Macworld The Apple Watch is one of the most complete experiences you’ll find in the company’s product offerings. Since its introduction in 2015, the electronic timepiece has become one of the dominant players in the wearable technology sector. It is, by far, the most popular watch of any kind in the world. ...   Mac Central

Macworld With a gorgeous ProMotion display, all you need to turn your iPad Pro into a MacBook Pro is the right keyboard, and that’s exactly what the iPad Magic Keyboard case is—and today it’s available for a brand new best price. Amazon is selling the Magic Keyboard for the M4 iPad Pro 11-inch for $250, a savings of $50 off its $299 MSRP. ...   Mac Central

Macworld The Apple Watch may be advertised as a device for virile young twenty-somethings who are always out running or climbing mountains, but that’s not really the profile of most people who wear them. At least, not at the Macworld offices. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Updated October 30, 2024: Apple has released its first Macs to support Thunderbolt 5. This article has been updated to reflect this developmet. In September of 2023, Intel announced Thunderbolt 5, a new update to the Thunderbolt specification that doubles the bi-directional bandwidth to 80 Gbps (Thunderbolt 4 supports up to 40 Gbps). ...   Mac Central

Macworld These days you can’t move without getting hit over the head with a Mac product announcement. We got a new M4 iMac on Monday, a new Mac mini on Tuesday, and a new MacBook Pro today. Apple wasn’t kidding when it referred to this as an ‘exciting week’. The problem with densely carpeted info-bombs is that it’s easy to miss important tidbits. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Apple on Wednesday completed its trifecta of M4 Mac releases by unveiling the new M4 MacBook Pro. The announcement comes after Apple revealed the newly designed Mac mini on Tuesday and the updated iMac on Monday. While the complete MacBook Pro lineup gets M4 updates across the board, the base M4 model undergoes some drastic changes. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Twelve years ago, my former Macworld colleague Lex Friedman and I were at an Apple-focused conference where we presented a talk called “Apple is Huge Now (And That Sucks For You). ...   Mac Central

Macworld Apple’s Week of Press Releases continues, with Monday’s announcement of a new M4 iMac followed by Tuesday’s new M4 Mac mini. This caught the Macworld team slightly off guard because we thought the company would go to the M4 MacBook Pro first, and leave the mini for last. Why? Because this year’s mini got a major redesign, and Apple usually likes to finish on a high note. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Deciding which iPhone to buy has always been tricky. Which screen size is best for you, and how much storage do you need? Should you save money by selecting an older model, or should you splash out on the latest iPhone? Which iPhone is the best compromise between specs and value for money? In this article we talk you through each of the phones currently available from Apple, to ...   Mac Central

Macworld We’re drawing closer and closer to Black Friday and the deals keep coming. Today’s can save you big on a pair of excellent headphones from Apple (but not AirPods). Rather, the Beats Studio Pro is $170, a 51 percent discount, while the Beats Solo 4 is down to $100, also half-off the MSRP. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Apple on Tuesday announced a major update to the Mac mini, the company’s smallest desktop Mac. The new computer is even smaller than before, features the M4 or M4 Pro chip, and starts with 16GB of unified memory. It still starts at $599 but Apple has doubled the RAM. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Update 11:30am ET: Apple has announced the M4 Mac mini, which matches the leaked specs and images below. We’re one announcement into Apple’s exciting week of Mac reveals, and we’ve already hit a problem. Not with the new machines themselves (although we have notes) but with someone else spoiling an upcoming surprise. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Apple Intelligence is finally here (sort of). With iOS 18.1, the first tranche set of AI features finally comes to our phones (albeit in beta and temporarily behind a waitlist). The iPhone 16 line was sold as made for Apple Intelligence. It was Apple’s big push at WWDC in the summer, and fancy AI-powered features are front-and-center in all the phone marketing. ...   Mac Central

Macworld The Macalope shouldn’t have to list his Apple bonafides. His head is, after all, shaped like a Classic Mac. What else does a guy have to do? Get a tattoo? Because I’m not doing that. Sounds like it hurts. But let’s just take it as writ that the Macalope generally likes Apple products. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Update October 29: Apple has amended the M4 iMac tech specs to remove mention of a 120Hz display. Apple announced the new M4 iMac and it looks like a substantial upgrade. One of its new features is its boosted external display support. On the 10-core M4 iMac models, the external display support is impressive on paper. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Apple today announced a long-overdue update of its flagship Mac accessories lines, switching them from the proprietary Lightning standard and giving them USB-C ports instead. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Black Friday may be one month away, but we’re already getting an early glimpse into some amazing deals we’re going to see then. Today’s bargain is the new M2 Apple iPad Air is on sale right now for its brand-new best price of $500, a savings of $100 off and the best price we’ve ever seen. We loved the 11-inch M2 iPad Air in our testing, giving it a 4-star rating. ...   Mac Central

Macworld At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Catches an impressive amount of questionable software and acts as a good warning of phishing websites. Handy 60-day trial period gives you a good amount of time to test the software. Quick performance, good configuration, easy to schedule a scan or check an external volume. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Apple on Monday unveiled the new iMac. The design of the iMac hasn’t changed, but the company has upgraded the chip, added more unified memory, updated the colors, and changed the input devices to USB-C. At the heart of the new iMac is an M4 chip, which was introduced this past spring in the iPad Pro and replaces the M3 that was introduced in the iMac a year ago. ...   Mac Central

Macworld With new iOS releases, Apple typically starts testing the x.1 version right after the main release. We expected the iOS 18 beta to continue through the summer until its release in September, followed immediately by the iOS 18.1 beta. Then, iOS 18.1 would be released in October, and 18.2 beta testing would begin, and so on. This year is very different. ...   Mac Central

Macworld All eyes are currently on Apple’s exciting week of Mac launches, but the company has something more unusual up its sleeve for next year: a smart display with an oddly familiar design. ...   Mac Central

Macworld At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Unsophisticated user interface. Fluid performance with minimal lags. One-time and recurring payment options. Cons Misleading branding and product description. Some functionalities don’t always work reliably. Doesn’t offer a mobile version for iOS and iPadOS. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Update October 28: The first of Apple’s three announcements is the M4 iMac and the arrival of Apple Intelligence. There’s a risk, if you do something for long enough, that you forget why you started doing it in the first place. And fail to realize that you’ve turned a once-useful activity into a cargo-cult ritual. Take the Apple special event. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Do Macs get viruses? Do Macs need antivirus software? The answers to these questions aren’t as simple as they might seem. In this article, we look at the dangers faced by Mac users, and the pros and cons of using Mac antivirus software. ...   Mac Central

Macworld There are a number of options available that allow you to install Windows on your Mac – either using Boot Camp on older Macs with Intel processors, or using virtualization programs such as Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion, which can run on Macs with both Intel and Apple Silicon processors. ...   Mac Central

Macworld The next major cycle of Mac upgrades revolves around the M4 chip and it’s starting this week. Instead of an event, Apple teased “an exciting week” of releases starting Monday, with several new M4 Macs making their debut. And if the rumors are correct, this is just the start, with every Mac in Apple’s lineup getting an update within the next few months. ...   Mac Central

Ample Sound has released Ample China Traditional Percussion. Ample China Traditional Percussion (ACTP) presents a Chinese ethnic percussion ensemble, covering a wide range from bass to treble,... Read More   KVR Audio

GForce Software recently updated Oddity3 to v1.1.0. New in 1.1: New 3D GUI. Browser updates. Expanded search to patch author and notes. Improved patch audition mode. Bug... Read More   KVR Audio

Roland has announced the release of EARTH Piano, a software-based piano instrument available exclusively on Roland Cloud. Since introducing the groundbreaking EP-10 in 1973, Roland... Read More   KVR Audio

Eventide, in collaboration with Third Man Hardware has announced Knife Drop, a new effects pedal that merges 'aggressive octave fuzz with earth-shaking analog synth tones'. This powerful device... Read More   KVR Audio

Rhodes Music and Cherry Audio have re-launched the Rhodes Chroma plug-in, their virtual instrument modeled after the Rhodes Chroma synthesizer from the 1980s. Originally released... Read More   KVR Audio

MusicDevelopments has updated RapidComposer to version 5.4 introducing new features for audio tracks, including audio-to-MIDI conversion, extended audio file support, drag-and-drop audio files... Read More   KVR Audio

iZotope, part of Native Instruments, has just released Neutron 5, a significant update to their intelligent mixing suite. Promising to enhance the mixing workflow for producers and engineers... Read More   KVR Audio

ZAK Sound has released Sapphire Guitar 2, a sample-based guitar instrument that specializes in creating atmospheric sounds, textures, and pads. Built around a dual-layer engine, Sapphire... Read More   KVR Audio

Steinberg has released preview versions of Cubase 13, Nuendo 13, HALion 7, HALion Sonic 7, Groove Agent 5, Retrologue 2 and Padshop 2 for Windows on Arm. These preview versions have... Read More   KVR Audio

Minimal Audio has released Current 2.0, a major update to their flagship synth plugin. This update brings a host of new features, enhancements, and optimizations, including a redesigned UI, an... Read More   KVR Audio

Eftilohas announced the release of Stambecco - Dyna Peaks, a dynamic filter and pattern stereo harmonic tremolo for macOS and Windows in VST3 and AU plugin formats. Here's what they say:... Read More   KVR Audio

WireGrind has released BlizzVerb, a new VST reverberation plug-in for Windows. BlizzVerb is an algorithmic room-style reverberation effect. It uses multiple physics-based strategies... Read More   KVR Audio

Would you like to have a vintage Minimoog signed by music icon Peter Gabriel and help support and important archive of synthesizer history? Well you need to move fast because there's only a few... Read More   KVR Audio

NUSofting has released daHornet bis 3.1.0. daHornet bis 3.1.0 is a new version* of the 'yellow and black famous soft synth'. [*Rewritten Code]. New features in 3.1.0: Antialiasing... Read More   KVR Audio

Audient has released both the iPad Remote App and optional Dante Card for their Immersive Audio Interface and Monitor Controller ORIA. The iPad App is completely free and allows the... Read More   KVR Audio

apulSoft has updated apShaper to v1.2.4. Changes: New thru-mode for dynamics sections to use sidechain as a modulation signal. Reworked GUI, new dark color... Read More   KVR Audio

blepfx has updated prisma, a chromatic manipulator, and destruqtor, a creative distortion plugin, to version 1.0.2. New features: Audio Unit V2 support for Logic Pro users.... Read More   KVR Audio

Martinic has just launched an early beta version of Kee Bass for Windows 11 Arm64EC/Snapdragon. If you're using an Arm64 device on Windows 11, like a Microsoft Surface with a Snapdragon... Read More   KVR Audio

Orange Tree Samples has released Evolution Mellow Mando, a mandolin sample library powered by Native Instruments' Kontakt Player. They say: Evolution Mellow Mando was recorded using... Read More   KVR Audio

Davisynth has released an update to the free plug-in Spiral Delay. The update fixes an issue where the selected time mode would reset when loading a project in a DAW. Spiral Delay... Read More   KVR Audio

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Audio Editing: Hokusai is a multitrack audio editor for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Record or import a track, and make it sound the way you want it to: not just trimming the ends, but full cut, copy, paste and delete, and a suite of filters and special effects available....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Education / Training: An app for choral singers who don't read music well. Snap a photo or import JPG, PNG or PDF. Touch notes in the image to hear the pitch. Not for instrumental parts - see details below. Whether you sing in a choir, or a barbershop quartet, or other vocal group,...   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Education / Training: All aspiring music students understand the importance of Sargam practice. Practicing Sargams each day does wonders to your “Sureelapanâ€? as well as confidence. Practicing every day under watchful eyes of your Guru is the ideal way. But that is difficult...   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Instruments / Sound Effects: Get the simplest soundboard creation app: Load sounds, samples or songs through your iTunes library Create and edit soundboards quickly and easily Up to 8 sounds per soundboard Make the most of your screen thanks to the adaptive layout Play multiple...   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Education / Games, Ear Trainig: Introducing Notes - Sight Reading Trainer, the ultimate iOS app for mastering sight reading in music! Whether you're a beginner or an experienced musician, Notes is your is your tool to become the musician you were meant to be. When you are ready to...   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Education / Games, Ear Trainig: StaffWars is a game designed to help beginning and intermediate musicians learn, practice and woodshed the note names on the grand staff, treble, alto and bass clefs. THE APP for anyone who wants to master these clefs.   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Analysis: SPL Graph is an audio Sound Pressure Level (SPL) environmental noise analyzer, real-time frequency analyzer, chart recorder and data logger. It includes: Plot sound level over time Record audio while plot is running, playback to identify sounds that may have...   440Software