Mac Format - 16 Sep 2025
iOS 26
20+ amazing Mac accessories
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Get creative with colour
6 best Thunderbolt 5 docks & hubs
What’s next for CarPlay!
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MACFORMAT INVESTIGATES
RUMOUR & NEWS
APPS & GAMES
OPINION
FACTS & FIGURES
CRAVE
SUPERCHARGE YOUR MAC
watchOS 26 superguide
GENIUS TIPS
BACK ISSUES
Selective colour effects
STORE GUIDE
ONE MORE THING…
MAKE THE MOST OF PREVIEW
MASTER MAC NOTIFICATIONS
CREATE CUSTOM RINGTONES
VAPOUR CHAMBER COOLING
MULTITASKING IN iPADOS 26
USE SELECTIVE COLOUR
Nanoleaf Pegboard Desk Dock, PITAKA Qi2 Power Bank
PERFECT PRESENTATIONS
Twelve South ButterFly SE, SanDisk 26TB G-DRIVE Project
MASTER ADOBE FIREFLY
App round-up: Six best apps for taking care of your pets
SURF SAFER & SMARTER
NEXT MONTH
Six best Thunderbolt 5 docks & hubs
Razer Pro Click V2 Vertical Mouse
Plaud AI NotePin voice recorder
Denon AH-C840NCW earbuds
Nova 13 web and text editor
Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate
Leica LUX app & Grip
Craft for Mac
New iPhones, Macs and more!
Major boost to wireless charging
IPhone 17 Pro antenna fixes
Apple developing AI chatbot, report claims
MacBook Pro with 5G connectivity might launch soon
iPHONE 17 SPOTTED IN THE WILD
OLD APPLE WATCH IS OBSOLETE
Alfred Free
(Powerpack from £34)
Media Picks
(Not Boring) Camera
Thronefall – A Little Kingdom
Citizen Sleeper 2
Antigravity A1
Elipson Horus 6B Active BT
BenQ PV3200U
Plaud Note Pro
OWC Express 1M2 80G Portable SSD
John-Anthony Disotto…
The Apple Watch Ultra 2 in NUMBERS
What’s happening with arPlay?
What’s happening with arPlay?
CarPlay’s new iOS 26 features
The threat from Android
iOS 26 SUPERGUIDE
iOS 26 SUPERGUIDE
Which iPhones can run iOS 26?
Customise your iPhone
HOW TO Customise your icons
Spatial scenes
HOW TO Customise your Lock Screen & more
Camera & Photos
The Photos app
EXPLAINED…
AirPods Camera Remote
Phone, FaceTime & Messages
Live Translation
HOW TO Screen text and calls
Messages: customisable backgrounds
Meet the new Games app
Preview debut
More gaming know-how
Safari, Reminders, & Notes
New-look Safari
AI comes to Reminders
HOW TO Make 3D graphs
Markdown and new 3D graphs in Notes
Wallet
Everything else
New in Journal
Snooze smarter
Liquid Glass comes to CarPlay
Visited Places & AI in Maps Easily create mixes in Music
New Apple Intelligence features
Master Apple shortcuts
IOS
MAKE THE MOST OF PREVIEW
MASTER MAC NOTIFICATIONS
CREATE CUSTOM RINGTONES
VAPOUR CHAMBER COOLING
MULTITASKING IN iPADOS 26
USE SELECTIVE COLOUR
PERFECT PRESENTATIONS
MASTER ADOBE FIREFLY
SURF SAFER & SMARTER
Master notifications on Mac Take back control of the notifications you receive
HOW TO Determine how your notifications appear
HOW TO Manage notifications for apps and websites
HOW TO Customise the Notification Centre
Use Apple Intelligence
HOW TO Make selective colour adjustments
Selective colour effects
HOW TO Produce a spot colour effect
HOW TO Use masks in Adobe Photoshop
Use the Range slider
Surf safer with DuckDuckGo
Genius tip
HOW TO Browse safely and privately
HOW TO Use AI when creating presentations
Perfect your presentations
CONTINUED… Use AI when creating presentations
Master Adobe Firefly on the go
HOW TO Remove objects and expand a canvas
HOW TO Generate a photo from scratch
HOW TO Generate video clips
Credit where it’s due
Create custom ringtones on iPhone
HOW TO Use a custom ringtone
CONTINUED… Use a custom ringtone
Multitask with ease on iPad
Genius tip
HOW TO Multitask with ease
Try Preview on iPad and iPhone
Genius tip
HOW TO Highlight, annotate and fill
Vapour chamber cooling in iPhone 17
Key fact
Vapour chamber cooling in iPhone 17
How can you keep your iPhone cool?
Key fact
Recover 440GB of storage
Batteries & efficiency
iOS software
Erase an old iPhone
Quick-fire questions
Mac software
Quick-fire questions
Relocate a contacts database
Are two files identical?
How do I send a Numbers spreadsheet to a PC with Excel?
How can I tell where all my storage space has gone?
macOS
Quick-fire questions
Find missing images
Why is kernel_task hogging the CPU?
Do Tahoe’s new ASIF disk images work in Sequoia?
SUPERCHARGE YOUR MAC
Home & Student
Photo &Video
Photo &Video
Creative Pro
watchOS 26 superguide
watchOS 26 superguide
watchOS 26 works with…
What’s hot in watchOS 26
Live Listen and Translations
Wrist Flick
HOW TO Explore your updated watchOS >
HOW TO
Health & Fitness
Workout Buddy
HOW TO Get more from workouts
HOW TO Navigate the updated Workout app
Face time
Thunderbolt 5 docks & hubs
Thunderbolt 5 docks & hubs
How we tested
Group test
Things to consider…
Anker Prime Docking Station 14-in-1 TB5
CalDigit TS5 Plus
Ugreen Revodok Max
Plugable TBT-UDT3
CalDigit TS5 Plus
How do they compare?
Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate
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Twelve South ButterFly SE
SanDisk 26TB G-DRIVE Project
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Denon AH-C840NCW
VERDICT
Plaud AI NotePin
VERDICT
Razer Pro Click V2 Vertical Edition
VERDICT
Leica LUX app & Grip
VERDICT
PITAKA Qi2 Power Bank
Nanoleaf Pegboard Desk Dock
VERDICT
VERDICT
Nova 13
VERDICT
Craft
VERDICT
Pet Care Tracker Dog Cat Log
Rover – Dog Sitters & Walkers
Looking after your pets
Dogo: Dog & Puppy Training
DogHood: Dog Lovers Community
FirstVet
BringFido
iMac
Apple Magic Trackpad
Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad
Apple Magic Mouse
MacBook Air
Apple HomePod/ HomePod mini
Watch Series 10, Ultra 2, SE
TV 4K
MacBook Pro
Mac Studio
Studio Display
IPad Air
IPad/mini
IPad Pro
Apple Magic Keyboard
IPad Pro
Apple Pencil/Apple Pencil Pro
Apple Smart Folio
IPhone 16e
IPhone 16 Pro/Pro Max
IPhone 16/ Plus
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