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If you don't want keep paying Adobe, switch to Gimp. Here's how to make Gimp have a user interface very similar to Photoshop with PhotoGimp. Make Gimp more like Photoshop with PhotoGimp The creative industry is a heavy user of Adobe's Creative Cloud, with it a staple in production houses and studios around the world. Photoshop is one of the many tools within that package, and is widely used withi…

The Huion Kamvas Pad 12 is a portable drawing tablet for artists on the move. While it does compete with the iPad , it offers a lot if you're prepared to suffer through Android to Apple data transport foibles Huion Kamvas Pad 12 Review: Laid flat Huion's quality and versatility have improved by leaps and bounds over the past few years, and it is back again with the Kamvas Pad 12. It's a new porta…

The first granular updates to Apple's milestone operating system releases have arrived, with 27.0.1 updates now here for iOS , iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS. iPhone 18 Pro Apple released its major yearly operating system revision on September 14, bringing iOS, iPadOS , macOS , watchOS , tvOS , and visionOS to the 27 generation. Two weeks later, Apple's released the first small update to the public.…

In a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to. Meta's Muse mascot | Image credit: Meta/Alexandr Wang If you use Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or WhatsApp, you've probably been inundated with prompts to try out Meta's next big questionable service: Muse. And it's no…

The forthcoming iPhone Duo has more features than Apple has revealed, including a whole series of faces for its StandBy mode. Here's what to eventually look for. Editing one of the new StandBy faces - image credit: pdfu While pre-orders for iPhone Duo don't start until October 16 , and the Xcode betas still don't show developers everything, one has found many new options coming to iOS 27 for this…

Amazon continues to unveil month-end deals, with Apple's M5 15-inch MacBook Air falling to $1,399, and upgraded models up to $150 off. Grab month-end MacBook Air deals at Amazon - Image credit: Apple If you're looking for the lowest 15-inch MacBook Air price, Amazon's month-end $1,399 deal is worth checking out. It slashes $100 off the standard M5 spec with 16GB of unified memory and 512GB of sto…

On this week's episode of the Smart Home Insider podcast, we go through a slew of new Apple smart home leaks before covering the news from Anker's security event. Smart Home Insider Podcast After digging through more of Apple's code, Aaron Perris was able to uncover several new references to unreleased smart home devices. This includes Apple TV 4K , HomePod mini , and possibly a full-size HomePod…

A lawsuit accusing Apple and Amazon of colluding to limit sales of products to consumers in the UK is being revived, with both companies potentially facing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. Apple and Amazon logos In 2018, Apple and Amazon reached an agreement that allowed regional Amazon stores to sell Apple and Beats hardware. The agreement has been legally problematic for both tech gi…

All iPhones are slower than you'd expect when they are new or when you've updated iOS, and Indexing is generally the culprit. Here's exactly what's happening and what you can do about it. While indexing is continuing, you'll see "Optimising Search and Siri" in Settings. Not to drag this out, the short answer is that all you absolutely have to do to speed up your iPhone is wait. You can help it al…

In any other year, I'd find a novel way to say that the iPhone 18 Pro Max is the best iPhone ever. While that's true at the time of writing, it's probably only going to be that for a vanishingly small amount of time. iPhone 18 Pro Max review: The brand-new model in Silver This year is the first where the iPhone Pro Max isn't the most exciting model in Apple's lineup. That honor goes to the iPhone…

In this week's Sunday Reboot, the Apple Watch is better for your health, but maybe the rumored screen-free wearable could be better for your peace of mind. Apple Watch now has a Readiness score. Sunday Reboot is a weekly column covering some of the lighter stories within the Apple reality distortion field from the past seven days. All to get next week underway with a good first step. Continue Rea…

The staggering $900 discount delivers the lowest price on record for the M5 Max MacBook Pro 16-inch. Save $900 on a premium 16-inch MacBook Pro - Image credit: Apple Amazon has issued a steep price cut on Apple's high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro with an M5 Max chip. This laptop in Apple's silver finish has an 18-core CPU and 32-core GPU, along with 36GB of unified memory and a spacious 2TB SSD. Save …

Pundits continue to hold up clear signs of restraint as failures while asking Apple to behave like Meta, OpenAI, Google, or anyone else but themselves, especially when discussing Apple Vision Pro . Apple is the only one that knows if Apple Vision Pro is a success or failure If any of Apple's thousands of employees dare leave the company , or if one of hundreds of internal prototypes doesn't make …

Apple is, once again, forecast to bring out Apple Glass by the end of 2027, while it also works on a brand new headset that takes after the new Meta VR Glasses. Apple wants thin and light smart glasses. So far, Apple's head-mounted computing efforts have consisted of the Apple Vision Pro and accessing Siri through AirPods . However, you're still going to have a long wait before being able to try …

New Apple CEO John Ternus has told staff that most US divisions will get the whole of Thanksgiving week off in recognition of their hard work. John Ternus has told staff that most US employees will get the whole of Thanksgiving week off - image credit: Apple. It's oddly hard to confirm this, but some accounts say that Steve Jobs gave staff paid Thanksgiving leave at least once during his time as …