Macworld At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Stylish, colourful graphics Combat feels fast and fluid Multiple difficulty levels available Cons Only available on the Mac App Store No DLC packs currently available Works best with a controller Our Verdict The precise timing needed for the game’s combat and movement can be frustrating if you’re not used to arcade games, but it’s good ...   Mac Central

Macworld You might think iCloud is the easiest cloud storage solution to rid your iPhone or MacBook of low-storage notifications for good. But think about how much you’ve spent on iCloud to date. Is it a couple hundred? Yikes. Instead of paying a recurring fee for the rest of your life, hop on this deal that gives you 1TB of lifetime cloud storage for only $59.97 (reg. ...   Mac Central

Macworld It’s the last chance to get your hands on a new M4 MacBook Pro this year, and it’s the best time to do it because it’s down $200, for a total price of $1,399 over at Amazon, matching its best price so far. This is the powerful M4 model we’re talking about with 16GB of RAM, so it’s truly a geat deal. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Kids love iPads. The simplicity of tapping on the screen when they want things to happen means they can learn to use them in seconds, but there’s plenty that Apple’s tablets can do. Whether it’s educational games, entertainment apps, using them to create art with an Apple Pencil or just something to stop them getting bored on car journeys, iPads can be a godsend. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Finding an unlocked iPhone for less than Apple’s listed price is a rare thing unless it’s refurbished or otherwise used. But we found one today: Amazon’s Woot is selling an unlocked iPhone 15 in black for $580 (128GB), $610 (256GB), and $695 (512GB), a savings of $149, $189, and $304, respectively. ...   Mac Central

Macworld If you haven’t checked the calendar lately, the holidays are nearly upon us, and if you haven’t gotten around to getting something for the Apple fans in your life, we have the perfect solution: an eGift card. You don’t have to spend a lot, you’ll get it immediately, and your recipient will love it. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Apple released only one new Apple Watch in 2024: the Apple Watch Series 10. It offers a refined design and a few modest upgrades over the Series 9. Apple did not update the Ultra 2, and instead just added a new color option. You can also still buy the Apple Watch SE from 2022. In this guide, we will help you decide which Apple Watch is best for you. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Apple has big plans for the smart home in 2025. Having long struggled with limited device support and complex standards, the company wants to move forward with simplified platforms, deeper device integration and improved software. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Apple has had a jam-packed 2024. From kickstarting its spatial computing era with the Vision Pro to finally embracing AI on its platforms—the firm has laid some solid groundwork that could reshape the tech industry in the coming years. Nevertheless, the iPhone maker still has some tricks up its sleeve. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Here at Macworld we’re extremely fond of Apple’s AirTag, which we consider by far the best Bluetooth tracker for an iPhone or Mac user. However, one complaint raised in our AirTag review was that it doesn’t have an attachment hole, which means you’re forced in most situations to buy an accessory to put it in. ...   Mac Central

Macworld At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Super fast 6GBps reading, 5GBps writing via Thunderbolt 5 Rugged and weatherproof Handsome design A bargain compared to Apple internal SSD upgrades Cons Expensive compared to Thunderbolt 3/USB Requires an M4 Pro/Max Mac for full 80Gbps performance Limited compatibility with older hardware and software. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Jealous of those fancy new Macs with their “Apple Intelligence” that magically enhances photos and videos? Well, you don’t need to upgrade your perfectly good Mac just to get in on the AI action. This photo and video enhancer adds the same capabilities to your machine—no Apple Store visit required. Just pay $35.99 for a lifetime download (reg. $119). ...   Mac Central

Macworld We know it’s the giving season, but sometimes it’s nice to get a little for ourselves. Like today’s deal: Amazon is selling the 10th-gen iPad for $250 when you click the coupon box, a cool $100 off its already-low MSRP and matching its amazing Black Friday pricing. ...   Mac Central

Macworld After skipping all of 2023, Apple updated its entire lineup of iPads in 2024 save one: the 10th-gen model. While it did get an aggressive price cut to $349/£329, Apple opted to leave its cheapest tablet with the same specs it’s had since its 2022 launch. But it shouldn’t be much longer until it gets an update: Here’s what we know so far. ...   Mac Central

Macworld The Mac lineup ended 2024 with a bang, with Apple introducing the M4 chip series and upgrades to the MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and iMac. Those releases brought the Mac a nice momentum swing as we enter 2025. ...   Mac Central

Macworld The M2 Max and Ultra Mac Studio were released at more than a year ago at WWDC23, and the M4 era of Apple’s System on a Chip has already started. So it’s time to start looking forward to the next Mac Studio. But just how long will we have to wait for the new Mac Studio? We’ll keep track of what’s being said in this article. ...   Mac Central

Macworld The Mac lineup ended 2024 with a bang, with Apple introducing the M4 chip series and upgrades to the MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and iMac. Those releases brought the Mac a nice momentum swing as we enter 2025. ...   Mac Central

Macworld The musician Stephin Merritt once joked that he would be happy to sell only a single copy of each album he makes, provided that single copy costs $100,000. Which coincidentally is pretty close to Apple’s marketing strategy for Vision Pro. I jest, of course: you can’t run a multi-trillion-dollar corporation that way. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Unfortunately, we rent many facets of our daily lives. That includes homes or apartments, Netflix, DoorDash, and the same goes for your productivity apps. Something you can do to ease the subscription load—or someone else’s—is to own your daily tools outright, which is usually more affordable in the long run. ...   Mac Central

Macworld There’s a new USB-C AirPods Max model out, but the older Lightning model is just as good, if not better—especially when you can get a killer deal on them. And today we’ve got one: We found the AirPods Max for $399 at Walmart or Best Buy for delivery in time to wrap and put under the Christmas tree. ...   Mac Central

Macworld To many of us, backing up a Mac means setting up Time Machine to make incremental backups and signing up to various iCloud services so that we can keep copies of photos, music, files and more in the cloud. ...   Mac Central

Macworld We’ve looked in depth at CleanMyMac as a great solution for reclaiming space and optimizing you Mac and it’s one of our top choices in our round up of the Best Mac Cleaning Software. Among it’s many tools is a Protection tool that can scan for malware on your Mac and remove it. ...   Mac Central

Macworld The iOS 18.2 update brings several new Apple Intelligence features to your iPhone 16 (or iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max), centered mostly around image generation and Visual Intelligence on iPhone 16. But it also integrated ChatGPT into Apple’s AI tools, including Siri, and it can be incredibly useful. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Hi, it’s me, Father Time. This is my 421st More Color column, only about 20 of which have been part of my annual attempt to predict the future while blaming myself for failing to properly predict the year gone by. (Look, if I got them all right, 421 of the columns would be prediction-based!) To the task of predicting, I bring years of experience. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Where are you going to do all that holiday shopping? Instead of hopping from one place to the next, burning through gas and still maybe not finding everything you need, check Costco. ...   Mac Central

Toontrack has released the Thordendal Guitars EZmix Pack, a new expansion for EZmix 3 featuring a collection of guitar and bass tones based on Fredrik Thordendal's personal amp collection. This... Read More   KVR Audio

Wire Grind has released Honest Overdrive, a new VST3 effect plug-in. Honest Overdrive's features include an adjustable clipping threshold, a settable maximum saturation point, status indicators,... Read More   KVR Audio

Orange Tree Samples has released Rosewood Grand, a piano sample library powered by Native Instruments' Kontakt Player. They say: Rosewood Grand includes four distinct sample sets... Read More   KVR Audio

The Vienna Symphonic Library is pleased to announce the release of the fifth installment in their Duality Strings series, Synchron Duality Strings (fx). The all-new library features two string... Read More   KVR Audio

Arturia has released Augmented Mallets Play as a free gift until January 2nd, 2025. In April 2022, Arturia launched the Augmented Series, blending rich sampled acoustics with advanced... Read More   KVR Audio

Ueberschall released their new Ultimate Ueberschall Bundle. Here is what they say about it: Featuring 180,000 loops, samples and sound FX and including over 2,200 complete construction... Read More   KVR Audio

Bjt2 has updated the free Crescendo plugin to version 1.0.146 with various enhancements and bug fixes. Changes in 1.0.146 from 1.0.138: Bugfixes: Autophase, NaN protection,... Read More   KVR Audio

Nikolozi has updated Mela, a modular AUv3 plug-in for iOS and macOS, to version 6.0. Here's what's new: Universal Lane: All lane types (Audio, MIDI, Instrument) are now unified... Read More   KVR Audio

Best Service has announced the release of Epic World - Cinematic Landscapes by Eduardo Tarilonte for the free Engine Player, replacing the previous Engine version. With Epic World... Read More   KVR Audio

Musik Hack has released Fuel, a new 'Saturating Maximizer' plugin for macOS and Windows (VST3, AU & AAX), saying: Fuel is an all-in-one bass-enhancing, clipping, limiting saturator... Read More   KVR Audio

Tracktion Software has announced the release of BioTek 3 for macOS, Windows and Linux in VST3, AU and AAX plugin formats, saying: BioTek 3 represents a true evolution of our deepest,... Read More   KVR Audio

Arturia has announced the release of Firmware Update 3.0 for its MiniFreak hybrid synthesizer. This free update delivers a significant array of new sonic possibilities and stability improvements... Read More   KVR Audio

Musical Sampling has released Gospel Choir, a new Kontakt Instrument that follows in the footsteps of the Anthem Choir series, bringing to life a performance style that is both deeply authentic... Read More   KVR Audio

Solid State Logic has announced the release of Digicrush, a new plugin that delivers the gritty, lo-fi character of classic digital distortion, perfectly emulating the degradation and artifacts... Read More   KVR Audio

Sound Radix has announced the release of Auto-Align Post 2.3, featuring native compatibility with DaVinci Resolve Studio, and improved stability for Apple Silicon M4 machines. Here's... Read More   KVR Audio

UVI has released PX WaveFrame for Falcon and UVI Workstation. Here's what they say: PX WaveFrame bridges the past and present, bringing the rare and innovative spirit of the WaveFrame... Read More   KVR Audio

Orchestral Tools has announced the release of Berlin Solo Strings, an inspired quartet of virtuoso soloists ready to join the brand's flagship Berlin Series. Here's what they say:... Read More   KVR Audio

Native Instruments recently updated Kontakt 7 to v7.10.7 which now loads up to 600% faster, optimizing system resources for peak efficiency, and features macOS 15 compatibility for smooth project... Read More   KVR Audio

Waves Audio has released Immersive Wrapper, a new plugin that transforms any Waves mono plugin into an immersive processor. Here's what they say: Immersive Wrapper is... Read More   KVR Audio

Denise Audio has released Perfect Room 2, their third plugin revamp under Baby Audio. Here's what they say: Perfect Room 2, the sequel to Denise Audio's Perfect Room,... Read More   KVR Audio