iCreate

iCreate is the creative magazine for Apple computer users. Made for Mac users by Mac users, it provides sumptuously designed, essential content for Apple aficionados and switchers alike. Featuring in-depth tutorials in iMovie, iPhoto and the rest of the iLife applications as well as iTunes and Mac OS X, it is the magazine no Apple addict can be without. If Apple made a magazine, it would be iCreate. Please note: Digital versions of the magazines do not include the covermount items or supplements that you would find on printed editions.

Welcome

Meet the experts

Rumours of a new iPhone 12 and iOS 14 • WWDC on 22 June has got everybody excited about new Apple releases

5 Things we learned this month

iCandy

100 APPLE HACKS & SHORTCUTS • A roundup of the best tricks and time-savers for Mac and iOS

Master the Retouch tool • Discover how to remove unwanted objects and create a cleaner composition

Remove unwanted objects • Customise images with the Retouch brush

Take more control

Shoot and edit an epic garden safari • How to make a ‘wildlife’ documentary starring your pets

Post-production tools • Add filters, titles and sound effects

Getting to grips with grading using Final Cut • How to make selective adjustments to a specific colour’s saturation and luminance

Make selective adjustments • Creatively grade a clip’s colours

Add an auto-tune effect to your vocals • How maxing out the pitch correction tool can add an auto-tune inflection to a vocal

Corrective actions • We find where the pitch correction slider tool resides within GarageBand’s workspace so you don’t have to

Take it to extra extremes

Using Bounce Options in Logic Pro X • Your latest masterpiece is complete – now what to do with it?

Let’s bounce! • Render your finished Logic project as a stereo audio file

Essential Mac maintenance • Keep your Mac running smoothly by performing these important maintenance tasks each month

Clean, fix, update • Perform these maintenance tasks

Using the Maintenance utility

Copy your iPod music to Mac • How to achieve what was previously thought impossible!

Using TouchCopy • Get to know the simple interface

Request data files from Apple • Get Apple to share all of the information it holds about you on its servers

Viewing your personal data • Once Apple informs you that your files are ready, you can get on with taking a look at their contents

How to download your data

Add Dropbox features to Gmail • How to instantly upload attachments and email out larger files

Using Gmail Dropbox • Those useful features explained…

Create contact groups • Discover how to send quick and easy group emails with a little help from your Contacts app

Sending group emails • Understand how your Contacts and Mail apps work together

How to send group emails

BACK UP EVERYTHING • Discover the expert ways to make your files safe

Set up and use Time Machine • Get the most from Apple’s automated mac backup solution

Backup devices • Three of the best backup storage options available

Back up automatically with Automator • Create a simple automated backup workflow

Set up a RAID drive

Partition a hard drive

Create a hard drive clone with Carbon Copy Cloner • Devise a bootable copy of your Mac’s hard drive

Use Disk Utility to create a compressed disk image • Easily produce a portable copy of your most important files

Create an online backup with Backblaze • Create an automatic, cloud-based backup to complete your setup

Best online storage apps • Store select...