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iOS developers m ust look withi n themselves to build great Mac a pps.
BY JASON SNELL
here's a n old joke about a bad for the strange design q u i rks of those
writer bla m i n g h i s tools-a sad a pps, which seemed s i m plified i n ways
excuse that it was the typewriter that were j a rring.
a n d not poor writing skill that Recent statements by Apple software
was to blame. When macOS Mojave was head Craig Federigh i , including his
a n no u n ced last year, featuring four apps interview with John Gruber (go.m acworld .
that originated on iOS a n d had been com/grbr) d u ring WWDC a n d a subsequent
moved to the Mac (go.macworld.com/ interview (go.macwor l d .com/sbsq) with
move) by someth ing we now call Catalyst, Jason Hiner of CNet, make it worth
m a ny of us were q u i ck to blame Catalyst revisiting that assumption.
IMAGE: APPLE AUGUST 2019 MACWORLD 7

P R O J E C T CATALYST
"When I read some of the i n itial reviews developers what Apple thought the state
of those a pps, people were saying, of the a rt of Mac a p p design was. A few
'Obviously this technology is causing them months later you'd see that a l l the major
to do things that don't feel Mac-like,"' Mac app u pdates wou ld be taking hi nts
Federighi told CNet. "Honestly, 90 percent from Apple-a tab di splay here, a drawer
of those were j u st decisions that designers there, a floating palette over there.
made ... People took that as 'th is feels M ojave's fou r iOS im port apps inspired
iOS-y' and therefore they thought it was a nobody. It's possible that by the time
technology thing. Actual ly, it was a macOS Cata l i n a ships, they'll be
designer preference." improved-and the additions of Podcasts
"The apps were bad beca use we made and Find My m ig ht also cha nge the
bad design choices" is a bit of a weird narrative. But based on the i n itial public
defense. Is Federighi j u st defending beta re lease, these a pps are sti ll either
Catalyst a n d his engineers (at, I might point very simple utilities or a re still m issing
out, the expense of h i s designers), or is menu items and keyboard shortcuts a n d
there more to this? I suspect it's a little of the other n i ceties that Apple spent a l l of
both, as Apple tries to create a bridge WWDC week pushing to a n a udience of
between two very different platforms at potential Catalyst developers.
the same time that it's tinkering with a This is not to say that there won't be
wholesale redesign of what it means to be great exa m p les of Catalyst apps,
a well-designed Mac app. exe m p l a rs for other developers to follow.
I ' m optimistic that some of the developers
SEARCHING FOR THE of iOS apps I use a lot wi l l go the extra
EXEM PLARY APPS mile to make s u re that their apps are good
Th ere was a time when Apple set the Mac a p ps when they appear on the
sta n d a rd for the a p p s on the Mac. To see platform. I was encouraged by a Twitter
a n App le-b u i lt a p p was to see what a p p s thread (go.macworld .com/twth) from the
on the M a c s h o u l d l o o k l i ke. Especi a l l y i n developer of Ferrite Recording Stud io, one
the ea rly days of M a c OS X, we wo u l d of my favorite iOS a pps. I n the thread, he
pore over i n c l u ded a p ps l i ke Safa ri a n d says he is comm itted to making a "Proper
M a i l a n d Address B o o k a n d b u n d l ed Mac App" a n d that it will take time to d o
a pps l i ke those fou n d i n the iWo rk a n d so. While listen i n g to the Accidental Tech
i Life co I I ectio ns. Podcast (go.macworld .com/atpd) and
These a pps would suggest to Mac a p p Under the Rada r (go.macworld.com/udrd)

The implication is
that Apple knows these
Catalyst apps need to be
better, and that they will be.
Ood4-Frank
owrhaul
headlr19for
likely passageIn
Congress.
When Federighi says
Hero's'-fi
affectsyou
that Apple a n d the user
base m u st "co-evolve,"
that strikes to the heart of
it. Apple i s changing the
defi nition of what makes a
good Mac a pp, a n d a lot
The News app was one of four apps in macOS Mojave that was of that will be infl u e nced
imported from iOS. by the design decisions it
m akes for iOS, because it
podcasts, it's clear that Overcast wants to u n ify its p latforms as much as it
developer M a rco Arment i s s i m i l a rly n ot possibly can for efficiency reasons.
willing to d u m p a lousy version of his a p p This is messy. A one-size-fits-a l l a p p
o n the platform. design a p proach won't work, a n d I don't
iOS a p p developers are Mac users-it's be li eve Apple rea lly wants that. But in
the o n ly p latform ava i lable for iOS app macOS Cata l in a , it does seem to be
development. They know what the Mac re-evaluating a lot of interface
feels like. I think m a ny of them will choose conventions. Apple's own a p ps-not j ust
to d o the right thing-but it's a shame they the ones made using Cata lyst-are trying
won't have exe m p l a ry Apple apps to all sorts of d ifferent interface a pproaches
inspire them. in somewhat inconsistent ways.
Let me give you one example: Apple's
CHANGING THE DEFINITION using a n interface convention where
Which brings me to why I think Apple's i n this there's a circu lar icon with three dots on it
strange in-between state with Catalyst app in several of its apps. Ta p on the icon a n d
development. I don't think it's that Apple is you get a submenu with additional
uni nterested in bu ilding good Mac apps-as features: in Podcasts, for exa mple, you can
Federighi himself said to CNet, "we've got to de lete an episode fro m your l iba ry. In
co-evo lve with our user base around Photos, you can play a movie.
the aesthetics of the Mac experience." T h i s i s the sort of feature that, i n the

P R O J E C T CATALYST
past, was someth i n g yo u ' d j u st h i d e gesture that pops u p a content preview

be h i n d a co ntextual m e n u-that's a window with a bunch of contextual sharing
rig ht-click o r co ntro l-cl i c k o r (if you use a options. There's also a two-finger-tap
trackpad) a two-fi n g e r cl i ck. And i n s o m e mu ltiple-selection gesture. How do you
(but not a l l ) of t h e a p p s i n Cata l i n a , a sq u a re adding these new gestures with
control-cl i c k w i l l reve a l the s a m e o ptions movi ng away from control-clicks?
a s what you ' l l fi n d by ta p p i n g that I d o n 't t h i n k eve n A p p l e knows the
c i rcu l a r i c o n . a n swers to these q uestio n s . But I do
I can see the argument that many users t h i n k it's exploring t h e m , a n d the
do not th i n k to two-finger-click on things, prospect of a p ps be i n g brought ove r
a n d therefore are mi ssing im portant from iOS to macOS (as well as the
features that maybe they'll be more likely advent of new a p ps be i n g b u i lt u s i n g
to fi nd if they see a circle with three dots SwiftUI) h a s o pe n e d a g i g a ntic c a n of
i nside it a n d click on it to see what it has to worms i n terms of h ow these i nterfaces
offer. The cou nter a rg u ment is that not a l l s h o u l d look a n d work.
features need to be front a n d center As the platform owner, Apple does get
because most users won't use them, a n d to drive that process a n d m a ke those calls.
hiding them behind a secondary m e n u is U nfortunately, right now it doesn't seem to
not much better than hiding them behind know what it wants. I n the meantime, it will
an alternate click. be u p to third-party a p p developers to do
But is Apple rea l ly pushing for more the best they can to make great Mac
d i scoverabil ity for extra features? One big a pps-an d to not blame their tools if they
cha nge in iPadOS 13 is a tap-a nd-hold fall short of that standard .

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Laptops sold between Septe m ber 2015 and February 2017 are affected.
BY ROMAN LOYOLA
pple has annou nced (go. click on the Apple (tl) menu and select
macworld.com/nbat) a recall for About This Mac. In the overview section of
owners of the 1 5-inch MacBook the About This Mac window that appears,
Pro. If you bought such a l a ptop you should see the OS as the main header.
between September 2015 and Fe bruary Just underneath that is the listing for you r
2017, it could have a battery that is at risk of Mac. If it says, "MacBook Pro (Reti na,
overheating. Apple will replace the battery 1 5-inch, Mid 201 5)," take note of the serial
i n these laptops for free. num ber. Then go to Apple's website (go.
To see if your laptop is part of the recall, macworld .com/su bm) and submit the serial
num ber to see if your 1 5-inch MacBook Pro
is part of the recall.
If your laptop is part of
the recall, you can take it to
an Apple Authorized
Service Provider or an
Apple Retai l Store, or you
can contact Apple
Support to arrange
mail-in service via the
Apple Repair Center.
According to Apple's
support document
(go.macworld.com/
apsu), the service
may take u p to two
weeks.

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Get ready for a sky-high price tag for the first new M acBook Pro in years.
BY MICHAEL SIMON
pple might have j ust updated U nfortunately, you probably won't be able
its 13- and 1 5-inch laptops with to afford it.
better processors and a tweak Echoing a previous report by M i ng-Chi
to the much-maligned butterfly Kuo (go.macwo r ld.com/ming ), I H S Markit
keyboard, but there might be a com pletely analyst Jeff Lin says that Apple is p l a n n i ng
new model a rriving later this yea r. to release a 16-inch MacBook Pro in
12 MACWORLD AUGUST 2019 IMAGE: LEIF JOHNSON

September, m a rking
the first new size for
Apple's flagship
notebook since the
13-inch model was
i ntroduced in 20 09.
It would a lso
represent the
biggest M acBook
since the 17-inch
MacBook Pro
was d iscontinued
in 2 012.
Little is known
a bout the new The butterfly keys on the MacBook might look cool but they're
model, but Li n says problematic to say the least.
it will be using a
3072 x 1920 LCD, higher than the 1 5-inch Pro's butte rfly keyboard has been the
model's 2,880 x 1,800 screen but not s u bj e ct of m u c h consternation, from t h e i r
OLEO as has been ru mored. l a ck of trave l to l o u d n oise, a n d d ust a n d
As Kuo previously suggested, the d e bris issu es. Apple has issued a
1 6-inch M acBook Pro will likely be more Keyb o a rd Service Progra m for 2016-2019
than a larger version of the c u rrent l a ptop. MacBook Pro models to fix u n respon sive
The new Mac will reportedly have a n a n d overly responsive keys as we l l as
a l l-new design and occupy a higher tier in severa I fixes to the des i g n , but it's
Appl e's product matrix. Since the cu rrent sto pped s h o rt of c o m p letely ove r h a u l i n g
1 5-inch M acBook Pro starts at $2,399, the the butterfly keyboa rd.
new model's entry will likely top $3,000, A redesigned MacBook Pro would
and possibly touch $3,500 depending on a lso presu ma bly bring slimmer bezels, a
the base model's configuration. smaller fra me, and better battery life.
B u t if that b r i n gs the l o ng-ove rd u e Based on Lin's time frame, the new model
c h a n ges to the keyboard (g o. m a cworld . will l ikely launch at the same time as
com/kych), pro users w i l l be h a p py to macOS 10.1 5 Catalina (go.macworld .
b u y o n e at a ny price. The current M a c com/10ct).

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Like any big company, Apple needs to m a ke choices a bout where to puts its resources.
But some product gaps are going unserved.
BY DAN MOREN
eing a big business is a l l a bout some consumers.

making choices. Even the most Such is the rea l ity with Apple. It can't
successful, most profitable possibly make a l l of the prod u cts that its
company can't pursue a l l customers wa nt-it just doesn't have the
possible avenues. Decisions have to be time, money, or people. But some of the
made, even if they mean ignoring a choices that Apple has made about
segment of the m a rket that m ight address prod ucts to not p u rsue have been
14 MACWORLD AUGUST 2019 IMAGE: APPLE

surprisi ng. Especially when it seems as give you the performance of a $40,000
though the m arket i n q u estion is reference monitor at a fraction of the price.
desperately i n need of a solution that H owever, most people outside of the
would be right u p Apple's all ey. film and television industries don't need a
Earlier this m onth, during the display that amazing. M a ny would be
company's a n n u a l Worldwide Developers happy with a good option, like a
Conference keynote, I noticed a few sta n dalone equivalent of the 5K d isplay
places where it seemed as though Apple fou n d i n modern i Macs, to hook up to their
was m issin g out on a n opportun ity. Some Mac m i n is, MacBooks, or even iPads. The
of these m ight be cases where the Pro Display XDR may be amazing, but
company has decided it doesn't want to many fo lks need displays that are just
be i n a specific business, and some m ight good enough.
merely be a case of a future product not There's certa inly a m arket for these
being ready yet-from the outside, there's types of displays. I n fact, Apple even used
really no way to tell. But here are three to sell them. The Apple Cinema Display
cases i n which it seems l i ke a n Apple line and its successor, the Thunderbolt
prod uct or service might be a
welcome a lternative to what
exists, if not someth ing that
fills a gap no one else seems
to be addressi ng.
A DISPLAY FOR THE

REST OF US
We can a l l agree that Apple's
$ 5 ,000 ($6,000, if you want to � ,
.
.
actu a l ly have it on you r desk) �

Pro Display XDR is a heck of a
piece of h a rdware. The
display technology itself is light
years beyond anything else that a
consu mer electronics company
is creating. As Apple poi nted
out, it's a product i ntended to Apple discontinued its Thunderbolt Display in 2016.

3 P R O D U CT S T H AT W O U L D B E H I TS
display, provided the h i g h q u a l ity and

convenience of a n Apple-made display,
even if it wasn't cheap. (Though thin king
that their $999 price tag was high now
seems q u a i nt.)
But once Apple's displays were
discontinued, users were left to look
elsewhere, and many have found slim
pickings. Apple did partner with LG to sell
high-end displays, but they hit a few bumps
in the road (go.macworld.com/bu mp).
Perhaps the right answer is that if you want
someth ing done right, do it yourself
ACTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK

Another ma rket that Apple previously
a ba ndoned, to the dismay of m a ny
consu mers, was home routers. And yet,
during the WWDC keynote, Apple
a n no u n ced a new i n itiative to improve
smart home device security by b u i lding
HomeKit support into routers, forging
partnerships with vendors like Linksys, Apple stopped making AirPort routers, but
eero, and Spectru m. maybe it should reconsider.
Apple officia l ly discontin ued its AirPort

router l i ne last year, but some-i ncluding extend into hardware, offer a secure and
you rs truly-sti l l regret the decision. As trustworthy router, rather than leaving
Apple itself poi nts out, a trustworthy router people to third-party partners.
has become even more im portant with a l l Compan ies such as eero have proved
of the smart devices we use i n our homes that there's a space for easy, friendly, and
these days. Just as Apple has tried to expa ndable network h a rdware. And now
prevent websites from tracking you and that eero has been bought by Amazon,
developed a more private system for many consumers want an a lternative that
logging into accou nts, the company could doesn't belong to a company with a

vested interested in knowing exactly what
you 're doing onli ne. The router business
isn't sexy, but it is critical.
BACK THAT MAC U P

Over the past several years, Apple
has slowly i m p roved its iCioud o n l i n e
service, adding features to com pete
with the likes of M icrosoft, Goog le,
and Dropbox. But one area has always
fa llen a little short: backup. iCioud backup for Macs would be nice.
Yes, Apple has provided ways to back

u p iOS devices to iCioud, but it's never the same capacities offe red on most Macs.
extended that same cou rtesy to Macs. And If I can back up my 512GB iPad to iCioud,
though we may store m a ny of our then why not my 512GB iMac? Surely, Mac
i m portant documents i n the cloud these users deserve the same peace of mind of
days, it's still important to have reliable a n d a n offsite backup of their critical files as
trustworthy backups on top of that. iOS users do.
In the past, this
may have been a n
issue of
capacities: Macs,
after all, had huge
h a rd drives, a n d
i Phones and i Pads
relatively little
storage by
comparison. But
these days, you
can buy a n iPhone
with 512GB of
storage or a n iPad
Pro with a
terabyte, a bout You can buy an i Pad Pro with a terabyte of storage.

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BY JASON CROSS
eed to get you r iPhone screen stores will use official Apple pa rts and their
fixed (or yo u r MacBook repair work will be backed by Apple.
keyboard [go.macworld .com/ Apple has been under pressure to
bfly]) but the nearest Apple red uce backlogs, wait times, and crowding
store is over an hour away? Don't fret. for repairs at its Apple Stores, and this
Apple a n nou nced (go.macworld.com/ should help a lot. According to Apple, this
bbu y) a partnersh ip with Best Buy to offer partnership means that there a re now over
certified repairs at a l l of its nearly 1,000 1,800 third-party Apple authorized service
locations in the U.S. According to the providers i n the U.S.-three times as m a ny
release, Best Buy's Geek Squad has nea rly locations as three years ago. Apple claims
7,600 newly Apple-certified tec h n icians that eight out of ten Apple customers will
that can make same-day iPhone repairs now be with i n 2 0 m i n utes of an authorized
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PHOTO-EDITING SOFTWARE When I reviewed Picktorial 3.0 (go.
PICKTORIAL 4.0: macworld.com/pkr3), I noted how the

software took a few u nconventional
PHOTO EDITOR a pproaches to photo editing and
ENHANCES ITS employed a clever way to save non
ORGANIZING
destructive edits. The new Picktorial 4.0
(go.macwo rld .com/pck4) adds some new
FEATURES editing features, but mostly focuses on
BY JEFF CARLSON the orga nizing side of working with you r
library of images.
AN EDITING ASSISTANT
When you 're making adj ustments to a
photo-retouching i n particular-you want
to view the image at actua l size to see
how the edits a re affecting the pixels. The
new Assistant Viewer splits the editing

REVIEW: P I C K TO R I A L 4 . 0
a rea so you can

view the fu l l image
in one pane while
you 're a pplying
corrections at 100
percent in the oth er
pane. It's a simple
and effective
a lternative to
zooming in a n d out
repeatedly to see
how the edits look.
However, the
panes are not The new Assistant View splits i nto two sections.
a utomatically
synced. When you select a nother image to a re produced by hig h-resolution cameras.
edit, the Assistant Viewer continues to I did notice a n i m p rovement, but there's
show the previous image. You must click sti ll lag whenever you load a Raw im age
the new pane to activate it, and then select while the software i nterprets it. Don't
the i mage you want in the browser. It would expect to sh uttle qu ickly throug h a folder
be better to be able to switch to another of Raw images, though the lag is much
image and have it load into both panes, or shorter or i mperceptible when opening
i n cl ude this behavior as a preference. J PEG images, depending on the size of
Picktorial 4.0 al so adds the ability to the file. (I ran Picktorial on a late-2016
batch-apply ed its to m u ltiple photos by MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and a
copying adjustments from one im age discrete Radeon Pro 460 graph ics
and pastin g them to one or more other processor. Not the latest and g reatest
shots. You can a lso batch-export images hardware, but it's a lso not outdated.)
and create presets for specifying
para meters such as filename, size, format, SEARCH AND ALBUMS
and q u a l ity levels. The photo organizing side of Picktoria l
Picktorial's develo pers tout increased gets the most atte ntion in this release.
performa nce, especially when working Whereas some applications track
with files exceeding 50 mega pixels that everything-from file locations to edits-in

a centra l catalog (such as Apple Photos text-based a pproach to searching. If you
and Adobe Lightroom), others rely on the know the language, you can type it i nto
Finder to do the organizing. Picktorial the Search field. For exa m ple, let's say you
takes the latter a pproach, reading data want to locate a l l the photos with the
d i rectly from the fi les on disk, and writing keyword flower rated two stars or higher.
the edit i nformation back to J PEGs or, with You have two options: click the pre-made
Raw i m ages, to .xmp text files on the side. 2-sta r-plus search item and then type
However, for search in Picktorial 4.0, flower into the Search field; or, type
the developers don't lean on m acOS's flower rating>=2 in the field. One
Spotlight. Picktorial b u i lds its own i ndex, a nn oyance: if you r query exceeds more
which results i n faster search and the than a couple of terms, the Search field
abi lity to do more with the data, such as doesn't expa nd or wrap down to another
create smart albums and sort photos using line, so you won't see characters that run
m u ltiple criteria, without m a i ntaining a longer than the visible area. According to
central cata log
file. The Library
sidebar incl udes
several pre-made
searches, such
as All Photos,
star rating levels
(such as 2 stars
and higher), All
Edited photos,
and the l i ke.
There's also a
Searc h field for
typing keywords
and other
q uenes.
•
That field
presents a lot of
possibil ities, as
Picktorial takes a Picktorial's search is helpful, if you know how to use it.

the application's docu mentation, specific a n d Picktorial NAS test folders. The
attributes are l i m ited to text contained i n a lternative i n that case is to perform the
the photo name, keyword, camera name, search i n a l l of my fo lders, but that would
camera maker and rating. The available i n c l u d e too m a ny sou rces.
syntax isn't spe l l ed out, and my attempts I'd a lso l i ke the a b i l ity to remove the
to search for, say, a l l images captured at defa u lt Pictures fo lder in my home
f/2 . 8 proved u nsuccessfu l. The search directory (N/Pictu res) from the Folders list,
i m plementation has the potential to be since that's such a catch-all for other
powerful, but it's not at a l l intu itive. images that aren't part of my photo
The Smart Album feature follows the library==(especially if you have photo
same pattern. In most appl ications, a smart libraries for several appl ications, as I do). I
a l b u m is a coll ection of results based on a suspect Pictures is there to ensure that
set of search q ueries. You could create a Picktorial has a starting place to buil d, but
smart a l b u m that shows o n ly the photos with its flexi bility to include other folders,
captured withi n the past 30 days ranked even on NAS devices, it should be
three stars or higher, for example. But possible to remove or hide the Pictu res
there's no actua l Smart Album com mand in folder contents.
Picktorial; you perform a search, right-click W h i l e we're o n the to p i c of fo lders, I
Last Search i n the Library panel, choose desperately want Pickto r i a l to be a b l e to
D u p l icate, a n d rename the saved search. If display the p hotos from a l l n ested
you want to change the para meters of that folders. As it is now, if my p hotos a re
smart a l b u m , you need to adjust the terms organized i n the F i n d e r by a date
i n the Search field and re-save it as a new h iera rchy, I c l i c k a 2 0 1 9 fo lder a n d see
sea rch. The capabi l ity is there, but you o n ly m o re fo l ders for 2 01 9-01-01, 2 019-
wouldn't know it un less you're looking for 01-02, a n d so o n . This isn 't a n issue if
it; at the time of this review, there's no you d u m p a l l your i ma ges i nto o n e
mention of the feature in the application's fo lder, but it's more c o m m o n to have
documentation. some sort of o rga n i z i n g structure i n the
Oth er aspects of sea rching can be Finder. To a d d extra a n n oyan ce, you
frustrating. You can search only o n e can't s i m p ly d o u ble-c l i c k the s u bfo l ders
folder at a time, a n d the location is that a p pe a r i n the b rowser; to o p e n o n e,
defined separately from the Search field. you m u st c l i c k the expa nsion tri a n g l e in
For exa m ple, I ' m not able to fi nd a l l the L i b ra ry p a n e l to expose t h e m , then
th ree-star photos i n my Picktorial Local select the o ne-j u st o n e-you want.

The ability to browse folders in Picktorial could use some usability improvements.
That's at least three c l icks i n this shot a n d pressing the B key. I also
exa m ple to get to the i mages. Pickto r i a l appreciate that the a p plication properly
i s a photo a p p l i cation-why would I want treats Raw+J PEG pairs as a single i mage,
to view m ore fo lders, o r the co ntents of with the option to choose which version
j u st o n e folder at a t i m e? I c a n d o that i n you want to edit.
the Finder. Picktorial also does a fine job
Lest I'm dwe l l i ng too much on supporting external drives a n d NAS
a n noya nces, I ' l l cou nter by pointing out (network-attached storage) devices on
that Picktorial now incl udes a Quick Album yo ur network. If a vol u m e you've added to
feature that lets you specify a target a l b u m Picktorial isn't a l ready connected, the
and add any image to it by selectin g the application wi l l mount it a utomatically

when you ' re on the local network. If you're JPEG, the ability to view raw files, and
working remotely, you need to mount the unlimited undo.
vol u m e m a n u a l ly i n the Finder; once you A one-time purchase of $69.99 u nlocks
do, Pickto rial sees it, but keep in mind raw editing, unlimited local adjustments,
you ' l l be at the mercy of your cu rrent batch editing, TIFF and batch export, the
internet connection in terms of ability to run the software on up to five
performance working with those images. Macs, and priority support. This option
And if you're one of the folks who've incl udes maintenance updates to that
been hanging onto Aperture since Apple version only.
discontinued it-and now face the reality that The subscription option is priced at
it will stop working altogether starting with $9.99 a month, or $4.99 a month when
the next major macOS release-Picktorial bought as a yearly pu rchase, and incl udes
can browse Aperture libraries natively, no the features mentioned a bove plus
conversion needed. However, there are ongoing future updates.
caveats. When All Photos is selected,
Picktorial doesn't keep that parsed structure BOTTOM LI NE
in mind, so you see not only the library It's good that Picktorial 4.0 has enhanced its
images, but also the low-resolution photo organizing features, but several
thumbnails that Aperture created for its aspects introduce hiccups in the
internal use. Also, Picktorial photography workflow. The
doesn't recognize edits that search features feel like they're
were made in Aperture, only the a m bitious but not quite baked,
Picktorial 4.0
original images. PROS and I wonder how many
·Assistant Viewer is helpful, photographers will want to dig
particularly when
PRICI NG retouching images. into the technicals of which text
Browse Aperture libraries
Adobe has shown that a •
strings to use for the best search

natively.
subscription model works, and CONS results. The Assistant Viewer is a
as a result, Picktorial includes it • Search system feels too good idea that needs more
reliant on the underlying
as one of three pricing options. text commands. follow-through to be truly useful.
• Lag when opening raw
Picktoria l 4.0 can be down At the same time, features such
files.
loaded and used for free, which PRICE as batch processing and solid
incl udes the photo organization $69.99 NAS support show that the
COMPANY
features, su pport for a pplying develo pers are listening to the
Picktorial lnnovations
up to two local adj ustments per needs of its customers.

LAPTOP BAG The new Thirteener Thin Leather Briefcase
SADDLE BACK (go.macworld .com/sdfl b) from Saddleback

Leather Co. looks a little, wel l , like a
THIRTEENER saddlebag. (I was a cowboy for years, so I
THIN LEATHER don't say this lig htly.) And much l i ke a
BRIEFCASE:
saddlebag, this 14.2 5-x-10-inch briefcase is
big enough to hold necessities without
TOUGH SCUFF being a burden, which makes it a perfect
BY LEIF JOHNSON (if heavy d uty) companion for Apple's
13-inch MacBook Pro or the new MacBook
Air. So long as you don't try to take the
whole ranch along on you r comm ute and
can deal with some scuffing, it should
se rve you we l l .
The $349 Thirteener also reminds me of
a good saddlebag because there's little
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reason to worry a bout it falling

a pa rt over the next five years
or maybe even the next 50.
Saddleback always uses heavy
fu ll-grain leather for its leather
bags, which means they're
highly water-resistant without
a ny treatment. You a lso won't
find any snaggable zippers, as it
closes with Saddleback's
signature front buckle. With
enough practice, it's only slightly Saddleback often includes extra D-rings on its bags, but I
slower than opening a zipper. kind of like that they're not on this briefcase.
Most features revea l a n

a l m ost ridiculous attention to
detai l , whether it's the polyester
threadi ng-chosen because it
doesn't slowly rot i n the sun
l i ke nylon-or the nearly
i ndestructible 316 sta i nless
steel Saddleback uses for the
buckles and D-rings. It's a small
wonder that Saddleback gives
these things a 100-year
warranty. If you fi nd yourself
disI iki ng the Th irteener, it
a l m ost certainly won't be for As you can see, the leather's fine. This has more to do with
the q u a l ity of the construction. the coloring. And I'm not that rough on my bags.
Aside, that is, from the

heavy scuffi ng on the fin ish. Like many of ridiculously prone to scuffi ng during the
the Saddleback's bags, the Thirteener roughly two weeks I used it on my daily
comes in Dark Coffee Brown, Chestnut, San Francisco comm ute. I've previously
and Black, but the finish on the dark coffee received Saddleback bags in chestnut and
brown version I received proved saw noth ing so extreme as this, and

looking closely, noth ing
a p pears to be wrong with
the actua l leather.
I suspect it's related to
the finish for the dark
coffee brown model, so I'd
keep this i n m i n d when
buying the brown version
u nless you don't mind your
new bag looking like it's
five years old before the
month is out. Normally, I ' m
open to the idea that this And, minus the large headphone case, this is basically what I
kind of wear enha nces the consider the basics.
"rugged" aesthetic, and

some scuffin g is common with added padded strap it weighs in at 4.3
Saddleback's full-grain bags. But this pounds. Toss i n a 13-inch MacBook Pro
degree of scuffi ng seems excessive for a into the loose pigskin divider along the
mere 14 days, considering the price. back of the interior-if you're li ke me, you'll
a lmost a lways have one i n there-and it
WATCH YOU R WEIGHT suddenly b a lloons to a base of 7.3 pounds.
This is more s u bjective, but you a lso m ight By the time I'd try to cram in everyth ing
have a problem with the weight. That's from an u m brella and a water bottle to the
h a rd ly a su rprise: Saddleback's leather case for my Bose Ou ietComfort 35
messenger and shoulder bags tend to be headphones-a l l of which did fit i n the
easy on the eyes but h a rd on the shoulder. main compartment, by the way-1 could
This is a valiant effort at m i nimalism, joke to myself that it was called the
though, considering its three-inch width. It "Th i rteener" because it weighed 13
occupies a welcome middle g round pounds. As a result, my time with the
between bags l ike the overly tiny Front Thirteener encouraged me to learn to
Pocket Leather Satchel (go.macworld .com/ keep my loads to a m i n i m u m . I consider
pktl ) and the gargantuan 7-pound Classic that a good thing. That's also proba bly why
Leather Briefcase. But it's a lso a hefty boy. Sadd leback is ca reful to ca l l it a "briefcase"
Empty, it weighs 3.6 pounds, a n d with the rather than a messenger bag, as you can

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to bulge out and take u p

precious room in the larger
pocket). The o n ly outer
"pocket" is a 6-inch-deep
sleeve along the back
that's h a ndy for q u ick
access to notebooks or
similar items. Like so much
about the Thirteener, it's
just enough.
This is with everything in the previous photo tucked inside. BOTTOM LI NE

The Thi rteener Thin Leather
easily tote it a round with the handle if you Briefcase is a dependable bag for anyone
feel the strap is too h a rd on you r back with who prefers the 13-inch MacBook Pro or
heavy loads. So long as you learn to stick the new MacBook Air, and that's not j ust
to the basics, this won't be a big deal. because these devices fit inside. Much like
For such a "th i n " bag, those laptops, it's a good bag
there's a decent amount of for folks who seek both
roo m . You have the pigskin Saddleback Leather portability and resilience
Co. Thirteener Thin
l i ned main compartment a lthough u nfortunately that
Leather Briefcase
measu ring roughly 9.5 i nches PROS
resilience doesn't extend to the
deep a n d 2 . 5 i n ches wide • Solid, heavy-duty, scuff-prone finish. It's best used
water-resistant leather
and then you have a th i n fro nt construction. in situations where you won't
compartment that's big enough • Minimalist yet spacious. be hauling it for most of the
• Handy rear sleeve for quick
to hold an 9.7-i nch iPad. You'll access. day, such as walks to work
a lso find two th i n pockets on CONS from you r car or public
• Heavily prone to scuffing.
the i nside of this l a rger front transportation. If you like
•Slightly heavy: weighs 7.3
compartment that are good for pounds with a 13-inch Saddleback but plan on using
MacBook Pro inside.
stashing items l i ke passports or one of its bags for most of the
• Pricey.
plane tickets, and there's PRICE
day, thoug h , I suggest getting a
enough room to stuff Ai rPods $349 backpack l i ke the Thin Front
COMPANY
and a Magic Mouse i n there as Pocket Backpack (go.m acworld .
Saddleback Leather Co.
wel l (although this causes them com/thfr) instead.

What We're
Raving About
This Month
AMAREY A900
ROBOT VACUUM
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The Amarey A900 is a powerful and
efficient robot vacuum cleaner that does a
particularly good job of extracting pet hair
from carpet. With about 100 minutes to a
charge the A900 packs up to 1,400Pa of
suction power, which is great for pulling
debris out of carpets. The vacuum had no
trouble navigating different terrains,
smoothly transitioning from carpet to
hardwood to linoleum and back again. It
comes with a remote control that you can
use to control its cleaning modes and
suction levels or use to manually direct the
vacuum. The Amarey companion app
provides the same controls plus access to
mapping, scheduling, and third-party voice
control features.-MICHAEL ANSALDO

ECOBEE SM ART
THERM OSTAT WITH
VOICE CONTROL
ecobee.com
Once you've wired it up, powered it on, and
the Ecobee SmartThermostat has confirmed
your HVAC setup, you need only inform the
thermostat of your preferred temperature
comfort ranges for when you're at
home, away, and sleeping. It
then establishes a basic
schedule that will automati
cally adjust as it learns both
your daily activity and any
tweaks you make. Its use
of smart sensors makes
sure that your home's
climate will be comfortable
wherever you are in it.
More conventional thermo
stats simply the monitor the
space where the thermostat
itself iS located.-JASOND'APRILE

EM BER CERAM IC
M UG
ember.com
The Ember Ceramic Mug does exactly what it's
supposed to do every time: keep your bever
age hot. The bottom of the Ceramic Mug
features a pair of circular copper coils for
charging. Pop it on the bundled stand and it will
begin to charge, and in about 90 minutes, it will
be fully charged and ready to keep your
beverage hot. You can set a specific degree
that you want your coffee to remain at, and you
can fine tune the temperature inside the iOS
app. You can even assign specific temperatures
for different drinks. Ember lets you adjust the
Ceramic Mug between 120- and 145 degrees
Fahrenheit (50- and 62.5 degrees Celsius), and
it can heat up a cup of liquid from room tem
perature in about an hour. -MICHAEL SIMON

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Barely two years later, notches are everywhere-and Apple paved the way for them .
BY LEIF JOHNSON
t's time, folks. Time to admit Apple was tweets assertin g that Steve Jobs Wou l d
right to i ntroduce the notch for the Never Have Done This (go. macworld .com/
iPhone X back i n 2 017. Oh, sure, it was nver). But just 21 months later, we're
fun to ridicule the little black strip at a l ready seeing articles discussing which
the time; to see the memes g ru m b l i ng phones don't have notches. Even Apple's
a bout how Apple had lost its way and the most direct rivals have em braced the

I P H O N E X N OT C H
notch: It sticks out l i ke a black

tongue on the Google Pixel 3
XL (go.macworld.com/xlp3),
and it l u rks i n the corner of
Samsu ng's overly a m b itious
Ga laxy Fold (go.macworld .
com/g lfd). All these months
later, Apple's implementation
of it remains, well, top notch.
Nobody here is
suggesting that Apple
i nvented the notch. I ndeed, Et tu, Google?
the tragically i nessential

Essential Phone (go.macworld.com/esen) A NOTCH ABOVE
ma rked its debut five months before the Apple, as it so often does, showed us how
i Phone X. Not long after that, a notch such a seemingly c l u n ky concept as a
a p peared on the Sharp Aq uos S2. There's notch could boast a degree of elegance.
also some truth to the argu ment that the That is usually the true nature of Apple's
notch was "inevitable," considering this "innovation," not the i n itial invention. The
decade's push to make front-facing notch itself is a th i n strip with ca refu l ly
displays that extend as far to a rou nded corners that meld into the
smartphone's edges as possi ble. interface rather than a circle that looks like
Short of developing a technology that a n i n k drop, as i n the Essential Phone.
al lows a se lfie ca mera to work behind the (Designer Brad Ellis described in deta i l [go.
pixels of a display-a nd it seems Oppo macworld .com/brad] how much thought
and Xiaomi are at least working in that went into those rounded corners.) In this
d i rection (go.macwo r ld.com/dirc)-you ' re strip, Apple m a nages to pack a camera, a
not going to have a n edge-hugging speaker, a microphone, a flash, and
display on a ful ly-featured smartphone mu ltiple sensors for its futu ristic True
without some sort of screen cut-out. And Depth technology that maps you r face with
even with Oppo and Xiaomi's dubious lasers for m ore accu rate identification.
concept, you're m issing out on a l l the Other phones have smaller notches, but
advanced features Apple man ages to that's because theirs are usua lly restricted
work into its notch. to housing cameras.

For that matter, the iPhone's notch is it right, a n d largely for reasons outside the
positioned i n such a way that it's usua l ly a bove m a n ufactu rers' control. Apple
out of a direct I i ne of vision, pa rticu Ia rly i n controls both the hardware and the
l a rger devices l i ke the iPhone XS Max. I'll software for its phones, and so it can
go so fa r as to say that Apple's n otch is dictate (go.m acworld.com/dtat) that
o n ly distracti n g if you're actively looking developers need to design their a p ps so
for it, and thus it stands out more as not to interfere with the notc h . When
promi nently i n stage presentations, but not desig n elements don't overlap with the
so much when you ' re holding it in your notc h , you ' re far less l i kely to notice the
hand. I n other words, much as you ' re not notch itself. On Android, by contrast,
constantly looking for the time or you r the re's no guara ntee that part of an
signal strength-which sit on either side of interface isn't going to be chopped off by
the notch-you're not a lways going to be a notch on account of the wide variety of
looking at the notch itself. devices that use the operating system, and
The result is not a true edge-to-edge many d ifferent notch designs.
display, but it comes close to achievi ng
that ideal without sacrificing the integ rity of U N N ECESSARY COMPLEXITY
the rest of the device. S ure, I'd prefer not For that matter, few things tend to reveal
to have a notch, but if yo u're going to have the integ rity of the notch's design q uite
one while a lso including
advanced face
scanning technology,
this is how to do it. As
such, the iPhone X
smoothed the way for
the tide of notched
phones that swept in
afterward from the likes
of Google, Samsung,
Asus, H uawei, LG, and
OnePius.
Even so, Apple
remains one of the few Impressively, that "selfie" camera on the ZenFone 6 is 48MP
m a n ufacturers that gets (because it doubles as the rear camera).

I PH O N E X NOTCH
l i ke attem pts to replace it. M a ny of these that Google is a pparently heading i n with
attem pts involve adding potenti a l ly the Pixel 4 (according to a leak from U n box
breakable elements to the handsets, while Therapy [go.macworld.com/un bx]) a n d
Apple usually takes great pains to design simply em brace the bezels once again.
its devices without pieces that cou ld snap Even Apple techn ically did that with the
off if you b u m p i nto a wall or a table. new iPad Pros.
There's the OnePius 7 Pro (go.
macworld.com/1p7p), for insta nce, which A VALUABLE LESSON
has a front-facing camera that pops out the TO OTH ERS
back of the phone l i ke a Pop-Tart from a The backlash a n d fol lowing acceptance of
toaster. N ifty, perhaps, but there's a high the notch feels like a fam i l ia r part of the
cha nce of getting sand or water stuck in Apple design cycle: Apple embraces a
that s lot. And then there's the Asus non-standard design that helps solve a
ZenFone 6 (go. macworld.com/azf6), which problem, some loud critics go "ew," and
forsakes the m i n i m a l i s m i m p l icit in its name then by the next yea r you see va riations of
i n favor of a gadgety camera that flips u p the same design on many other high
fro m the back of the phone when you profile devices. After a l l the jeering, you
want to take a selfie. It's cool i n a start to see the editorials claiming that
Transformers sort of way, I su ppose, but it's features like the notch were "inevitable"
potentially even more fragile than the that what Apple did was j u st business as
OnePius 7 Pro a n d there's a good cha nce usual. No big deal.
that motor will break down i n a few The cynical side of me sees an attem pt
months. Some sites call this "genius" (go. to u pend this cycle i n Google's recent
macwo rld.com/g nus)-1 say it's going to decision to em brace the leaks (go.
ridiculous lengths to avoid saying you r macworld .com/lksf) of its u pcoming Pixel 4.
phone has a notc h . (The same goes for the That device has a square b u m p fo r the
Xiaomi M i M ix, which avoided the notch ... rea r cameras much as Apple's next iPhone
by making you flip your phone upside (go.macworld .com/19ru) has been ru mored
down to take a selfie.) to si nce a leak from Digit (go.macworl d.
A notch, though, never moves. The com/dgit) i n J a n u a ry-an d yes, a rguably it's
sensors and len ses stay secu re. The notch not clear at this point which m a nufacturer
design even ensures you ' l l sti l l be able to came up with the design first.
use a case for additional protection. If you But by acknowledging the u ncommon
don't want one, it's better to go the route model first-and long before Apple makes

notch-althou g h they
a l most certai n ly won't
a l low for the kind of
tech we find in Face
ID. Maybe Apple itself
will develop a solution,
or maybe everyone
will j ust go back to
l a rge bezels. It's h a rd
to tel l right now.
It's not hard to tel l ,
though, that Apple
proved that an in itially
Looks familiar. repu lsive design
concept can feel
its official announcement this fai i-Google relatively ord i n a ry in normal use when
ensures that people will associate the ca reful attention is given to the design. It
square design with itself rather than with proved you could pack a lot of sensors
Apple. Acknowledging the leaks grants into the front of a smartphone while still
legitimacy to discussions of the design for givi ng users a l most fu l l run of the rest of a
larger outlets that usually avoid the sketchy device's front-facing rea l estate. For the
pronouncements of rumor sites, which in nu m ber of sensors it provides, it remains
turn equates into wider awareness. By the one of the most e legant i m plementations
time Apple finally announces its device, it'll of a notch to date. Some phones have
be the one that looks like a copycat in the notches that argua bly look better than
eyes of some onlookers. With that in mind, the iPhone's-such as the OnePius 6T
it'll be interesting to see how this affects the (go.m acworld.com/6t1p)-but they don't
wider adoption of square camera bumps come with the same features.
(if it happens at a l l). The notch isn't a n ideal design
element, but noth ing yet comes closer to
LOOKI NG FORWARD achieving the dream of a fu l ly featured
Maybe there's some truth to the phone with a lmost a fu ll-screen display.
speculation that Oppo and Xiaomi's For the moment, at least, every a lternative
transparent displays spell the end of the feels like a bigger compromise.

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Don't know when to say goodbye to your current iPhone and get a newer one? Maybe
we can give you the n udge you need.
BY JASON CROSS
o you really need a new take the p l u nge a n d d itch your old iPhone
i Phone? They're so expensive for a new one?
now, a n d yours is ...fi ne. It's We're definitely n ot one to encourage
fi ne. You've never been one of the cycle of nonstop iPhone upgrades.
those people who needs a new phone Hanging on to yo ur phone for a long time
every year, or every other year, anyway. is a good thing. But just as some users feel
How do you know when it's time to compelled to u pgrade way too often,
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others stu bbornly refuse to get
a new phone u ntil thei r cu rrent
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U PDATES ANY
LONGER Even if you can live without the new features in the latest
Apple does a better job than version of iOS, you shouldn't forgo its security updates.
a ny other phone maker of

su pporting old hardware with new versions consider you r old i Phone end-of-life and
of its operating system. iOS 12 is supported put it to pasture.
by iPhones going all the way back to the
iPhone 5s (released in 2013) and iPads 2. YOU R SCREEN IS TRASHED
back to the third-generation iPad and iPad BUT ISN'T WORTH FIXI NG
mini (released in 2012). That's six years old! Cracked screens are common. Chips,
And Apple even put specia l effort into cracks, and even fu l ly shattered screens
making iOS 12 run better on older devices happen to the best of us. They make your
than earlier versions of iOS. It's a phone hard or even dangerous to use,
difference you can feel i mmediately. and of course they're j ust frustrating.
If you can't run iOS 1 2 , it's defi n itely For most people, it's a priority to get
time to u pgrade. Not o n ly are earlier the screen fixed. If you r screen has been
versions of iOS missing important features, busted for a year and you won't fix it
but there are critical secu rity updates i n because it costs more for the repair
every iOS release, too. than you r phone is worth, maybe it's
When iOS 13 is released later this yea r, time to move on.
it cut off su pport for the oldest devices T h i n k about what that says, that your
supported by iOS 1 2 . If and when that old iPhone isn't even worth fixing. If it's not
h a ppens, if you can't make the new cutoff, worth fixing, it's not worth using.

5 S I G N S Y O U N E E D TO R E P L A C E YO U R I P H O N E
moments just because you're

too stu bborn to replace a n
aging iPhone that "works fine."
4. YOU CAN 'T F I N D

ACCESSORIES FOR IT
ANYMORE
You need a screen protector,
but you can't fin d one made for
you r iPhone model. It's time for
a new case, but the stores have
If you can afford to fix that broken screen, but it's just not o n ly one or two to choose fro m.
worth it, your phone is too old. You were going to buy that car
mount, but it's made for
3. YOU'RE EMBARRASSED BY iPhones of a different size, and yours
YOU R PHOTOS doesn't fit right.
When you bought yo ur iPhone, you were Genera l ly speaking, iPhones are so
am azed by the photos a n d videos you popular that you can fi n d accessories for
took. Now, every time you and your friend yo ur particular model at major retai lers for
a re ta king photos of the same thing, you 're years. That's de fin itely not true in the
shocked by how good theirs looks a n d Android world; The collective Android
embarrassed by how bad you rs looks. market is huge, but no one model is
Phone cameras get better every yea r, popular enough to conti n u e su pportin g for
and Apple's always push ing the envelope. very long. So if you can't find accessories
That doesn't mean you have to get a new that fit or work with you r iPhone, it's
phone every yea r, but it does mean that defi n itely time to move on.
the photos taken by a n i Phone j ust three And if you have a n iPhone with a
or fou r years old are going to look way 30-pin connector, you should have
worse than a new one. upgraded a few years ago.
Everyone has a different level of
satisfaction with the photos and videos 5. YOU ' RE ALWAYS OUT OF
they take, so the need to upgrade for STORAGE SPACE
camera q u ality will va ry. But don't take Yo u've tried everything. You store your
lackluster photos of life's ephemeral photos a n d videos o n l i n e. You have

Opti mize iPhone Storage (go. macworl d . like trying to squeeze a fleet of SUVs into
com/opti) enab led i n the Photos section a two-car garage.
of the Settings app. You deleted a l l the You can't upgrade you r i Phone's
a pps (go.macworl d.com/d la p) you don't sto rage space. Yo u can only get a new
rea l ly use. You 've done everything you iPhone. And if storage l i m its are preventing
can to reduce Oth er storage (go. you fro m using your iPhone the way you
m a cw or I d . com/oth r). want to, maybe it's time to consider that.
Yet you still run out of space on your You may n ot want to get the m i n i m u m
i Phone. You can't download that a p p you storage space this time, for fea r of being
want. You get a warn ing when you try to back in this boat again in a few years.
take photos. You get a warn ing when you
try to u pdate iOS. HOW TO MOVE EVERYTH ING
At so me poi nt, you have to face the TO YOU R NEW PHONE
facts-as operating systems and apps do When you fin a l ly d o get a new phone,
more, they get bigger. As you take more you'll want to transfer a l l of you r existing
photos, even the t h u mbnails a n d indices data to it. We have a g uide to help you
for them get bigger. The 16GB of space (go.m acworld.com/tnfr).
that was "j ust fine" when you bought Of course, you m ight be turning i n you r
you r iPhone a few years ago now feels old phone as a trade-i n. The Apple Store
or carrier should help
you transfer your data
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and then completely
wipe a l l traces of you r
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iPhone before you
turn it i n .
If you want to sell
you r phone yourself,
check o u r g u ide (go.
macworld.com/sel l) for
help in getting it
prepared for sale, and
choosing how and
You never want your iPhone storage to become completely full. where to sell it.

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BY MICHAEL SIMON
t's just summer but already the fa l l And why not? We a l l know the Pixel 4 is
smartphone wars are heating u p. coming in Octo ber, and after YouTu be
Apple has u nvei led iOS 13 (go. creator U n box Therapy (go.macworld.com/
macworld.com/io13) and with it many p41 k) got his ha nds on a meta l model of
of the new features that will grace the the new phone and seemingly spilled a l l
next iPhone, and n ow Google has the details about the new d u a l camera and
one-u pped the hype mach ine with an design, it was just a matter of counting the
u n p recedented reveal of the Pixel 4 days. So rather than let it play out with
(go.macworld.com/lkp4) months a head rumors and speculation for months like it
of its presumed launch. did with the Pixel 3 (go.macworld .
44 MACWORLD AUGUST 2019 IMAGE: DIGIT IN/@ONLEAK

com/3xnt), Google went a head a n d took And we kind of know what it will look like
control the n arrative. too. There have a l ready been bou ntiful
It's a smart and savvy move. Smartphone leaks that have revealed a giant sq u a re
makers have long wrestled with the reality cam era b u m p-which i n cidenta l ly looks a
that keeping a new handset secret until its whole lot like the Pixel 4-and it's
launch is a futile effort. Ever since an Apple expected that a l l three models will be
engineer accidentally left his iPhone 4 i n a pretty much identical from the front. So
Redwood City bar, leaks have become big what's the h a rm in confirming what we
business, and there's very little Apple, a l ready know?
Google, or anyone else can do to keep their
latest creation under wraps. CON FIRMATION BIAS
And that i nevita bly leads to It's no secret that Apple is a l ready looking
disappoi ntment. Whether it's from people at a post-iPhone life. The rise in services
hoping that the leaks a re fake or people as well as the focus on wea rables has
who decide that the new design isn't u p to diversified Apple's portfolio and softened
snuff months before they get to see it in the im pact of flatten i n g sales, but the
person, the big event is never as iPhone isn't going anywhere for a whi le.
celebratory as it should be. Even Probably a nother 10 years, at least. So why
someth ing l ike the i Phone X led to m ore stick to the same scri pt?
criticism than celebration, as people If Apple were to "leak" a n official render
focused on what they knew rather than of the iPhone 11 over the sum mer, it would
what was new. make instant headlines and cause a frenzy
And there's the rub. The pa rts of the in the media. It would stop blurry spy shots
phone that Apple and Google can keep and speculation. And I don't think it would
under wraps-the software features, c h i p hurt sales either, since we all know it's
enh ancements, a n d architecture coming. Frankly, it would be akin to
i m provements-are overshadowed by the launching a new color of the iPhone XS,
superficial aspects of the hardware. By injecting a surprise bit of excitement into a
leaking the look of the phone (or half of it somewhat stale and fading product. It might
a nyway), Google is shiftin g the focus to even spur sales when people rea lize they'd
what its new phone can do. rather have the current model.
And Apple might want to consider But perhaps most importantly it would
doing the same with the iPhone 11. We take some of the pressure off Apple to
a l ready know it's coming in Septe m ber. blow our minds i n September. By leaking

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Imagine a tweet like this from Apple.
its own phone, Goog le cha nged the game reactions will be a bout what it can or can't
not j u st for the Pixel but for every premium do, not how u g ly the camera b u m p is.
phone set to release in 2019 and beyond. Apple could save itself a lot of grief if it
The a n n u a l refresh and rumor cycle is did the same thing Google did. It's true that
stale, a n d it's gotten to point where Apple's design is of greater im portance tha n
compan ies a re making jokes on stage Google's, especially when it comes to
a bout leaks. The element of surprise is smartphones, but an early look at the iPhone
gone, and Goog le fou n d a way to get it 11 wou ldn't detract from its aesthetics. It
back. I n fact, I wou l d n't be surprised if it would just give people a chance to accept it.
gives us a look at the front of the phone People are already setting themselves up for
between now and its l a u nch as wel l . disappointment, and once Apple trots out
Now when the Pixel 4 la unches i n the square camera array, that's all people are
October, we'll be waiting to see what going to focus on, no matter how many
features it has rather than how it'll look. adjectives Jony lve attaches to it.
The ca mera specs will matter more than But if we know it's coming, we can
the camera design, and the knee-jerk focus on what really matters.

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BY MICHAEL SIMON
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vol u m e controls in iPadOS and asked it to do, regardless of whether you
iOS 13 (go.macworld.com/13bt) have a 4-inch iPhone SE or a 12.9-i nch
to be less in-you r-face, but iPad Pro.
that's not the case with Siri. S u m m o n That might change i n a future update. As
Apple's assistant a n d it will still overtake MacRumors reports (go.macworld.com/
you r entire screen and stay there u ntil it's mcrm), Apple VP Craig Federighi responded
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AirPods with an i Pad or iPhone. interface won't be a late addition to
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BY LEIF JOHNSON
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okemon Go thrived on the joys that it sometimes feels more like taking a
of simple d iscovery a n d class. That's not necessarily a bad thing. It
exploration. Harry Potter: does probably mean that its extra dose of
Wizards Unite (go.macworld . complexity will keep developer Nia ntic's
com/wzu n), as befits a game inspired by game from achieving the same p i n nacle of
the goings-on at a n imaginary el ite school, popularity as its 2016 blockbuster, but its
req u i res learning so m a ny extra features a ppeal lies i n offering the best bits of
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H A R R Y P OT T E R : W I Z A R D S U N I T E
Pokemon Go's experience for a different

Wizards Unite's
sort of crowd. After spending some time map is far
with Wizards Unite, I'm fairly certain I more visually
nu mber among them. interesting than

Pokemon Go's.
After a l l, I ' m one of those fantasy-lovi ng
nerds who keeps a repl ica of Sting from
The Lord of the Rings h a n g i ng on his
bedroom wall. As such, I adm ire how
Wizards Unite leans more i nto the lore of
its parent fra nch ise than Pokemon Go ever
did, which becomes apparent as soon as
you see the massive, detailed sheet
explaining the sign ifica nce of the different
types of wood used for your prospective
wand. The Pokestops and gyms of
Pokemon Go become Wizards Unite's o:u·
i nns, green houses, and fortresses, and
that approach neatly complements the
Potterverse's idea of a wizarding world that threaten to expose the existence of
that exists alongside o u r own. Here you'll the wizarding world to us lowly muggles
fin d charm to go with you r charms, (a lthough I'm still n ot too sure why this is
m a n ifesting itself i n everythi n g from the such a bad thi ng). Later on, Wizards Unite
lovely overworld m a p to the oh-so-British wi l l a l low me to be a n a u ror, a magical

cadences of Constance Pickering as she zoologist, or a professor and make my
shows you the ropes. own potions so I can get back into the
I always loved the business of h u nting fight and the h u nt.
and collecting Pokemon in Pokemon Go, I ndeed, with a l l these options, it's a
but it tended to lose me once I had to wonder that Wizards Unite doesn't come
venture into the busi ness of evolving with a ny kind of sorting-hat quiz: I nstead, it
creatures and using them to battle for simply lets you choose whether you want
control over gyms. I couldn't bring myself to be a Ravenclaw, Gryffi ndor, or whatever.
to care. Sudden ly, though, I find myself It's a weird oversimplification considering
i nterested in Wizards Unite's theme of its compl exity over its forerunner. Worse,
finding and stopping creatures and events it's a weird flex in light of the teams in

Pokemon Go, which in no way pro h i bits Wizards Unite, though, seems to
members of those tea m s from helping out expect you to know a bout the very
someone i n a n other. specific people you find i n the so-called
That's only a to uch of the in creased "confo u ndable" and "fou ndable" events
depth Wizards Unite offers over Pokemon popping u p around you r neigh borhood. It
Go. By far my favorite is the way its AR expects you to care about those wands
encou nters bid you trace out spells with and wants you to thrill at the name of
you r fi ngers on your i Phone's display, Ollivanders. (If you don't get that
which I find much more appealing than reference, you have a n idea of what I'm
tossing a fis h i ng bobber-like ball at critters ta lking about.) Pokemon Go was able to
i n Pokemon Go. The latter a lways made se rve as a gateway drug to Pokemon as a
fa iling to catch a Pokemon simply larger concept, but I feel safe in sayi ng that
frustrating. When I try to help Hag rid Wizards U n ite will o n ly succeed i n u niting
wrestle free from a web trap or Luna existing fa ns.
Lovegood escape from a fire-breathing Don't take that to be a pronouncement
chicken i n Wizards Unite, though, I feel as of Wizards Unite's impending doom.
though there's a real reason to atte m pt There's clea rly a market for this sort of
pulling off the spell correctly. By
D u m bledore, I feel as though I ' m learning. Here's an
evil...cactus
hiding in the
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All that, I fea r, is why Wizards Unite li kely office.
won't take off as Pokemon Go d i d in 2 016.
The magic of Pokemon Go sprang from its
sim plicity: You didn't need to know jack
squat a bout Pokemon to get into it (a nd, i n
fact, even I barely did at the time). You
exercised, you fou n d critters, and you
th rew balls at them. You did n 't need to be
able to know a Rattata from a Pikachu to
get i nto that, and so it succeeded i n
pulling i n throngs of folks who otherwise
wouldn't have been caught dead with a
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H A R R Y P OT T E R : W I Z A R D S U N I T E
thing. After a l l , I wrote a caustic piece on Right now, mere hours after Wizards
last year's Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery Unite 's release, I fi nd myself thin king that
(go.macworld.com/hgmy) in which I a l l but maybe it doesn't have to be as popu l a r as
expressed my desire to work the Ava da Pokemon Go. Much as the seemingly
Kedavra on its payment model, but for a l l smaller world of wizards a n d witches in
that, it currently commands a l most a J.K. Rawling's un iverse exist a longside our
five-sta r rating on the App Store after own, Wizards Unite can exist a longside
679,000 seemingly g lowin g reviews. I Pokemon Go and thrive. It's a Pokemon
expect we' l l see much the same response Go for those of us who want a little
with Harry Potter: Hogwarts Unite, more roleplay, a little more fantasy, a n d
although fortunately its a pproach to in-app a little more reason to l ive in one of the
purchases-a n d there a re many-feels best imagi nary la ndscapes of these
more benign. trou bled times.
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iPAD CASE
The best thing I can say
ZAGG SLIM BOOK a bout the Zagg Slim Book
Go is that it has me seriously
GO KEYBOARD thinking a bout using my
CASE FOR 9.7-INCH 9.7-inch i Pad as my primary work machine
iPAD: PRESSING again. Apple's baseline iPad feels a lot l ike

a m i n iature laptop once it's paired with this
ALL THE RIGHT case, right down to a backlit keyboard
BUTTONS that's far more satisfying to type on than

a nyth ing Apple itself offe rs. It's a lso one
BY LEIF JOHNSON
of the few cases with a good solution for
handling the Apple Pencil, and its
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REVIEW: Z A G G S L I M B O O K G O K E Y B OA R D C A S E
school hallways
or scrapes 1n
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rough work sites.

It's also more
adapta ble than
m a ny i Pad
keyboard cases,
as I can detach
the keyboard
side with m i n i m a l
awkwardness
wh i l e sti l l
keeping the
tablet itself
You have to exert a bit of strength to get the flap down, but on the bright protected. It
side, it stays put. doesn't take
much force to
detachable keyboard makes it easy to use pull apart the mag netic strip that anchors
as either a tablet or a la ptop as req u i red. the keyboard to the case, but on the other
It's not a n u nattractive case, but it's hand, the keyboard never feels as though
never going to turn heads. Zagg covered it's going to fall off when I have it attached.
the keyboard h a lf with a linen material that
reminds me (not u n p leasa ntly) of coverless GO YOU R OWN WAY
h a rdbound libra ry books, while the side With the keyboard removed, the Slim Book
that houses the iPad sports a no-nonsense Go essenti a l ly becomes a reg u l a r iPad
thick plastic s he ll. Aside from the vol u m e case that keeps you from worrying too
buttons a n d a stiff but d u rable adjusta ble much about dropping the ta blet or
fla p that folds down so you can use the b u m p i ng it aga i nst roug h surfaces. It's a
i Pad as a l a ptop, it's fairly nondescript. good case, too, as it has j ust enough of a
The design feels util ita rian more than "lip" around the edge to protect the
a nyth ing else. It's 1.2 pounds, which means display from d i rect contact with the
it's sl ightly heavier than the iPad. This isn't pavement in the event of a fa l l . I especial ly
such a bad thing, as it means the S l i m adm ire the way that it comes with a groove
Book Go is like ly to s u rvive tumbles i n high for housing the first-generation Apple

Pencil on the left side of the d isplay. bit more precious room in my bag.
Whenever I want to use the i Pad as a This is so much better. The built-in
notebook or a n a rtist's sketch pad rather groove neatly protects and conceals the
than a "la ptop," it's ready to go in seconds. Apple Pencil when it's in its l a ptop m ode.
I even tried shaking the em pty case with It's one of the best solutions I've seen for
the Pencil i nside, and Apple's stylus including the Apple Pencil in a case.
refused to budge u ntil I fin a l ly slapped the
case agai nst my desk. THE KEYS TO A GOOD CASE
That's a big i m provement on m a ny The overa l l case m ig ht not look especially
other iPad keyboard cases, especially the rem a rkable, but I essentia l ly love the
Nomad Book (go.m acwor l d.com/n m d b) keyboard. The key travel makes it so
that Zagg released last year. With that comfortable a n d satisfying to type on that I
case, Zagg awkwardly stuck the Apple sometimes find myself wanting to use it
Pencil i n a rubber sleeve on the outside of with my Mac instead of my Magic
the case where a gentle b u m p could send Keyboa rd-a nd that's tota l ly possible as
the $99 device careening into oblivion. Zagg allows you to pair it with u p to two
And the sleeve made the case take u p a devices. (One, natural ly, will be the iPad
itself.) Zagg also
packed it with
specialized
buttons for
everyth ing from
vol u m e control
and screen lock
to the App
Switcher. It's
even backl it-for
the keys, not the
letter and
n u mera ls-and
you can cha nge
the backlighting
The Apple Pencil slot does add some extra width to the case, so it's worth color to white,
keeping that in mind. bl ue, tea l , green,

REVIEW: Z A G G S L I M B O O K G O K E Y B OA R D C A S E
yellow, red, or p u rp le. no need to worry about this kind

I see two drawbacks with the of thing.
Zagg Slim Book Go
keyboard. One (and this is a small keyboard case for
9.7-inch iPad
one), you have to charge it with a BOTTOM LI NE
PROS
separate micro USB cable, • Easily detachable backlit
The Zagg Slim Book Go isn't the
although fo rtunately one comes keyboard. prettiest case for the 9.7-inch iPad,
• Satisfying typing
in the box. For a nother, there's expenence. but it's one of my favorites. It's
enough of a gap underneath the CONS tough enough for daily use at both
• Gap under keys may allow
keys that cru mbs or similar small crumbs to fall in. school or work, and I love how I
objects could slip under and • Somewhat heavy. can switch it between tablet and
PRICE
potentially cause "sticky" or "laptop" modes without the
$95.49
un responsive keys. Since there's awkwardness I tend to endure
COMPANY
no easy way to remove the keys, Zagg with other cases. Zagg's cases
I can't think of an easy way to fix tend to be hit or miss, I've noticed,
it. That's one advantage of the Smart but the Slim Book Go manages to hit the
Keyboards Apple makes for the latest iPad sweet spot for almost everything I want for
Pros: With their closed cloth keys, there's the 9.7-inch iPad.

iPAD CASE
Now that you've got a new
WATERFIELD i Pad m i n i (go.macworld.
DESIGNS iPAD
com/1 9 m n), why not carry it
i n style? Few cases afford
MINI TRAVEL CASE: such a pleasant m ix of utility a n d style as
A MINI MARVEL WaterField Designs' new iPad m i n i Travel

Case, which shields the ta blet a n d features
FOR A MINI iPAD slots for holding everythi ng from the Apple
BY LEIF JOHNSON Pencil to your Ai rPods and charging
cables. It bare ly takes u p more room than
the ta blet itself, a n d it's small enough to
slip comfortably i nto a n a irline seat pocket.
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REVIEW: WAT E R F I E L D D E S I G N S I PA D M I N I T R AV E L C A S E
It's attractive, but it certainly looks like a in either a "black ball istic" nylon or a
high-end "travel case"-specifically one that I d u rable Ita l i a n "Forza" fa bric that comes in
might stow a toothbrush in along with a few either blue, red, or "coffee." U n z i p the m a i n
vials of hotel shampoo. Maybe that's because compartment with the "self-locki ng"
of the l ittle nylon loop in the u pper left, which z i ppers-which a re less l i kely to move
you can slip your finger in to minimize the when you p u l l down their tabs-an d you' l l
chances of dropping the case
while it's in your hand. Maybe
it's because of the zippers,
whether it's the long one that
extends about 15 inches around
two sides of the case or the
0
almost 9-inch one that stretches
across the front.
There's plenty of room to
put such "travel bag" odds and
ends in the front pocket,
although I'd worry it'd rui n the
beautiful golden honeycomb It's not that much bigger than the iPad itself, but I found that
fabric within that's become a extra size made it harder to slip into some bag pockets.
hallmark of WaterField's design.

I suspect WaterField mainly
designed this roughly 5-inch
deep pocket to house the
Lightning cable for charging,
but there's plenty of room left
over for AirPods, dongles, or
even your keys, passport,
phone, or wallet. Depending on
how you pack it, it can maintain
its slim profile even with all that
junk stuffed in.
The exterior itself is stylish If you're going on an especially long flight, you might want
but d u ra ble, a n d it's available to stuff a dongle for regular headphones i n there, too.

fin d a soft, velvety b lack l i ning
that keeps you r d isplay well
protected from scratches. It looks
so comforta ble that I wouldn't
m i nd snuggling u p i n there
myself, a n d there's stil l enough
room left over for a stan da rd
Moleskine notebook (or a thicker
i Pad case).
Nor is this the o n ly attraction
of the otherwise m i nimal ist
i nterior: Along the top, you ' l l find It's a first-class seat for your iPad mini.
a h andy 5.5-inch slot for the

first-generation Apple Pencil or the me do that. Considering the protection the
Logitech Crayon that is padded with a case affords, though, I ' d feel comforta ble
similar (but not identical) material. The slot just slipping the whole thing into my bag's
leaves j u st enough roo m to easily grab the main compartment instead.
pencil whenever you need it.
"Big" may be important, depending on BOTTOM LI NE
where you like to keep you r i Pad m i n i, as The Wate rField Designs i Pa d m i n i Travel
the extra space for the Apple Case is a travel case, but this i s
Pencil makes the case take u p a also a fi ne case if travel just
bit more room than the tablet WaterField Designs means h a u l i n g yo u r i Pa d m i n i
iPad mini Travel Case
would on its own. The i Pad m i n i a l o n g with you i n your
PROS
itself measures 8 i nches by 5.25 • Dedicated slot for Apple backpack on your d a i ly
Pencii/Logitech Crayon.
inches, while the case measu res co m m ute. If you fly a lot, it can
• Deep front pocket can hold
8.86 i n ches by 6.34 i nches. This everything from AirPods to be a "one-stop shop" for yo u r
dongles.
isn't a huge difference, but, at essentia l s for the fl ight that you
• Soft interior fabric keeps
least for me, it changes how I do iPad display safe from can easily s l i p i nto the pocket i n
scratches.
things. Before I started using the fro nt of yo u r seat. It looks good,
• Durable fabric for exterior.
case, I was able to s l i p the iPad PRICE
it offers d ecent protectio n , a n d
m i n i into secondary pockets of $59 it's got pockets for the Apple
COMPANY
the bag I was using. Havi ng the Pencil a n d a few odds a n d
WaterField Designs
case on the i Pad m i n i doesn't let e n d s . It's pretty m u c h perfect.

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he iPad isn't real ly the la ptop Once you've got these tools at you r
replacement Apple wants us to disposal, you' l l understan d why Apple has
th i n k it is, but a nyone who such a ridiculous lead in the tablet m arket.
outright d ismisses it as a
produ ctivity device shouldn't be taken too 1 . USE SPLIT VIEW FOR BETTER
seriously, either. The iPad can feel magical MULTITASKING
when you have the knowledge of the right Split View mu ltitasking is one of the i Pad's
tricks at hand. Once you've mastered biggest advantages over the iPhone.
them, works sometimes feels fu n. It may Whenever you want to see two apps
not be a MacBook, but you'd be wrong side-by-side-such as a Safari webpage
to dismiss it as gi ant i Phone. alongside a Pages doc-open one a p p the
Here's a little i ntroduction to the normal way, a n d then d rag up the second
wizardry Apple conceals beneath the a pp's icon from the dock a l l the way to the
fa miliar facade of iOS. Some tips basica l ly left or right edge of the d isplay. (And yep,
amount to refreshers of the tutorials, but the app needs to a l ready be in the dock
other bits may m a ke you whisper, "Wow." for this to work.) If a l l goes well, the screen
(I'm speaking from my own experience.) will split into two ha lves with a n adjusta ble
Press this shortcut, and iOS turns your camera into a magnifying glass! It's a -
d ivider down the
pretty good one, too. You can zoom in, activate the camera's flasl1 tor more
( "" iPad Tips and Tricks 0 middle.
light, or change the image's tint (which is helpful for making small objects stand
lM�:Pad ISn't reatty th&tapcop ff'p.1a:Cttnem Appte v.;am.s
out more visibly than they would with the naked eye). In my r.ne ot work, 1 find
us to th:nk11 i$,bu1anyoru�wbooutrigh1 dis.rmS$H tt asa
this is helpful for reading tiny, hard-to-see serial numbers, such as the one
inscribed on the inside ot the AirPods' charging case.
productivity doVlceshouldn'tbo taken toosoriOvsly,
011her. The iPAdcAn fec-1 magal\..-Mt'lyou tlavo tho
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con<:eats boncaththefam11iar fatatfoof iOS.Some ttps
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tho Notes app
window that floats
It's supcrr•asv lotot downa quick notaityouVo aot an
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Use spllt·screen lor better multitasking
app. J ust fol low the
Apple TV remote
This shortcut lets you jump to the Apple TV's remote control app. Considering
n 1sonoof the IPad's blgg_e5.t
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how long many of us spend looking for a normal remote, this is a good way to alongside a P�ges doc-open oneapp the normal �. and
make sure ycu've always got one on you-and only a swipe away, at that.
thendraaup tho S«llndapp's iconfromthC! doclc.aU100
way tothe left 01 nght edge ofthe clisolay. (And yep. the
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If you use your iPhone as an alarm clock like I do, you'll find this especially
If you Just want tot.�sethesecond appfor a qu�elt
helpful. With a tap of a button, you can add new alarms, deactivate others, or
set multiple alarms at once. Why isn't this one higher? Honestly, 1 usually set
reference. you can make ila thin,t,!"\ndo\� thit ft�1s
"abc;,..o'" U•oprimatyapp, ust
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alarms with Siri. Saying, "Hey, Siri, wake me up at 6 a.m.• beats even this for .,
I n stead, drop it
I sometimes wish Apple could figure out a way to make Split View somewhere around
work on the larger iPhones. the middle. When

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or right to m a ke it d i s a p pear. a llowing you to move a cu rsor around the
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I NTO A TRACKPAD big blocks of text.
The iPad cu rrently does n 't su pport wired
or Bluetooth mice, but to Apple's credit, it 3. PUT ALL YOU R I M PORTANT
has a cool (if l im ited) su bstitute. Whenever APPS ON TH E DOCK
the d i g ital keyboard i s visible, put two The iPad m akes it super easy to open
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one you want, and it'll immediately open.
This takes some practice. If you press for too long-around two seconds-the iPad
thinks you're trying to move or delete the app. The feature also doesn't work with all
apps, so there's some trial and error involved. Notability and iA Writer support it, for
instance, but oddly enough, Apple's own Notes app does not.
ton of them on the dock. The iPhone, by 4. SPLIT THE KEYBOARD I N

contrast, o n ly lets you put fou r a pps or HALF FOR EASIER TYPI NG
folders down there. Tired of h u nting a n d pecking with one
I su ggest putting a s m a ny com m o n ly finger when you ' re holding the iPad like a
used a p p s o n the dock a s you c a n . N ot clipboard? Apple lets you split the
o n ly w i l l t h i s s peed u p your prod u ctivity keyboard i n two so that its two ha lves go
since you can always see the dock when to either side of the display. If you 're a
you swipe u p fro m the botto m of the decent typist, it makes typing a lot faster.
d i s p l ay, but it's also essential when you Biza rrely, this doesn't work on the 11-or
need to access a n a p p t h r o u g h s p l it 12-inch i Pad Pro, perhaps beca use Apple
screen m u ltita s k i n g . fig u res the d igital keyboard on those
To add a n app or folder to the dock, models is wide enough to feel more or
press down on its icon on the home less like a rea l keyboard. That's true, but it
screen u ntil it sta rts to wobble. Then d rag doesn't solve the "clipboard" issue.
it down to the dock a n d plop it into p lace. When the digital keyboard is visible, press
That's a l l there is to it. down on the keyboard button in the lower
right. Press Split in the menu that pops up,

and the keyboard will split. If the keyboard is
i n the way, quickly press the keyboard button
and then slide the keyboard up or down. Scan Documents
Don't press down for too long, though, or the
Split menu will pop up again.
Take Photo or Video
To return the keyboard to normal, press
down on the keyboard icon again a n d ta p
Photo Li brary
Dock a n d Merge.
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APPLE PENCIL TO ACTIVATE
THE NOTES APP
It's s u per easy to jot down a quick note if
you 've got a n Apple Pencil in you r hand. To scan a document, press the plus sign in
the bottom-right corner.
J ust tap the d isplay with you r Apple
Pencil wh i l e your i Pad's sti l l locked, a n d save it a s a PDF. For a more thorough
a n em pty page in Notes w i l l i m mediately run down, check out our dedicated
pop up on the screen. how-to (go.m acworld.com/h2sn).
6. USE TH E NOTES APP AS A 7. USE THE FI LES APP FOR

BUILT-I N SCAN NER BETTER ORGANIZATION
I a d mire third-party scanner apps like Back in the d a rk ages of, oh, 2 017, the o n ly
Scannerly, but they're not really necessary. convenient way of finding files you made
After a l l , Apple lets you scan documents on you r i Pad was to open them from the
a n d makes PDFs from those scans stra ight app you made them i n . And that's why we
from the Notes a pp. should a l l praise the arrival of the new
Once you've got the document you Files app. It's not exactly like sifti ng
want to scan i n front of you, open a new through doc folders on a Mac or PC, but it
document in the Notes app a n d press the comes reasonably close.
plus sign at the bottom. Then press Scan At the most basic, you'll use two tabs.
Docu ments. After that, you ' l l have a Recent lets you see all the documents
cha nce to sign the document using the you've recently used, and you can open
M a rk u p tool (with either you r finger or the them from there. Browse lets you see the
Apple Penci l), a n d from there you can doc folders for i ndividual a pps, a n d you

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organization. (I especially like to do this for a PC. S i n c e Apple keeps everyt h i n g
PDFs and similar docs.) It's all tied to iCioud, a utomati cally i n d exed , you c a n
too, so you can access your Desktop and i m med iately get searc h res u l ts cove r i n g
Documents folder from you r Mac. everyt h i n g from fi l e n a m e s to body text.
It's rea l l y h a rd to lose s o m eth i n g o n a n
8. COPY ITEMS FROM YOU R Apple device.
iPHONE TO YOU R iPAD To access Spotlight on you r iPad, swipe
S o m etimes y ou'll fi n d a n i m a g e s n i p pet down i n the middle of the home screen
of text on yo u r i P h o n e that yo u ' l l want to once you 've u n l ocked your ta blet and then
use with a n a p p that's o n ly ava i l a b l e o n enter you r q uery i n the Search bar at the
your iPad. A p p l e m a kes this easy, so top. You ' l l see results from you r Fi les a pp,
l o n g a s yo u ' re on the s a m e iCioud your emails, individ u a l a pps, and more.
a cc o u nt, the s a m e Wi-Fi-netwo rk, a n d
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On yo ur i P h o n e, copy the text or DOCU MENTS BY PRESSING
ph oto a s you n o r m a l ly wo u l d . O n yo u r THE APP ICON
iPad, open the d o c u m e n t where you You don't a lways have to use Files or

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Spotl ight or open a n a p p before you can or the dock. Press your finger on the a pp's
access its most recently used files, as icon for a second, a n d a small wi ndow
some iPad a pps let you select them featuring th u m bnails of the last four files
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1 2 L I T T L E - K N O W N A P P L E WATCH F E AT U R E S
he Apple Watch
is a ma rvel of
m i niatu rization
a n d can do so
much. It's no wonder it's the
most pop u l a r watch in the
world. But the tiny display
a n d simple controls don't
leave a lot of room for
tutoria ls a n d explain ers.
M a ny of the best, most
useful features and controls
for the Apple Watch are,
not exactly hidden, but at least h a rd to 2. SWITCH TO LIST VIEW
d iscover. Finding that hexagonal g rid of circular,
unla beled a p p icons a little h a rd to
1 . TAKE SCREENSHOTS navigate? You can switch it to a list view!
Want to brag a bout that epic workout J u st force touch (press firmly) on the grid,
session or high score i n a n Apple Watch and you' l l be presented with options for
game? Taking a screenshot on you r Apple grid view or l i st view. The list view is easier
Watch is simple. Just press and hold the is a l ph a betica l, l a beled, easier to swipe
side button a n d tap the d ig ita l crown (you through, and has l a rger touch targets. Try
can usually trigger it by s i m ply tapping them both to see which you prefer.
both buttons at on ce, which is easier since
they're on the same side of the watch). 3. TURN ON FALL DETECTION
Your screen with flash, a n d the If you have a n Apple Watch Series 4, it can
screenshot will a ppear i n you r Photos detect when you take a h a rd fa ll and
l i brary on you r i Phone (an d you r Mac, if a utomatically notify your emergency
you 're using iCioud to keep everyth ing contact, or even call emergency services if
i n sync). you don't move. It's a ha ndy feature for
First, you'll have to enable this in the everyone, but it's only enabled by default
Watch a p p on your iPhone. Go to the My if you've entered your age when setting
Watch ta b, ta p General, then scro l l down up yo ur Apple Watch and said you were
a n d toggle Enable Screenshots. 65 or older.

Watch setti ngs. To turn it on, open the
Watch a p p on your iPhone. In the My
Watch tab, tap on Sound & H a ptics. You'll
find the toggle there.
5. SEND A CALL TO
VOICE MAIL
Got a call coming in a n d don't want to
a nswer it? Double-tap the side button (not
the d ig ita l crown) to send a call straight to
voice m a i l . It's the same as double-ta pping
the side button on your iPhone.
6. ANSWER AN INCOMING
CALL ON iPHONE
If you 're under 65 a n d want to enable When a call comes in, swipe u p i n stead of
it, head to the Watch app on you r iPhone, hitting the hang u p or a nswer buttons. Ta p
a n d in the My Watch ta b, ta p on Answer on i Phone. That will a n swer the
Emergency SOS. Here you can toggle Fall ca ll so you don't miss it, but place it on
Detection, and you ' l l find a l i n k to edit you r hold on you r iPhone. Tap the green button
emergency contacts, too. on you r i Phone to a n swer the call.
4. COVER TO TURN OFF 7. DOUBLE-CLICK THE CROWN

DISPLAY AND M UTE TO SWITCH TO TH E LAST APP
If your watch face has woken u p but you Hop between you r cu rrent a p p (or the
want to make it dark again, q uickly cover watch face) and the last app you had open
the entire watch with the palm of you r by double-tapping the d ig ital crown. It's
hand. just l i ke double-ta pping the Home button
If you got a n alert a n d you want to on iPhones and i Pads that have one.
silence it, a n d enable m ute so a lerts don't
make sound, hold you r pa lm over the
watch face fo r three seconds or so. Yo u'll
feel a ta p to let you know it's m uted.
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one labeled Send Location. Ta p on this to

send your contact a q u ick m a p showing
where you a re.
Si nce messages pop u p automatically
on you r watch by defa ult, this is a fast a n d
easy way to reply to those "where are
you?" requests.
10. MAKE THE SCREEN

EASIER TO READ
If you don't have very good eyesight u p
8. CLEAR ALL NOTI FICATIONS close, an Apple Watch can sometimes be
You swipe down from the top of your a little tricky to rea d. Here are a couple of
Apple Watch display to see our options that can help.
notifications, just a s you would on you r I n the Watch a p p on your iPhone,
i Phone. under the My Watch tab, tap General, then
If you have a bunch of them a n d don't Accessibility. You'll find a Bold Text toggle
want to swipe them each to the left, one that should m a ke text easier to read (yo ur
by one, in order to clear them out, you can
clear them a l l at once.
J u st force touch (press firmly) on you r
big l i st of notifications and you' l l see a big
Clear All button.
9. SEND YOU R LOCATION

I N A MESSAG E
You're busy ru nning errands a n d late for
d i nner, so you r spouse sends you a
message: "Where are you?" Now you 've
got to put you r basket down a n d peck out
a reply. Or maybe not.
I n the Messages app, with a
conversation open, force touch (press
firm ly) for a n u mber of options, including

Apple Watch will have to reset first). 12. CUSTOMIZE YOU R
If you need more, tap on Zoom a n d WORKOUT DISPLAYS I N THE
enable that. You use it by double-tapping iPHONE WATCH APP
yo u r Apple Watch with two fi ngers, a n d When you start a Workout on your Apple
then pan n i ng a ro u n d the zoomed-in Watch, it shows a series of stats l ike heart
screen with two fingers. rate, active calories, d u ration, a n d so on.
You can actu a l ly customize a n d reorder
this list for each i nd ividual type of workout!
I n the Watch a p p on your iPhone, go to
My Watch -+ Workout • Workout View. Ta p
on the workout you want to edit from the
list, and ta p Edit i n the upper right. You can
add, remove, and reorder the metrics that
will be d isplayed on you r Apple Watch
during that workout.
11. F I N D YOU R iPHONE

Can't find your phone, but know it's around
here somewhere? As long as yo ur Apple
Watch is within range (it has a connection
to your iPhone), you can fin d it easily.
Swipe u p to show the the control
panel. Tap the Ping iPhone button a n d
you r iPhone will e m it a sound at ful l
volume. Tap and hold the Ping iPhone
button and you r i Phone will a lso flash,
making it easy to find i n the da rk.

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Apple's new u pdate for its iWork suite of apps includes text stylization options,
expanded Apple Pencil support, and m ore.
BY LEIF JOHNSON
resh on the heels of the release goodies, but each one now comes with
of the public betas for iOS 13, better options for editing lists, charts, and
iPadOS 13, and macOS Cata l i na, ta bles-including the a b i l ity to create
Apple has updated both the iOS custom ized bullets. All three apps a lso let
a n d macOS versions of its iWork apps: you stylize you r text with new outline
Keynote, Pages, and N u m bers. styles or by fil l i ng in the letters with
Each app comes with its own bag of gradients or you r own images.

PAG E S , N U M B E R S , A N D K E Y N O T E U P DAT E
In addition, all of the updates include a > Create books using new templates
"face detection" feature that intelligently for novels (available in English on ly).
positions subjects in photos when you place
those photos in placeholders or objects. iOS version
Ava ilable from: go.macwor l d.com/pgis.
PAGES > Style your text by filling it with gradients
Pages for Mac and iOS are basica l ly the or images, or by applying new outline styles.
same, but the iOS version includes new > Combine documents by copying a n d
options for the Apple Pencil as well as a n pasting pages or sections between
option to add words to the spelling docu ments.
d i ctionary. > Add words to the spelling dictionary.
> Create l i n ks from text to other pages
Mac version in a page layout document.
Ava i lable from: go.macworld .com/pgmc. > Copy and paste pages or sections
> Style you r text by filling it with between docu ments.
g radients or i mages, or by a pplying new > Use new chart-editin g capabilities to
outl ine styles. change the style of individ ual series,
> Com b i n e docu ments by copying and adjust spacing between columns, add
pastin g pages or sections between trendlines, and more.
documents. > Adjust the a p peara nce of cell
> C r eate l i nks from text to other pages borders in tables.
i n a page layout document. > Place i mages, s h a pes, a n d
> Place i mages, sha pes, a n d equations i n l i n e i n text boxes so they
equations inline in text boxes so m ove with text.
they move with text. > Choose whether the
> Using face detection, subjects Apple Pe ncil is used to
in photos are intelligently positioned start d rawing or to select
i n placeholders and objects. and scrol l-or
> Reapply a master togg l e
page so text and
media
placeholders
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style and position.

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media placeholders return to their defa ult Available from: go.macworld .com/nm is.
style a n d position . > Cha nge the style of i n d ividual series
> Create books using new templates in a chart, adjust spacing between
for novels (available i n English only). columns, a n d add trendli nes.
> Create l i n ks to other sheets i n you r
N U M BERS spreadsheet.
Most of the cha nges i n N u m bers help with > Style you r text by fil l i n g it with
calcu lation accuracy a n d customization. gradients or i mages, or by a pplying new
out I i n e sty I es.
Mac version > Greatly improved accu racy using the
Ava i lable from: go.m acworld .com/n mmc. enha nced 1 2 8-bit calculation engine.
> C r eate l i nks from text to other sheets > Add rows to filtered tables.
i n you r spreadsheet. > Adj ust the a p pea ra n ce of cell borders
> Make you r text stand out by fi lling it in ta bles.
with gradients or im ages. > Place images, sha pes, a n d equations
> Ad d rows to filtered ta bles. in l i n e i n text boxes so they move with text.
> Greatly i m proved a ccuracy using the > Using face detection, subjects in
enhanced 1 2 8-bit calcu lation engine. photos are intelligently positioned in
> Place i mages, sha pes, a n d equation placeholders a n d objects.
i n l i n e i n text boxes so they move with text. > Choose whether the Apple Pencil is
> Using face detection, subjects i n used to start d rawing or to select a n d
photos are i ntelligently positioned i n scroll-or toggle between these options via
placehol ders a n d objects. double-tap using a supported Apple Pencil.
> I m p roved performance while editing > Custom ize l ists by choosi n g from new
a n d sorting tables. bullet types, changing the s ize a n d color of

PAG E S , N U M B E R S , A N D K E Y N O T E U P DAT E
bullets, creatin g custom b u l lets, adjusting > Edit grouped objects while
i n dention levels, and more. collaborating.
> Choose Learn Spelling to add a word > Support for vertical text in sha pes
to the spelling d i ctionary. and text boxes i n Chinese, Japanese, a n d
Korean languages.
KEYNOTE
The biggest new features include text iOS version
stylization, the ability to place i mages in line Available from: go.macworld .com/kyis.
with text, a n d the a b i l ity to edit master > Style you r text by fil l i ng it with
slides when you 're col l a borati ng on a gradients or i mages, or by a pp lying new
presentation. out I ine styles.
> Cha nge the style of in dividual series
Mac version in charts, adjust spacing between columns,
Ava i lable from: go.macworld .com/kyma. and add trendl ines.
> Style you r text by filling it with > Place i mages, shapes, a n d eq uations
g radients or i mages, or by a pplying new in line i n text boxes so they move with text.
outl ine styles. > Edit master slides wh i l e collaborati ng
> Place i mages, sha pes, and equations on a presentation.
inl ine i n text boxes so they move with text. > Using face detection, s u bjects in
> Edit master sl ides while colla borating photos are i ntel l igently positioned in
on a presentation. placeholders a n d objects.
> Create a n d share a n a n imated GIF by > Adj ust the a p pea ra n ce of cell borders
exporting one or more slides. in ta bles.
> Save custom shapes for use i n other > Choose whether the Apple Pe ncil is
presentations a n d access them on a ny used to start d rawing or to select a n d
device using iCioud. scroll-or tog g l e between these options
> Create themes to use as a model for via d o u b l e-tap u s i n g a s u p ported Apple
new presentations, a n d access them on Pen c i l .
a ny device using iCioud. > Custom ize lists by choosing from new
> Slides with custom wider aspect ratios bullet types, changing the size a n d color of
now display better in the slide navigator, bullets, creating custom bullets, a dj u sting
light table, a n d presenter display. indentation levels, a n d more.
> I m p roved performance while > Choose Learn S pelling to add a word
collaborati ng on presentations. to the spe l l i ng dictionary.

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WI some n 1 ce ea u res
S u rfshark only started life i n 2018, b ut it's a l ready showing pro m i se with good speeds,
nice features, a n d a no-logs policy.
BY IAN PAUL
very time you turn around The company has more than 500
there's a new VPN service servers i n 49 country locations. It promises
wanting to protect your web to let you watch Netflix U.S. (as well as
browsing. A recent newcomer is Fra nce a n d Japan for that matter), a n d it
S u rfsh a rk (go. macworld .com/sfsh), which has extra features such as m u lti-hop VPN
debuted i n 2 018. Based i n the British connections, a d a n d tracker blocking,
Virgin Islands, with most of its tea m a n d unli m ited s i m u lta neous devices.
scattered around Europe a n d elsewhere, Sounds like a good one, but is the
S u rfsh a rk is a l ready offering a fa i r a mount product as good as its stats suggest?
for its fee. Let's take a look.
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REVIEW: S U R F S H A R K
SECURITY, SOFTWARE, from the company's site is probably best. If

SERVERS, AND SPEED you're more i nterested in using Apple's
S u rfsh a rk uses I KEv2/IPsec as its secu rity b u i lt-in secu rity mechanisms to install apps,
protocol. For encryption a n d stick with the App Store.
a uthentication it uses the fol lowi ng: When you first open S u rfshark you get
Data encrypti on: 2 56 bit AES-GCM a very basic two-pa nel window. On the left
Data authentication: SHA-512 is a l i st of a l l the va rious cou ntry locations.
Handshake: Elli ptic Cu rve Diffie- Click one, a n d the a p p connects
Hellman 521 a utomatical ly. To discon nect, c l ick the
The company is based in the B ritish button on the right panel.
Virgin Islands in Road Town, which is on Surfsh ark's M u ltiHop feature is also
the Island of Tortol a . S u rfsh ark's CEO goes accessible from the left panel via a ta b at
by the name Pa r Ka z, a n d the CTO is the top. M u ltiHop connects to two different
Magnus Stein berg. VPN locations before h itting the open
S u rfsha rk's macOS a p p is ava i l a ble via internet. There were eight different
d i rect download from the company's site, Mu ltiHop options at this writi ng.
or via the Mac App Store. For those Once you're connected, the rig ht-ha n d
i nterested in getting the latest version with panel doesn't do m u ch-it hosts a
a l l the newest features, d i rect download Disconn ect button a n d an animated
S u rfsh a rk logo. When you're
connected the logo turns
g reen, a n d the panel
d isplays the country you' re
connected to and yo ur new
I P address. That's a lot of
wasted space if you ask
me, but at least it's easy
to navigate.
Select the settings cog in
the u pper-right of the
window to see the a pp's
options. By defa u lt, the
i nternet kill switch is ena bled
Surfshark with an active connection. so if the VPN connection

u nexpectedly drops it cuts internet
access to your M acBook. You can
also enable the CleanWeb feature
for ad and tracker blocking.
Surfshark had some really great
speeds in most locations, with the
U n ited States, UK, and Germany a l l
registering 2 0-30Mbps on a
connection where the non-VPN base
speed was 85-90Mbps. Austra lia
was pretty good with dou ble-digit
results, while Japan was weak.
I n my tests, I was able to access Surfshark's MultiHop feature.
Netfl ix using a U.S. VPN connection.

Surfsh a rk a lso guara ntees usage with
PRICI NG Netflix, and it has a bunch of other extras
Surfsha rk's best pricing option is its such as ad and tracker blocking, and
24-month plan, which comes out to $84 mu lti-hop for those i nterested in additional
tota l. The one-year su bscription is $72, obfuscation.
and the month-to-month price is $12. As is
typical for VPN services, the month-to BOTTOM LI NE
month plan is overpriced to S u rfsh a rk is a very good service
convince you to com m it to a with enough features to justify its
longer term. Its one-year plan is Surfshark higher cost, and some great
a little on the h i g h side, but not PROS speeds. The exotic busi ness
• Great speeds.
by a whole lot as the norm is location is a bit much for me
· Ad and tracker blocking
a bout $60-making the two-yea r built in. personally, but I know a lot of
plan the best val u e overall. • Unlimited simultaneous users get nervous about VPNs
device connections.
Despite its higher a n n u a l CONS based within the Fourteen Eyes
cost (if you go for a s i ngle year), • Desktop app could be countries. I'd like to see the
better.
you get qu ite a lot. The best PRICE
company add their team bios
feature is probably u n l i m ited $84 and company address to the
COMPANY
devices, as most VPN services About page, but overa l l
Surfshark
l i mit you to five. S u rfsh a rk i s off to a g reat start.

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a s s or
M a c utility frees u p storage space a n d gets rid of software crud, b ut its m alware d etection
sti l l n eeds work.
BY CHRIS BARYLICK
acPaw has shot for the stars manager, a n d a u niversal u pdater for you r
with its new version of insta lled applications.
Clean MyMac X (go. Since my i n itial review of Clean MyMac
macworld.com/clmy), its X (go.m acworld .com/cl rv), MacPaw made
catch-a l l Mac util ity that serves as a some n ice im provements, although
software crud a n d g u n k remover, as well some features sti ll fall short of what
as a ma lware scanner, macOS extensions they could be.
90 MACWORLD AUGUST 2019 IMAGE: MACPAW

CleanMyMac's Extensions modules provides a central location for enabling and disabling
software extensions, like those for Safari or macOS.
HAN DY MODU LES extensions with the Extensions module, or

MacPaw set out to make its menu-bar hunt down extraneous files with the Large
utility much better a n d has succeeded. A & Old Files modu le, which lets you see
quick c l ick on the icon reveals h andy which files a re devo u ring space and erase
information such as how much space is left them q u ickly. The U n insta ller module was
on each of your drive partitions, yo ur M ac's a ble to q u i ckly locate a n d pick off
CPU load, how much RAM is available, u n necessa ry appli cations during testing
you r computer's operati ng temperature, and accomplished something I'd never
a n d other usefu l information. This is a nice seen before i n a n application removal
touch a n d the menu can be customized as util ity: it removed m ultiple applications at
you see fit. once, which is q u ite useful. The
The m o d u les are the key to Maintena nce module h a ndles tasks such
Clea n MyMac and it's handy to be able to as clearing RAM, ru nning m a i ntenance
q uickly enable a n d d isable macOS scripts, clearing the DNS cache, a n d

REVIEW: C L E A N M Y M AC X 4 . 4 . 1
repairing fi le permissions qu ickly, tidying version, it does so yet again. MacPaw cites
u p the macOS' underpinni ngs as needed. extensive changes to this feature, and I
Clea n MyMac X 4.4.1's new c l a i m to was curious to try it. After insta l l in g every
fa me is the Space Le ns module, which questio nable piece of adware and
offers a q u ick look at you r hard drive's malware I could find, I ran the Ma lware
most sizable folders. This is where the Removal modu l e to see what the util ity
truth as to what's eating you r drive space would find, categorize as suspect, and
comes out, as a 73GB Pictures folder what it would remove.
i nside your Users folder could stan d to be The results were not what I had hoped
slimmed down a bit. for. In spite of Clean MyMac X 4.4.1 locating
21 potential threats, it m issed several
MALWARE REMOVAL suspect programs, including the infamous
Unfortunately, the Ma lware Removal MacKeeper and Adva nced Mac Cleaner,
module shot the previous version of which, once i n sta l led, loads itself i nto your
Clea n MyMac X i n the foot, and in the latest Mac's startup items, i nforms you of how
While CleanMyMac X 4.4's malware detection found many threats on our test Mac, it missed
several others.

m a ny threats it's noticed, then offers a pro m inent component of Clean MyMac X
phone n u mber to call for 24/7 l ive tech and I feel that it gave fa r too much
support. questionable software a com plete pass,
U pon noticing the ma lware that was leavi ng behind software that will happily
sti ll left over after rebooting, I switched change your searc h engine settings to
over to a free copy of Ma lwa rebytes route your web traffic through
(g o.macworld.com/mbyt), which picked questionable engines or inform you that
u p 11 th reats d u ring its scan, including you r Mac is entirely i nfected a n d o n ly a
q uestionable applications such as stra nge firm that charges $30 a month to
Adva nced Mac Cleaner, Adva nced Mac remotely "clean" you r Mac is to be trusted.
Tu ner, a n d MacKeeper, a n d proceeded to CleanMyMac X reta ils for $34.95 for a
tea r them out by the roots. one-year su bscription or $89.95 as a
Even with Clea n MyMac X 4.4.1 and one-ti me payment for a single user; the
Ma lwa rebytes working together, there MacPaw store offers d ifferent purchase
were some c h u n ks of adware a n d tiers depending on license needs. The
ma lware that sti ll needed to be h u nted software is a lso available in a trial version,
down a n d removed on their own. A search which lets you test its modules a n d clean
engine utility had to be manually remove up to 500MB of system junk at a time.
from the Safari .. Preferences -+ Extensions
settings a n d a questionable PDF reader BOTTOM LI NE
had to be u n insta lled through Clea n MyMac CleanMyMac X 4.4.1 has seen some n i ce
X 4.4.1's U n insta ller module, improvements a n d it's a reliable,
which became a nother chore. speedy way to remove
Neither Clea n MyMac X 4.4.1 gigabytes of g u n k from you r
CleanMyMac X 4.4
or Ma lwa rebytes was perfect for PROS h a rd drive. Its U n i n sta l l e r a n d
the task at hand, but after • Helpful menu-bar utility. U pdater modu les have become
Several helpful modules to
months of development a n d admirable i n their fu nctional ity
•
free up storage space or to

promises of significant releases clear out unnecessary a n d uti lity, but the M alware
software.
a n d improvements in this feature, CONS module is sti l l a wash and five
the end res u lt was a letdown. • Malware detection still months of development haven't
needs improvement.
Gra nted, M acPaw isn't working PRICE
brought it to a level where I'd
to be a ma lware prevention or $35 feel comfortable recommending
COMPANY
secu rity company, but they've it to other Mac users for its
Mac Paw
touted this feature as a i ntended pu rpose.

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The ingenious Vinyl 500 gives you the best of both worlds: A traditional turntable
that supports Yam a h a's MusicCast m u lti-room a u dio platform.
BY THEO NICOLAKIS
Yam a ha's MusicCast Vinyl stream vinyl records to both Yamaha

500 Wi-Fi Turntable (model MusicCast wireless speakers and
TT-N 503) is a nea rly perfect Bluetooth speakers and headphones.
m a rriage of good-ol' a nalog This gorgeously elegant turntable can
and the best of today's d igital technology. also be incorporated i nto any tra d itiona l
The Vinyl 500 is the first turntable that can Hi-Fi system, whether or not there's a
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REVIEW: YA M A H A M U S I C CA S T V I N Y L 5 0 0 W I - F I T U R N TA B L E
phono pream p i n you r ensemble. And best belt-drive design with a n isolated DC
of a l l , its flexi ble design is s u itable for both synchronous motor that's physically isolated
the vinyl novice a n d the seasoned from the platter that spins the record.
a u d ioph ile. During setup, you s i m ply slip your finger
through one of the holes in the platter a n d
IT STARTS WITH A SOLI D slide the belt over the motor pul ley.
TURNTABLE DESIGN Belt-drive turntables are coveted for
Ya ma ha's analog-to-di g ital magic trick their ability to reduce vibration. Direct-drive
sta rts with a h igh-quality tu rnta ble design, tu rnta bles, like the Cambridge Audio Alva
i n c l u d i ng a su bstantive base constructed TT I reviewed in M a rch, emphasize h igher
from MDF (medi u m density fi berboard) torque and qu icker sta rt/stop times. As a
that's complem ented by adjusta b le, general rule, high-end d irect-drive
vibration-dampening feet. MDF is va lued turntables cost considerably more than
for its rigid ity a n d vibration-d a m pe n i ng good belt-drive models (The Alva TT costs
properties, which i s essentia l for good a cool grand more than this Yamaha model).
tu rntable performa nce. So one of the characteristics of the
The Yamaha comes sta ndard with a Vinyl 500 that rea l ly i m p ressed me was
d ie-cast a l u m i n u m platter and a straight how q u ickly this turntable was able to start
tonearm outfitted with a n Audio-Technica and stop-its performa nce in this area was
MM (moving magnet) cartridge. This is a much closer to d i rect-drive turnta b les than
it was to belt-drive models.
That's s u re to a ppeal to
first-time vinyl enthusiasts.
ADD NETWORKING
AN D M USICCAST
You'll get the most benefit
from the Vinyl 500 if you a lso
own other speakers and
wireless components based
on Ya ma ha's M u s icCast
mu lti-room a u d i o technology.
Yamaha's MusicCast Vinyl 500 is a belt-drive turntable. You Ya maha offers a broad a rray
slip the belt onto the motor through a hole in the platter. of compatible speakers,

soundbars, a n d A/V Step 2 Cancel Room Photo Cancel
receivers that do. The 1. Press and hold CONNECT button for 5
Select from Photo library
seconds on your MusicCast device
Vinyl 500 can act as Take photo
both a source to
stream vi nyl a n d as a musTc.casr
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MusicCast preamp to
receive strea med
2. Then press Next button on this screen
music from a ny
MusicCast s u pported
serv1ce.
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O n the h a rdware
side, there's Wi-Fi a n d
Baclc Next
Bluetooth. The Vi nyl

500 connects to
You set up the Vinyl 500 as you would any other MusicCast-enabled
Ya ma ha's MusicCast device or speaker. Once added the Vinyl 500 shows up as a
a p p j ust like a ny other "phono" source to the room assigned.
MusicCast network
player or speaker. For this review, Yamaha MusicCast a pp. And I co u l d n 't use the u n it
also sent me two MusicCast 20 speakers. with MusicCast u ntil the firmware update
Setti ng up the Vinyl 500 a n d the was completed. I had to perform the
MusicCast 2 0
speakers was a �
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relatively
Never turn off while updating.
stra i g htfo rw a rd Please stay on this screen until firmware

update finishes.
Firmware Update
experience, although I An important update is available for
your turntable. To install new firmware ,
d i d need to a pply put the turntable in Standby mode,

then simultaneously press PLAY/STOP
and STANDBY/ON (power) on the unit.
firmware u pdates to In the future, firmware updates can be
initiated directly from this app.
each u n it. What I Please see Owner's Manual for more

details on how to update.
fou n d particularly
OK
pertu rbing was the
fact that the Yam a h a
500's firmware
u pdate could n't be The Vinyl 500's initial firmware update was cumbersome. Yamaha
done via the says that future firmware updates will happen via the MusicCast app.

u pdate with button-press combi nations on case, the living room). Once assigned to a
the tu rntable itself. There was no clear room, I could integ rate the Vinyl 500 i nto
indicator of the fi rmware u pdate's a n entire M usicCast ecosystem. If you're
progress, which non-techn ical consu mers not fam i l i a r with MusicCast, you'll find a
will find confusing. Yam a ha's on-screen great primer here (go.macworld.com/mcst).
prom pts said that once this firmware was The Vi nyl 500 is a lso compatible with
com pleted, a l l future fi rmware u pdates Apple's Ai rPlay ecosystem.
could be performed via the a pp. I hope
that by the time you read this, Yamaha will A WORLD OF M USIC
have performed that u pdate at the factory POSSIBILITI ES
to make things less confusing for a l l . For pu rposes of this review, I tested the
With the firmware updates completed, I Ya maha i n a variety of different setu ps. For
added the Vinyl 500 as a sou rce a n d a m i nima list setup you can pair the Ya maha
assigned it to a room i n my home (in this turnta ble with a pair of MusicCast-enabled
Yamaha sent me the Vinyl 500 with two of its MusicCast 20 speakers.

speakers a n d call it a
day. Think a bout it:
Link Rooms ( LinkRooms
You can have o n ly the
�Living Room... Living Room
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liil
Vinyl 500, two Phono on'! Ton Aggolon (
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M usicCast speakers, Please select rooms to link Please select rooms to link
a n d play you r vinyl v Kitchen v Kitchen
Office Office
a n d m usic from your v
v1
favorite music
streaming service or
local music server
OK OK
a nywhere i n you r
house. This setu p with
a pair of Mu sicCast
2 0 speakers worked
I could link rooms to stream vinyl around the house, or use the
flawlessly for me. Vinyl 500 as a MusicCast streamer to stream from music services,
If you a l ready have such as Tidal.
a standalone Hi-Fi
sound system, just use the Ya maha's line streaming to three different rooms: the
output and its built-in phono prea mp to plug living room, kitchen, a n d family room. It
into that existing setup. I connected the was so cool to know that I could set u p a
Yamaha to my Anthem AVM 60 preamp/ mu lti-room audio system without needing
processor to set u p the MusicCast 2 0 a si ngle wire run. I should note, however,
speakers as a stereo pair i n a n other room. that you can o n ly stream vinyl by linking
If you have a h igh-end setup, you can rooms-you cannot sel ect the Vi nyl 500 as
use the Ya mah a's phono out to connect to a source from a nother roo m .
an outboard phono preamp. You should I gave the setup some simple
be aware, however, that if you use the challenges, too: I played one M usicCast
Vinyl 500's phono outputs, you will lose 20 speaker connected to Wi-Fi a n d the
M usicCast function a l ity. MusicCast o n ly second with a n ethernet cable in two
works when the turntab le's line outs are different roo ms. There wasn't any h i nt of
active. latency. I then u pped the ante by moving
I rea l ly appreciated the Vi nyl 500's both speakers to different rooms. I set
high-tech m uscle when I had records them u p as a stereo pair with one
playing from my m a i n analog setu p a n d connected wirelessly a n d the second

bizarre behavior
when the Vinyl 500
is con nected with its
line outputs with
MusicCast: As you'd
expect, the Vinyl 500
shows u p as a
source (phono) in the
room you assign it to.
When I selected the
Vinyl 500 as a
source, the
MusicCast app
The Vinyl 500 has phono pre-outs, so you can connect the turntable
com m u n icated with
with an external phono preamp. It also has a line output, which the Vinyl 500 and
connects to the unit's internal phono preamp. stopped its motor
from playing a
h a rdwired. No delay between the two record. I could replicate this behavior
here, either. When I engaged the m a i n every time. One would think that pressing
l i sten i ng room too with its analog the phono i nput on the a p p would then
con nection, I heard zero latency between start the Vinyl 500 playing again. Nope. I
the H i-Fi system and the remote roo m . needed to go u p to the turnta ble a n d
Walking around the house, the analog a n d m a n u a l ly start the record playing again. I
d igital setups remai ned i n perfect sync. brought this a no m a ly to Yam a ha's
But things don't stop there. The Vinyl attention.
500 a lso has a Bluetooth radio onboard,
too. Connect a pair of B l u etooth wireless LISTENING TESTS
headphones a n d you can stream you r As I mentioned previously, I tried the
vinyl d i rectly to your favorite pair of Yamaha Vinyl 500 in several configurations.
wireless cans. The Yam a h a supports the For pu rposes of critical listening, I
SBC and AAC codecs, but you won't find connected the Yamaha Vinyl 500 via its line
h i-defi n ition codecs such a s a ptX HD or out to an Anthem AVM 60 (go.macworld.
LDAC here. com/av60). Speakers were Revel U ltima2
I d o want to mention one completely Salons powered by two Benchmark AHB2

power amplifiers (go.
macworld.com/ah b2)
in a bridged mono
configuration.
I tested both
Yamaha's internal prea mp
and also connected and
tested the phono output
with a Cam bridge Audio
Alva Duo phono preamp
(go.macworld.com/alva).
The Yamaha's internal
preamp is decent for the
casual listener. However The Yamaha MusicCast Vinyl 500, all set up and ready to go.
playing the Yamaha Vinyl

500 via the Cam bridge Audio Alva Duo Yamaha's performance. Note that if you
elevated the turntable's performance in want to engage MusicCast, you simply flick
seemingly every aspect. U nfortunately, you a switch on the u n it's rea r panel to direct
lose MusicCast fu nctionality i n this latter the audio back to the u n it's line output.
configuration. The
midrange-especially
vocals-had
compa ratively greater
deta i l , definition, and air
with the Cambridge
Audio Alva Duo. I
preferred the top end
too, feeling that it has
more air. Therefore, if
you're connecting the
Yamaha to a revealing
Hi-Fi setup, you'd do well
to add an external phono
preamp to elevate the Setting up the turntable and its counterweight was easy as pie.

A rear view of the Yamaha Vinyl 500 turntable.
My observations below reflect my title were smooth and well extended. Drums
setup with the Cam bridge Audio Alva Duo. burst forth with ample weight and dynamics.
The Yamaha proved itself to be a solid But the Yamaha Vinyl 500 relished tender
m idrange performer. Playing the Eagles movements, too, capturing the brilliance of
Live, the Yamaha i mpressed me with its the strings and flutes on "The Scavenger"
musicality. The Vinyl 500 and "Rey's Theme."
compelled me to put down my
note pad to sit back, relax, and BOTTOM LI NE
Yamaha MusicCast
enjoy classics l i ke "The Long Vinyl 500 turntable If you've longed to pair the
Ru n," "New Kid in Town," and PROS analog luxury of a turnta ble with
• High-quality belt-drive
"Life's Been Good." I don't always turntable with MusicCast the d ig ital power of a mu ltiroom
network streaming built in.
get that feeling with every piece audio system, you need to
• Dual outputs: Built-in phono
of audio gear I review. The preamp for line-level out, consider Ya ma ha's M u s icCast
plus direct phono output
Yamaha's performance with for connecting to an Vinyl 500 turnta b le. It will let you
dyna m ics, vocals, and instrum ents external phono preamp. stream yo ur records to any room
CONS
was very good. i n you r home or to a ny pair of
• Selecting the Vinyl 500 as
Turning to orchestral works, I a source in the MusicCast Bluetooth headphones. And
app stops playback.
spun up John Williams' score for • Doesn't support any when paired with a high-q uality
high-end Bluetooth codecs
Star Wars: The Force Awakens on external phono prea mp, the
(apt)(, aptX HD, or LDAC).
180g vinyl. The Yamaha had no PRICE Vinyl 500 will satisfy the
problem conveying the breadth $699 audiophile in you, too. There is
COMPANY
and depth of full orchestral works. no easier way to add vinyl to
Yamaha
Trumpets on the main Star Wars your liste n i ng experience.

er
ones
S uperb sound and top-notch active noise cancellation m a ke these cans hard to beat.
BY SCOTT WILKINSON I
a u I Barton, founder and chief cancellation (ANC). Si nce then, PSB has
designer of PSB Speakers, has a introduced several iterations of this
wel l-deserved reputation for prod uct: the M4U 1 (passive, no ANC), M4U
creating m a ny superb speakers 4 (wired i n-ear mon itors), M4U TW1
over the last four decades. When he (Biuetooth in-ear monitors), and now the
tu rned h i s attention to headphones i n 2011, M4U 8 Bluetooth over-ear headphones.
the res u lt was the critica lly acclaimed M4U Let's fin d out if this model upholds the
2 over-ear model with active noise impressive legacy of PSB headphones.
IMAGE: YAMAHA AUGUST 2019 MACWORLD 103

REVIEW: P S 8 M 4 U 8 H E A D P H 0 N E S
FEATU RES
The M4U 8 i s a circuma ural (over-ear)
headphone with a n adj ustable,
leathe rette-clad headba n d and
"gyro-suspended" earpads that
conform to a wide variety of head
sizes a n d form a n ice seal around
the ears. I n fact, the inner sides
of each ea rpad a n g l e away from
the opening to provide extra
roo m for the p i n n a (outer ear). A
total weight of 12.8 ou nces is a bit
heavier than other d i rect
com petitors, but I didn't fi nd it
u n d u ly weighty in any way. In fact, it
bespeaks a high level of build
q u a lity, which I greatly appreciate.
The M4U 8 can
The backs of the ear cups are closed,
operate as passive
and the dynamic mylar diaphragm measures headphones when their
40 mm in diameter. Frequency response is batteries run out.
specified from 20Hz to 20kHz (+1.5 dB).

Like many head phones these days, the provides U S B power. The M4U 8 comes
M4U 8 is wireless, using B l u etooth 4.2 as with both types of cables that PSB claims
the primary in put. It supports the aptX HD are "ta ngle free."
profi le, which provides up to 24-bit d igital S peaking of the batteries, they consist
a u d io, a n d N FC (Near-Field of two rechargeable AAAs in the left
Com m u nication) pairing lets you pair the earcup. You can easily replace them; you
headphones with a com patible source can even use non-rech a rgeable AAA
device s i m ply by touching them together. batteries in a pinch. They take a bout fou r
You can a lso connect a source to the M4U hours to fu l ly cha rge using a wal l-outlet
8 with a n analog cable-which can be USB adaptor, a n d they provide a n average
plugged i nto the 3 . 5 m m jack on either of 1 5 hours of operation.
earcu p-or a USB cable that a lso charges Aside from powering the Bluetooth
the i nterna l batteries if the sou rce device functionality, the batteries also power the

onboard DAC (digital-to-analog converter), room and the music sounds limited to the
amplifier, and active noise cancellation (ANC). space between your ears with an unnatural
This function uses four microphones in the emphasis to the treble. Room Feel opens up
headphones to sample ambient sounds that the soundstage while adding natural warmth
are phase-inverted and mixed with the to the sound." We shall see.
original to reduce their level by means of The M4U 8's fo ur m icrophones are also
phase cancellation. When the onboard power used to a nswer calls on your mobile
amp is active (with or without ANC), pushing a phone. If you receive a call while listening,
button engages Transparency Mode, which hit a button, a n d the music pauses while
temporarily drops the audio by 30dB and you a nswer the ca l l . O n ce you' re done, h it
amplifies ambient sounds so you can hear the button again to resume playback.
the outside world. Unlike some wireless headphones, the
One im portant feature is PSB's Room Feel M4U 8 still act as passive cans if the batteries
tech no logy, which is engaged when the are drained or you wish to conserve them by
power amp is active with or without ANC. keeping the power off. In that case, you must
Based on research performed by PSB and connect an analog cable to the source, and
Harman, RoomFeel simulates the sonic there is no ANC, Bluetooth, or Room Feel.
signature of high-end speakers in a good Still, I heartily welcome this feature for those
listening room, which tends to emphasize times when the batteries are dead and
lower frequencies because of omnidirectional there's no AC outlet to charge them.
reflections and roll off higher frequencies
because they are more directional with fewer USER I NTERFACE
reflections. According to the M4U 8 The controls are fou n d on the back of the
data sheet, Room Feel will "Take away the right earcup. Starting at the top, the
When listening to speakers i n

a room, the high frequencies
are directional, while
the low frequencies a re
omnidirectional, resulting
in more reflections from
the room boundaries and
thus tending to emphasize
the bass. PSB's RoomFeel
technology aims to simulate
this effect in the M4U 8.
High Frequencies Low Frequencies

i l l u m i nated Bluetooth-pairing button right e a rc u p is used for c h a r g i n g the

flashes red a n d blue when waiting to pair batteries a n d conveyi n g a u d i o from a
with a sou rce device. If your source device com puter ( u s i n g the h e a d p h o ne's DAC
offers NFC pa iring, si m p ly ena ble N FC and rath er t h a n the c o m p uter's). Also at the
Bluetooth in the device, place it aga inst bottom of each earcup i s a 3 . 5 m m ,
the front of the right earcup, a n d accept 2-c h a n n e l , a n a l og-a u d i o i n put; you can
the pairing on the device when prom pted. p l u g a c a b l e i nto either one, w h i c h i s a
Next is the vol u m e u p/down rocker, n i ce tou c h . The s u p port structure for
which does exactly what you'd expect: each e a rc u p h a s a g a p that
increase a n d decrease the vol u m e from a c c o m modates the c a b l e .
the sou rce device. Yo u can a lso press The controls a n d connections are
straight down on the rocker to engage thoug htfu l ly laid out. I especially
Tra nspa rency Mode; press it again to appreciate that the main controls a re well
d isengage Tra nspare n cy Mode. separated, which makes them very easy to
Below the vol u m e rocker i s a find by feel. By contrast, some of the
3-position s l i d e r switch that turns the controls on the J B L Everest 710GA (go.
battery power off a n d on in the lower a n d macwo r ld.com/710g) I recently reviewed
m i d d l e positions, respectively. Moving the run together, m a king them h a rder to find
slider to the u p per position engages by feel. Also, I prefer physical controls over
active noise cancellation. the newer touch-sensitive controls fou n d
Near the bottom of the earc u p is a on some other models.
rocker that controls playback from the
The controls are
source device. Pushing the rocker stra ight purely physical-no
down starts a n d pa uses playback, wh i l e touch sensitivity
rocking it u pward skips to the next track, here-and they
are laid out very
a n d rocking it downward skips to the
well, allowing
previous track. If you receive a phone call you to easily
wh i l e l istening, press the button straight find and
down to pause the music a n d a nswer the operate

them by
phone; press it again to hang up a n d
feel.
res u m e playback. You can also hold this
button for five seconds to activate S i ri or
Google Assistant in the source device.
A m i n i- U S B port at the bottom of the

shell trum pets were
positively haunting,
the low synth sounds
were nice and deep,
a n d the gamelan
i nstruments were fu ll
of clearly defined high
h a rmon ics.
"Th under a n d
Blazes" (aka "Entra nce
of the Gladiators") is a
wel l-known circus
m a rc h . I l i stened to the
The 12.8-ounce M4U 8 are a bit heavier than some of the competition, performa nce on the
but they don't feel that way while you're wearing them. aIbum Screamers by
the Eastma n Wind
PERFORMANCE Ensemble u n d e r the d i rection of Frederick
Pa i r i n g the M4U 8 to my i P h o n e 6 went Fen nell. All i nstru mental sections were well
with out a h itch. I started l iste n i n g to deli neated, with excellent reproduction of
Bach's Toccata a n d F u g u e i n D m i n o r as a l l frequency ranges from the tubas a n d
performed by the Ca n a d i a n B rass (a bass d r u m to the piccolos.
world-renowned b rass q u i ntet) o n The Turning to pop m usic, I l i stened to "The
Essential Canadian Brass. The s o u n d Nightfly" from Donald Fagen's a l b u m of the
was bea utifu l , with each i n stru ment same name. Fagen's voice was faithfu lly
clearly a n d accu rately rendered. The rendered with backgro u n d vocals spread
tuba was rich a n d s o n o rous, the across the soun dstage. The electric bass
t r u m pets brig ht a n d c l e a r. I cou l d even was n ice a n d ful l , with crisp drums a n d rich
h e a r the players ta k i n g b reaths. g u itar solo front a n d center.
Next u p was "The Jou rney Begins" One of my favorite g roups is Bela Fleck
from the score for the movie White Squall, a n d the Flecktones. I listened to "Frontiers"
by Jeff Rona. I play sea-shell trumpets on from the g rou p's eponymous first a l b u m ,
that selection in the score, which also which incl udes ba njo, h a rm o n i ca, acoustic
inc l u des synthesizers, In donesian gamelan piano, synths, jaw harp, electric bass, a n d
i nstruments, and eth nic flutes. The sea- synth d rums. Once again, the ren d ition

was su perb, with deep

but tuneful low bass,
sharp drums, a n d
wel l-defined
h a rm on ica.
To test the
Room Feel feature of
the M4U 8, I com pared
the sound of
"Frontiers" via
Blu etooth and a
3 . 5 m m ana log-audio
cable with the
headphone power off. The M4U 8 have an adjustable headband that's clad in faux leather.
With the cable, the

sound was somewhat vei led, and the reducing the effectiveness of the gyro
drums seemed recessed in the suspension. That gap should be a bit
background. Switching to Bluetooth, the larger to acco mm odate larger plugs.
sound was more open a n d expansive with I n addition, I com pared the
g reater rich ness and cla rity. performance with ANC on a n d off as I
I also performed the same comparison listened to "Trouble in M i n d " from my wife
with "Every Breaking Wave" from U2's Joanna Cazden's a l b u m L iving Through
Songs of Innocence. This is a bass-heavy History. On that track, I play the solo
track with a clean, fu ll sound via Bluetooth. tro mbone and synthesized sax-secti on
Using the cable with the power off, the backgrounds. With ANC enabled, the bass
sound was more ve iled, and the bass was became somewhat bl oated. After
less well defi ned. disengaging ANC, the sound settled down,
I have one minor concern here: The becom i n g nice and clean with excellent
a n a l og-audio cable that comes with the balance between the i nstruments.
M4U 8 fits i n the gap with in the s u pport Cazden's vocals a n d my trom bone were
structure for the ea rcups, but a n other such both rendered faithfu l ly, as were the
cable I had lyi ng a ro u n d did not. Its plug is acoustic piano a n d bass.
too big to fit, so I had to make s u re the When I first had a demo of the M4U 8 at
earc u p was a ngled to avoid the gap, CES last January, I was q u ite surprised at the

effectiveness of ANC in PSB's hotel suite. I BOTTOM LI N E
had hoped to try it on a commercial flight, I ' m deeply i m pressed with the PSB M4U 8.
but I didn't have that opportunity during this The B l u etooth sound q u a l ity is su perb, a n d
review. I did, however, wear the headphone the ANC i s exceptional, among the best
while driving around my neighborhood. (I I've ever heard. My o n ly issue here is that
know, that's illegal, but I only drove along the sound q u a l ity isn't qu ite as good with
side streets, and only for a short while.) ANC engaged, though I doubt a nyone will
The ANC function was remarkably hear much of a d ifference i n a noisy
effective, greatly reducing the level of environment such as a n ai rplane.
a m bient noise. Listening to m usic, I still I n addition, the b u i ld q u a l ity is super
heard somewhat bloated bass, but that's a solid, the control layout is excellent, a n d
small price to pay for such effective noise it's qu ite comfortable to wear even for
cancellation. extended listening sessions. I also
I asked Pa u l Barton a bout the appreciate the a b i l ity to act as a passive
d ifference i n sound with ANC on a n d off. headphone if the batteries are dead,
He said that he voiced the sound to though i n this case, the sound is a bit
measure a l most identica l ly with ANC on or a ne mic, at least from my i Phone.
off, but with less background noise, the At $399, the M4U 8 is expensive.
brain perce ives a bit more bass. Among its d i rect competitors
I n that case, I would have voiced a re the B a n g & O l u fsen
the ANC sound to measure a bit Beoplay H 9 i ($345) (g o.
PSB Speakers M4U 8
lower in the bass to compensate headphones m a cworld .com/b h 9i), S o ny
PROS
for this perceptual effect. WH-1 000XM3 ($348) (go.
• Superb Bluetooth sound
My wife cal led my cell while I quality. m acworld .com/sxm3), Bose
was listening at home. • Excellent build quality. Q u i etComfort 3 5 II ($349), a n d
• Controls are laid out well
Answering the call worked and easy to operate by feel. B&W PX ($400) (g o. m acwo rld .
exactly as expected-the CONS com/bwpx). A l l a re top-rate d , so
ANC causes slightly bloated
ringtone played i n the the o n e th at's best fo r you
•
bass.
headphones, a n d I "picked up" • Somewhat anemic sound d e p e n d s on yo u r i n dividual
when unpowered.
by pressing the skip forward/ prefe rences. But if you ' re i n the
• Expensive.
back rocker stra ight down. My PRICE
m a rket for h i g h-e n d , n oise
wife's voice was perfectly clear, $399 cancel l i n g Bl uetooth
COMPANY
a n d she re ported that mine was h e a d p h o n e s , the PSB M4U 8
PSB
as well. s h o u I d be o n you r s h o rt I i s t.

• •
er1a uo ru e w1 re ess
ones
With the Xperia Ear Duo, Sony p u rsued style over su bstance. The result? Disappointment.
'
BY SEAMUS BELLAMY
he cu rrent generation of truly less than dependable. Then there's the

wireless earphones (go. cost: As with most new technologies, a
macworld .com/twbd) a re not decent pair of truly wireless earphones
without their issues. Battery life doesn't come cheap. One wou l d th i n k
is often lackluster. Connectivity between that the priority of headphone makers
the earphones, their audio source and would be to find ways to bring these
even between each earbud, can sti l l be issues to g ro u n d .
110 MACWORLD AUGUST 2019 IMAGE: SONY

But n ot Sony.
I n stead of throwing their
considerable resources into
creating more dependable,
less expensive and,
th erefore, more
accessible high-q u a l ity
truly wireless
earphones, they
decided that i n n ovative
industrial design a n d a
pre m i u m price tag was the way to go. The I nstead of
$280 Xperia Ear Duo (go.macwor ld.com/ hanging off
xd uo) are the result of their efforts. While of the ear's a u ricle,
the Ea r Duo's u n usual looks could make l i ke a set of AirPods (go.
these earphones a hit with fashion macworld.com/a par), or nestl i n g into the
conscious i n d ividuals, their lackluster ear canal, l i ke a pair of 8&0 E8 (go.
sound q u a l ity, connectivity issues a n d high macworld.com/bpe8), the Ear Duo wrap
price won't be popular with a nyone. aro u n d the underside of the ear. The
capacitive control pad, battery a n d the
DESIGN B l u etooth radio i n each of the earbuds a re
Sized at 0.7 x 2.3 x 0.4 i nches a n d located in a pod, which rests against the
weighing 0.4 o u n ces a piece, the Ear Duo side of the neck. A tube protruding from
are reasonably light, despite their solid each of the pods is tipped with a n ear
feel. No matter what e lse can be said piece that fu nnels a u d i o i nto yo ur ears.
a bout them, the Ear Duo are among the I fou n d that this design made the Ear
best-made true wireless earphones that Duo difficult to m a n h a ndle into place.
I 've tested. With their I PX2 rating, they're After seven days, I fou n d them no less
resi l ient to sweat a n d ra i n . After ta king a awkward to put on. That said, once the
long, leisurely shower while wea ri n g them, Ear Duo a re in place, they're reasonably
I was u n a ble to detect a ny change in comfortable a n d won't fall off. No a mo u nt
a u d io quality or fu nctional ity. of jogging i n place or head banging
The design of the Ear Duo is u n i q ue in along to Flogging Molly could shake
the world of truly wireless earphones. them out of my skull. The design of the Ear

REVIEW: S O N Y X P E R I A E A R D U O
USER EXPERIENCE
I never got used to interacting with these
earphones. I n order to adjust you r volume,
activate yo ur smartphon e's d i g ital
assistant, or cha nge audio tracks, it's
necessary to tap on one of the Ear Duo's
pods, which hang j u st behind the ear. Not
once, d u ring a week of testin g , did I
manage to find a n d interact with
either of the pods on the first try.
Sony l i kely knows that this is
The Ear Duo's
a n issue as they made it
battery case
is slim enough possible, via a free iOS app, to
that it can be change a u d io tracks or take/
slipped into
decline a n incoming phone ca l l with
your hip pocket.
a turn or shake of you r head. If
controlling your headphones by shaking
Duo's battery case is j u st as u n iq u e as yo ur head is the future, then the future is
that of the earphones them selves. It a n a poca lyptic hellscape of frustration.
resem bles a skipping stone, wide a n d thin. Even turning to look out a window wou ld
It I fou n d it easy to slide into the h i p cause my music to adva nce a track. While
pocket of my jeans. I was able to accept calls by nodding my
Sony claims that the Ear Duo should head, I had to do so with enough
serve up fou r hours of listening time, per conviction that I thought I was going to
charge. Over the course of a week I fou n d give myself whiplash.
that they afforded, on average, just over
three hours of use. I consider this to be SOU N D QUALITY
below the sta ndard for acceptable battery You won't fi nd any passive noise
life. Sony claims that you should be able to cancellation h ere. The Xperia Ear D u o a re
eke out u p to 16 hours of l iste n i ng time, designed to a l low users to fu l ly hear the
i n c l u d i ng the a mount of battery power in envi ronment around them while l i stening
the Ea r Duo's battery case. My experience to a u d io, yap p i n g with a frie n d on the
suggests that 12 to 14 hours may be a phone, o r interacting with Siri. W h i l e out
more reasonable estimate. for a wa l k, I could hear o n c o m i n g traffic

j ust as well as if I
wasn't wea ring
earphones at a l l . This
could m a ke the Ear
D u o a g reat cho ice for
cyclists or others w h o
want to enjoy a few
tunes or a podcast but
sti l l need to keep tabs
on th e i r surro u n d i ngs.
U nfo rtunately, the level
of situational
awareness that these
earphones afford
comes at the cost of
decent a u d i o q u a lity.
Wh i l e the Ear Duo
prod uce reasonable
m i d a n d high-frequency
sound, there's a lmost no bass at persisted. I expect better sound
a l l . It made a nyth ing I listened to performance than this from a
sound absolutely a n e m ic. That Sony Xperia Ear Duo $280 pair of earphones.
PROS
kick drum in Queens of the
• Rock solid build quality.
Sto ne Age's The Way You Used • Allows for exception
TH E BOTTOM LI N E
to Do? Forget a bout it. Worse situational awareness. If situational awareness a n d a
• USB-C charging
than this, from the fi rst time I unique design are more
.
CONS
wore the Xperia Play Duo, u ntil • Frequent connectivity important to you than g reat
ISSUeS.
the last time that I wore them, I sou nd, solid connectivity, or a
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Solutions to you r most vexing Mac problems.
BY GLENN FLEISHMAN
CAN'T SELECT A D RIVE TO best features is that it can create a rch ives
U S E WITH TI M E MACH I NE? IT on mu ltiple vol u mes at once, a n d
M I GHT N E E D R E FO R MATTI N G remembers backup volumes when they're
If you use Time Machine, you know that removed, so you can rotate through d isks
macOS asks you whenever you mount a and keep one o r more offsite.
new external d rive whether or not you However, you m ig ht mount a d rive a n d
want to use it as a n other Time Machine want to use it with Time Machine and be
destination. One of the backup service's unable to select it. That's typically because

the volume isn't formatted using the old If you want to use a disk i n one of
standby, H FS+, labeled "Mac OS Extended those formats, first back up a ny data you
(Jou rnaled)" in Disk Utility. need to preserve from the d isk: there's
Time Machine can o n ly create backup no way to reformat without erasing the
a rchives on HFS+ volumes because of drive's contents. Next, follow Apple's
some of the peculiar properties of how it instructions to erase and reformat it as a
creates sna pshots by referencing files with Mac OS Extended vol u m e (g o.macworld .
h a rd links. These l i n ks a l low the same file com/erse).
to a ppea r as if it's i n m ultiple places on a
single volume, even though o n ly a s i ngle WH EN TH E VOLU ME MOU NTS
copy of it occupies space on the d isk. AGAI N, TIME MAC H I N E WILL
Despite Apple's adoption of APFS, RECOG NIZE IT AS A
Time Machine can not use vol u mes from DESTI NATION
d rives i n this format. It's more l i kely that What to do if your M ac's h a rd d rive starts
you have a disk formatted at some point un mounting itself u n expectedly
for a Windows or Unix system, li kely using When you mount a d rive i n the Finder,
MS-DOS FAT or ExFAT formats. you expect it to stay there. If you've fou n d

MAC 9 1 1
that your previously reliable external hard 1. A bad cable

disk drive or SSD starts ejecting itself, Even if you haven't touched the cable
trouble is obviously afoot. since you attached an external drive years
The message "Disk Not Ejected ago to a desktop computer, cables can fa i l .
Properly" usually a p pears when you This i s true even if it's the one included
unplug a cable o r d isconnect power to a with the d rive or you p u rchased one from
d rive without making s u re the disk has a company with strong positive prod u ct
u n m ou nted from the Finder after reviews. Cable fa i l u re i s more likely for
selecting it a n d choosing File .. Eject drives that a re routinely connected a n d
[Name] or discon nected
clicking the Disk Nat EJeeted P �ro rJerl v to a com puter.
Eject dEX'ternii r� baf;ON a i s-cOOrt!QCting or Close
Eject icon next Swa p a nother
tiJming i�t: off..
to its name in identical cable,
the sidebar. as it's the
If ha ppens other times, it's never good. cheapest way to isolate the problem.
Some readers have fou n d this problem is
related to system software, a n d they go 2. A faulty power connection
through the sta ndard set of ha rdware Check that the adapter is p l ugged i n to the
para meter troublesh ooting, such as drive firmly a n d that the AC power plug
resetting NVRAM (go.macworld.com/nvrm) isn't jiggling in the outlet or surge
a n d resetti ng SMC (go.m acworld .com/ protector. If the d rive has a power l ight
rs m c). sepa rate from a n activity LED, observe it
It's worth trying, beca use it's non and see if it's flickering or otherwise
destructive. If u n expected un mountings inconstant.
continue, try to make a backup Even with a power lig ht, it can be toug h
i m mediately. This may reveal other to monitor a n d hard to test if a power
problems, but it's important you have as adapter is the c u l prit, beca use AC power
cu rrent a copy of what's on that drive as adapters a re rarely the same among
possible, as the hardware may be a bout to different compan ies (or even models of
d i e-or the drive may at least be h a rd to drive from the same company). You may
access while you work through solutions. need to call the company or use o n l i ne
Here are five other possibilities and tech support to get additio nal
some accompanying ideas for trou bleshooting. The company may be
trou bleshooti ng: a ble to send you free or for a s m a l l fee a

replacement
DIACNOSTlCS
adapter if it thinks
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case is going bad
This is a n other
h a rd thing to
d iagnose separate
from the d rive. A
d rive has its own
operati ng system,
circu it boards, a n d Last checked: Today 21:07:57
c h i ps, but a case DriveDX helped me diagnose external drive failures.

also has
components, firmware, a n d a power two external d rive fai l u res i n time to rescue
supply (unless it's powered via the USB o r data. One of the d rives had corru pted files
Thu nderbolt 3 bus). If you th i n k the drive is a n d macOS wou l d freeze when trying to
fine a n d the case is a problem, you may access those. But the oth er, seemingly a
be able to swap the d rive into a n other little better off, began to u n m ount itself
case to test. Cases for 2 .5-inch (mobile) suddenly. I had to replace both.
a n d 3.5-inch (desktop) d rives can be very
i nexpensive-as little as $10 to $20. 5. The computer's peripheral bus
is fa iling
4. The drive is failing While this seems u n l i ke ly, you can read
Often, there are signs a head of time that a bout how I discovered this problem with
someth i ng's going wrong, a n d modern a Mac mini a few years ago (go.macworld .
d rives record diagnostic problems to a n com/evry), which led to enormous
i nterna l log. Unfortu nately, Apple doesn't amounts of wasted time a n d m assive
have a tool that provides easy a n d d i rect data-recovery efforts.
access or eva luation . I recen lty posted a My best advice? Don't put off
review (go.macworld .com/d rev) of DriveDx trou bleshooting mysterious u n m ountings,
from Bi nary Fruit (go.macwor l d.com/drve), because either someth i ng's a l ready wro n g
a n d it h e l ped me diagnose not one, but or a bout to get worse.

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WHEN iTU NES SAYS TO > Restart your iPhone.

"RESTORE YOU R I PHONE," DO > Restart your Mac.
YOU HAVE TO? > Rei nstal l iTunes from Apple's official
Yo u h ave a p e rfectly fu n cti o n i ng i Ph o n e iTu n es download page (go.macworld .
a n d you p l u g it via U S B to a M a c . W h e n com/dwit). (Th is won't erase you r iTunes
you switch to iTu n e s , you see the media fi les.)
message: You can a lso create a new acco u nt i n
macOS to test if the problem is you r
iTunes cannot read the contents of the device or iTunes i n your main accou nt. Log
iPhone "phone nam e ': Go to the into this other account, plug i n your iOS
Summ ary tab in iPhone preferences device, a n d see if iTun es recog nizes it and
and click Restore to restore this shows its contents. If so, the
iPhone to factory settings. problem isn't the phone or
tablet. This may point to a
Depend i n g on how file corruption issue. K i rk
recent your last iTunes or McEihea rn, a n iTunes
iCioud backup of you r guru, docume nts how to
device is, this m ight be a rebuild a n iTunes library
l ittle panic i n d u cing. Do on his blog (go.macworld.
you rea l ly need to restore com/rbi l).
you r phone? Some iOS device
It's u n likely. I a n d others owners have tried a l l of the
have routinely experienced a bug above, a n d stil l experienced
in which this message a p pears even when problems. In some of those cases, deleting
our iPhones (a nd i Pads) are perfectly fine. a song from the Music app appears to
The solution is extremely simple: q u it rebuild an internal iOS directory, which
iTunes a n d relaunch it. If that tra nsient bug eliminates the problem the next time the
is what you ' re experiencing, iTunes now phone is connected to iTunes.
properly recogn izes your iOS device. Final ly, in what a p pears to be a very
Other people have had a h a rder time small n u m ber of cases in which the iOS
of it, but there a re more possibilities you device works on its own, but iTunes
can try before resorting to restoring you r produces this error, you will have to
i Phone or iPad, especially when you're restore yo ur iPhone or iPad to get the
see no errors except from iTu nes. message to stop a ppearing a n d use you r

device with iTu nes. you also have iCioud Photos turned on,
Because iTu nes wo n 't recog n i ze yo u r you may want to not sync the iCioud
device, you need to m a ke a b a c k u p with Photos l i b rary to every one of you r Macs.
i C i o u d . If you have i C i o u d b a c k u p Is that possible? Yes, but you need to read
a l ready e n a bled: the fi ne print before checking or
1. La unch Setti ngs. unchecking boxes.
2. Ta p you r name a n d then iCioud .. Apple uses iCioud Photos (the newish
iCioud Backup. name for iCioud Photos Library) as its
3. Tap Back U p Now. keystone for letting you have your photos
However, if you haven't turned on and videos on a l l your iCioud-l i n ked
iCioud backup, check that you have devices. Through a combination of sync of
enough iCioud storage before enabling thumbnails and fu ll-resolution media, you
backup. can access a l l you r assets wherever you
1. Launch Settings. a re, even when you're off the i nternet.
2. Ta p you r name a n d then iCioud. See However, iCioud Photos req u i res a
how much storage rema ins in the iCioud certa i n level of commitment. Any device
storage visualizer at top. linked to iCioud Photos has to retain the
3. If you need more storage to back up fu ll l i brary-even if each item of media is
yo u r device, tap Manage Storage a n d then just a thumbnail-and you can't pick and
ta p Change Storage Plan. Follow prom pts choose what's synced.
to upgrade. I've heard from people with mu ltiple
4. Now back in the iCioud settings, ta p Macs, who want to keep at least one Mac
iCioud Backup a n d tap On. This will out of that sync set while continuing to use
proceed to make a backup if you're iCioud. That's perfectly reasonable, as
connected to a Wi-Fi network. Apple doesn't req u i re every iCioud-linked
Now proceed to fo llow Apple's Mac has iCioud Photos enabled just
i nstructions (go.macworld .com/rsto) for because one or more does.
restoring a n iOS device from backup. The key is in Photos for macOS, in the
Photos .. Preferences settings for iCioud.
CAN YOU OPT OUT A MAC There's a simple checkbox there for iCioud
FOR iCLOUD PHOTOS? Photos. If it's unchecked, there's noth ing
YES, BUT CLICK CAREFULLY more to do. Even with an iCioud account
When you own m u ltiple Macs that a re used on oth er Macs a n d with iOS devices
l i n ked to the same iCioud credentials and for iCioud Photos, this particular account

MAC 9 1 1
on this particular Mac won't download linked set that had iCioud Photos enabled,
images a n d videos or upload those then iCioud will delete your entire library
captured or i m ported local ly. from cloud storage in 30 days.)
But if the iCioud Photos box is checked, One further note: you m ight be
you need to understand what happens next: tempted to manage this process from the
Photos prompts you about whether to check iCioud system preference pane, but I
"Download Originals to this Mac." If you recommend hand ling it entirely with i n
choose to do so and hadn't previously had Photos. That's i n pa rt because there are
that option selected, Photos downloads the two ways to disable iCioud Photos i n
full-resolution versions of all media. You can System Preferences, and you don't want to
opt not to do that, and only synced images choose the wrong option.
downloaded in full are retained. (More likely, If you click Options next to Photos i n
you'll want to create a new Photos Library that pane, it brings up a dialog s i m i l a r, but
after you disable iCioud Photos on a single not identical, to the one with i n Photos.
Mac while keeping it active elsewhere.) But if you i nstead click M a nage in the
Because iCioud retains the full lower-right corner of the pane a n d select
resolution versions of a l l synced i mages, iCioud Photos, the only option presented
you 're i n no danger of losing media even if is Disable and Delete. That removes
you have the optim ized option checked iCioud Photos from a l l yo ur devices a n d
for Photos on other Macs a n d i n iOS. (If starts the 30-day cou ntdown to cloud
you r Mac was the o n ly device i n a n iCioud- based deletion, too.
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