Essential Apple User Magazine

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Welcome

Team players// • We’re well on our journey into 2022, and it seems set to be just as crazy as the COVID-sodden last two years. But will Apple go crazy at the expected March keynote, and what to the team want to see launched?

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Editor’s Letter//

Reach for the Stars • Do you know your Great Bear from your Plough? Or your Betelgeuse from your Sirius? If not, now’s the time to learn.

Getting Star-ted • Humankind has been gazing up at the heavens since it was able to walk upright, wondering what all those brilliant points of light were. We haven’t changed much in the last hundred thousand years or so; how many times have you looked up on a clear night and wondered?

Equipment for Stargazing • There comes a time when you want to see more than what’s available with the naked eye. Whether it’s the rings of Saturn, the bands of cloud around Jupiter or some of the more impressive nebula, you’ll need a telescope or a pair of good binoculars. Here’s a guide to what to look for.

Anatomy of a Telescope

Celestron NexStar 6SE Computerised Telescope • My God, it’s full of stars…

Celestron NexStar 102SLT Computerised Telescope • Small but powerful

Celestron Astro Fi 90mm Refractor Telescope • The smartest telescope

TinyScope Dwarf Telescope • From small packages come mighty things.

Unistellar eVscope eQuinox • Astrophotography has never been so easy.

Unistellar eVscope 2 • Astrophotography has never been so easy.

Gadgets Gallery • What’s new in the wonderful world of Apple tech? We round up the latest and greatest peripherals, add-ons and accessories.

Reviews//

GameSir X2 Bluetooth Mobile Gaming Controller • Can this cunning controller turn your iPhone into a handheld gaming device?

Edifier R33BT Active Bluetooth Computer Speakers • Another month, another set of speakers…

Devolo Magic 2 WiFi 6 Whole Home Wi-Fi Kit • Cures weak Wi-Fi, as if by Magic…

Corner Boxing Trackers • Get fighting fit with these in your corner.

StayGo mini USB-C Hub • It’s agreeably small, but does it do enough?

Echo 5 Thunderbolt 4 Hub • Need more Thunderbolt ports? No problem!

FRITZ!Box 7530 AX Wireless Router • Is it worth upgrading your router to this Wi-Fi 6 model?

Joby GripTight GorillaPod for MagSafe • A new tool for vloggers, snappers and movie makers.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2022 • Adobe’s prosumer photo editor is really going places.

SoundSource 5 • Take back control of your Mac’s audio.

Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher

Alien: Isolation • On the iPad, no one can hear you scream

Metal Slug: Commander • Mission! Start!

Agent Intercept • The name’s Hayward, David Hayward…

Rocket League Sideswipe • Gooooooaaaaaallllll…….!

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An Introduction to the apple Watch

The History of apple Watch and watchOS • Since it was first released in 2015, the Apple Watch has grown into the world’s most popular piece of wearable tech. Last year alone, 33.9 million Apple Watches were shipped. Here we trace the timeline of the Apple Watch, and...