1} 3" Expert Tech Help & Reviews! Double sized SPECIAL EDITION! WE leh ee ee eeu eee ase Te Future of The macOS! Does macOS Sonoma change the game? FREE BONUS iPhonersz7 COMPLETE MAGAZINE! i a Can The Cloud Make SNe) Fete any BUM act Sa taad erst Sid cose Slee circle Veg lad We Pick The Best Tech The Spoils! New OS To See! aC Pelt ieThe Mac Keyboard+MacBook If you're a Mac or MacBook user, you've come to the right place. In every issue, our team of experts bring you the best tips, tricks and tutorials for your Apple gear, as well as information-packed guides. In this seventh issue we are taking along hard stare at macOS Sonoma to ensure that you are getting the very latest information on Apple's new OS. We do all the heavy lifting on all of Apple's latest OS updates and so much more, so you don’t have to! We aren't stopping there as we are also looking up to the cloud to see if you are getting the best from the future of storage. 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HILDE NEVEN © « GRANT RECIPIENT Ha in ae ey eons Dt Pasay Oe eae Cae Pee eee) Dee Craig Federighl introduces Sonoma, which isnamedaftera Californian wine-making district. UA ai a aaa“macOS is the heart of the Mac, and with Sonoma, we're making it even more delightful and productive to use. We think users are going to love macOS Sonoma and the new ways it enables them to personalise” Sensational Screensavers ‘The sandstonebuttes of Monument Valley Arizona, — ‘The Hong Kong ‘skyfine features inone of Apple's ‘screensaver videos.Interactive Widgets ple tumalloftherplatforms into a unified experience Numerous features that debuted on iS have found their way conta the Mac over the yea’, and with Sonoma, they'e joined by I Curent, Widgets on a Mac ae limited tothe Notification Centre; clickthe time in yourt Sonoma, ther ‘Wg out oft theyremainin view even when Notification Centreis closed, Their menu andlthey appearinasidebar In adifferentoption.Youcan dragand drop you Notlicaton Centre and onto your desktop, winere information, suchas the time, ur favourite photos othe local weather isavalable ata glance. (OF course, having Widgets busying up your desktop while you're ‘ould prove distracting To dodge this partic bullet, when an application isto the for, the Widgets fade into your desktopsothey/eless intrusive, The faded Widgets ae inteligently er. Tabe precise, they take ther ‘our ofthe pat af the wallpaper that’s behind them. To ade more Widgets to your desktop rightclick on it Up the Widgets Gallery. Thisnat only givesyouaccess tothe Widgets ently available for your Mac italso uses Continuity to make iPhone Widgets availabe too. You Phone Widgets You ust have to make sure your Finetwork workingin an apy tinted ta match your chosen wall colours from the bring on’t need to instal their parent apps on don the same eee paienen ec Pree ee aes etre Justlikeon thei dandiPhone, Mac Widgets are now interactive Reminders, pay, pause and control your sounds Home controls and more, all from the desktop- Itsawhole new way ofinteracting with your M Youcan checko with Music, acces mounted Widget ‘one which wil each futon time when your desktop is set up to suityour workflow and more third-party sof Widgets for their apps Ifyou think this sounds litle ike the old OSX feature Dashboard sodowe, To seewha AppleUserssue 36 mean, check: utthe Reloading artclein ‘When you're using an app, desktop Widgets fade into the background to avoid distractions while you work. \When faded, Widgets take thelr tints from the wallpaper colour bbohind thom, keeping thom discreet but available.ANew Gaming Experience ’sthe same story every year. When a new version of macOS is announced, w promised a new dawn for Mac gaming. This years no exception. According to fererny Sandmel, Apple's Senior Director of U Software, Sonomais new Game Mode ves players an edge when performance ismeasuredin precious millseconds.It achieves this by making sure the game gts priority on the processors and ving ‘other apps running on your Mac in the background a much lower allocation. This keeps your game's frame rates smooth and consistent and lowers the audio latency when listening through AirPods. Game Mode also doubles the Bluetooth sampling rate, reducing input lag with with papular game controllers like those for xbox and PlayStation. Itworks with any Mac game, including al recent and upcoming titles, ‘As Mac gamers know, the Mac gaming -cene often lags behind other plaforns, Take the much-heralded No Man's Sy. ‘was released in 2016 on the PC, yeti only just atived on mac0S (see the review later inthis issue for more details). Could this oan become thingof the past? _gaphics processor’ resources, Apple’ new Game Porting Toolkit makes iteasier to port games design for other platforms Evaluating how well ‘game can tun on the Macused to take ‘months, butwith the new toolkt,itcan bbe dane in days. Te conversion process ites also simplified, e development time. Ths, of course, makes the Maca much more attractive platform forpublishes, With a much reduced effort required in corwertinggames tothe Mac, releasing thems a far les sky endeavour. Mac games will ned to sell fewer copiesto ‘make money for their publisher, soit stands treason well get moreof them, right? One game we're definitely getting later thisyears Death Stranding Produced by gaming legend Hideo Kojima of Metal Gear Solid fame), it stars Norman Reedus 1 Sam Bridges, a courier tasked with deliveringsupplies to isolated colonies {and reconnectn ‘communications network, was extre eatlyrecucing ceived when twas releasedon the PlayStation 4 in 2019; see what we ‘mean about the Mac laging behind other platforms? Wecan but hope thiswill change wth the new Game Porting Took. ‘Game Mode reduces lag when using a PlayStation or Xbox controler, Keeping your ‘gameplay sharpand precise. {Game Mode works with any game, including these recent tiles shown of by Apple's Jeremy ‘Sandimel atthe recent Worldwide Developer's Conference 2023. New Video Conferencing Features Pextstsorvons covoctarge ne sword. Not only dd itfereeeveryanato stay leadingtoa rapid prowthin video conferencing tals forced us to tke alook thaw we run the wekplace. Working rom home became mandatory fora while, and ‘even naw things have got back tonorma, plenty ofenply ofallow athon rshaveseen theadvant ‘gempleyees todo theirjobs a home. Thisin tum has fuelled the ther evelopment ofvideo canferencing, including some gyeat new features in macOS Sonoma, Using the Smal Overtay feature, you can present your desktop in a video conference while your face appearsin abubble which you can move to any position onthe screen. Large Overlay Keeps. A range of new reaction effects are available called Pres Overlay lets you place your own image ‘on top ofthe content you'te sharing, The Small Overlay option sets your face in a movable bubble which you can position anywhere onthe shared screen, Large (Overlay keeps you font and centre. You're automatically cut out of the video feed and pasted backon atop the background and shared desktop. In ather words, whatever it isyou'tesha urself ing appears between yo and what's behind you, Clever ‘youprominent, while framing your shared screen between youand the background. Of course, video conferencit ‘work. For when chatting with yourmates, there’sa wealth ofnew reaction effects you can ‘throw into the conversation. Havetballaons se upthe screen, confetiallaround yauorghve thespeakera thumbs-up orthumbs You can rigger these effects with gostures _aswel as by selecting themin amenu, For ‘example give your webcam two thumbs and you geta rework celebration These newefiectscan be used Zoom, Microscft Teams, rita about for when chatting to friends.Going on Safari cording to Apple's Beth Dakin, Senior Manager of Safari Software Engineering, with Sonoma the Safariappis the word's fastest web browser also brings a host of ‘ew features When using Private Browsing Safar locks windows when you're not using them, blocks knawn trackers from loading and removes trackers from URLS, Passwords and Passkeys can now be shared among, user-created groups toa, lfyour bookmarks and open tabs regulary grow unwieldy (and whose don, the new Profiles featuremighthelp.Iletsyou divide yourbrawsing betwen topics, separating your ‘cookies history, extension, tab groups and favourites Youcould forexample,signinto thesame stewith your workaccount and your personal account and quickly switch between them, Students and schoolchildren can havea Unique collection of favourites and extensor Justfor school without getting them rived up ‘with thet personal browsing choices. ‘feature that as long overdue (at east ‘onthe Macs Web Apps This etsyou adda \websiteta theDockanduseitasifitwerea selfcontaned app. When you close the Safa \windowartab open atthe website in question, itremans inthe Dockfor youto open ater lick ‘nitanditopens asan app witha simplified toolbar. This feature worksfor ary website ‘with Profiles, itseasyto ‘sign nto the ‘same ste with ‘wo different ‘sczounts and In Sonoma's Safari app, youcan share Passwords ‘and Passkeys within group.——— % vcr a y Predictive bud << ‘Streamlined PDFs: Enhanced POF functionality allows for quick form-filing with AutoFill and smart recipient eee ea ae Prensa ein eee etc cee ea) Cee De eee ees Peete) Do eae a) Passwords: The one-time verification codes received in Mail A geen as es anid Ciera er ree ete res Perr pen ce et eee eer, unexpected exposure to objectionable images and videos Messages: Use een ee eee ana eae ees eee nese rcs een eet features like search, reply, roups, and syncing with Contact or seek further resources forhelp. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Pee nat eee tT + MacBook Air (2018 and later) Pech Ceo PCE Ty + MacBook Pro (2018 and later) Mac Studio (2022 and later)Coes ee one eeu Perens “With iOS 17, we've made iPhone more personal and intuitive by deeply considering the features we all rely on every day. Phone, FaceTime and Messages are central to how we communicate, and this release is packed with updates we think our users are going to love.”Contact Posters Arritromsessbieundatto tne Phone app this year. One ofthese sis Personalised Contact Posters, ely ne Is You create a! bring 3 com ‘Screen in0S16.Fi nimage, whether a You can then change the font used for your name, IniOS 17, youcan design a Contact Poster ‘that others see when they have an incoming callfrom you. They're great fun to design. ‘AContact Poster canbea photo oramemoj and canbe cut out and putona coloured background too. Incoming callchow the caller's Contact PosterNew FaceTime Features aceTime Messages salong requested ature that finally artves wit iOS 17 When you call someone on FaceTime and they're nat available, you can leave ‘2 message for them, just ie you can in the Phone app. Thiscan bea video oran ‘audio message, depending on which type ‘of FaceTimecall you make. Remember those video chat reactions .told you about in m2e0 Sonoma? They'e coming to 0S 17 too. During FaceTime video cals you can brighten up ‘your feed with Reactions such as hearts, balloons, reworks laser beams, ain and ‘moce, The new effects can be activated through simple gestures, and third-party video calling apps can take advantage of them as wel In another exiting FaceTime updat the appis coming to Apple TV4K, Using, Continuity Camera, you can use your iPhone's camera as awebcam and make FaceTime video calls on your television through Apple TV.Youcan initiate the call ‘on Apple TV, start on the iPhone and hand it offto Apple TV With Centre Stage, users will have perfect framing even as they move around the room, Get More from Messages vera improvements have been made tothe essages app. The search function benefits from new Search Firs. Youcan starta search and then add adaitional ites tonareve down the results and ind exactly what you're looking for. ‘When you return ta reading a Messages conversation after being away fora while, anew chevron onthe right ofthe screen takes you straight othe frst message you We not yet read. Thisis especialy usefulfor group chats, where the conversation might continue in your absence, ‘Anather great new featureisinline ples When you want to answer a specific message, swipe itright and tap the arrow con, Thiscan bbedone with any bubble, Also, when you incoming audio message, it's transcribed soyou can readitinstea of listening to tif you prefer Finally, when you're sharing your location with someone you're chatting tin Messages, you can keep track ofyour friends locations directly within thecorwersation. You don'tneed tokeep switching between the Messages and Find My apps. Cee en eee see ee eet re ee ere eae te et eer ee eet een! fee ee ae eee Sere te eet ee i © -Alb-bosi-— Incoming audio messages are transcribed so you can read them as wellas listening to them. Seana » Sees ‘Toreply to specific incoming message, you can swipe Itright and ‘Web Appslets you treat your mostused websites asif they were applications. ‘You can adel fiters to Messages ‘searches, narrowing down the results.ANew Stickers Experience he design ofthe Messages app has been undated, with the iMessage features found ina new place. Previously they sat atop your keyboard. Now you haveto tapaplusicon toshow them, The ‘ones you use the mast are shown immediatly, with the others found bywipingup. kers app, found inthis menu, has been greatly overhauled. Anew drawer brings allyaurstickes into one place, including recently ia a sed sticker, memoj and any downloaded sticker packs. ll emo 5 i canbe used as stickers too, and stickers canbe rotated and resized as they're used ‘feature introduced with S16 allows you to lit subject ram a photo, effectively cuttingit out iOS 17 takes thisfurthey and allows you touse itasasticler You can even use Live Photos tormake animated stickers. And to give them a great new look, add effects to your phato utoutstckes, You can react tormessages with tickers, Simply drag anddrop a sticker onto any bubble. Theyre not restricted to the Messages app, though, You can use your new sticker collection in Markup, and also any igthiré-porty apps, -—-Cutoutasubject froma photo, add effects and then use tasa sticker. —— ‘Taptheplusiconforyour Prats ie svcrs A ha cosh Fanaanos ps0 oni B= a Sharing with AirDrop pplefans have longfound aitbrop This process salso comingto he ideal way to sharefiles regular AirDrop transfers. you want between Apple devices, and thisyear to sharea photograph, fr example, itSbeingexpanded soyou.can share instead of usingthe Share menw, you inalenew ways can simplybring your phones loser (nesuchsharingfeatue's ‘together and do so automatically, NNameDrop. When you wanttogheyour Even you leave Ait contact detaistosomeoneese.instead during the transfer, itt ofdictatingitwhiletheytypeitin,you concludes justthesame, simply bringyourphonesclosetogether. _SharePlay isa third feature that The Contact Posters dscussed eater appear alon bringing your phones together. For ‘Shae’ or'ReceiveOnly Tap Shareand example, ifyou want to share music yousend yourcontactcardtotheather wile ging for aun or watch the Tap Receive Onlyand you get stream on Twitch, youcan theircard,butdonttfferyourawn.You doo this way. tworksfor al apps: ansharebetweenaniPhoneandan Apple and hid party -that are ‘Apaleatch with NameDrop too, SharePiay compatibleThe Journal App Trxtotmomingsumaaop sana ‘way to make memories. Adigtal cry and auto-curated scrap book ole inta cone, Joumal uses on leaming to create personalised suggestions what to add to todays Journal page. This can include photos (natural, nformation from your Activity app, contact details, Journal ‘music, lacations, podcasts and more You Joumalisanew Gecide which suggestionstosavetoyour aB-Coming to the Journal app forlater perusal, aswellas Phone withiOs 17. 'yping your thoughts, You can bookmark important days in your Joumal to make aie tofind later, and to make sure you dont forget to make ntr ‘tiications to remind youto vite andto tell you whan new suggestions are available. Fr prvacy sake, you can lockyour Journal sono one else can read fyouleave your phone unlacked, For developers, Apple has produced a Suggestions AP (Application Programming Interface) so they can have their third-party apps oer suggestions to putin your Journal too, ‘A the time of writing Journal isnt even available in theiOS 1 beta, but we look forward to tying out later this yea PS, Weather wil be hot Stay hydrated and get id ‘pe plenty plased — < qwertyuiop gh De eee Journal ty Yas Making an entry inthe new Journal app. Record your thoughts and more. StandBy Win2tcoecur Phone stow en out nts win StandBy,it can become a great calend ‘and more By turing your Phone on itssie while charging, the scree changes to show full-screen graphics instead being blank. The feature works on anyiPhone unningiOS 17, but the atays-on display iscurently limited to iPhane 14 Pro models. When your phones horizontal and charging - whether throu 8 Lightning cable or aQicharger~ and the screens locked, StandBy ‘mode activates automatically. Yougetto choose between a widget view, photos ora clock face on the screen, swiping them lef ar ta choose. These can be personalised. For example fyou choose clock you can swipethescreen up tocyclethrough arange of Journal entries are beautifully presented and great tolook back on. ore ceed pane ay SeUsing the photos option, you're shown pictures romyour Photos app. Your best shots are automatically chosen ‘and shownin turn on the screen. Perhaps the mostinterestng StandBiy ‘option is widgets. Here youcan display information curated into your widgets, ‘andhave several on the screen at once, Forerample, a Clockand Calendar wid Side by side look eat, showing you both thetime and thedate, Other widgets that canbe usedin StandBy incude Weather, Home, Live Actos and third-party widgets Arranged ina Smart Stack they caninteligenty deliver the information you want, when you want itt, ifyou charge youriPhane overnight ‘on your bedside table, StandBy recognises when the lights low and you're tryingto gotosleep andtakeson ‘agentlered tone soit doesn't disturb tumofftheAways Onfunction onyour Wake upto the morning weather forcast iPhone 14 Pro eS eee from their own devices, even they don't have an Apple AirPods receive powerful new features, including Adaptive ‘Audio, Personalised Volume and Conversation Awareness. eon ented Ere eroertted SE el aa eS Sn Sea ae en eC ee ee et ser ae! cece eer fete cae cee)—_" iPadOS 17 Is Apple’s trusty tablet lagging behind the rest of the roster? “With interactive widgets on the Lock Screen, updates to PDFs and Notes, as well as enhancements to Messages and FaceTime, iPadOS gives users even more ways to get things done easier and faster than ever.." Interactive Widgets Control your lights from the Home widget, mark fone, play and pause your mus your Widgets.The Lock Screen ne iPhone’ highly configurable Lack Screens nga theiP 7 you can tap and hold a Lock Sereen and swipe left and right to cycle Between screens you've already created. When setting up anew Lock Screen, hoose from, Look out for Appl’ featured designs, ie the iPhone, in Pad here a huge amour of wallpapers ‘Photographs from your Photos app, weather an emoji aleidascope effects and foucan configure a Lock Screen in a numb time shown at the top ofthe screen and then c which it's displayed, as well as changing the colour ofthe time and astronomy ptures, d too, something that’s achieved hereto put the layer us changed and mare eal this information with alayece automatically; your iPad simply fects can be added, backgrounds fou can partly cr 010 Ofcourse, the best thing about the new Lock Screen isthatyou can dgetson it Tobe precise, there's column on thelefthandside ff thescreen whichyou can customise to yourcun requitements. Just tapit, and then tap the widgets you wantto addin the Widgets Gallery. Ate creating a Lock Screen, you can associate with aFocus fyou le, so that screen is always used when the Fc ssactvated, sin questi \With the Astronomy wallpaper you can choose any planetin our solar _system for your Lock Screen. Theyalllook gorgeous too. ‘The kaleidoscope effects animate when you ewipe up to open your iPad. tsa very busy screen, butanattractive one allthe same. ‘The time canst partly behind the subject of photo giving an ‘excellentlayered effect. This is added automatically ‘The Astronomy Lock Screen showing Earth, withthe lock-scraen ‘Widgets in place onthe lftshand sie ofthe screen. Wseasy toadd Widgets toyour lock sereen from the Widgets GalleryLive Activities he useful Live Activites feature from iOS 16 is also coming to iPad0S 17. you've ordered a takeaway with Uber Eats, made travel plans on Flghty or are following a sports game, you can track of where your deliveryis, how your plane's doing or the current match score right there on the Lock Screen. At least you can in the USA Unfortunately not that many apps support Li inthe UK, but we hope it will catch on better in time, (Ofcourse, one app that definitely supports Live Activites anywhere in the world is Apple's Clock app Seta timer and ifyour iPad reverts tothe Lock Screen before t's timed out, the timer is shown asa Live Activity a the fot ofthe screen. You can even keep track of multiple timers in this way The Health App Pietersen Heath apps comingta theif. been redesigned to take advantage ofthe table’ large screen, and syncs with your iPhone trough Cloud. You can now review your health information on yourPad, iPhone, Apple Watch and ‘compatible third-party apps and devices. For developers, Apple as released Heathkit for Pad, so they can heir own apps compatible with Health on the iPad too. Stage Manager een cea! Seater 6 you'te allowed greater flexibility over the po: your windows, I you're using Stag ceo Live Activities are coming to the iPad. Keep your watch an Uber Eats order arrive and keep your tm Freeform he Freeform app has gained new drawingtools such as we ours, a fountain pen and shape recognition, Anew feature called Follow Along lets you track another collaborator asthey mave ‘around the canvas.adresses, ph mn ditectl from ed innate, ip th nail ning that note with another other'sannotationsin realtime, This is even tr and images, and when you dap. ‘Signa document with a saved signature, or make @ new one. What Else is New? cee faster by offering sh eRe eet re ee See Sere eens oe . oc ea a ry > i Membership 8 Application When collaborating on a note containing a POF, annotations added, by one party are seen in realtime by the others ow UAV ele ata) ST Aeon) Teed TOP ue) Cg eo Peconic iPad mini (5th gen and ater)yA p IEA Cot 0s: a What's new for the Applé'Watch? “watchOS 10 is a major milestone and an energising new approach for Apple Watch, introducing a fresh new design for quickly viewing information, delightful new watch faces, new features for cyclists and hikers and important tools for health.” ‘Some of watchOS 10's new features, ona range of Apple Watches.The Widgets Smart Stack Utirestinguawatenaceasinaves “Tumthe Digital compromises. You might really lke an aty or Crown and you geta photo-based face, but are you prepared to sacrifice the on-screen complications to make room for i? With watchOS 10, this ist as much of an issue. By tuming the Digital Crown you're shown a smartstack of your ion widgets, regardless of what watch fa you're using, Machine learning ensuresthe smart stack shows you relevant information exactly when you need it fyou have a meeting coming up for example, the Calendar widgets placed atthe top, i you regularly check your rings, Activity is prominent, you're running intdow timer, that's tothe fore. The more you tse your watch and watchO 10, the betterit gets at anticipating your needs. By long-pressing you can edit thesmart stack, removing widgets you don't want to review inthis way and adding those you do, There's even a widget that holds three of yourwatch Complications. I's great new way to use your apps, and you ‘Thanks to machine Fearing the smart tack aways gives youwhat ‘youwant. doit rom any watch face. World Clock The Activity App he watchOS World Clockhas been he new-look Activity appincludes corner icons that take you ‘overhauled, Your word times are directly toWeekly Summaries (top lef, Sharing Activites ‘offered on a dynamic blue background, (bottom lft and your Award [bottom right). The Anards trophy hich changes toreflet the time of caseis redesigned too, o you can see n-progress challenges as that particularlocality. Tap one ofthem to well as those you've completed see the fullscreen for that particular world Rotate the Digital Crown on the main Activity app screen time, Scroll the Digital Crown to advance and you can review full-screen Move, Exercise and Stand pages. and reverse the time, both local and your chosen word time, so it'seasyta see what Thenew Aetiviy app screen withits comer icons. time it wil be over there at any time you choose over here. Two New Watch Faces Wiserecty gt nsenath cenit aatinos update, and this oneisnoexception. The Palette watch face shows a series of concentric circles. As the time changes, the colours of these circles change as well YYou.an customise the Palette watch face with diferent ‘gradient patterns, nd fyou wish, add a complication in each comer, The other new watch face features the popular cartoon dog Snoopy and is avian companion Woodstock. They interact withthe watch hands, react to local weather conditionsand when you're doing a workout, you can see the two of them taking pain sporty activities too. The watch face offers multiple animations showing a diferent ‘one each time you raise your wrist. you have a watch with anatways-on display, you even see them sleep when the screen is dimmed, And most interesting of al, by default during the weekandiin juron a Sunday, ust ke the newspaper strip, represent the rising {and faling sun in the time zone in question. ‘The Palette watch face offers ‘beautiful coloured gradients ‘Turn the Digital Crown to see the relative {imesin your locality anda cky elsewhere, thewatchfacelsin blackandApple Watch for Cyclists Witter ettetere ustalesure cyl theres something foryouinwatch0S 10 AppleWatchcan row to Bluetooth enabledbileserears, soyoucan addcadence and power to your ring workout. Theres anew iclingPower rout iew whichuses power hear rate — ancl metion data toestimate your Functional Threshold Pover (FTP) something that comes inveryuseulforseriouscyclis, ‘Anew feature that needs no additional iPhone. Simply mount your iPhone on your handlebars (there are plenty of third-party devices for thi), and when you have your cycing warkaut active cn your automatically displayed a a Live con youriPhone.TapthisLive Activity and ittakes over the entire cispla speed, average speed, the highest speed youlweachieved, distance covered, heat Fate and more t's like having aye computer onyour Phx Staying Healthy ples heath features explore two new areas with watchOS 10, To ook attr your mental health, you can log your momentary ‘emotion and your daily maod in the Mindfulness app. This State of Mind logis be ented, with digital shapes and colours eflecting your As well aslo ‘ord whats making youfel that wa ‘Apple Watch, you can log your State of Mind directly into the Phones ‘and iPad’s Health app. Ho pelpyou take controlofyour mental health, Also new isVision Health. This ‘of developing myopia, that i, short sightedness, espec children. Using the Health app on your Phone and your Apple ftch’s ambient ight detector, you can record how much time you or your children - spend outdoors in daylight. Experts say spending between 80 to 120 minutes a day helps promote proper eye developmentin children. Recordthe ‘time your children spend outdoorsin dayfight, and monitor tsing Family ‘Sharing showing ‘The new-look cycling workout gives you new ‘stats to measure, util en ifyou don't have an wwever you update, these lo designed tolawer the risk rallyin Lookafter ‘your mental heath by logging your current state of mind. Outdoor Adventures Piettierandrarbes one updating te aps and compass ‘2ppsin watchOS 10. Compass now automatically enerates two wsthelastplace milly, the SOS new waypoints. whereyou had 2 he CellularReception waypoint sh altel youcan notonlysee points, butalzo how high they arin elation nereabouts, ich Maps app has also had an update. Anew topographic ‘map isbeing old outa the USA fst, but il come to other counties th ime, Contour ines ill shadingand elevation detailsshow you the shape ofthe land, and pointsofinterest re markedon the map ta, The Map app'ssearch feature letsyou find nearbytrals, ahead categories and local amenities, and before you head out, you can review information such as atrails name, cficulty lev the length ofthe ral hillinfornation and photographs taken on that tal Thenew topographic map View is coming to the US ist Before going hiking review information about your chosen tra re ets a mediation hasnt been logged 3D eras SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS The new watchOS 10 operating system has the same stem requirements as watchOS 9, namely ee es Pen rey posetaceite) clue Cem NCTM) vo teen rs “Built upon decades of Apple innovation, Vision Pro is years ahead and unlike anything created before. 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Te company has plans to significantly reduce its energy impact by 2020 and lower its ‘carbon emissions to less than 2015 levels fifteen datacentres from around the world, This Irish company has taken great steps to reduce its environmental impact over the years; ensuring that ts power consumption is considerably less than a carventional in-house server setup. dediservePublic Cloud Benefits Public clouds are the standard cloud models, whereby a service provider makes its resources, available to the public, and multiple clients, over the Internet - hence Public Cloud. Google Dae UEC eee Tatar THE PUBLIC CLOUD So, whatare the benefits of using Public cloud computing over traditional setups, private or hybrid clouds? 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