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iWORK FOR MAC REVIEWED
THE WORLD’S BEST-SELLING APPLE MAGAZINE
21.5in and 27in
iMacs
HEAD-TO-HEAD:
APPLE’S
DESKTOP
POWERHOUSES
COMPARED
MARCH 2016
TOP 20
FREE
MAC GAMES
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Get tech
from the US
Contents
3
Welcome…
News
4
11
12
Apple’s Q1 financial results
Apple’s March event
Apple’s VR headset
Mac Features
20
28
30
39
Guide to buying tech from the US
Apple announces recall
of AC wall plug adaptors
Untangling iTunes Match, Apple
Music and iCloud Music Library
History of Apple
Reviews
48
58
61
67
72
84
21.5in vs 27in iMac
Pages for Mac
Numbers for Mac
Keynote for Mac
Top 20 free Mac games
Best USB-C accessories
Tutorials
97
104
115
Boost a MacBook’s battery life
Get US Netflix in the UK
Restore a Mac to its factory settings
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Welcome...
W
elcome to the latest issue of
Macworld,
the only guide you need to the
wonderful world of all things Apple.
As you won’t be surprised to hear, we love
everything Mac. Not only do Apple’s computers
look great, but they are powerful machines. One of
our favourites is the slimline iMac, with its beautiful
display. On page 48, we put Apple’s 21.5- and 27in
iMacs through their paces and compare the two.
If cost is putting you off getting your hands on a
new Mac, we look at the pros and cons of buying
tech from the US. We consider how much you will
have to pay for import duty and delivery charges,
plus what warranty you get and more, from page 20.
Apple has updated its iWork suite of programs
for the Mac. We look at this on page 58. And if
you fancy a break from the grindstone, we’ve the
best free games for the Mac, plus how to get US
Netflix in the UK.
We also examine the differences between
Apple Music and iTunes Match, and
look at whether Apple is developing
its own VR headset.
We hope you’ve
enjoyed the issue.
Feel free to send us
your feedback via
facebook.com/
MacworldUK.
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Apple’s Q1 financial results
Record revenue, but iPhone sales up a fraction only
A
pple announced its financial results for the
first quarter of fiscal 2016 on 26 January.
Here, you’ll find out how many iPhones,
iPads, Macs and Apple Watches the tech giant
has sold in the quarter.
How much money did Apple make?
Apple posted record quarterly revenue of
$75.9 billion and record quarterly net income of
$18.4bn, or $3.28 per diluted share.
This compares to Q1 of 2015, when Apple
posted a record quarterly revenue of $74.6bn and
record quarterly net profit of $18bn, or $3.06 per
diluted share, so we’re essentially looking for an
improvement on that. With the launch of the iPad
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Pro in November and the new Apple TV in October,
in addition to this being the first full quarter that the
iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, the holiday quarter was a
huge one for Apple.
In the previous quarter, which ended on 26
September 2015, Apple posted a quarterly revenue
of $51.5bn and a quarterly net profit of $11.1bn, which
is $1.96 per diluted share. In the quarter just gone,
gross margin was 40.1 percent compared to 39.9
percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales
accounted for 66 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
Apple just about beat its expectations. Last
quarter, the tech giant suggested that guidance for
Q1 2016 should be:
•
Revenue between $75.5- and $77.5bn
•
Gross margin between 39 percent and 40 percent
•
Operating expenses between $6.3- and $6.4bn
•
Other income/(expense) of $400 million
•
Tax rate of 26.2 percent
Analysts are likely to be disappointed as they were
predicting an average of $77.1bn and $3.25 per share
for the quarter. Even that would have been a small
increase compared with year-over-year revenue
growth of 22 percent or higher in previous years.
That hasn’t stopped Apple CEO Tim Cook
celebrating. “Our team delivered Apple’s biggest
quarter ever, thanks to the world’s most innovative
products and all-time record sales of iPhone, Apple
Watch and Apple TV,” he said.
Apple’s Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri
noted that the gains came despite “very difficult
macroeconomic environment”.
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