Web User - UK (2019-08-21)

OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS What’s new for Linux and macOS

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With th e releas e of macOS Catalina this autumn, Apple will

end suppor t for 32-bit Mac applications, which could mean

some of your ol der softwarewill stop working. Go64 is a

useful free tool that scans your instal led applications, and

presents you with a list of th ose that are 32-bit only, or

include some 32-bit co de (the latter will prob ably still work

under Catalina). The program can help you remove or

update any prob lem applications.

SOFTWARE CHECKER

Go64

bit.ly/go64-482

Min requirements:macOS 10.11 or newerFile size:3MB

Linux Mint is one of th e best – if notthebest – Linux

distributions for homeusers. Based on Ubuntu, it co mes in

a choi ce of three desktop environments: Cinnamon

(recommended), MATE and Xfce. Version 19.2 ‘Tina’ (all

Linux upda tes have women’s names) includes a numberof

bug fixes, upda tes to the included packages and

improvements to the Update Manage r. It’s available to

download in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

LINUX DISTRO

Linux Mint 19.2 ‘Tina’

linuxmint.com

Min requirements:10GB hard drive space File size:1.9GB

WinToHDD

bit.ly/winto482

Min requirements:Windows Vista /7/8.1/10

File size:8.8MB

If you needto instal l or reinstal l Windows

but you can’t find your instal lation CD or DVD,

WinToHDD can help. This handy free tool can

instal l the operating system fr om an IS O, WIM or

ESD image file, or clone Windows to a new drive.

It also lets you create a USB memory drive that

you can use to instal l differen t editions of the

operating system. The latest version of

WinToHDDlets you ‘hot clone’ Windows

without need ing to restart the source

computer. Upgrading to the paid-for version

for $29.95 (£24.76) speeds up the cloning

proc ess and lets you copy more than one PC.

AppleXsoft

Hard Drive Copy

http://www.applexsoft.com

Min requirements:

Windows Vista /7/8.1/10

File size:13MB

Despite its confusing name

• a tool for cloning
  Windows with ‘apple’ in its
  title –AppleXsoft Hard
  Drive Copy is a pretty good
  prog ram that makes
  migrating a hard disk or
  partiti on to a new PC
  straig htforward. It even
  wipes the source drive
  securely af terwards.
  However, it’s hard to
  recommendsoftwarethat
  costs $49.95 (£41.27).

Install this program... ...Not this one

Best Free Software

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The aim of th is game is to use various
tools to build objects – such as a
birdhouse or a table– out of wood. You
can saw, chisel, drill, plane, lathe, sand,
glue and paint your creations, and there
are thre e challenge modes that help you
constru ct a specific piece offurniture,
as well as a free-build mode. The game
is cu rrently a very early protot ype, bu t
it’s already worth investigating.

GAME

Woodwork Simulator
bit.ly/woodwork482
Min requirements:Windows 7/8.1/10
File size:370MB