.4 Monterey,

Apple took down the flags
and put up the more
boring—but perhaps more
neutral and readable—two-
letter international country
codes in places where it
previously used flags. Now
all entries in Input Sources
have letters, sometimes with
an elaboration (such as VI
above TX to indicate
Vietnamese in Telex input
format), instead of a mix. Country codes have replaced national flags in Input Sources
(A useful tip: If you check for selecting keyboards.
“Show Input menu in menu
bar” to display keyboard options in the parts: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland,
Keyboard preference pane’s Input Sources and Wales. The UK has a single flag for the
view, you can then select Show Input country, used internationally, but there are
Source Name from the Input menu to historic and modern flags for England,
display details beyond the country code or Scotland, and Wales included in Unicode
abbreviation, like “GB British” for the UK and used in everyday life—yet Northern
English keyboard.) Ireland has none for intensely political
While Apple didn’t disclose its reasons. You can see the problem.
motivations, it might be due to the More pragmatically, the group that
increasingly fraught nature of displaying provides unified character-representation
flags in a world with many active territorial standards for scripts (the letters that make
disputes, border wars, and separatist up languages), symbols, emoji, and more,
movements, some of which come with the Unicode Consortium, has decided to
competing flags, new flags, or flags that stop approving new flag emoji (fave.
can provoke violence by their use. co/3pXyPIK). That means any future flag
Take the UK, which is more fully the would have to be separately drawn and
United Kingdom of Great Britain and supported by Apple and not directly
Northern Ireland, a single nation of four interchangeable with other platforms.

(Windows, in fact, has never included open. (Technically, Photos keeps an
drawings of flags in its emoji sets at all.) It original, unedited version and then
also lets the consortium tiptoe out of records any changes you make. This
political discussions, leaving those to other allows you to revert to the original or
international bodies. export it.)
However, if you prefer flags over letter When you create an album, Photos
codes, you can restore them with some effectively says, “Point within this album to
inexpensive utilities released by various this particular piece of stored media.” That
developers: approach lets you assemble many albums
Keyboard Switcheroo (fave. that draw from the same library of photos
co/3pTvQkj): For $1.99, this app creates a or videos without the storage overhead of
new input-selection menu that uses making a separate copy on your drive of
country flags, color-coded two-letter each media file for each album.
country codes, or an image you select. You can drag media from one album to
Colorful Input Menu Flags (fave. another, but this never removes them from
co/3pTw2Qz): This competing $0.99 app the source album. Unlike the Finder,
focuses on flags and lets you choose there’s no modifier key that changes that
among variants for a language. behavior; the Finder lets you invoke
modifiers to switch a drag operation from
HOW TO MOVE IMAGES AND copy to move or from move to copy.
VIDEOS BETWEEN ALBUMS To move photos or videos from one
IN PHOTOS album to another, use Cut and Paste. This
Photos lets you organize your images into seems like a throwback, but it provides the
albums, an obviously useful feature. But right outcome:
what might not be clear, even if you’ve 1. In the source album, select one or
used Photos for years and iPhoto before more items.
that, is that Apple doesn’t copy or move 2. Choose Edit → Cut or press
images to albums. Rather, it creates a kind Command-X.
of alias or shortcut. This may add 3. Navigate to the destination album.
confusion when you try to move photos or (Create this album if it doesn’t yet exist.).
videos from one album to another, only to 4. Choose Edit → Paste or press
find they remain in both places. Command-V.
Photos keeps a single version of each Warning! Photos uses a clever internal
image or movie in the library you have approach to manage this, but if you

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keyword, using a smart album,

and then removing the images
via filtering. While it requires a
little more overhead, it means a
more accurate and easy-to-
control process. It also lets you
collect media from many
locations to act upon.
Here’s what to do:
1. In Photos, display the Info
palette via Window → Info.
2. In the original album, select
the media you want to move.
3. With those items selected,
Tag your media with a unique keyword to find later. type a keyword in the Info palette
that’s unique, and you can use to
switch out of the Photos app between find these items later. It can be long, like
steps 2 and 4, only a small thumbnail gets move-june-16-2022.
pasted instead of a link to the original 4. Press Return to apply it to all the
image as it should be. selected items. Note that it can take
It may take a moment before the seconds or longer for the keywords to be
images disappear from the album applied, so it may appear at first that
because of the behind-the-scenes nothing has happened.
recordkeeping Photos engages in. If you 5. Create a smart album for those
don’t like the outcome, you can undo (Edit keywords. Choose File → New Smart
→ Undo or press Command-Z) through Album, name it descriptively, and set the
several steps.
While the above
works, I think it may
introduce more
potential for trouble.
What I’d suggest
involves tagging Use a smart album to collect all the images you’ve tagged for a
images with a new album.

criteria to “Keyword is your keyword.” item in the selection and choose Remove
(You can click the keyword popup menu X Photos from Album.
and then start typing the keyword to jump
to its point in the menu, which could be PHOTOS LIBRARY WON’T
long if you have many different keywords LOAD? TIME TO REBUILD IT—
in your library.) HERE’S HOW
6. Click OK. Have a Photos library on your Mac that is
7. Photos switches the view to the new missing previews, won’t open images or
smart album. Select all the media in the videos, or displays a never-changing
album (Edit → Select All or press message that it’s loading favorites or
Command-A). uploading images to iCloud Photos? Try
8. Drag the items to your new album. rebuilding the Photos library:
Or you can Control-click on an image or 1. Quit Photos.
video in the set, choose Add To, and 2. Hold down the Command and
select the new album. Option keys while launching Photos.
9. To remove the images from the old 3. When prompted, click Repair.
album, return to it, click to the right of the The process can take a substantial
Filter By link in the upper-right corner, and amount of time for a large library,
select Keyword Manager. particularly if it’s stored on a hard drive and
10. Drag your keyword—for example, not on an SSD. When complete, Photos
move-june-16-2022—into the Quick will load the library, and things hopefully
Group area. will be back to normal.
11. Close the
Keyword Manager
and choose Filter By
your keyword under
the Show Only
Keywords section.
12. Select those
items and press
Delete, choose Image
→ Remove X Photos
from Album, or
Control-click on any Click Repair and be prepared to wait.

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HOW TO ADJUST THE DATE the upper-right corner of the pane for
AND TIME IN THE MACOS Clock and all other Menu Bar and Control
MENU BAR Center choices. It’s a great compact
It’s the little things that sometimes drive visualization even though you can see the
people to distraction. That’s true of changes take effect instantly in the Menu
Macworld readers wondering how to Bar, too.
modify the date and time in the Menu Of course, this will change once
Bar—a feature available for decades on again with the release later this year of
Macs. With macOS 11 Big Sur, Apple moved macOS 13 Ventura! In that upcoming
customization options away from the Clock version, you will find the Clock and
tab in the Date & Time preference pane, to Menu Bar options located in Settings →
System Preferences → Dock & Menu Bar. Control Center, which now includes all
With the increasing number of items of the Control Center items and Menu
managed in the Dock and the Menu Bar, Bar only items. Click Clock Options to
it made sense for Apple to shift all of the right of the Clock label to gain
those settings to one place. However, access to familiar choices. The preview?
with nearly all the other Menu Bar items, It’s gone. ■
you find a checkbox or
other settings in their
respective preference
pane and in the Dock &
Menu Bar pane.
It’s no bother. Just open
the Dock & Menu Bar pane,
click Clock under Menu Bar
Only in the left-hand list,
and you can customize just
as you always have: Use a
24-hour clock, flash the
time separators for each
passing second, and so on.
The bonus of this new
location? A preview of all Apple didn’t try to hide these settings, but they moved after
your choices appears in many years to a new—temporary—home.

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