Boost your Felice bea ed pene o shots in Photoshop ba LCS alts Eta) Shea ry lar ea) TP Pe Bue Beokc 27” iMAC% OFFICIAL VERDICT! YOUR MOVIES Watch any movie, in any format, on any Apple device What’s next for Apple in 2013 We exclusively reveal how they'll amaze you again!DiskStation DS213air NAS server The first ever Synology NAS with a built-in router Sync is c tion fc + Buln WiF for Wreless Environment + Mac & iOS integration with Time Machine support + Features SupeSpeed USB 30 * Cooland Quiet Design + Hassle-free System installation with Mobile Devices Can be purchased at amazoncouk dabs@com @buyer.com OVERCLOCKERS UK Rea~~ Welcome to MacFormat, the UK's best-selling Apple magazine haat’s next for Apple? That's the qu everybody wants to know the answer to. ame meen | Macnee of the MacFormat team and come up with what we think are the 10 most likely releases for 2013. It looks like it’s going to be another eracking year! Sadly, this will be my last time welcoming you to an issue of MacFormat. Erstwhile Deputy Editor, Christopher Phin will be returning to take over the day-to-day editorship from next issue. Don’t ‘worry, Il sil be sticking around as Editor-in- Chief, and I'llbe looking at some exciting new Apple-related projects in the near future. Editing MacFormat over the last nine years hhas been a real honour and a privilege and I'm happy tobe passing Chris the reins with the ‘magazine in such good shape. Ijust wanted to say thank you to all our readers for making my time editing MacFormat so much fun. ‘There's enough exciting work going > Your movies, Mensiog ENTS P LOE! ON THE COVER > 27-inch iMac verdict ‘The sim big brother 86 ‘on with digital editions that 'm ae iis sure you'll see me popping up ‘ideo on your Ape geo! 25 again sont > Landscape photos Improve the scene 46 > Keep your Mac safe Protect your data 60 > Better searches iniTunes 11 Handy tps for organising your muse > What's next for Graham Barlow ‘Apple in 2013, Edrich Find outhowryoutl be amazed and dl MEET THE TEAM | YOUR MACFORMAT EXPERTS lan Tim Alex $23 Christopher Matthew Osborne Hardwick Thomas Phin Bolton ‘Tech Champion dit Apps Guru Creative Pro ‘Mac aficionado W105 evangelist Since reviewing he} Timhasbeen trying} Alew'ssugzestion of} Youreeitorin {> Matthew hand- lovely new 27-inch togetthe MacFormar_ © acrystalballonthe © waitinghas managed © picked this month's ‘Mae, Ian has been team in shapefor the cover this month caught tosneak into thisissue selection of iOS reviews workingoutifhecan new yearby bringinga _theteamby surprise several timesalready. __~ we've got everything. justify buying one by fruit bowlinto work. we genuinely didn't see Read his recollecions of from Need for Speed to getting rid ofhis telly. We filled it with sweets. iteoming! Macs paston page 4. Exploring Shakespeare MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 3CONTENTS NEWS & OPINION | STEP-BY-STEP TUTORIALS | LATEST REVIEWS | MAC BUYERS’GUIDE ISSUEATAGLANCE mos gee =| MOUF Movies Do more with your Apple gear * tela ike Make the most of your video with this guide p25 Atpl TALK ° Have your => Apple issues >i RATED Discover the best _ apps and kit > Fender veccton SPS UPGRADE! UPGRADE! The best Mac & iPod products >” x Apple in the year ahead How to get published What to expect from Cupertino p18 Use your Mac to get yourselfreed p80 4 | MacFormat.com | February 2013Contents To get the most from e your iPhone, you ! really need a set of i third-party earbuds Six iPhone earbuds Get rid of that white Apple wire and step upa sonic level p102 Pee toca tee Apple in 2013 @ Revo AXiS XS. The AXiS returns with a host of new features J toitsname Ane epnins| * that to expect fom the 17 18, 19 20 21 Get a better calendar Fantastical can scan schedules Never miss an issue of your favourite magazine tothe all-new int Surreal landscaping Batman: Arkham City iPad edition see Greate an extraordinary scene The Dark Knight returns! MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 5A J We round-up the Apple Stories that matter to you WORLD Apple's 2013 Mac attack Don’t let the focus on iPhones and iPads beguile you - Apple has plenty of love to throw at the Mac. Faster Wi-Fi, new desktops and an improved MacBook range are sure to feature this year af 6 | MacFormat.com | February 2013,‘The team’s picks from the Store eda ofthe month p10 Apple in Pictures te bigger hore ye PB Responding to customer concerns following June 20128 disappointing minor Mac Pro update, company CEO, Tim Cook, promised something realy eat for later next year” ‘At that tim, Forbes cited an unnamed Apple ‘executive who confirmed the fms working on ‘new Mac Pto models and designs, although s¢ ill intioduce stackable modules a-in-one casing sas yet unclear. These new Macs ae likely to feature atleast ‘one Thunderbolt connection, muliple USB 30 ports and faster RAM. Based on curent developments inthe chipset industry, the Mac ro range may be bul around Inte ivy Bridge € chip, the Xeon E5 V2 processor. The Fusion Drive technology fist deployed inthe iMac i aso expected to feature as is support for the atest ‘graphics cards Given Apple's general disdain for dlisc-based media, ts probable an optical SuperDrive wil be made avalble as a bull-o- ‘order option, rather than a a standard fing The Cupertino company shits three portable ‘Macs for each desktop it sells and so grabbed 40% of the sim notebook market in 2012, Digiimes expects new MacBook Alr and Pro models te appear in June 2013, withthe ‘company already inking component and smanufactuting dels forthe new models The teport claims these wil nclude“a new processor architecture” but wil tain the same cutent design. The company s also attempting to source even thinner components, suggesting the new Apple portables could be simmer than current medel. Enhanced wireless ‘Apples also prepating to deploy much- Improved WHR support across ts Macs starting ‘this year TheNexeWeb claims the company has ‘reached a deal with Broadcom to use 802.113 chips called 5G Wi-Fi. These are three tines faster {and upto six times mote power ecient (good ‘news for Phone batery ME) Broadcom expains:"SG Wii offers consumers the would fastest, most relabe wireless overage for HO-qualty video and near Instantaneous data sync inevitable that ‘Applewill also offer updated AiPort Base Stations (and Time Machine units) to support the TheBIGstory We're most excited about Godot tatwethe pr One More Thing ples aot ares se Staton -cld we expect ama pgade 2013? ‘new WF tandard, which also-opens up new ‘opportunities for wieless video steaming between devices. Integration between platforms seems high on ‘Apple’ agenda this year. MacRumors sources claim Si and Maps integration wil appear inthe suceessor to Mountain Lon, wich rumours claim willbe calle, Lyrx’— though this shouldnt bbe confused with the popular high steer deodorant brand, The Apple shifts three portable Macs for each desktop it sells, grabbing 40% of the market Intel's Haswell processor hs architecture looks settoland this what about the UK's. year; whichshould honky broadband lusherin integrated _infastrueture? Ifyou're ‘graphics performance stuck on aslow ADSL. the kes of which we're connection then that's only used toseeingin the bottleneck to your diserete video cards. I, for one, can’t wai @markustimwick house, regardless of how fast your network becomes. @gbarl Tuse my Mac for Sesening a ye 9 maser cages pe ‘pp. QUOTES What are people saying ‘bout the word of Apple Tim Cook pr “think this company is a jewel. think it’s the most incredible company in the world, and 50 | want to throw all of myself into doing everything | can do to make sure that it achieves its highest, highest potential” ‘ple cE reveals whyhe eves Don Melton oameloncom “Nobody at Apple was stupid enough to blog about work, so what was | worried about? Server logs. They scared the hell out of me” Devnet ho eta pt Tas sou secede Capen Tony Faddell “Steve taught us that every single customer ‘touch point - the boxing, the retail experience, the customer support ~ matters” Peder srs gt it ple toner eters seaegy MacFormat.com | February 2013 | 7Rumour ROUNDUP Apple Insider Tw cletalengabou Our industry expert rounds-up the biggest Apple corporate 9 Mach, stories circulating this month damnsthlane lighter Pad SsetTorlaunchn 02 {padsimminent Japanese Moe Colourful talicAnalyts talk Saab fe colour Secring content deal lemacsAnatyst Foxconn factory. AppleWORLD Selene ieee Peace? Apple val Samsung ended 2 thenew NECIPhoneto be ‘wave of patent Itigation in Decemb against the iPhone maker in wesponse to pressure from EU antitrust chiefs Batonpes cts App The tigation was baed onthe Korean {eel tees problems fas attempt 0 asert ovmeship ove 3 range of patents incided within industry standard 3G and 46 technologies. These are bleves Apple wil develop supposed to be licensed to others on ‘cases launched by Samsung there, arguing openly con these are “harmful to consumers ‘Goria ga inside each generati ¢ OD Here's wh potat Samaung’shad ite chips Apple The gsr you tl has contracted Tavan Semiconductor families of connected request, but Samsung hes declined 10 wrncatie ete. license these to Apple on reasonable terms, plésettoghe pode th oftgh gs. lobe Appeset Europe intends investigating Samsung for tobegh rating oe rai insant-competiive behaviour Inthe US, What do you call a hard athomein teUS,ina new Apple has asked the TC to actto halt simlar Gorilla? While the company won nfo it, Apple used a tough 3s from American fm, Corning ofiPh manufacture in lanary ‘announced Goria Glass 30, whichis Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to make _sgnficantly more robust than the glass Would you be interested in an the ABX chips for Pads, satin from the rent quarter The move appew'sto bea One key Rranded wrstratcht fist step toward ending Apples exsing feature cal relationship with Samsung, which cunently which sho > johnny inter Tie wit makes the chips for 05 devices. resi TSMC I also rumoured tobe looking to used in previous generation Phones featurein the substance sa new le Native Damage Resistance ued improve the glass’ scratch by 40% and also promises 2 50% ost in retained strength nthe event the ‘open a chip manufacturing plant in the US. glass does get damaged. > eboitinggold| akeady have one, ‘Given Samsung makes 10S processors at a Inlight of continued claims that Apple is snes ee at ety plent in Austin, Texas, seems possible ‘working to develop an iTunes-compatible TSMC has been tasked with building its 105 television, itis interesting indeed that foundry capacity in the US in order t ‘Comming has also begun work on lage > kevinsWFCI need a wristwatch (eantbeep using my phone ‘ensure Apple continues to indirectly employ 82-inch displays, Watch this space for more boop tock ofthe tm US wotkers for processor production, onthe US. > tra yearis long time in polis then its an absolute age in the modern technology industry. ‘Apple has been taking @ pounding on the markets in the lst few months, losing 5200 billion doles in vale. his is because in the eyes of investors ithas dsappointed et surprisingly considering 88 | MacFormat.com | February 2013, the love hysteria pouring out for the company leading up ‘othe iPhone 5 launch, Shor ofa miracle ~ or one could say yet another made the risk was always that Apple would take such 2 tumble, And I can say tht, having written as much here for long time now. But i's worth noting that this time ‘lass and ceramic company, last year Apple was alot lower han tis today = around $100 lower, in fact. Bear in min, that’ the equivalent of $100 jon Last yea the stock went vertical for tend thats still helping the p chances are that Apple wil See its stock move to $400 later this year -enow. However, the4 W Apple in PICTURESAppleWORLD Picks from We select the best from the Apple Store THE STORE On our APPLETV Whet wete watching on the iTunes movie store | FILM Haywire £699t0buy erat NaFoar owes > ereslravingabout this cverboked inverting Miche Pssbener Cina Carsotaesthe kad nd does ferownstntasa dole crowed ccurtyeniracri seachofthetrth pes TV SHOW Merlin £2.49 per episode ‘With he ith eis done > fd beret prt chance cach up withthe comple BDC adventures King Arta he your var Metin Staring ain Morgan an Bradley James, who Hurts the dragon 10 | MacFormatcom | February 2013 Well happily trade some Apple polish in order to get accurate search results and Street View back Google ae Works wth Prone Pod touch > Weald what the dey was but now that we can download fee offical Google Maps app for our iPhones, and banish Apple’ distressingly inaccurate effort ini0S 6 tothe same netherworld folder that con Stocks and Voice Memos, we don't really "Theft, Andeid-ey style might ranklea bit, but we'llhappily trade some Apple polish in oder to get accurate earch results and Street Viewback. Even beter, you alsogeta free sat nav thrown in, providing voice guided turn-by turn dreetions when you driving, as well assome basi traffic information to route you past delays, Te only really bal thingisthat there's no iPad version but we assume that's coming,From the Store & Batman aa Arkham Asylum £21 Developer fe interact Works wath ‘> The Dark Knight atest venture, Aram City isreviewee this issue, but don't miss this classic beatem up. Arkham Asylum is, everything Batman game should be. thas ‘great combat system forduking tout with the bad guys footsoliers, but you need brains and salt as well asbrawnifyoutre to defeat The Joker in his own brilliantly realised back yard, ill roe Developer & ff Works with 05 x 10) a > CrsigeaveFluter a prety harsh review back inissue 254, butitinspired me totry tout ‘and Ii glad Idd, I's fun itl app that adds Kineet syle hand gesture control to your Mac, ‘soa simple waveat your webcam can control ‘Tunes or other apps. Whilit current only has ‘basic functionaltyit works pretty well and soon starts fel like the natural way to contol your Mac-are you listening, Appl? Works with Pa Phe With rete dovnba sample > issue available via Apple Newest thf weekly com lopacteillofeoi tga that vary fm anarchic cartoos, (Bunny ts Mong) oamartoc (Sarborn anedmuhore ts smart and unpatnising oes pert fryers ase trhoaze stunt ear and in trary ways He reading at centy Beans Eset wih The Fino em cor cven lene he Something Coo terion ht eel iden poe On our PLAYLIST What’ on the office speaker MUSIC The Villagers {Awayland} Aer being nominated or > the 2010 Mercury Music Prin wth hifi aby this Irshad ching thirsccnd colton cf sg Adiersotthe dt wllteo tee wh Conor FBrrs dine vrs analhough this tmeroun the mood lige meget and tae ti shine tog PODCAST 13 Freeto download MacRae tle TS > rcundsupthe wr oftech every weekinabndy So-minutechunk Join thetens ‘thousands ofiseners who Aowoled the podastto hear team members Dan Maud, Ri Marga and Duncan Bell Inter about the est ots and present breaking news Fy inbrmatve srt esseniafyon love yourtch MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 11AppleWORLE GADGETS Hot gear on the horizon... what’s got us excited? Ee CLASSIC MATCH FOOSBALL $100 newpotatotech.com 12 | MacFormat.com| February 2013Gadgets iBattz Mojo Hi5 Powerbank Case Easy-Doks CR19 {$85 (UK price TBA) we rmat.com | February 2013 | 13,AppleOPINION One more thing. > Mert FO R EV E R MacFormat(a staggering nine years go ‘om the rivalry between Microsoft and ‘Apple was huge, the che! Pod was the .. ‘coolest gadget known to mankindand So you want an Apple television set? Be careful Feeney American cl evans ‘Sakon: Dts war ere aca hat you ask Tim Cook for theday’by Apple standards, remember reading MacFormatin the mid 90s when ‘Theshoutseanbe beinga Macuser marked you out asbeing heard around the diferent the herd a metaphorical salmon world, “What do we ‘swimming upstream. Not content withthe want? An Apple smedigere experince that yu got froma PC, integrated television you dared todreamout loud with your experience!” they ‘choice of personal computer, and you hel bellow. “When do we want? At some point thebelifthat one mouse button wasmere inthe nottoordstant Future than enough. Apples own advertising even marked you outas one ofthe‘cray one Rumour-mongers, pundits and Apple fans allagre that when Apple makesa TV seit ‘wild tothe TV business what the Pod did ‘tomusi, what the Phone id tophonesand Ifyou told me ten ‘what the Pad iscurret dongto PCs. years ago that any of ata se that we a this would happen, I eho Ape ng meting beTY : : space ~Tim Cook says an are ofinlense simply wouldn't have interest” but Tm crocsingeverything that f - cantecrosed and hopingitisnta TV. isnot believed you that Ider hink Apple eanpullitE. Kat DVDplyerwiha Bara drveisassobt, | Tort want Appletosell mea TV. and when upgraded my st Apple TV Isld ‘TVsaredifren fromoherdevies.1ts my oeneformorethan the new one cost Althaschanged since thor beady days rewephonetime every months, twoyer _(20pooerareharkableandin demare). ough role now ownan Apple devicect tops while Macsandlapopnare ood ar Forrest leas the problem with anal somesortthattsno longer ache player In thre yeas raybefour TVs, though goon singing alltzncing AppleTV isthat when fit the us hae changed ancinow Apple foreverinarecet survey, Moran Stankey the tech changes and wil ts new TV Ene, Isrunning the show! Ifyou told etn years found tht mos peopleexpecttoreplacethelr not new-box tine, Upgrading 699 App TV a0 that any ofthis would happen, sity ‘TWevery nine ears te isan easy sel Replacing an ene smart ‘woulda haveteleved ou ‘Tateoundesboutrighttome, because Visa whale dient propostion. ‘Btw the tines ave changed, Apes tracing the od generational p= 4 10 ‘There's anther ue oo. How long would Vision has. sieeve making ret ‘widescreen, SDtoHHD-theresnoreasonto _Applesupport? Remember how unhappy product tht ity make great procs Ungrde our TVtoodfen Thescrens 2 fstgeniPadowners were wheniOS6Was, then peopel then. Atha solar seven yenrsasitisaferseven days, ceased and ther two-yeat-ok Pads cust ‘whattmeans tobean Apple over ody. sitmakesmoresensetorplice whats runi@That was £49 device. Imagine how ‘Wepay Applea prem, butt pays back Underneathit Your Freeview boccomes safely spent aries tha insomany ways, Nomaterhow etcing SiyboxbecomesaSkyHDoraTVo,the _ Tmisureafist generation Apple TV would Microsoft or Goglecan make notebook ot Xbox becomes n Xbot360,the DVD player bea very smart TV. Ist no sure would fab ok, now that Ma willavays be tecomesa luny.andyougothroughabeaverysmartbuy. woth because itwillalvays ust work sucesso of AppleTV lesnot very elegant, know, but keeping ‘TVsdumbactualy works very well because panfully shy writer Gary Marshall was once asked Remaining as Maconmat’s Eto Chie, hen tech improves youcan simply swap out ta aueiten fora TV gadget programme. Turns out Grahams looking forward texting new the old bits. Thats very cheapereplacing my ‘Super Frightened Gadget Man init great look. oject'so you haven't head the astof him yet! 14 | MacFormat.com| February 2013srs lh Hci a _ eeeApplePROFILE I use my Mac for... EDUCATION Dominic Whyte says his Mac is great for teaching and studying [What Macs do you own Jand use? DW: own a MacBook Airand love tt ‘My fevourte applications ae iCal and ‘Photo; they're perfect for organising family events ard sharing pictures on the web. | ako make good use of Tunes and live internet ado statiors. realy tke streaming music orn Spotty tothe serea, PROFILE Youre a primary sohool Name “teacher with over 20 Domine Whyte years? experience, including Occupation _twoheadships. How do you Teacher ‘use your Mac in your career? Location Ws [ve used my Mac foe researching Cheltenham, study programmes panning lessons Gloucestershire and wacking pups proaess usa Systems readsheet Software It anasto inch MacBook A the admin side of things, and Ive aso ate 2010, 186GHz tel sed it to help plan and delver schoo! Core 2 Duo, 268 RAM. assemblies and to try to keep up with NVDIA GeForce 320M the pace of change in education, You're studying for a master’s degree in education. How does your ‘Mac help with this? © seme headteacher Domini Whyte wes his Macookhirorsudyingas endfor. wellasteachng, goes everywhere within, 16 | MacFormat.com| February 2013 loten travel to Worcester University ‘where it seamlessly joins WF networks, can stud, research, plan ‘and ite assignments ina weath of locations | se eboots on the MacBook Air's high-quality screen and take my Mac to seminars because it helps tremendously with gaining and ‘capturing the knowledge How has educational ‘computing changed since you started teaching in the ‘early 905? Dit changed temendcusly from 994 onwards mostly due toting fenced guaranteed government funding. Those deys have sacly gone, ‘and we now stuggle to keep our hardiare uptodate. During my last headship, secured funding fortwo iMacs forthe years class The fat that Macs are ready to go straight out (of the boxs 2 bonus as ae the higher ‘quay phic and create programs. ee it was important to give the older Cldren a taste ofthe two most ‘common platforms. Macs would be more prominent bu the price makes © Trews arisgreattor planing sons in ica Ie dificult for schools But this has Improved, and Apple product, especially MacBooks are on ov schoo's wishlist Why did you choose a Mac ‘and not a PC? DW: We had PCs for years but really wanted a change. | was atracted by the Took the qualty of both the hacdiware and the software, and the suppor package avalable, We moves toa smalerhousefor a spell anda traditional desktop wasnt going tof Te light and stylish MacBook Ar was efnitely the way tog. never buy aPC again _)How do you use your Mac ““Ufor your hobbies, such a: ‘mountain biking? DWE Hook up the lrest tral conditions and the best places tore | download my Garmin stats tothe ‘MacBook and lal share routes and sn wth my riends. recently us Jp me set up my bikes suspension. No doubt therel bean my Mac to app feritall soon! © Wtsotall ork and no ploy heals sess Macfor fn,Accessorise your iPhone 5 et -85 Get the most out of your iPhone 5 with our extensive range of 100% compatible accessories. O©O@e0000 hama. www.hama.co.ukPde Pd iPhone 5S, Apple TV, better iOS Maps and a ‘super Sir? It looks like 2013 ts going to be a fun year to be an Apple fan eee ad eer seconds or tech pundits get al Peete ee eee ag eee ee es ieee eer in (1998), the iPod (2001), the Phone (2007), and SD eee etc Dee Ee ec . disrupt another market, regardless of how well Its other devices are selling, Also expect people eet neared eee es the company being acorporate-sized aR See eet ora eet er ret ee Se nied Sen) oe ut) the iPad 3 after only six months. Also, given een aon ns Per ae ee Res ee er re mete oa ener rt Yet Sorat esr Ee Something for the pros Wie really expected a decent Peres Ce ett) Cee ‘Cook thatthe company was working on Se nen ese Ce ees ere ence a) Peers eee er rs rere eet gee tenet eke Pree et ane) ee eed eee eet Sot! An early iPhone 5S See ene aos . perraeranrner ety t ete Coe Ic ee eee ee eee c re DeLee ed eee eee ae Sa) ‘event suggesting anew iPad next October ‘or perhaps every six months, the next Cee a et) vith the IPhone 6 debuting later in the year ‘What technology might the Phone & Ca oan) De ee Ear phones, and a way of using your phone to eee arty pe eee eae Perey eee esd Oy Pate eet ee Cees] Pee ore atid De ee eae ‘Apple has rung the death knell fr DVDs, ee era er etree ete ee ees eee ee ad ete een ety Ute ers speedy Fusion drive, which mixes solid-state errs ome ete eee et Pe ee ees Seed Pr ese Deum LCE REEDaa Pd rie Saran) cre The real Apple TV Meee NED Seas Sas aa et ons Pee eeu ey eee ete ee ener ang fete ee ee enn ee eee ree Tet poe co ees Pee et eee or eee eee ras Ce eee et is deals with broadcasters and TV companies. eee tee Super sharp iMac Une) 7 Foxconn are involved in testing designs, but so far Say ee eee ee ee eee ery £ eee ard Cee eee ae ea a eee eee ee er bby cutting down reflections significantly, however the company De ee Te problem with a Retina display on an iMacis that Apple might have to give up some ofthe thinness thats one ofits most Coo cad Coe en ee tad ere Se eee ce anne) Cera Sea Loe ae aes NEL Donen ee eee arr re eed Cee iPad mini goes Retina ee) bere nareunruneanie papheereeireninoribit eee ened Pea oe eet es 20 | MacFormat.com | February 2013 Ce eee Saeed sill dirt fh things fat enough forthe Australian en eee te concemed about people becoming stranded. ee ae ee) Cn eee eae showcased the systems inabilty to make sensible Ce ae eee De eee ener eee ete ce eometi nee] Puerco! een Sete tr sr ‘many potential iPad mini customers ae holding out for Having an iPad mini with Retina display could involve some technica challenges, such as what the actual resolution wil Pare oes nano ts py Ce 3/4 would result in 326 eee Inch display, which would eer ts Petar ens Fe destaetn ld Oe Lett Cees eeNY a Ce Ean’ Peer ery eno Cee es Sen Cee ea Sue {s ever released, There are other Eee needs to up its game to compete Re eas Dee eed eee ere era) the information it can access. Also eee eee the chagrin of Google. Deets] era De eee ere OL XO Cee eee pee erect tee ee erties Sen ete ts Stream, and useful services such as Find my iPhone, bu theres eet rs) ree eh en a aed Se te ed about a really good filesharing system lke Dropbox? Could ‘Cloud even evolve into a social media platform? Cen eee ee eater es Were not sure exactly what Apple as planned fo Cloud in Oeste an nec PV e alt alt date as sed plenty fetes nits apps -sameting he might eee eer ec aces A new lick of paint ee eon pee ees Vice President of Industial Design, was Pe en Pee ete ere een ae ee cone Pee ene elements to sleek minimalism, but by the end of 2013, eee cate as Dee ee usable Apple operating systems, and potentially more ee! ete ee ery remains. As the two operating systems share more en ere erie Cr ae te ee eee ea ae Baffling survival of the iPod Classic Pee ee aod luck would run outin 2012, given Apple's shift to Ce od and éropping fash eet er en) Pees es ee met er wee going to predict the Pod ee etc sae poate entry eee rs ener’ Lea toa aerial ers MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 21And get a free bookazine for all new print UK subscribers! Subscribe to a MacFormat print edition today and welll send you a free copy of our brand new bookazine, The Ultimate Guide to the iPad’. This is your essential guide to getting the most out of your iOS tablet, from the creators of MacFormat magazine. Inside you can find information on the best apps, games and Uses for your iPad along with guidance on how to maximse the potential of your device. wa mas OFFICIAL VERDICT! 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SS 1 ible itch vidi he buy and stream HO movies and export in HD and you can wet watch whatever ou he wherever yo aw 2 MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 25VIDEO GUIDE Watching video on your Mac 08x hasa wh operating system dedicated to playing wers the QuikTim You anbuy ore moves the Tne Stein SD or 0, andthe wath theron our Mac or yor Sd. an optical Buy or rent? Development online trough pur the biggest of ended, but it stil nce thing about 2p jst extends Quine You can extend Spinning discs QuickTime’s ability to play different movie formats by installing handy add-on, Perian cess maison towgh hase orstesning eves suchas tenes Sore. Ferns handy adda fo 5 that enables vine tolaad movies rc inmanydiferest oma 26 | MacFormat.com | February 2013VIDEO GUIDE CODECS REUNITED | FILES AND FORMATS EXPLAINED There are many types of dihtal video ile that {you might encounter. OS X likes Mov, MP4 and IMA fles but even within these there can be lots of diferent codecs that may have been used, and movies encoded on PCs can use Guntur Dicreedtewepopucibeabene ing like DV, the AVI format or even ranlaeonineenedte te orarbeltge Windows Media Video. I’snot necessary for regular users to get too involved inthe details, but you do need to understand how to get ‘them to work For playing back. install Prian ‘and VLC and you have a good chance of being able to open most movies natively. To convert ‘them to O5 Xiendly formats, use MPEG Streamclip, andbrake or one ofthe many free Gert msi 051 Hen mat whe appsah ‘or cheap apps on the App Store, {HPS Sean, arable fom the Mac opie Other options You can preview nan ec inf ae eed Tunes, sich as Lom any OS X-compatible Br THs actualy contain al pbc conto Maecenas eee Movie file on your Mac einen A cine de simply by using the fae scnyouithone h Quick Look command gies cushy tence aces a ae stabilization and alo dd m processing Alternative apps ne Vicisafeemodeplayer that cnredallkindsof formats that Quine sametine can. 7 MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 27Rip you SKILL LEVEL Taking things further ITWILL TAKE 40 minutes ‘YOU'LL NEED ADWD,a copy of Handbrake s Apple is phasing out optical dives on many new models of Mac, the DVD looks set ofthe floppy dis ple have eventually gothe 3s of DVDs that they want to view on invelves breaking t UCD in Europe and the DMCA in “America. Flr use (flr eaing’in MOVIE FILES Handbrake also rmowie les as 1 Download Handbrake Head to handbrake fr and grab the lates build ofthe Handbrake ripping app. tuns on OS X 106 or later Open the downloaded disk mage and copy the app either to your “Applications flde if you intend to keep it orto the Desktop for single-use. Double-click to open 28 | MacFoxmat.com | February 2013 VIDEO GUIDE Rip a DVD for iTunes ping your Ds wing an app suchas Handbrake mars ou an ete cn your Apple devices. Use the free app “ Handbrake to rip DVDs and view them on your Mac, iPad or iPhone 2 Open the disc op your home-bumed OVD int the drive. You can also choose to open adi image or a movie fie from the (Open browser. Once opened, Handbrake will analyse the csc and identity its contents. should pick up chapters and dlp each section nthe Tile men3 Choose a preset ‘2 Themen on the right contains tat of presets fora kinds of devices Ifyou cick on the Devices tab you wil see vous ones listed choore the one you need, Here weve ‘gone for an Phone preset. You can make your own and sare them using his menu too sve ueorcarnes Start the encode Press the Strtbutton and Handbrake wil ceate a movie based on your settings. Depending onthe length of the vdeo andthe quality setngsthiscan take awhile, though on modem Macs you shouldnt wait moe than 10 minutes fr example) to encode a 10-minute video. VIDEO GUIDE a ‘though : = i uicktene can . deat or Ape 4 Tweak the settings devices, its Hendbrake analyses the source ideo and werly slow and sts tehetd eke ae haeaensts Soest anos ‘change this if you like. You can also enter a Constant Quality scoala Seting eran aveagebivate fyouarecomfarable plying cua. vith this youre unsure stick wth the default settngs oe, software Handbrake has more contol and produces betteriooting videos 6 Add to queue if youwant top more than one vdeo or chapter from the same dsc you can setup your fst encode then ‘Add To Queue then configure more encodes by selecting a ‘ew tte from the Tle menu. Use diferent settings for Subsequent encode you ke JARGON BUSTER The steam isthe actual video conte, but a deo fle contains other things 09, he audio racks and maybe even subtes Mest 8 Drop into iTunes en When your encode s dane drag and cop your 30 you can converted moveinto Tunes Fm there youcan watch Ror ignore the other sync itt any 0S device that supports the fame size. This ‘options in Handorake, ‘why its important to choose an appropriate preset before ‘encoding ~ some devices only support up toa certain size MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 29VIDEO GUIDE Streaming your media Apple TV started leas a rather clunky and apps like 88C iha builtin hard dive, and to get dont have 2 native Apple TY version onto ityouhad tosync movies Fre up Pa ur Pad or Phone activate ite stil ofcially being AvP and you can view content on your Ty, ibed by Apple as ah Apple TVis now a remarkable ite tremendous vale forthe price of just Ahing fits propery Some games even use a [ANP so your 10S device bec Another nice thing about AirPay i that as long asyoute on a networkyou can stream stuf 50 Mac, your HOTY and the internet. house itcan stream movies, pictutes and music ould show photos or play music at a from Tunes tothe TV and 2s well as having house wielesly without having to copy physical remote, the Remote app for iOS any files manually lent tactile control The ards expe dinan Match, your entre music lbcay is avallable to stream on the Apple TV and you can buy an rent video Mirroring screens ole to ior your Ped Pho uring 2 Ths Bluetooth key Imminent update. Ifyou use Tu content from the Hunes Store on it 00, as wel th very recent Macs sa you can use _2susing Neti Then there the other apps lie yourTVasa monitor. Nonetheless you can sil Radio, Apple Events, YouTube, Vimeo and miro your display thanks to thd party apps ke Podcasts amongst ethers that lt you stream ANeParot epsom) you stuf mitrxing natively, youl see an A jhout using a Mac ‘The third incredibly useful thing bes is Alay. With an A the internet straight to your TV top right ofthe! pleTY to AtPlay scaled AiPay Dect without the need fora WiFi ne Smanspeak network ll your iOS devices gan the ability send video and audio directly to it and hence to The pple Tas - ‘ome slong way sce nal ele, a 30 | MacFormat.com | February 2013 STREAMING APPLICATIONS SOLUTIONS THAT DON'T REQUIRE AN APPLE TV Ofcourse you don't have to use Apple-branded hardware to be able to stream stuff around your house. There are a number of fee ot Inexpensive media streaming apps available for the Mac, of which one ofthe best is PS3 Media Server, fre from psimediaservetorg. This software ls powered by a number of open: source engines and can be used to transcode ‘music and movies onthe fy and beam them directly to a range of devices including PS, Xbox 360, Sony Bravia TVs, Andeoid devices {and many others. PS3 Media Server might not hhave the elegance of Tunes but ithandles ‘many more formats and despite having ots of ‘options it can be used in simple mode to keep things fairly uncomplicated, Elsewhere, Air Video (inmethod comialc: ‘video isa Mac client/08 app combo that also transcodes video onthe ly ast streams to your 10S devices, and means you can access your Macs movie libraries on your iPad or |Phone without going near Tunes, ‘Thee PS sreaing apps acu able to Steamtoanumber af ete devs 005, ourwieessnetod.+1C cmd 3 It's cloud storage made simple. v¥ 100% Automated Vv Sync Multiple Computers Y Access Files Anywhere Y 256 Bit Secure Encryption Vv Share Files with Friends Vv Free iPhone, iPad & Android app me Ey Ziocoud ty Fe! Ors, www.zipcloud.com/macformat <Watching videos on iOS devices ‘enon Hore Shang in Tunes andyoucanacess your mavilibrary ‘rma yori doves is for steaming, 32 | MacFormatcom | February 2013| WATCH A VIDEO FILE ON YOUR iPAD IN ANY FORMAT First, find your app Goto the App Sore on your ad and locate an app that can pay movies in non Apple formats Here we have chosen OMoyerHO Ute but there are load to choose rom Ista tand freitup, and make sure you have 2 move fle ready drop itt perhaps an Aor MKY. ut d movies Use Smart Pass and things get even better, s0 you could for examp automatically t should always add recent movies toyourdeviee Movies, meet app From the File Servers menu you can add a Windows, FTP or even Dropbox location to enable the downloading of moves. Or connect te iTunes and locate the apps le sharing tab, and drop the movie nto that ares to copy Itto the iPad. t appears inthe My Documents area Videothayoushost on ouriSdececanbeshared eal messager uploaded straight to YouTbe. back and relax ‘Tap on the video to play it and you wil see that even though its an AVIit plays back just fine. Theres even suppert for subtitle racks, and you can enable AiPlay to send the video out to an AppleTV. The app also supports wireless fle transfer and downloading from the internet. Some aps super steaming of eo orera cel conection the BC News app wth alive fed ye can really see. Apples ow applica ing results, even fit does tak ch videos on your iS devi ‘ome onand ing connect MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 33,VIDEO GUIDE HOWTO | DOWNLOAD VIDEO FROM IPLAYER Get up to date “) Don't play, download 2 Yours for a month Install the latest version of iPlayer for — Find a show you want to download, and Go to the Queue section to see the od, asthisisthe one thatallows downloads, aponitTepthe Downlead button to tar’ downloads and when they ste, locate them Fueit up and gointothe Downloads tab. Here downlading, You wll get progress bar es el inthe Downloaded section. Tap to watch ay of yeucan enable downleading and alo choose asanindcationofowlongitremaining and themand when youre done swipe to delete whether fs are dowloaded in high qualty the ota les ofthe download Selectfurther them justlke you would with any Rem ina Ist when the option avaiable. downloads and they will queve up. ini05. You gt 30 day to watch each show. revngrocomertthemfist. There are anumber Non-Apple solutions of ways to get video ara nees | sa onto a device, or to stream it, that don’t Gyetuartemtescer” involve using iTunes onlin video andinsome cases, veteran upload conten. 34 | MacFormatcom | February 2013VIDEO GUIDE LIGHTS, CAMERA | MAKING MOVIES 10S devices arrit just great for watching ‘movies, they can be used to make movies as ell Every iPad except the original model has video camera, and all recent Phones do as wel Bette sil, most ofthese shoot in 720 oF 1080 resolution the same asa decent camcorder. ‘Adda stabiliser ora grip and you can shoot ‘movies on your phone. You can use iMovie for 105 to ed them: ths inexpensive app has themes and easy editing tools, and you can ‘output to the web or toa movil There also Pinnacle Studio for Pad, developed by industry ‘ove riadisacapale tte novesdtertatan ark leaders Avid and equally capable of helping you withthe 106 fotage shot withecent Pads and Panes. tori, effect and edit movies on the move. iPhone C2 Apple Tv yv ror ox oer ‘eam BB Player aboe dec to your Ape yan ey sel Tet forimpressng ving tourists. n i Minot screen of yurPhane Pad to ‘Thi party poste VC alow out drag vie les that Your HOTY vite AppleTV at. xe ati suppre a yoriad and ply them bik The latest iPlayer update includes the option to download shows in SD or HD for offline viewing (or Pad on holiday them, of ndeed watch them to work without using up 9 MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 35VIDEO GUIDE : Essential kit £99 Apple apple. big fans ofthe Ape TV ng this kind of process a you lots of time. The software works Lightning Digital AV Adapter laptop, partcultlya MacBook Ai wich ‘might havea saber sold-state dive consider investing a portable hard dtive rostoreall resolution, and all without the need foran AppleTV 36 | MacFoxmat.com | February 2013Did you know that forests in Europe, which provide wood for making into paper and many other widely used materials, are 30% larger than in 1950? in fact they're increasing by 1.5 million football pitches every year.* ‘Magazines ore printed on paper from natural and renewable wood hich is all good to know if you love reading your favourite magazine. * Wore Forest Resources, 1953 and UN FAO (Gobo Forest Resources Assessment, 2010 Print and Paper. The envronmentci [ie facis may ‘surprise you1 UAH Sam's surrounded. By bullets. By screams, By bombs and blood. He's 10. Thereare thousands of children like Sam in Syria right now. They're too young to understand what's happening. 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Please help us take them to one of War Child's ‘Safe Spaces'- ahaven away from the violence, Somewhere they can feel protected and cared for, where they can just be children and play. warchild.org.uk/syriaIMPROVE iLife | iWork | Mac Apps | System | iOS iMovie’s Ken Burns Effect p42 Improve THIS ISSUE iLIFE bipyou inion MAC APPS Share your images Create your own tabloid Pages goes all Fk Jotdown with Evermote Keep your Mac secure Taking notes made easy p48 Protect our personal data ps ‘MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 39IMPROVE Email photos the right way Be LS eeepc tenn QUICK LOOK femeuiss ere Nemacrenaccia MESSAGE WINDOW ight canbethe ievas alaysa 37£0 90 but these al ITWILLTAKE in shoeboxe 20m to lft the lid and reminisce rely on meeting with people Messagesize Size option ‘a ea ‘itor os Teataed YOULL NEED erdsand arly en doycu coven ela PROULLNEED nce wee gong dotalatan —wanttoshoreyourmemoresnan © peteweon © oresanbeot Ree etree tantoakco ' palierole ann ym broftateedas, resin ie Por mS Aemtahg sed rtherargea tomtesthasdecrtomorjt —sfieseemeiarel Seto ay pune mdaw hades toobusytomedt yg? Our dial ltyouseehow bigyour (whi woud ie our Seng cmwnalvaimercs, Wa heatbe wwe ofa resigeseting-a cpt esi Solow dowedutcotphots shreihem vathc inet spend dapses. pnp vowed? Wakyouvegatan stot wlloket he cptensoftedtoyou by Prot, ‘Attach photos Multiple mail fecided that ‘terspsnesrtcsontstanes gy emai Yeanseup Going teoures toca Apple tas QP aeanvosteand © ysplenat f decided that sending photos via shrunkto fita small addresses, just as with message. However, jeu any ena program, fm special occasion, thas aohavetheoptonct photos Preferences ir with themes to elect induting the gin window. You an selec. ‘mood. So load up iPhoto and let's Dhotosby making sue theoneyouwish Ouse ia jo. seo what we can do. Steve Paris thisoptonistided. fom tise, femal should be more 40 | MacFormat.com | February 2013IMPROVE HOW TO| EMAIL YOUR PHOTOS WITH STYLE | Various options Select a photo, then go tothe Share button atthe lower right). From hee, you can include tin your Photo Stream, send ita part ‘ofan iMessage o Facebook or Flickr accounts, (orto Twter. tao possible to oder pins and have them delvered to whomever you wish. tesla Select a theme To the rights anew sidebar, from where yu can choose designs for your message. Click ‘on them to see the options. The Classic theme fsnftatheme at al buta plain email with an attached photo. Once you've chosen a theme, Itstime to personalise it. toa limited extent. © Adding text ~ All messages allow you to insert text in spect places hei he messoge body ate even a dete Not oh can you type wht youl buryoucan ao ange theo se ra tee alignment thins bourdingbox Only few options ore pail however Attach to an email — Yeucould drag a photo from your library conto the Mal con in your Dock. The 3pp wil create a new message and embed the photo in it Thisis the usual way of sending photos but iPhoto acwuallyoffersacifferent method Close that email and go back to Photo, Crop and zoom This is not a design app, but you do have some corto ve the photo youve nuded ckonittoreveala sider Droit tothe ight tozoornin, As youd, youre coping your thot Toucan then a around the fame 0 fonisona speci partofthe mage 7 The font palette youd rather gain accesso al your Macs vale tert options goto Eat > Font > Show Fonts use 7 evel the ont pales window You ca choos ay fot you Te and oe ater youre eeu Something whic ao not ovale stag fom Phote § are ~ An email within iPhoto \ with an image selected from your library, clickon Share and choose Email from the menus Hf youhavent already youl need to add your email acount in Preferences. Once done, youte presented with an emi message that looks pretty much like 2 regular email message. SHOT SELECTOR To select multiple shots, click fon the fist then [@}click on another to select both, plus those in between. Iftheyte ot sequential, clickon the first and (x}-click the others, More than one These messages can can handle up to 10 is} photos (beyond that, only the Clasie and. Joural themes are accessible). You can swap the order of your shots around by dragging them from one section to another. You can't, however, remove them from the email MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 41IMPROVE The Ken Burns Effect our movies to mak aking shot insists SKILL LEVEL *« ofan and Movie makes it have one eady in a couple ITWILL TAKE 2Ominutes of hours. And with so many devices capable of shooting video, including all VOULLNEED = ‘Mowe 'N 908; and tablets you've ays gota photoson yourMac.s,athand to record that special moment fered phones ‘understanding But what about photos? Nearly interface devices capable of recording ideo ca also take photos often ata much higher capturing greater detal.So moval about ‘ometting in that ooesnt move This hy Mowe stomatal» Aleit teach ay joao mk or srt mae ooms aos a phe fr you rismaybe, iMovie automatically a You shoud neve rely ona machine to beter you can cop your mages fom eres tname (pans and zooms the same section and its also possible iSfoasimonandmayeabation’ cross a photo for eee you once you've added it to a project eds thanks to matkably seamlined interface. Even HOW TO | MAKE USE OF THE KEN BURNS EFFECT ORIENT AN IMAGE Most came know the proper crientaion when taking 2 but sr landscape in will appear versa, Rotate it Revealing photos “> Browse your photos Like alother media sectionsin Mowe when revealed You can access Aperture, Photo and Photo Booth your photos appear inthe lower ight ofthe interface. To see brates from here. lick the closure tangle to browse by them cick the Photos button nthe toolbar (second from the Event, Places, Albums. Select a photo tose a bigger version Jef. g0toWindow > Photos or use the f+ keyboard inMovies main prevew secton (top right, Find one to use shorteut or youcan drag a photofrom Finder ontoa projec). and drag kt ont your projec. Burns section 42 | MacFormat.com | February 2013Soe ven ard Pts Ken Burns Mouse over the photo in your project and youl see that aKen Bums effect has been added tit. To mol, make sure the lip selected then click the Crop button in the middle of the toolbar. You can aso go to Window > ‘Cropping Ken Burns and Rotation or simply hit the key. Let’ start with the green rectangle and set our fist frame. Clickinide to select it. You can now move t around. To resize it, move the cursor overt its edge. This changes it toa resize tool To alter two sides atthe same time, drag a ‘comer instead. 2 Ene. Preview and reorder To preview an effect, clic the pay button to the left ‘ofthe blue Done button This plays back the Ken Bums effect inreal ime, then returns tothe eting mode. You have the Aexiilty to reverse the effects direction by clicking the selected rectangles double-curved arrow button. SEs), The rectangles The Ken Burs section represented by two rectangles. one green showing where the effect wl tart and tne red, showing where end You can ao see a yellow sxvoe which sh you the ection the pan are apo wl be taking fom the start fame othe end one Set your end position Repeat the procedure forthe red recange Moves ever enough to realie which rectangle youre most ely to want to select when the wo intersect and you cick within that intersection, However ifthe wrong anes chosen, cick inthe same place tohighight the other, [Eis He) Extend duration (Once youte happy lick Done. You can preview it by mousing over the clip in your project. To alters duration, double-click on itt bing up the Inspector. Change its length andthe effec automatically speeds up or slows down This snap has the potential to be transformed into something more dramatic The 'mirored technique In our walkthrough depends on having te right image tostart with, and while is not easy to predict the ‘outcome, anything with water in itisa good startIMPROVE HOW TO| REFLECT YOUR LANDSCAPE Crop your image Copy and flip Enlarge the canvas Remember the fished image wil be rag the images thumbnal in Layers Use the image > Resize > Camas Size twice the width ofthe original, so a vertical crop onto the Create anew layer buton at the ‘command, Click the left centre box in the Anchor works best Pay attention tothe cropping ine bottomofthe palette With thslayer selected, gadget so extra with i added tothe right of ‘onthe ight -thsis where the mirorimage wil use the Image> Rotate> Fp LayerHorzontal the picture (not the default of ll aroun). join. This image is skewed 50 the ciop marquee command. Flip the yer, not the imager itseasy _Choosepercnt ‘rom the menu alongside the hasbeen rotated sightlytostaightenitup. _toget thesemxed up in Photoshop Elements. Width box type' 200into the With box. Position the top layer Add a sky (> Add some lens flare Now dag the Tipped ert the ight The nextstepsar option buttheycan The Fiter> Render > Lens re efet's hand sde ofthe canvas Rshouldsnapinto.—breakupthesynmety. Hee anewsty has another way to add an asymmetric element. To perfectalignment, with the right edge ofthe been added as another layes, then a layer mask use this, youl have to flatten the image into a ‘canvas and the right edge ofthe orignal image. has been added to blenditin withthe seascape. — single layer (Layer > Flatten Image). You can Remember its dificult to predict how wellthe The main image might be symmetrical but the duplicate tis flattened layer and apply the Lens effect will work until you cary out this step! sky is so the effect is less artificial Flare effect tothe duplicate layer. Why? Read on. FINAL IMAGE This'mimored effect works well with water because you can turn aspit of land into an Sind You cant hide the sme Change the blend mode csinsetewryou ‘Working on duplicate layers means you can disguise it. We've «can go back o the riginalif you need to. Also, twedla new shy and ‘ youean changethe blend mde tthe toplayer | ‘he Lens Fle ei Ae {oho ligicyou sil gettheLensFareefec,, | aaymunetic cop ak) if ‘but also a boost in contrast and saturation; this, — BIA gives a Vivid hyper real appearance. MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 47IMPROVE Take notes with Evernote 5 for rer idea or thour Everhard someting pop SKILL LEVEL ito your head = lant Anyone can doit idea othe need to senonber seat FTWILLTAKE and then forgotten it within minutes? 20 minutes With the help of Evernote, youll never YOU'LLNEED —_foveterything again This sence allows don all kinds 1104 es, grab interesting web articles and impor photos and other meca fle, then ‘Saganibe thai a's they ey to access and remember. Isa cross platform service, ofeing access to your notes through your web browser and 05 device as well as your Mac, 0 you dont have to be with vicinity of your desk to jot things 4 It’s constantly evolving too, and version 5 lsthe best version yet 05x 1068 or ater, Evernote 5 fee on the Mac App Store) To get started download and instal through the App Store, then launch trom your Applications fle Ether create a new account orsign in with an exiting one — fyou choose the later all exsting notes and notebooks are synced to your desktop app. 5 note-tal Sle mpl noes share and organiser there ahandy feature where ou an meg them tage The annotation opposite prov \whstlestop tour ofthe ne if you haven't used Evernote before start by creating notes in the ich text, editor attaching related fles, then ‘organise them by notebook, tag or even _geoaraphical location One caveat: the fee Evernote account limits you to upleading SOME of data per calendar month. Uparaging toa Premium account for £299 a month ups tis to 168, plus includes other benefits. Choose Evernote > Account Info find out more. Nick Peers TOP 3 FEATURES | NEW AND IMPROVED TOOLS 1 Shared notebooks You can allow others to access notes held inside a notebook either by emailing people or by providing a public weblink To do this, select Notebooks from the Shortcuts pane and click New Notebook f necessary. Next, roll the mouse over the notebook you wish to share and click the Sharing button f youre a Premium account holder you can ‘lve other Evernote users elting privileges. 48 | MacFormat.com | February 2013 Plot notes on a map Selecta note and cick he Pbutton to assign location tothe note, perhaps where ie was taken oa place refers to Switch on Location Services and cick the locaton finder button to assign the note to your client locaton, or enter manually. 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Switch to Notebooks view, then ‘drag one notebook onto another to create a stack. Drag additional notebooks ‘onto the stack to make it bigger, then right-cick i and choose Rename Notebook to give Ita ttle, Couble click a stack to view the notebooks within. To remove notebooks from the stack simply click and drag them out oft MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 49IMPROVE Scan from a Wete tl far fom the saruL LeveL — YE mycal apes Couldbe iy WE society Papers sia very important partof FTWILLTAKE our fives even though the digital 30 minutes ‘space is encroaching in many areas. Inthe ater we can store thousands sin a small space and its bly easy to search for a YOU'LL NEED Primo version 202, a printed letter, ‘aniPnone x's impossibleto do in our analogue world into etal image, C photo that with OCR character recognition = QUICK LOOK THE PRIZMO INTERFACE your way to citing you les. Th ‘nly probe i that thi ‘oeisjrtimecrsonmapres Document Languages expecially since you need a scanner ‘Type menu amo recognises Disaediayourioc ardent @p hemeatcon © mange ecu buly dhoaethetped butler Tastee Pemo comes Rageaelmpaiog yg oa Thsapp stents tense he Dyas, aan ete Ceemonscsed. aroun StWlmanr garb erst Ciwotkottorl sean, eeu, eaten thebest prt sap that ‘ar al hae photos of paige OCR menu More pages Seninhiearrensih te menor Yovcoats tre you Phone O rrevartede © savingos teomeswanmarytookio —«semhewlsesoypu—iyddag heed coma ba psp an cneemeette, ghiguestone dhorion tp you get the thoecesaessele etme image as straight and clear as astheycan be. You an your phone is connected, fossbizardahocones ina aoitpereeabity epee vryce Ocho. Severs ane. yu te 50 | MacFormat.com | February 2013IMPROVE HOW TO| CAPTURE, PROCESS AND EXPORT 1 Snap a page Start by taking a phot ofa document Anything will do grab your iPhone and take a shot. Try to get straight, but since Prizmo has conection tools it neednt be perfect. Next ‘connect your Phone to your Mac and lounch Primo. Clik'Impor from Scanner or Camera Semecomnen acai 4 Lens correction ‘ter cropping, click on Lens and tck Lens Correction. Prizmo wil detect thatthe ‘photo was taken with an iPhone and apply calibration to make the words as straight and clear as possible. You can aso manually alter the distortion with the available sliders ( OCRanalysis Prame wl break your page down into regions of tect wit the eitable conversion 0 the ight Those regions may not abaysbe accurate but youcan aay eat them seec tne nd hit them) key to remove to ick ‘hla the brtom to create anew eon. “> Rotate and zoom Select your iPhone and choose the image you want Start by rtating your shotfneeded, then use the Cop tol to remove parts you dont nee. You can use the sider lower ight to 200m in and two fingers on your trackpad to scroll through the document, 5 Adjust the colour ‘With the Adjust tool you can dean up your image: choose Gray f you have no images ‘on your page. This wll ncrease the contrast. Play around withthe sliders unti the letters are asclearas possible. nce done, select your document’ language and click Recognise Editing regions You can also resize a region. As you ( remove or add ines of text, the conversion automatically adjusts itself without the need for re-analysis Ia region doesnt contain text, you can set itt ether recognise numbers or images by licking it and choosing Region Type. 3 Crop \ licking on Cop opens up menu. You ‘can auto-detect or drag the comers manually cover the desved area. The curvature option helps correctfor any probable curve onthe page. To undo your change, click on the curved arrow, top right of the menus ao a DEMO SCENE Prizmo is available on the Mac App Store, but the developers have kindly created a demo ve'sion Vist ‘steaceed.com/ntizme and ck the Download link =< i— — i — yea Te ORT et acento — | — ©, Translate and export Fora quick translation, just click Trandate and picka language - but computer translations art always ideal. Finally, you can export your Conversion. The POF (Image + Searchable Text) ‘option preserves the look of the page and. ‘embeds the converted text within it MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 51IMPROVE p Schedule posts and tweets Set up automatic Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn posts at specific times QUICK LOOK BUFFER DASHBOARD —® 0:2 508 01128 SKILLLEVEL — ggg stu09Ing 10 ocGense Anyone candoit — TeyggiP the ey youLse you socal media accounts, ITWILLTAKE going fom long periods of sience (on days ofthe week and specific times, then simply fil up those dots th posts links and other interesting content as you come across them, ensuring they'e ‘1S minutes ‘to.overwhelming your contacts with delivered at specific times rather Accounts list Edit posts YOU'LLNEED —2torentotcommens weblinks thaninone qucerish ohn folthemose Bulfeapneam andtheli, hen yeureed Bue, Thee account were using hina ver 3psand account socol media scheduling service thet works ere estrcts youto three accounts ateconnected plushow —_ouse options for “counts wah te Linkedln andacebook ands maximum of 10 poss n your ‘MMYpORSarequeed deta eng, to help you neatly space out your Buffer at any one time. That's fine upforeach, Gickoneto Change the order of the ‘west Updates rdshedinis—formost peopl, ard you can earn se appar pty ing ston Buffer differs from other services more scheduled slots by referring highlighted in the stfor and dragging itt its inthatyousetupaschedule based other people tvough a Buf casjidnfiaton, ——_rewpesonin te st. : owided Ink they ato gen bonus With Buffer you set spsce'or signing ups. Fit’ too Queued Shorten links restive sgn up for an’Avesome Asche Tepthismenvord up a schedule account for US$10.a month, which poss forthe choos tink ‘supports up to 12 accounts, allows: currently selected ‘Shorteners. Switch off based on days of — ateettp denn sccadelor setter ihre the week and ferent ys and removes alls eBufeta ange chen our ee con the number of posts in your vithtetineand te cubit acunter se specific times ‘ule. Nick Peers they goine eof Bafersonn, eo mecors t une = pear a serwae =o BO rwiy = mre yi gare ae ity sorta bs, a> Bi Tomorrow & < Setoa pi te om tt con area von te mY aes 52 | MacFormat.com | February 2013IMPROVE HOW TO| SET UP AND POST WITH BUFFER btn bute 4 Sat gS a 1 Sign up Browse to bufferappcom and choose how to signin. You can use an existing Twitter, Facebook or Linkedln account, o create a Buffer account: lick Use Buffer Account, enter your email set a password and cick Create Account. Install the browser extension and restart Safar. / 4 Existing times can be edited using the noteme ects ee maenresrien syceneen ase Seer om. | iSahmomaaea iv Sane t ent 6 Sharing extras ‘lick the photo button to upload one to accompany your post. Enter a web address and «preview appears below for posting on Facebook The heart button provides the Buffer teferallink- anyone who signs up earns an ‘extra post for both of you in your Buffer accounts. Connect accounts Return to bufferapacom and should automatically lg in. Click the + button oink “wt, Facebook and Linkedin profiles. Free accounts support one ofeach. You can also link Facebook page or Linkedin group in pace of 2 rofl. lick the relevant'Connect button Bur ¥ | Schedule first post Clicks What do you want share” boxto compose your rst schedled post Cck the acount or accounts ou want the posto appenrn and ype our pst keeping to 0 characters ress fs for Titer Cha Share Now Bert adit your shee Leo Post web links A quick way to share a web addrssis via the Buffer browser extension, Just browse to the web page in question and click the Buffer button in your browser toolbar. A pop-up appears with the web page tite and address. Editit and click ether Post Now or Add to Butfer. Amend schedule \ select an account and switch othe Schedule tab where Buffer has already setup two or eight daily posts depending onthe type of account. This can be edited, but free account holders can only set up one schedule to cover allthe days ofthe week or specc days oly GO MOBILE Search for Bue in the App Store and you can install it on your iPhone too. You also find other apps support dvect posting to Buff including Tweetcaster and Instapaper, ‘Thursoy 12 ly = 8 Analyse posts Butler ets youseehow wel our poss are perorming Select sn account, wth othe rays acount and examine poss based om retwets Bes pote each cts ond other Cito, Discover wha dof pots your readers tke depending on wich account you use MacFormatcom | February 2013 | $3IMPROVE SKILL LEVEL Anyone can doit ITWILL TAKE 2Ominutes ‘YOU'LL NEED Funes 1, an internet connection, (05 XLion or above Better searching in iT unes 11 Tunes 11 isritjustabout a ‘ew, cean look Its more iy integrated with your Tunes Store account and purchases fom the puts your pre store only afew clicks away. Thies ‘ally helpful if youve got limited ge although sometimes you might wart to see only the music that’ available wthout an internet connection, he search bar fa wtal feature of and its behaviour has been matching items in an 3 Pop-Up list, but search terms that worked fine in Tunes 10 might Yield no results at al. That Apple ae altered how searches the library when you start typing But ithasnt removed the ‘old method altogete, and ts ea5y The lst that ops down fromthe search box updates nal ime sy pe morse tes, The quits of Munes 115 search bar you tothe curently playin sill warantsomeecpanaton tte If you dislike the Used tbe a shortcut or si Titpacttanseamoean — fSUItS panel, itCAN —rewerare tar ereoend athecs, mar. bedisabled in favour though the idview. Of the older, more ba, wre flexible searching HOW TO | FIND WHAT YOU WANT IN ITUNES 11 SEARCH ANIPAD Choose View > Show Sideba, cick the tian in the ist. You cantcreate sts, but the ch bar works add tracks toUpNext t ther, . “| The search results list © Aproblem with multiple words ‘ype in Tunes 17 search bar, and a list of matching lf there are many matches ina category, only some are Items appears. It searches all sections of your library and shown untilyou click the number next to its name. Typing ‘groups tems accordingly. Music might be broken down into additional keywords might not shorten the ist as you expect: artists, albums and songs whose names contain all keywords. when we add ‘blondie Tunes draws. blank, despite the Weve searched for telephone! which shows afew songs. band’s Hanging onthe Telephone being in our library. ‘54 | MacFormat.com | February 2013IMPROVE “INSTALL ITUNES SCRIPTS Pe Scripts need to a be saved within © Searching with the MiniPlayer _|_ Increase precision sary te ‘Tunes 11 ony considers an ter tobe a match fll Athetopofthe esutslistisalinelike"Show your the Finder nold your keywords are found in one piece of metadata. Previous search terms] inthe itary section you're viewing] Make [Sand choose ‘etsions were more flexible, and ther search behaviour stil sure youre in the correct part ofthe library before you Go> tibray {valablein the main window, but not the MinPlayer. ts search, and cick thisline tomatch multiple keywords no ne holcing search bar only behaves the new way. ‘matterhow they‘ spt among an items metadata, and ==, crag the Libary fader to the Desktop. When sovng ae a scp browse tots alas andsavein iTunes/Scripts [Skip the pop-up pane © Clear up cloudy vision ‘You canals instigate this type of search by pressing’ Tunes shows items bought from the Tunes Store atany time, Results stil update ves youcontinue to and eseuhereifyou use Tunes Match ~ even they arent typeintheserchbac.fyouenly ever wontto use this type onyourMac so you can download them on whim f WHY USE Siete ac the waging Gaacandchoesauch iddbloscng uta option Yul ean hides ofictonh ITUNES Ene Library: This bypasses the pop-up results pane {rom searches by choosing View > Hide tems inthe Cloud MATCH? As wellas putting al of your musicin the cloud Match has another invaluable feaure It syncs plays via the allowing you toqukcky 1 comple tracks | ‘on your Mac Go to current song Install the script and download nthe Controls meni, Go to Current Song shows Having saved the script, got System Preferences” themallto ‘whats playing onthe album from which torgiates You Keyboard pane, click Keybosrd Shortcuts, choose Application 27/05 device tight want 0 ses playlist, however, to make changes. The Shortcuts, then click the + button, Choose Tunes from the By apping serpt at njurcomvagprmj allows this. Click the con below fst and rype the scrip’ flename (minus ts extension) .n the a pasion the code, then dick New Script if youssee a security warning, bottom box, type the shortcut you want to run the script MacFormatcom | February 2013] $5IMPROVE | \\\ Safeguard your iOS data Fish documents from iOS back-ups, restore game progress — and more (One reason mary people ‘SKILL LEVEL ae seduced by a Mac the Could be ticky de that it ust works OF course that not eniely AT WILL TAKE accurate —iFt was MacFormat wouldn't 30 minutes have a help section and no Mac owner YOU'LLNEED Would ever find themselves sting there TTunes 10s iBackup Wide-eved.yeling "Wry wont you do Viewer 15tiExplorer What vant you to? while their Mac 32h one ormore _goesintosome kind of digital meltdown, ‘OSdevices For the mos part though, Macs do at least do their jobs adriably well when compared to their PC cousins And realy, that difference between PC and Mac s ‘almost the same as how a tumber of ‘peopl feel on making any kind of shit from Mac to 105,There’ something about OS devices tat fel very sae, secure and sturdy Perhaps the Updates can go wrong, as can the We therefore recommenda range hardware steamed design andthe devices themselves, breaking and ‘of approaches to secure your most materiale used ~ solid metal and glass. needing replacing Important data which vl ako Perhaps i's the software again Noneofthese things something provide you with more fexbity streamlined and much easierto deal you can anticpate,not ae they ely should you late need to restore. ‘with than 5X which remains lumbered _tohappen with any degree of reguarty: Regarding backups you should with its mtiad folders and potenti for but that wort be any consolation regularly manually back up your device bbehindthe-scenes tinkering you suddenly ind youve ostall your to your Mac. data fiom 2 music app or all your Keeping 2 local back-up in addition Not so simple progres fram ore of the many iOS to your Cloud one gives you more The thing is 105 devices arettin ealty games that doesnt sync progress ‘options should things 90 holy particulary simple. Underthehood, ——valoud. wrong, and local back-ups are possible they ae running a very complex ‘Aseverthesolution sto backup _toexplre using software (also, you ‘operating systern and doing very your data, and todo itsooner rather backup your Mae, youriOS back-ups Intricate things ~ if just mest ofthat become even safer through there being ishden fom vewadéteralzyou. — ANTUNES SYNC CGN ne coptesof them. Can then to Tesi them We ako suggest ou academy reerteentnerestedabiesctmae, (infrequently) do inant sve fm dpp ach Lerdeve and an Tunes sync can (admittedly ii games youll be really upset about enn Kiequenipcoroteronepeces — UNEXDECTEC things, Ere Rec tom Tuscan oer Toalbadaps things such as not syncing tems it such as not syncing bbe reinstated, even into a fresh install itt redo» as supposed ta or deleting apes 4 ofthe app, cemeded vie. entirely Adatonaly.evenen-devee OF Aeleting apps Great explorers than tr you wse Kou that Interso sftate the walhrough backs up OS device datathatcan onthe folowing page works wth subsequently beretieved inisentiety Tunes wed Manes 1, butveion under adsaserecovety scenario, but 10s ie). the fee Backup Viewer ‘wesugges gong futher yovle—_(maoacom/shoneharhunscwed serious about safeguarding data Fist, and Explorer (nacraplanicom). ‘Cloud ist infallible and restores can Although iExploreisa commercial fai secondly you cant easly grab just product, what we do inthe walktrough ‘one chunk of data from anilou back- only requitesthe rely avalable demo, up; thirdly, you certainly caitgrabone Note that owners of PhoneView (ecamm, item from an iCloud backup youve _comm/maciphoneview) wil find that app subsequently overtten that Rem with has broadly similar functionalty to something new. ‘Epler Craig Grannell 56 | MacFormat.com | February 2013IMPROVE HOW TO | SAFEGUARD AND RESTORE iOS CONTENT Back up devices Fist. make sure yout backing up your devices. On cach device use Setings > Cloud to configure loud. In Storage & Backup you can toggle the Cloud Backup, which willbackup the camera rol accounts documents and setings when the devices plugged in, locked and connected to WiFi. These cn take a whl, so theye best done overnight. the fee 568 Apple provides isnt enough, the'Change Storage Plan’ button enables you to increase your storage upto 50GB fora price 2 Back up to iTunes ‘As noted in te intro, we aso suggest you regulaly ‘backup devices using iTunes. This can be done wirelessly. In ‘Tunes 1, selet your device from the toolbar andi is page click'Back Up Now’ under the Manually Back Up and Restore” heading. f you've not backed up in awhile, be patient this process can take some time. fyoute using Tunes 10, "lickyour device in the Tunes sidebar and selec Back Up For reference purposes, local Tunes backups are stored {n~/brary/Application Support/MobileSyn. Each device hasits own folder although its name and those of les within ae seemingly rancom strings of characters ~ you need sofware to interpret ther, ~ Back up data from apps To svedatafrom an individual app, na way that wll later enable you to restore t manually you have to connect your device to your Mac via the cable that came with it. Fie Lp iExplorerand you should see your device in its sidebar. ‘pen the App folder under your devies name inthe sidebar and you wil see your installed apps. Select one and the app folders wll be displayed in the main viewing are, Create a folder in Finder with the name of the pp and perhaps the dte.Sockinifxporer select the pps ‘Documents and Library folders. Drag these othe Finder folder you made, or cick them select Export and choose the folder inthe Save calog. Youve now gota local copy. /. Restore from a local backup ifsomething goes badly wrong with your device, and youneed to extract data from a backup rather than directly from your device launch iBackup Viewer. Select the backup you want to explore rom the Backups pop-up meni (or use ‘plore ao allows oa bacup browsing but Bacup ewers dene (emecng advice toa Macusng abe fet ver 205 but then you cased data wing pee JARGON BUSTER Sideloading essentially means transferring data between two. devices. especially ‘common when taking about {adding data to a mobile device from a computer (auch asto your ‘Phone froma Mac), way the manufacturer didnt intend 1/40 and choose a backup folder, Then twidcle your thumbs fora bit as iBackup Viewer figures out what al ‘means, which can take a minute or so. Once its dane lick the Apps tab, select the app you want to extract data rom, select all the documents inthe topright pane, = -click and choose Save, Click New Folder, name the folder, and click Open (yes, we know) to save the files. 5 Sideload app data ‘Saving data manually (step 3) or heroically rescuing it from abochupGtep tis no good fyeucart then eke we oft Toretore dt, open plore as per sep 3 and dag relevant Documents and Uber fees tothe main view treo This tends o work best icon view When he dato Boras you want replace existing elders ek Replace Anexceptonisifyoure only wanting to restore a specie fe uch asa soe fie from musi app sa dog he Single ots cqunalnt cation nthe ap’ ler Sucre whine device rather han eping the entire Documents elder Once done, double lek he dees heme buton orig up the multasking wy. hed the relevant pp emul bbls then ape cose ton trite opie eaunch ard you shuld now have cess tothe sideloaded data (Our story ~~ This walkthrough was inspired by a real data disaster. During the proces of reviewing Need for Speed: Mest Wanted, we ddan Tunes sym few hours later, we raised the game had vanished fom our iPad We estat but the data was gone, along with two weeks of progress. After ahute abit ofsweoring we membered the apps inthis feature and used itackup Viewer o explore the previous days Mac backup From thee we extracted the Most Wanted data to fldern Finder, and then sed iyporerosideload itnt the app. One restart of Most Wanted ater nd we were rer backto where we were prior tothe dodgy sync A few minutes offing around cern best many hours of ayn to get back the same poitin the game! MacFormatcom | February 2013 | $7IMPROVE Am ent. Apple does SKILLLEVEL mnbeCSenage sonata wth sek Anyone can do un and altho ton it * has plenty gong for s ITWILLTAKE 4, apples creation & nether terbly cons in 105 mean YOU'LLNEED 2c Apples design makes sense, default calendar ab, you cart ee tendency to fel camped Honevec#you went faster Fantasia (£199, App Sto simples mee 1 ew you sips everthing back and in doing calendars and cet events, ts on, You rare task Fantastcal cant do tse eta single st of vpcomng events, Cralg Grane and a'date ticker under the main to i Fantastical strips sf yout day by way of coo. f that represent your everything back, “Heahermaprecktanasia! 2/0 feels more hs seve atl argue like an Apple app sse pin Englsh phrases HOWTO Se ‘Alo Fantastical access to your calendar dota when asked. Existing events willbe pulled in, and new events wil f you use Cloud, syne across devices. The ticker and events list are linked ~ drag one, and the other scrolls to the relevant dayfevents.To return to today, tapin the cente of the toolbar atthe top ofthe screen To seach, drag the ticker down aighty. 58 | MacFormatcom | February 2013 than Apple's own 2s 4 5 6 7 6 : Raz Tap! Dream of oT Change your view For an overview that’s longer than the defoult,tap-drag the ticker downwards. twill switch toa month-view calendar here, tap any day to see its events ina scrolling list below the ‘calendar. The pots on each date represent your first four events. Drag the calendar down to revert tothe ticker. You can aso delete any ‘event by swiping i lft and tapping Delete. ore efficient calendar | NAVIGATE FANTASTICAL Edit Tap! Into The Dead Starts Tue 18 Dec 11:00 Ends 12:00 Ropeat Never > itees None > Edit an event ” Toview any eventin more detail simply tap Tp Ei to eter panel thats ery simlor tothe oneinthe Calender app. Here. you can cs the event lectin time, lets, Calera avaibilty and notes You cannot however adirvitesuness ome already exis, de to limitation in the 0S calendar APL For that youdhave to use CalendarIMPROVE HOW TO| CREATE NEW EVENTS one Pesca has 1[ Friday -lunch trom 1 t0 3 pref 17|| | invoices Friday 4-5pm. Wort 241 | 21 | | Starts 21 Dec 2012 13:00 ED | Ends 15:00 | ‘Show Details Show Detais or) | a}w)e)Alr|yjulijojp Never > 1 Use natural language “Edit event details Use shortcuts To createa new event tap the'+"button Should you need to edit your event. tap“ _Athough you can assign an event 108 atthetop-ight ofthe screen. Asyoutype, Show Detalfora more tadtonal event editor _ calendar by using the Edt screen is ako Fantasia wil interpret your input. updating _ Here, youcan define or amend various aspects possible in the New Event screen, After you've thelive preview beneath the input field. Note of yourevent, including alerts, the calendar _typedin your event, ether typea sash or four thatifthe app messes up the times or any _—_youid ike tad toaelevant URL and ary spaces, allowed by your calendar name, and it entry, carifyamyer'pm accordingly. Also, you. notes. Once youre satisfied with your edit, tap should update in the ive preview. You don't ‘an drag the preview field to see other events Add. Alternatively tap Cancel and then Discard usually have to type the entire name ~ the fist surrounding the new one, Eventto delete it and retun to your ealendat. few characters are often enough. HOW TO | CHANGE IMPORTANT SETTINGS Calendar ex Calendars ] | Yeuean ao switch tothe DayTikerby | New invitation Alerts @TNT | 1° puting down on the calendar. | | Time Zone Support on > | Calendars All Calendars > || sme Events 1 Month Back > First Day of Week Sunday > | Default Alot Times > | Default Alerts > | eventenarines TD) | Default Calendar Home: standard > ! Ro ewoneaeee || calendar Weeks @HINT) || etencorwt taste ts enonr ‘| Amend settings © Adjust defaults > Set privacy options Fantastica offers settings 30 you can You can use Defauit Alerts to define \O tyeuno longer want Fantastical to MUietakeEaE ONIN — diiiewbrenntuetotsorthe scat joralela eeandwPieg soy ‘main screen tap the cogicon. Fromhere, you default calendar used fornew events youneed inthe Settings app and tap Calendars. Within, can tum off specific calendars set the frst day to use the iOS settings app. Openit select Mail, set the Fantastcal switch to Off Next. do the ‘ofthe week, and toggle event end-timesand Contacts, Calendars and scrolldown tothe same inthe Contacts section. you accidentally label vsibity. Note thatthe Calendar toggle at___ Calendars section. Tap Default Calendar and deny Fantasical permission to access calendars the tops equivalent to pulling down te ticker make selection fromthe list by tapping it.This or contacts during set-up you can fixit by to switch to It—it doesnt disable anything willbe your new default. turing the mentioned switches to on. MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 59IMPROVE arene === from abstcomer soyoucnloc. youracquity. Keep your Mac secure Not solong ago f you SKILLLEVEL reeactiminal and TWILL TAKE encryption tine YOU'LL NEED 05 107 or higher dminstiator account so th nd update Anyone who uses your Mac should have non-admin accounts for re anaes em everyday activities as Adin or A ‘ en enter deta for tryto avod using 60 | MacFormat.com | February 2013IMPROVE So many passwords @ Nandeaspotitate havea cena ey secure passordsoreinapragam suchas Wasa All your data YoucanakouseWPasword ‘bread aeditcard infomation sotwarelcenc keys exanthing you want tobe secu. Strong passwords © ferenbiigsteng passwords anbe ard whichis another reason tohave 2 secure store for them Keep in syne © Srengwinvisice rpbot ensues youhavea backup copyof orinfermation thatsabaysacresible. You novice that next to the Pas field there a key Icon. 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See Quick Look.) that tisk, if you have it selected, be sure to ‘restarted, it wort automatically log you home tx Gaveyarnthjortonn —seldiaresenaposinsinte. — welalyorpewor ° MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 61IMPROVE © Now goto Secuty & Frvay in Sytem Prefeences and ensure Requie passwort checked an set totmmedatey ater step or screen saver begins Then in Deshop & Screen Saver in System Preferences create a hot comer that wil atte the screensaver you move the cusor toa particular come ofthe screen, “That way ifyou now ye going to WALL onda OF FIRE | beleavingyourMacunattended you falar canactivate the screensaver with sole gare shld The Machasa | movement and your Mac willbe secured. canes fore frewallthat can Afialine of defence against casual yovacesthen. 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Peg | Secuty& acy ako les you ‘Mac even futhes you can also use its You should ao encrypt yourTime references 294 ese only apps cornoaced tom ulin Fl password by restatng your Machine backups by going into Time ble Seah dewoparstutedby Apple can in Macand ding down the + 8) Machine n System Peerences,ccking seat onyourNacwhchcanhelptoblack When youre restarts pick Fame on eect Disk and selecting Een malate. ust make sue‘Allow Password Utlty ram the Usties manu backups Ary other Macsk you have, HOW TO | ENCRYPT YOUR STARTUP DISK is Sena ‘| Begin the process FileVultn 05x 108 an eneryptall of your startup dik provided you dot have an unusual setup suchas a RAID arty. Encrypting your ‘sk means that even if someone removesit frm your Mac they sil ‘wort be able toead the data on it However you pan on using it remember to keep encrypted Tne Machine backups, sinoeitcan be ‘ccasonally temperamental - His damaged, Dek Uilly wot be able to fxthe problem, and youl have to wipe tand start frm scratch To start, isin System Preferences cick on Security & vac and then FleVaut You should then click on Turn On FileVaullt. to begin the process. 62 | MacFormat.com | February 2013 El ‘eo Authorise users Once FileVaultis enabled fr your startup disk only users youve authorised willbe able to ecess your Mac unlock the disk and boot up (05 ¥.Todo this they ned to enter thelr account ID and password when they fist switch on the Mac. However, o give them that access youll need to enable their account, ether at this stage ort alter point trough the FileVauit system preferences. Each user should dick on ‘Enable User.nextto ther account then enter his or her password into the dialogue. When every acount you want to have access has been enabled - youhave to enable the administrator account ~ lick Continue.inluding portable USB sticks can ako be ‘encrypted directly fom the Finder by fight-icking on them and selecting Encrypt Disk However, remember thet fyou Intend to use the dive with another ‘compute only O5X 107 or higher willbe able to read you wart itt be readable by oder Macs, Windows ‘oreven Linux, youll need to use a diferent encryption method, such as TrueCrypt (uuscryntog). There ate also commercial avalabe USB dives such a Kingstons Dataaveler Locke G2 tingston comms ‘personal businessdting? that have ther own butt crosspltfoen encryption systems, The ast stp in ensuing Is secure is to stay uptodate. Apple releases softwere updates to fix any secuty problems as theyre discovered, butyouneed to apply ‘them: they avalable under Updater Inthe App Store in the Dock andthe ‘Apple menu, But while OSX checks every day for any security updates from Apple, itkalo wort installing antimalvare software, such s Sophos Ant-vtus os comlenassroductviet 1 cee eae pene ee jour Mac Any Mac disk, including portable USB sticks, can be encrypted directly from the Finder Have a safety net ‘sofia sfequerd, your Mac wil then give youa'saety net key, ‘which you can enter to unlock the disk and recover your data if you forget your password, Saveit somewhere securely (uch as Password) before ‘going any further since youl never be given thisky again, that seems too risky, you can tore the Key with Apple as web clicking on Store the Recover Key with Apple Youl ao need to provide answers to three ‘security questions that Apple wil ask you to provide fyou contact that ever happens youl ned to fype your answers exactly s you ype them here for Apple to give you the forgotten ey. 0 IMPROVE tanga deste visa wee ie eames teu. TET cides ters Soya JARGON BUSTER ‘Toa: sti ‘Something that petendsto be benign but really ; is instead sonbosantiinisfoemachomeedtion — when yourun 2 Sophos updates hourly, can spot ee rval beau and block attacks Siena toigsted stsofware suchas Acobst as atu none wells Wrdows molt, s0youcan reel $0 passing that on eiteyal Staying secures about bo ‘ype oroter mnach ae you iin to bethatnoone Stato ts warts yourinfomaton or money? AI creator or even these steps com youncthing so why nt take conwolot do them incase one dy the worst your Mac happens? Rob Buckley ‘cats toms he Mc an be sneer EO rat} ai} 4 Start encryption ‘ter you click Continue, youll be prompted to restart your Moc Since a Macs hard civ can contain alt of data, your Mac cant encrypt ‘everything immediatly. Instead twill add encryption information to the hard dive and then begin encrypting the data onthe dive wile you ‘continue to work. Itcan take several hours or even longer to encrypt the ‘ve, so until the proces is complete your data wil stil be vulnerable to being read by someone who acquires yout Mac. You can checkup onthe progres ofthe encryption proces at any pont using the FleVaul tab, where you can also tum off encryption ifyou ever decide to remove it MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 63IMPROVE Master OS If youe fortunate enough SKILL LEVEL tobe ble relatvely Could be wicky probleriee eyesight, ing and mobi, es ITWILLTAKE sometimes exsy to forget many people 30 minutes arerit YOU'LLNEED whichis fast becomin 05x Mountain tion computing, This spar this aspect of been spruced up, with aMé comes to working with ‘2 non-standard fashion. « that concentrate on hearing and interaction, The ese Includes amending the rane in which you can work with the pointer (your rackpad or mouse) and the keyboard (for example cannot hold kays down, of you nes Fe time between vena Key fssed and an action occur) Thete are peech-oriented options wth the reed a tutorial of Adjust your display ‘ean open the Xa ccessibility § Your acest opionscanbefound under Stem Preferences pti usel teers, First-rate tools that can benefit anyone working with their computer in anon- standard fashion ‘youdon't ating or ing your Mac. Craig Grannell “) Zoom the screen traning and VoreOver utility Select Display from the Accessibilty sidebar. Within, there are siders to adjust contrast and cursor siz, wile the checkboxes allow you to invert colours or enforce greyscale. ‘The former can be useful when dealing with glare on a sunny day, 36 most text ends up white ona back background, from its pane in Accesso, 64 | MacFormat.com | February 2013 In Zoom, the fst two boxes enable zooming using the keyboard, and a scroll gesture in combination with a User-defined modifier. More Options houses magnification and further options. Zoom begins fullscreen, but Zoom Style: Pictures picture places a box under the cursor.IMPROVE — (05Xhas buten speech In ~ — . Dictation & “> Help the hearing impaired Use Sticky Keys Speech, the Glick Audio, Tick Flash the Screen when an Alert In the Keyboard section, click Enable Sticky Keys, and. Dictation tab ‘curs, and the sereenwlfash whitewhen alertsaudio then Options. The Bep option plysa keypress sound when “bls youTo ‘would sound, Test Screen Flash tests the effect The other youtap 3, =), 0] or ,Dplay splay any pressed reacts hee ‘option forces mono sound fr anyone who's hearing modifier Said Keys tye withoutyouhodng them. uni ESS CP impaired in one ea Such a point 5. shortatis activated or = i pressed Trowin text, whe Text to Speech wots the other wey ound / Understand Mouse Keys 6 Access Trackpad settings * In Mouse & Trackpad, Mouse Keys enables you to use ~~" Under Trackpad Options, Scrolling Without Inertia ‘thekeybourd 0 contol the cursor This designed for an stops crling dead if you it finger from the wackpad: ‘extended keyboard's number pa, with © being the button, Enable Dragging with Drag Lock enables you to pause and ‘wth directions surrounding it (Ona smaller keyboard, fh) continue a dag. rather than an abject beng dropped when fan isthe button, and keys around aredrections) the dag tops. Instead you mee the cursor to confi, JARGON BUSTER Aecessibity incudes the Enable acess for assistive eves box, requited by many add-ons Essentially this enaoles them Activate Speakable Items © Explore voice commands Peet select peakable tems and click Onin Settings Using In Commands, youcan toggle comand sets and non-standard the Microphone menu, elect your input. Under Uistening configure which contact willbe accessble wing the feature, contro, such Key, use Change Key change (em =) thekeythatmakes _fyouTe new to Spokable ems, we recommend your ist a cripting 10 the Mac avait voice put. To prompt using your voce, select command be Open Speech Commands window which reslee windows Listen continuously with keyword’ and type 2 voice prompt. provides a window tha ists avalable commands in context. MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 65Have your say on everything Mac, OSX and iOS Welcome... AppleTalk isa section dedicated to the MacFormat ‘community. Here youl find ‘out what's cn the minds of ‘other readers, and get answers to your technical problems. Why not let us know what you think of Funes 11 or other Apple related issues? Email smacformatefutwenetcom GET INVOLVED Aepltiat Twit Mac User Groups Me and my Mac Wina MacBook ro Macs0s 105505 srsssss JOIN US ONLINE 9 fEnalyourquestonst smacormatfuturenecom Vstmacormatcomfor theltestexctingAplenes Jontheconerston at Faeabodkcomimactormat Reap uptodate by fling won Twteratamacormat 66 | MacFormatcom | February 2013 Apple TAL i, Lm La Ko%e Q STAR LETTER e Does Apple easing anew ‘Rad makeyour lone eles OF couse not. > In your AppleMal section of the Christmas issue [F255] Glynn Jones “utter disgust” at Apple for ‘selling a fourth-generation iPad afew ‘months after he had bought a third generation model had me laughing so had in disbelie Treally cant understand this reaction. 1s Mr Jones seriously that disgusted? Has his third-generation iPad suddenly stopped being capable ofal the things he ‘wanted it todo on the day that he learned Apple were releasing a newer ‘version? Does the Wi-Fi speed of is YOU'RE A WINNER! Ema your letersto usat mara htenetcom, yours getspicked asthe -Macorat Star Letter youl be Senta fantastic DTT dele, ‘This USB device gives your Mac Powerful digital TV reception third-generation iPad render it completely useless because there's a newer, faster version out? know that die-hard Apple users like tohave the latest iDevice, but being that ‘grieved because of a new release i a tad. OPT. chill, dude! ‘Thanks for the magazine, guys, and I promise I won't get upset with my ‘current January issue when [see the new February issue! Howard Graham says: tend to agree with | you Howat, but | do have some APBD sympa fr Glynis predicament. ts ro fun buying an Apple product, whichever ‘one itis, only fr ther to update the linea ‘week tet Part of the fun of wring anew Apple device is knowing that youve got the latest model Once you've lest that sheen you «an ee sight less special but a you say ts not tke your device ist everthing you ‘expected itto be when you bought itNiche markets Thave read many comments that Apple ignores niche markets when it comes to issues such as dual sims and SD card storage in Phones and iPads, stating that ther no demand, Yt issues with revolutionary advanees in glass bonding and the obsession with making things thinner don't seem to bea proble “Apple's philosophy that people need tobe tld what they want is an incredible conceit. In the past this has undoubtedly been true, when people were wowed by Apple's design and innovation. ‘The reality today is that people hhave invested in the tech and will stick with it for a while, but make no mistake they are seeing other products of increasingly equal ‘quality with more features {Tm sure the boffins and designers at Apple understand the incredible ‘complexity and advances that are required to produce their ereations, but the average consumer does not understand the tech, they only see that other companies are producing tech that increasingly looks similar but has more options, and makes the tasks they want todo easier and more customisable to their needs, rather than Appk's vision of what their needs are, Microsoft reached the position where Apple is now, and lost sight of what consumers wanted. After losing its visionary it too found itselfon the ensp of change it did not recognise, and was not willing Launched 20 years ago, bockn 193, the fistsue ‘fMagormat featured a Lemmings over dsc. AppleTALK issue, which surely must be coming fairly soon! ‘Steve Schulte Tim says: Thanks forthe tips Notes, Steve twill indced be 2. Macformats 20th anniversary this year we launched 983. great to the mag fo that longt Education apps Tama recently retired headteacher, now working asa consultant to Theablity to cate oles sono theidden jos of Apples otesapp. schools. I bought iPads to be used in to.change the philosophy ‘of complacency. Sam Dalton iO oss placency iit of iar updates gets updating ts products 10 quicty asf does for nok innovating enough ~ see ou Sta Letter this month Ws iue that Android tablets and phones are getting a et bette, and now offer an texparence that st too dis ror the Appleone though the continued success (ofthe iad and Phone show that thee a ference between the 9 with Apple Notes about Notes ‘Thanks fora fine article introducing Notes for Mac in issue 254 of ‘MacPormat. However, a great feature should also have been mentioned: folders. On both Notes for Macintosh a well as Notes for 10S you can create folders to help you organise your notes, On a Mae running Mountain Lion you choose from the ‘menu bar to view the folders. With {08 you tap on accounts to show the list of folders. ‘While you can view all your folders sorted alphabetically on the iPad and. believe also the iPhone or iPod touch, you cannot, it seems, create new folders in iOS. However, on the ‘Mac you can ereate new folders. Ibis, also only on the Mac that you can ‘move your notes between folders. Thave enjoyed MacFormat ‘magazine since I picked up my first issue, number 3, in 199% while at Heathrow airport. I'm looking forward to the aoth anniversary n there’ good reason my reception class last year, but one of the hurdles to good practice was the difficulty in tracking down appropriate apps. In particular, itis difficult to find apps suitable for a non-US classroom. A regular review spot would be very helpful to many readers who work in education. It could be split into sections such as pre-school and early years (w would grab the attention of parents as, well as people working in schools), primary and secondary. Alan Phair Christopher Phin says: Thanks writing, Alan The education market has aways been important to Apple, but has recently, as you imply been given fesh the ° AppleonTV ‘An unusual ase here, rom The Bi Bang Meo season $x, episode sh The Mac hasbeen debadged, 2 common enough racic, butcuriousqven thatthe episode made multiple references toa certain OS word game, you've spotted a Macon television, then email rmacformatfuturenet.com and tell usallabout it MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 67Twitter ©TA LK From the Tuitersphere We asked: What would you like to see from Apple in 2013? @TheTechBox "Anew and improved OS? @augustoce "“Theendofthecrazy tak about an Apple TV set” ehyteLFc “Tdketo see on Apple settop Tax completely contoied by \Phone/Padincucing being able toputitino standby mode” @joehenstridge ‘rwantthe new 05 Xto properly tackle and overhaul Finder” @Barryoso3 "Loner andafordable prices” @jessecastewart ‘sprobablyalong shot buta ital camera” @woolies party “Apple should ookat geting into the camera market. kmoght hl stengthen thei propositon centhecameraon th Phones” ecurlypaws "keto sae anew saber Mac Prodesgnthatinduded standard Coei7 processors in some model and a lwer pice” @jman2 "Would lve tase the Watch for 2003 Fingersed” @Grantarchers4 “App support forthe AppleTV.eg catch-up TV seve Ohanda retina Pad min wouldbe good” You can find out what were up tocach month by following us atTwittercom/MacFormat 68 | MacFormatcom | February 2013 AppleTALK introduction of the Pa. Teaching is close tomy heart (my mum, dad and wie were es) and | do think this i something ‘we shouldbe giving more, and mere focused, attention to Im riot sue yet what fermi should take, 0 Id ike to hea fom you and other readers about how you think MacFomat should best advise-on ‘educational practices fom the pets of students, parents and educators lease do send your thoughts on this, and ather idea fox how can help make Macformar even better to newidensa Atlasta good decision has been ‘made by Tim Cook ~ Jonny Ive's been put in charge of interface design at Opininsonthedesignof Apple. Let’shope he pulls it out of 10SsCalendarapphave the mess i's in at the moment! beendecidedy mixed. I just went to iPhoto todo the @ Poll of the Month Vote andjoin the conversation at wwwfacebook.com/macformat We asked: In which sector doyou expect the most innovation from Apple? “Tablets seem tobe ther xe fous areathisyea, lexpectatleastone o two mor optinsin terms ‘ofp ths year from Apple” “I suspectthatCook recognises the need to 9 ‘oud related software upto atch “Vexpectey wil do something wth ‘theageing Maca” simplest task - print a photo in portrait orientation. As T went to the final print dialog, it was shown in Tandseape. Not prepared to waste precious photo paper finding halfa landseape print across the middle of a portrait sheet, what did I do? I gave up, opened Microsoft Word, pasted in my photo and printed it. ‘Whata triumph for Apple! also wanted to print two smaller photos in portrait format either side ofa landscape format page. Word could do it In iPhoto I found the instruction was there OK - under Print » Customise > Settings - butit ‘was greyed out. Then I remembered the time I'd tried to do this before — the blood’s still on the wall where T banged my head so many times. ‘Then there's the iOS/OS X fiasco. Just take iCal for example. Try iton ‘an Phone an iPad and a Mac. This is how the game goes: which menu ‘combination is in the highest number of different places? My entry for the ‘competition is Today/next month. It's top right/top right in OS X, bottom lefi/top let or right on an iPhone and bottom lefi/bottom right on an iPad. ‘And what’ the logie behind the OS X Today/next month icon anyway? If you see arrows before and after ‘Today, what do you expect them to go to? Yesterday or tomorrow, surely. But what do they go to? Next o last ‘month! And that’s not to mention the sgold crud at the top of iCal on iPadAppleTALK OPhotoSTREAM Mitsu Search the list below to find your loa Macuser group ~ andi you Gr fnd one, why nt start ne yous? It as and fun iibmerg ack rapsrmgoat — fanigaa ‘Maid of the Loch This months plcture ofa winters day in Loch Lomond Bractnel, 8 h ‘watakenby James Greensmith rom Lomond Shoresonan Phone ingatgnaton Wanton binoso8 inno ah —— natok and OSX, but not on iPhone. Or the exporting the photo to Photoshop just Bona xainaweynincan faux yellow legal pad in Notes. S0can print atthe exact oentation Tuo eA could go onand on. Comeon Apple, andszetrequre thinks draw thelineat ue a = Jets have some interface design thats. sha Micosoft Word orthetaskthough! amc oars Detter than Microsoft's! David Perry The perfect match Cork South Essex MUG, Wick Tam writing to say thanks for the coma sens erie Sei GQ) sider eros Taig ibncdesiatts teers | Goat sia ABD jp Photo 0 beas frustrating 2s —_toTunes Match. Seeing that the owt Fa _smyogpentit the next Mac user Quite often ‘end up _ space on my iPhone and iPad is, inemcemectietil see Hed Tunes Math as Ben ; pennant ; Tiuakagestmugttimer hath | Siero ‘on my Apple TV as well. It means I giana * nih dontovete wake teacup justto. | SAgTmttrtint atenineint cakes | —_——— ao aa ; Syme san TERI | cc csonsae ey ear Sa Cee oot sey ween Tasca} mean inane ; aa £22/525 a year but, as youve dscovere ae — your collection are on the Tunes Sto and _ gti any matches ae automaticaly added 10 ees: eee device, With 26 million songs on the Tunes. Engines artes \Wewentinto great detail about the new and Store, chances ae that most of your hrugeguk fone upgraded Tunes 1! inthelatisu of Maformat. collection willbe recognised. MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 69AppleTALK Me@MyMac GS share their beloved setups iPad JP'sMacsetup changesallthe time, but cue taking pride ofplaceonhisivingroomcbintisa first-generation Pad Mac mini / Apple TV Twonewmembersofs ™ growing hope kt colection are hisMacminand Apple, buh hich hooked upto the fay TV inthe ining wom. a cama ‘been carefully stored away, a5. ‘there's just no room for his growing collection of gadgets. pc aera mee tec PROF! Igethirt’ Shei says confessing therightcabinet‘a wireless Apple wireless heyboatd HP printer and an Favourite hardware Shel craving sme of stich have now been stowed grown yet agai a iMac Cori 34642 attention too ~ to spur him into iad minor Cistmas and aso has Favourite software ding some much-need DY "Our -Paul’s jon tiseves on a MacPro. vernon Bepommeteceng — SOOT-POUTS Passio re ect kn Shella sys. Howeverthisseemsto forthe Mac began reuistovefor eveything Apple hes Taasonnigonngtoce” M198B.and he’s Vaertocsing era Shela sys Jean Paulsson oe since amassed a is current leaming how to bul the Mac began in 1988 ard that hes i" computer rom scratch Now if thats massedaavas, ever-changing VASE Collection rot tre love, we dont know what 70 | MacFormatcom | February 2013COMPETITION Win a 13-inch MacBook Pro and Parallels Desktop 8 And there’s five copies of Parallels 8 for runners-up Sieh eee ue ey pelo felrds e pean la pare Cee Ree eta) Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac and Parallels Mobile for ee eee Desktop 8 for Mac. ae) To stand a chance of winning one ofthese supert> Ce Der een Eee Cons eee ee ee DoS ee hetaner erect HOW TO ENTER UM one sped en oro 80, ache pc henourrane dts "BEF tera yu an et wet xt acm ying on © rete tap oe tals te asd roman tee Pushing ited (© yuo noth rece inemston reine tes andrea styourtmesane © Texswlbe dae. ps stro teas © Thscmpetton dseson2Febey 2003. 0ne 8 Bede nea ree eee Deen eaetech. praesent soa Only 35p per issue with five FREE issues when you subscribe! errs © App storeA different default editor IfTtypeopen -tin Terminal, it will open a file in TextEdit, i like to use a different editor, such as Coda ‘The command uses “the default text editor, as determined via LaunchServices”. Can I change this? Matthew Contolde OI esc ze cee ts tu directly edt the preference list for Launcher syntax for thats pretty arcane and theres realy no need. fyou right-cicka fle and choose Get nfo, with... theo Change itto Coda an AI. ston. Al fles {extension wl now open with this app Ifyou dort want to change the double click behaviour you can use open a Instead. And fyou want to get really fanc you could even create an alas in your pole fle Ths sa helen fein your home folder and ding the line alias myedit="open ~ a Codaapp 51" command called inyedt that ‘pens Coda The Stontheendis an input but the cantype myedit thishletxt anit willopen The defaultapp thatopens when you double-dicka fle seasyto stage. AppleTALK MacSOSs Your questions answered by our Apple expert in residence, Luis Villazon ThessDing Macook sn suposed thea ome uparade, butts ast do iD Hi Rs \W\h\\\ JN Fitting a bigger SSD to a MacBook Air Temi (0 seats icso isan andthe nt rely bigenoigh omy needs this touching that ean appa! fo, Sando myself r dot need ope ide lhe Ap Store? F nat to panelueat ane agers acorn The SSO fit intended tobe a user upgrade part and youl defintely void your waranty doing it but its not especially cifeut to change. The fist thing is tofind out which model of Airyou have. There’ a realy handy online tool at exermaccomdi Jckup that willook up the last hree or four characters of your serial number and tellyou. Once you have this you can search ‘YouTube for wallahrough videos that show the procedure for your model They ae all pretty similar, but youll ned afve-pointed tones screwver- realy avaiable on Amazon and at Halos. The SSD ks entirely standard fom the point of view ofthe frmware, but itis an ‘add shape physically You can buy thc party dives ofthe iat shepe though (Other Word Computing eshonmacsales, air) sels 24808 dive for $168 (about £104, They ate 2 US company but they do imerratonl sipping. Thebes thing about performing the upgrade youse besides the fact thats cheaper stat youl be left withthe old S50. OC ako have a neatlitle USB enclosure, so you wont waste that 1288, MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 73Spooling errors My Mac Pro runs Snow Leopard, and is connected by USB to an SXsisW Epson printer: Half my attempts to print anything - text, jpg, tiff, are refused with the message: “Error: /Library/ Printers/Epson/InkjetPrinter2/ Filter/rastertoescpll.app/Contents/ MacO0S/rastertoesepll failed”. Sid Green This is diver enor and one havent seen ina long while. To fit ist remove the printer from System Preferences Printers using the ‘minus button. Now delete ar fle elated to the printer for ib plist fle and possibly anether one forthe printer cache, Next dounload and install theltest driver from eoson.cauk Donit use the CD that came with the inter that one is incompacle Snow Leopard riers There ‘Be sure ta download the ts dives for your printer rom the manufactures webs ‘emulators for Windows. Would they give ee ae Virtualisation software sich as Parallels FV) cestaop and vMware Fusion work by running a program tat pretends to bea 74 | MacFormatcom | February 2013 AppleTALK Airdrops and ejections eraeennne ‘Switching off encryption produced ‘normal activity, but only for a few: oe Spontaneous dsconnection when sleeping sa longstanding problem limitad to Mountain Lon tis that the drives dort mount when resuming ~ unmounted ives arent supposed to remount automatically But they areit supposed to automatically unmount when the Mac sleeps, ether Worse sil these chives arent actually PC with Windows installs They have a high degree of compatioity wth Windows programs, but they have to,do too much processing for performance tobe acceptable for garnes. What think you want is Wine, The name comes fom the recurve acronym Wine Is Nor an Emulator anit ike an application compatibility layer When Windows program lsuesa function cll ine intercepts and translates it into a format that is recognised by 05 X This is much fester although thre is sila small performance hit 10-24) atthe expense of 100% compatibity, You maybe can ead more about seting up Guild Wa Wie a ity/BKPNUS the fing system data is wating to be writen, The problem does afect al dives though, and mi curent hypathests Isthat tis caused by sofware conflicts With lowstvel unites. Try dsabing your anthvius software fyou have installed, and see that helps Asa workaround, You can instal Jetson (149 from the ‘App Store). This werit keep your drives connected, but twill atleast make sure they ate unmountad properly to avoid data corruption he Aidrop errors ess common. One possiblity is that: at apart. Most people ae surprised by hhow short range a feature Aidrop Because it establishes an ac-hoc network rectly between the two Macs itcart take advantage ofthe beter antenna on your route Five metres is ormelly the ange limit. I's possible ane ofthe Macs is running Lion Servet The firewall built in to this wil reek Arron, xa have the Macs too ‘Apples rdopis actually mre ested by ‘phys stance than you might thik ity Youcan run Gul Wars 2 on 05 Xusing Wie, provided you orm afew minor graphical glitches tring up.Mac SOS Secret handshake QQ. =e doa four-finger upwards swipe to ‘swipe down again (without moving el anee Sas eee There is though its sightly fides. Finch autwards to show the desktop as noeral, Now select your fl by clicking down with 2 single finge.m notalling about a gestxe tap mean actualy press down on the ‘Magic Trackpad hard enough forthe Geting the mes out of your Magic Tacpadisa ‘mate of mastering al the ferent gestrs. button on the underside to reise click Hold your finger down so thatthe Trackpad begins a drag operation, and use your other fingers and thumb to pinch Inwards. This will side your foreground ‘apps back into postion without canceling the dag. You can then drop your fle in whichever window you want Double vision recently traded my MacBook for a younger ‘model with a seductive Retina display, It was love at first sight, except for one niggling thing. ‘When I take a sereenshot, the image it ereates is double the size of. whatever was originally on the screen. Obviously, lean shrink it back down again, but this makes the pieture more pixelly Robert McAlister ‘An ordinary LCD has ane pseon he physica screen for each pel ofits native dsplay resolution. If You switch to a lower resolution the display els te resampled down tothe scieen ‘resolution and the resut is sight) less crisp. The Retna screen as a physical screen ‘resolution of 2880x1800 pies but 5 doesrit et you Select ths. Instead you get the native elution of 14403900 pol, 2s well as two lower and two higher anes up toamavimam of 1920%1200. Whichever resolution you select, your video chip ‘renders the ply a double this For the native display resolution, this matches the ‘number of pies on the Retina screen and you get a lovey crisp output For the other resolutions theres an ena step where the screen i resampled down or up 10 match the Retin screen pines you simply reste the image back down, you lee abit of sharpness because dscaring the extra rls messes up the antilasing putin when the image was originally double. Alternatively uy RetinaCaprure tina ‘capturecam). This corectly captures 1x and 2x scale images and saves them both. pT Double the pels makes fora csp splay bt complicates the busines of king screenshots. by Talk Pee As [waite this, Tunes n is but a few days old The frst change | noticed was the new album view. But hhow does Tunes know what colour to ‘make the background ofthe tracklist, 0 that it always matches the colour scheme ofthe album cover itself? It can't havea database. Some of the albums in my library are hand-rolled compilations or minor works by ‘unsigned bands that aren't in the Gracenote database; the background colour picker still works with them, It’ not as simple as just taking the colour ofthe top-left pixel, or the centre pixel, or any other single pixel. I's not Apple has put a lot of work into making sure that the album track list looks pretty the average colour ofthe entire album either. The colour it chooses i always ‘one of the actual colours on the album cover. I's usually the predominant one, ‘but not always. Itisnt using OCR to look forthe album ttl and then taking. the colour surrounding the text, either. checked that. “My current hypothesis is that the algorithm erops the albums, to discard distracting border colours, and then takes the predominant colour of the new perimeter. But it also applies a ‘Weighting factor to favour the colour of. the top edge over the bottom. I don't really know what the take-home here. Except that Apple has puta lot of ‘work into making sure thatthe album list looks pretty. Now, if they could just expend similar resources to ‘make {Tunes Match work propery. Luis si iin through his mascirar to finda Dyce cove that an ones algorithm. MacFormatcom | February 2013 | 75.