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OCTOBER 2022CONTENTS

Top 5 macOS 13 Ventura features 60 MACUSER
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The $1,199 M2 MacBook Air cuts too
many corners 7
M2 MacBook Air chargers tested 15
No, throttling and overheating isn’t a
problem on M2 MacBook Air 19
Jony Ive reveals Steve Jobs’ one‑word
advice on design 23
MacUser Reviews 27
Hot Stuff 33

iOSCENTRAL

Apple’s next iPhone SE needs these five
Google Pixel 6a features 37
Folding iPhone feels further away 40
watchOS 9 brings sleep, sharing, fitness
enhancements to your wrist 43
Customize your Lock Screen in iOS 16 46
Instantly lift the subject from any image 51
iOS Central Reviews 55

WORKINGMAC

You can take it with you: How to destroy
the data you leave behind 73
Stop email read receipts in Apple Mail 79
Migrate a dead Mac to a new one without
erasing the new Mac 82
Parallels Desktop full: New features
in Parallels Desktop 18 84

PLAYLIST

Review: Focusrite Vocaster Two Studio 93
Belkin Soundform Immerse review 100
Monoprice Soundstage3 speaker:
Punchy, thumpy, stylish 106
Creative BT‑W4: Time for an upgrade 110

HELPDESK

Return the flags to the Mac’s keyboard
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load—time to rebuild; adjust the date and
time in the macOS Menu Bar 117

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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

The 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
model that starts at $1,499 (the model we That’s a pretty big difference in price,
which led us to wonder what exactly

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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, RAW PROCESSING POWER
and an SSD configuration that appears
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
top-end model we tested did have twice
Read on to find out how both the as much RAM (16GB versus 8GB).
top-end and entry-level versions of the M2
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 1,927 MacBook Air 8,959
M2 (2022) 1TB 1,901 M2 (2022) 1TB 8,768
1,730 7,528
MacBook Air MacBook Air
M2 (2022) 256GB 1,182 M2 (2022) 256GB 3,204

MacBook Air MacBook Air
M1 (2020) M1 (2020)

MacBook Air Intel MacBook Air Intel
Quad Core i5 (2020) Quad Core i5 (2020)

HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER

CINEBENCH R23 CINEBENCH R23

Single-core Multi-core

MacBook Air 1,584 MacBook Air 7,887
M2 (2022) 1TB 1,555 M2 (2022) 1TB 7,944
1,496 6,838
MacBook Air MacBook Air
M2 (2022) 256GB 902 M2 (2022) 256GB 2,577

MacBook Air MacBook Air
M1 (2020) M1 (2020)

MacBook Air Intel MacBook Air Intel
Quad Core i5 (2020) Quad Core i5 (2020)

HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER

8 MACWORLD OCTOBER 2022

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
1 percent and probably just an anomaly. There was barely a difference in the
M2 Airs’ speed when exporting a 4K file
REAL-WORLD TASKS at High settings, but in every other test
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,
iMOVIE STABILIZATION meanwhile, took an alarming 43 percent
longer; we actually had to wait longer
Seconds than when using the M1 model from 2020

MacBook Air 288 HANDBRAKE 1.5 ENCODE
M2 (2022) 1TB 412 H.265 X265

MacBook Air 393 Seconds
M2 (2022) 256GB

MacBook Air
M1 (2020)

LOWER SCORES ARE BETTER

iMOVIE 4K EXPORT (PRORES) MacBook Air 934
M2 (2022) 1TB 1,188
Seconds
MacBook Air 1,415
M2 (2022) 256GB
MacBook Air 123 4,950
M2 (2022) 1TB 157 MacBook Air
M1 (2020)
MacBook Air
M2 (2022) 256GB MacBook Air Intel
Quad Core i5 (2020)
MacBook Air
M1 (2020) LOWER SCORES ARE BETTER

243

LOWER SCORES ARE BETTER

iMOVIE 4K EXPORT (HIGH) HANDBRAKE 1.5 ENCODE
H.265 VIDEOTOOLBOX
Seconds
Seconds

MacBook Air 286 MacBook Air 255
M2 (2022) 1TB 285 M2 (2022) 1TB 307
289 326
MacBook Air MacBook Air
M2 (2022) 256GB M2 (2022) 256GB 932

MacBook Air MacBook Air
M1 (2020) M1 (2020)

MacBook Air Intel
Quad Core i5 (2020)

LOWER SCORES ARE BETTER LOWER SCORES ARE BETTER

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

DISK SPEED; READ GAMING PERFORMANCE

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

MB per second

MacBook Air 3,216
M2 (2022) 1TB 1,600

MacBook Air 2,462
M2 (2022) 256GB 1,263

MacBook Air
M1 (2020)

MacBook Air Intel
Quad Core i5 (2020)

HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER

10 MACWORLD OCTOBER 2022

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

MacBook Air 81 MacBook Air 52
M2 (2022) 1TB M2 (2022) 1TB
59.86 29.64
MacBook Air 60.62 MacBook Air 37.39
M2 (2022) 256GB M2 (2022) 256GB
15.49 8.26
MacBook Air MacBook Air
M1 (2020) M1 (2020)

MacBook Air Intel MacBook Air Intel
Quad Core i5 (2020) Quad Core i5 (2020)

HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER

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CIVILIZATION VI CIVILIZATION VI
(MEDIUM) (HIGH)

MB per second MB per second

MacBook Air 65.2 MacBook Air 50.24
M2 (2022) 1TB 66.85 M2 (2022) 1TB 49.54
54.5
MacBook Air MacBook Air 33.8
M2 (2022) 256GB 12.7 M2 (2022) 256GB 8.24

MacBook Air MacBook Air
M1 (2020) M1 (2020)

MacBook Air Intel MacBook Air Intel
Quad Core i5 (2020) Quad Core i5 (2020)

HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER

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.

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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

We’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
laptop—we want a better If you opt for the base model, it will
webcam, it’s a fingerprint magnet, and it’s include a 30W USB-C Power Adapter
expensive—but we do think it’s one of the (fave.co/3AO0ceA) by default, but you can
best everyday laptops for everyday users. pay an extra $20 to replace that with
When you buy one, you have three power either the standard 35W Dual USB-C Port
(fave.co/3dWeL6I) or Compact Power

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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
throughout our test. We’ll examine the
Each option has its pros and cons, so results in detail below.
we tested them all to help you decide
which one to choose. 30W USB-C
There’s a reason Apple gives you a plain
POWER ADAPTER 30W charger with the least expensive
PERFORMANCE COMPARED MacBook Air model, though at starting
price of $1,199 we think Apple should
To test the charging performance of these have just given all MacBook Air buyers
three power adapters, we took a brand the same option (35W dual-port or 67W
new M2 MacBook Air and drained it down single-port).
to 1 percent battery life, then used its
included USB-C to MagSafe cable to It’s a little slower than the 35W adapter,
attach it to one of the power adapters. We as you might expect. You get to a half
had no applications running and kept the charge in just under an hour, about 10
lid closed while charging, opening it briefly minutes longer than for the 35W model. A
every 10 minutes to record the current full charge takes about 140 minutes, 20
state of charge before closing it again. minutes longer than for the 35W model. It’s
not bad performance, but if you’re already
This gives us a look at the total charge spending $1,199 for a laptop you should
performance over time for all three probably spend $20 more for one of the
adapters, and the tale is interesting (if not other two options.
really surprising).
30W USB-C Power Adapter
The charging rates for all adapters are This new adapter has two things going for
limited as the laptop approaches a full it. First, it’s more compact than most of
charge—that’s normal behavior for nearly all Apple’s other chargers. It doesn’t stick as
rechargeable batteries. The 67W USB-C far out from the wall, and the ports aim
Power Adapter is the fastest, as you’d expect.

What’s that fourth line in green? Since
the 35W Dual USB-C Port Compact Power

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M2 MACBOOK AIR CHARGING RATES approached a full
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

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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 better choice.
The charge curve starts to slow down
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?
It’s worth considering an alternative such as
The 67W USB-C Power Adapter costs the Anker’s 735 charger.
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
juice quickly, and that’s honestly not often

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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

Apple’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
introduction of the M2 processor, the next But the praise for the MacBook Air has
generation of Apple’s M-series of chips. been overshadowed by reports of
As expected, the reviews for the M2 throttled performance. Article after article
MacBook Air have been favorable, with warns of a performance “shortcoming”
(fave.co/3AI9gBr), “severe” throttling (fave.

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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. USING THE PROPER TOOL
co/3dY0ZR6) demonstrates what’s FOR THE JOB
supposedly wrong with the new laptop. It

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 is popular 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

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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.

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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

HEADLINES THAT GRAB YOU user is “the rest of us,” everyday users with
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.

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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

In 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).

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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
ROYAL SEAL OF APPROVAL archaic, Wallpaper reports that, despite
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
(KBE) for the past decade, theory, and looks at areas of
Ive is a Royal Designer green investment, such as
for Industry, an electric flight, carbon-
Honorary Fellow of neutral construction,
the Royal and nuclear
Academy of fission. Ive is
Engineering. His helping King
most recent Charles advise
design isn’t quite the four winners
on the scale of the of the king’s
iPhone: the seal for £200,000
the former Prince of ($240,000)
Wales’ Terra Carta Sustainable Markets
campaign (fave. Initiative to take their
co/3ANWK3e), which boasts the projects to market. The
motto “For Nature, People and Planet”. Ive
designed the seal using a specially drawn two worked together after Ive
Baskerville-derived serif font that he suggested the forming of a design lab at
reserves for his personal projects. the Royal College of Art (RCA), of which
he is chancellor.
Based on the famous royal charter of
rights, the Magna Carta, which was signed ‘CARE’ IS KEY TO DESIGN
under some duress by King Charles’ distant
relative, King John, in 1215, the Terra Carta For all of his accolades, Ive is filled with
is a mandate that puts sustainability at the anger when discussing design. “I am angry
heart of the private sector. It is meant as a that most of what is made seems so
thoughtless. So many products do not
deserve to exist. The minimum that they

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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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REVIEWSTheLatestMacProducts
Reviewed & Rated

CLIPBOARD MANAGER Apple didn’t invent the
concept of the clipboard—the
PASTE: GET A DEEP place where a copied item
VISUAL HISTORY OF goes (Command-C)—but the
EVERYTHING company has made great use of it across
YOU’VE COPIED TO decades. It’s handy to always have a place
THE CLIPBOARD to drop something temporarily. I’ve been
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: PAST E

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
can be dragged from the Paste history into
Once it’s installed, invoke Paste by a document or window.
pressing Command-Shift-V, the default
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,

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removing all formatting, you can turn on The Paste
Stack
“Always paste as Plain Text” to avoid accumulates
copy
having to add a modifier key when pasting. operations for
easy replay
The Shortcuts tab lets you change into form
fields.
keystrokes and modifier keys for major
accidentally as its default display and hide
app actions. keyboard shortcut is Command-Shift-C—
too close to Command-C for Copy!
For privacy and security, Paste’s Rules Pressing the shortcut with a set of items on
it closes the stack and erases its contents.
tab lets you exclude copying items from If you plan on using the feature, I suggest
immediately changing its invocation
apps like 1Password and optionally keyboard shortcut to something far harder
to press.
whenever the app thinks the clipboard
Paste, sold only through Apple’s App
contains a password or confidential data. Stores, relies on a single unified
subscription that covers all your iOS,
You can use Paste on multiple devices iPadOS, and macOS devices: $1.99 per

without synchronization, but that seems month or $14.99 per year for an
individual. A $19.99 annual
like a waste of technology. Enable iCloud family subscription extends
unlimited use to your Family
sync in Paste → Preferences → Sync as well Sharing group. The company
offers a 14-day trial on its
as in the iOS and iPadOS versions of the subscription. ■

app if you install those, and you have

access to the same copied items on all

your devices almost as soon as you press

Command-C or use a Copy menu item.

If you’re routinely selecting items to

paste into form fields, such as name and

address details, you can use a stack

feature in Paste called the Paste Stack. As

you paste into the field, it accumulates

items. Click a button at the top, and the

field order changes. You can then press

Command-V to paste each item

in succession. Each paste mmmmm
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off the stack. Paste

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MACUSER

MAC UTILITY Apple includes many hidden
thermometers in its Macs and a
TG PRO: 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
AND HOT CHIPS cores are or how fast a fan is running. But
ON A MAC we live in times of extreme temperatures,
and some Macs—particularly Intel
BY GLENN FLEISHMAN models—run hot already.

28 MACWORLD OCTOBER 2022 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).

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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
Tunabelly Software goes into TG Pro dozens of thermometers and
great depth about (fave. fan tachometers that TG Pro
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to know. warnings. ■
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Hot Stuff Whatwe’re
raving about
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PLUS AUDIO THE
+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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Hot Stuff

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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SHARGEEK
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shargeek.com

Inside the transparent case of this
power bank is a 5600 mAh high
density battery that has enough power
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
about 90 minutes.—ROMAN LOYOLA

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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

Since 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
prevalent in the flagship devices such as There are plenty of admirable traits to
the iPhone 13 Pro Max and the Pixel 6 Pro, consider with the current iPhone SE, most
notably its A15 Bionic processor, which

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iOSCENTRAL N E X T iPH ONE 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 Google’s Pixel 6a cameras offer Night mode. We hope that
the next iPhone SE will follow suit.
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
takes fine pictures, but with

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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 5. AN IN-DISPLAY
storage will run buyers an extra $50. We’d FINGERPRINT  SENSOR
like to see the next model level the playing

field without upping the price. We’ve heard rumors for years that Apple is

4. A BIGGER OLED SCREEN working on a fingerprint sensor that rests
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. ■

OCTOBER 2022 MACWORLD 37

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

Apple 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
then came crashing in like a multitouch
The original iPhone was one example cannonball with a phone that executed the
of this, as much as the company’s concept properly.
cheerleaders may try to retrospectively

38 MACWORLD OCTOBER 2022 IMAGE: FOUNDRY

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,

THE FOLD, GETTING OLD but there’s a sense that the market is still
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.

OCTOBER 2022 MACWORLD 39

iOSCENTRAL F O LD ING i PH ONE

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—
and if you wait long enough, as Apple is
It’s easy to see why Apple would never doing, those problems start to vanish.
sell a flagship iPhone with the same flaws.
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
something we’ve seen already will have
But still, people seem to like Samsung’s evolved to take on a broader role: the
folding phones. Even if Apple gets it right, Apple Watch, for example, if Apple can
launching a folding iPhone now would be find a way around the screen size
an enormous challenge, with rivals limitation. But no matter what, it’s difficult to
experienced at making reliable foldables imagine everyone will still be carrying
and customers having built up loyalty to smartphones with the same design as the
specific devices. With no folding iPhone in iPhone 13.
sight for at least 2 to 3 years, the foldable
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
future. It’s one thing to be fashionably late,
So what’s Apple’s grand plan? Is it but when it comes to foldables, Apple runs
seriously going to give up on the foldables the risk of turning up to the party and
market completely? Perhaps. But that’s finding that all the seats are taken. ■
more of a gamble than it might seem.

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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

At 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
more connected. Here are the top features Playtime: A dynamic piece of art that’s
coming to your Apple Watch this fall. unique to Apple Watch and created in
collaboration with artist Joi Fulton.
NEW WATCH FACES
Metropolitan: A classic, type-driven
It wouldn’t be a watchOS update without watch face where the style changes as the
new watch faces. This year Apple has four Digital Crown is rotated.
new ones, including a completely
remastered classic face. Astronomy: An original face that has
been completely remastered and features
a new star map and current cloud data.

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iOSCENTRAL WATC HOS 9 ENH A NCEMENTS

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.

BETTER WORKOUTS of their progress while new alerts for pace,
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.

42 MACWORLD OCTOBER 2022

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 watchOS 9 will do a better job of tracking sleep and A-fib.

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

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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

Of 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
about personalization—you have lots of Customizing your iOS 16 Lock Screen
options to change the way it looks, and a is simple and intuitive, but there may be
host of widgets to add more useful some nuances you miss. Here’s how you
can make your Lock Screen your own.

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1. LONG-PRESS THE 2. CHOOSE A LOCK
SCREEN STYLE
LOCK SCREEN
The first thing you should do when you
To start customizing your Lock Screen, just make a new custom lock screen is to pick
your style. Each style has several options
long-press on it anywhere other than on to choose from.

your notifications. Your Lock Screen zooms People: A Photos background that just
starts with a filter on your Photos library for
out and the bottom of the screen has two people.

buttons: Customize and a plus-sign (+) Photos: A photo background selected
from your Photos library.
button to add a new Lock Screen.
Photo Shuffle: Automatically changes
You can have several Lock Screen the background image throughout the day.
You can adjust the frequency between
setups and either switch between them Hourly, Daily, On Tap, or On Wake. You can
also choose to use the Featured Photos
manually (long press to get to this interface automatically selected by the Photos app
(and can
and then swipe left and right) or select from
broad
automatically (by assigning Lock Screens categories)
or pick
to specific Focus modes). photos
manually.
You can also edit the current Lock
Emoji:
Screen in the Settings app, under Pick up to six
emojis and
Wallpaper. To delete a Lock Screen, they’ll be
made into a
long-press to pattern.

enter the Weather:
This is a
lock screen dynamic
background 2.
selection

mode, swipe

to the lock

screen you

want to

remove,

and long-

press on it.

Select

Delete

Wallpaper

from the

bottom of 1.
the screen.

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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
Devanagari.
Color: Pick a background color and get
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.
Most of them are tappable: They show
Once you’ve got a style picked out, the some basic information and launch the
time is the first thing you’ll want to associated app when tapped. Apps that
customize. It’s the largest element on your

3. 4.

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might provide sensitive info will not You can
populate their information until Face ID
recognizes you, just as notification details switch
are hidden until you are identified.
between
Above the time: There is room for a
single thin horizontal widget—it doesn’t different
have to be the date anymore!
Astronomy
Below the time: There are four square/
circular spots, but some widgets are views, Emoji
double-wide to show more information. So
you can end up with one, two, three, or patterns, or
four widgets here.
Color
There are widgets for lots of Apple’s
built-in apps like Calendar and Weather, gradients.
but iOS 16 also includes a framework for
developers to add their own. It’s For the
apparently almost identical to making
complications for Apple Watch (though not Photo
“corner complications”), so there’s a good
chance that a lot of apps will have Lock Shuffle
Screen widgets.
screen, you
5. CHANGE OPTIONS, FILTERS,
AND MORE can tap the

For each Lock Screen style, there are a set button in
of options to change. Enter the Lock Screen
edit mode with a long press and tap the lower- 5.
Customize on the setup you want to tweak. left to

For photos, you can swipe left and right reselect
to change filters. Tap the menu button (…)
in the lower right to disable perspective which photos you’d like to feature and
zoom—the AI-driven feature that pulls the
foreground subject out of your photo and how often they should change.
places it in front of your time and widgets.
6. CHOOSE HOW YOU
WANT YOUR NOTIFICATIONS
TO APPEAR

The last thing to do in customizing your
Lock Screen is to choose how you want
notifications to appear. You don’t do this in
the Lock Screen customization area, but
rather in the Settings app.

By default, Notifications are shown in
a new Stack format that shows the more
recent notification on top and others
fading into the distance behind it. You can
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

your notifications, or swipe the stack manually select
upward to see the full List as you would in
earlier versions of iOS. But in Settings → that Lock Screen, the focus mode will
Notifications you can change the default
to any of these views. No matter which be enabled as well.
you pick, you can swipe up and down
between them. That

7. OPTIONAL: LINK A means your
FOCUS MODE
iPhone will
If you’re a fan of Focus, you can link a
Focus to it. Just tap the Link Focus button switch over
at the bottom of the Lock Screen
customization interface. Or open to your Work
Settings → Focus, select the Focus mode
you want to link, and choose it in Lock Screen
Customize Screens.
when the
This feature works in both directions!
If your phone enters that Focus mode Work Focus

mode is

enabled, but

you can

enable the

Work focus

mode by

switching to

that Lock 7.
Screen. ■

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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

Once 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).
But the real star feature of the update I don’t mean only your own photos in
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
web in Safari and images in Files. It’s not selects the
perfect, with occasional fuzzy edges or image’s
strange selections, but it can be a huge subject and
time saver and lots of fun. nothing else.

1. IN PHOTOS, LONG-PRESS ON 2. ON THE WEB, LONG-PRESS
A SUBJECT AND SELECT COPY AN IMAGE AND CHOOSE
COPY SUBJECT
In your Photos app, select an image and
long-press on the subject. The feature On a website, long-press any image and
works best if the subject is clearly defined
from the background. The image will flash release. You’ll see a pop-up menu. Here,
a white outline, and then when you release
your finger you’ll see Copy and Share… Share, Copy, and Save to Photos refer to
options. Select Copy to copy to the
clipboard, or Share… to open the share the entire image. So choose Copy Subject
sheet and share just the subject.
to select just the subject of the image.
Long-press
the subject,
and when you
release you’ll
see a couple of
options.

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

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