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iOS 13

automations aswell, triggering when
particularconditions are met, such as
sending atext whenyou lea ve the house.

Does the upgrade include the
usualcamera tweaks?
Absolutely. Apple has gone big on
cameras with its new iPhone 11range. The
standard handset has a dual-sensorrear
camera that can take wider shots with its
120-degree lens, while the front-facing
True Depth camera is ableto capture
slow-motion selfies. Meanwhile, the
iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max have
telephoto cameras.To that end, iOS has
been upgradedto get the most from the
hardware, such as a newPortrait Lighting
effect called HighKey Light Mono that
places a subject on a white background.
It’s also possibleto virtually move the
lightingto brightenface s, smooth skin
and sharpeneyes.

So I’ll get much better photos?
That’s the aim. Infact, the Photos app
has also been given a majoroverhaul –by
removing clutter, such as duplicates, and
lettingyou jumpto days, months and
years, browsing your images is now much
easier. It also provides a great set of
editingtools – with filters and fine-tuned
adjustments fromexposure, highlights
and shadows toblack point, saturation
and vibrance, your images should shine
from the screen.Tapping the altered
image letsyou instantly view the original
and you caneven use thetools on videos,
which can be cropped androtated. It ’s
boundto become the editingtool of
choicefor iOS users on the go.

Will iOS 13keep me entertained
as well?
Sure thing. Apple Arcade, which is now

available via iOS 13, letsyou playover

100 gamesfor £4.99 per month.You can

even connect a PlayStation 4 orXbox

wirelesscontroller. A subscription can be

shared with upto five family members

and titles includeLego Brawls and

Beyond a Steel Sky. Apple TV+ also

launches on 1 November, also£4.99 per

month, though it’s not specificto iOS 13.

Phew! And what about the phone

calls?

iOS 13 letsyou make andreceive phone

calls onyour iPhone as normal but there

is a newfeature you can activate that will

block incoming calls from unknown

numbers. Siri looks throughyour Mail

and Messages appsfor contactsto allow

through and iOS 13 also takes into

account numbersyou’ve recently dialled,

which should help cut down on

nuisance calls. See ourfeature on page

48 for more about blocking spam calls.

And is iOS 13 private and

secure?

When iOS 13was released, private

securityexpert JoseRodriguez noted

that the operating system could expose

your contact detailsby bypassingFaceID,

a passcode orTouchID.This flawwas

fixed with iOS 13.1 and the upshot is that

iOS is more private with bettercontrols

over your location and a new Sign In

With Applefeature that usesyour Apple

ID to authenticate third-party accounts

with the optionto keep your email

address private – so,rather than having

to give awayyour own email address,

Apple provides arandom ID or email

address instead.

As well as a newversion of iOS, Apple

has carried out improvementsto the

next Mac operatingsystem,too.

MacOS 10.15 Catalina (bit.ly/

catalina486) is an operatingsystem

upgradefor Apple Maccomputers.

Available this month, it ditches iTunes

in favour of three new apps:

Apple Music, Apple TV and

ApplePodcasts. It also allows

developersto easily produce

Macversions of iPad apps which,

reading between the lines, is an

attemptto generate more

softwarefor the Mac AppStore.

In other changesto macOS,

Notes has become easierto view,

search andcollaborate on; Photos

ApplePencilto drag a window from

thecomputerto the iPad. And in an

effortto stopyou wasting hours being

unproductive in front ofyour display,

ScreenTime is being madeavailable

in macOS soyou can see which apps

andwebsites most distractyou, and

set limitsto how longyou spend

on them.

is filtering out duplicates and

clutter; Safari is allowing Sirito

make better informedwebsite

suggestions; andReminders lets

you add tasks directly from emails.

Just as interesting,you can now

use an iPad as a second Mac

display, and grab hold of an

You can now protect your

email addressby signing

into apps with an Apple ID

Entertainyourself by playing

games on Apple Arcade

through iOS 13

iOS 13 makes it easierto

browse, manage and edit

photos on your iPhone