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Apple drops iTunes Store access for irst Apple TV

The irst Apple TV’s days are numbered, writes Roman Loyola

Tech companies (especially Apple) want us

to use the latest products they have to ofer

They want to make money from the sales, but they also develop and implement new technology

that older devices can’t support at all (or can’t

support it in a way that’s acceptable to the user)

Eventually, each product’s time runs out, as is now

the case with the irst-generation Apple TV

Apple has released a support document that

states the irst-generation Apple TV will not be

able to access the iTunes Store starting on 25

May This model Apple TV (considered obsolete

by Apple) will not be updated to support the new

security features will be used with the iTunes

Store. To access the iTunes Store, you need

a second-generation or later Apple TV

iTunes Store, Windows XP, and Vista

The document also says that users of Windows XP

and Windows Vista will not be able to use the latest

version of iTunes Older versions of iTunes will still

work, but Apple will not ofer any support, and you

won’t be able to buy anything, nor will you be able

to redownload previous purchases

These changes will come into efect on 25

May In order to be able to make and redownload

purchases, you need a PC running Windows 7 or

later, and the latest version of iTunes

iOS 11.2.6 released to ix Telugu ‘text bomb’ bug

A full suite of Apple OS updates ix the text bug that caused Messages and other apps to crash Leif Johnson reports

Internet trolls had a great time causing Apple

products to freeze recently thanks to a bug

involving a speciic character from India’s Telugu language Fortunately, the party’s over now, as

Apple has released a barrage of updates that

patch the issue on iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple

Watches, and Apple TV boxes

Take our word for it: update your devices now

You’re most likely to encounter the bug on your

iPhone and iPad, so be sure to get the iOS 11.2.6

patch on your device straight away

Apple has had to deal with some high-proile

bugs in the past few months, but this one was

particularly nasty All someone had to do was send

a message with the speciic character to an app like

Messages, and the app would freeze while Apple’s

software struggled to interpret the character

In the cases of Messages, the only way to

get rid of it was to have a friend send you a

new message As Mashable discovered, if you

happened to see the character on the Twitter

app, you had little choice but to go to a non-Apple

machine and block all instances of the character

on your account from there

This isn’t the irst time Apple has had to

deal with such ‘text bomb’ bugs In January, a

developer named Abraham Masri managed to

achieve similar efects with a line of script he

posted on GitHub (which he later deleted) In

2015, a nonsensical string of Arabic characters

also achieved similar notoriety for crashing

iPhones But seldom have such bugs afected

such a wide range of Apple’s products

The news comes only a few days after a report

from Bloomberg described how Apple software

chief Craig Federighi plans to focus on fewer “big”

software updates in favour of a great commitment

to iOS stability If this quick ix serves as any

indication, Apple’s taking that commitment

seriously The iOS 11.2.6 update ixes the issue on

iPhones and iPads On other devices, be sure to

download macOS 10.13.3 supplemental update,

watchOS 4.2.3, and tvOS 11.2.6

Best VPN for Mac

Stay anonymous online and access blocked content with these VPNs for Mac Ashleigh Macro reveals your diferent options

If you’re worried about online privacy or looking

to access sites that are ordinarily blocked in

your country, a VPN (virtual private network) will

help You’ll be able to hide your location online and

access blocked content using the services in our

round-up of the best VPNs for Mac

Many people, for example, use a VPN in order to

access US Netlix while inside the UK or to enjoy

the BBC iPlayer’s streaming services while outside

of the UK They are also a great tool to help you

keep prying eyes at bay, giving an element of

anonymity while browsing the web

There are free networks available, but be

aware that some may install unwanted toolbars or

third-party applications, and others simply ofer

much less advanced features It’s important to

irst read the terms and conditions before using

a free VPN, and to make sure you know the free

VPN’s limits Generally, though, even paid-for

services are cheap You can subscribe to many

for under £6 per month

1 NordVPN

Price: $2.75 (around £2) from fave.co/2CSqdrT

A great VPN option for security, ease-of-use

and a variety of useful features is NordVPN The

company tells us that it does not keep any logs of

user activity at all, and there are more than 3,200

servers across 60 countries to choose from which

is more than most other VPN services available

NordVPN ofers lots of privacy and security

features to help it become one of the most

attractive VPN services for Internet users looking

for privacy online One handy is Kill Switch, ends

the connection if the VPN drops for any reason

It’s easy to set up and it’s quick, too, and there are

mobile apps included should you need them, plus

you can connect to up to six devices at once

You can get NordVPN for as little as $2.75

(around £2) per month if you take advantage of the

three-year deal Alternative options include a year plan, a one-year plan or a one-month plan.

two-2 ExpressVPN

Price: £5 per month

from fave.co/2CSIwNF

Among the speediest

VPN services out there is

ExpressVPN It’s not the

cheapest option at £5 per

month, but it does ofer 24/7

live chat customer support

and a 30-day money back

guarantee, as well as a zero

log policy and kill switch

There are more than

1,000 servers available in

95 countries, and a range of

NordVPN

apps for mobile devices as well as your Mac or PC,

in addition to router apps too ExpressVPN also

works with Netlix to allow you to virtually reside in

the country of your choice to access additional TV

shows and movies It’s a solid option

3 PureVPN

Price: £1.40 per month from tinyurl.com/yclbhdtg

PureVPN is fast and reliable, packed with features

at a great price It is among the biggest services

when it comes to the number of countries it

ofers There are more than 750 servers available

in 141 countries It also boasts that there are

no third parties involved and no logs of your

activities, as it’s a self-managed network owned

by the company itself It does, however, keep a

record of connections and bandwidth in order to

optimally manage its servers

Like NordVPN it has a Kill Switch feature,

and also ofers split tunnelling if you only want

to use the VPN connection for speciic apps

PureVPN is compatible with more than 20

devices, including your Mac, and you can log in

to ive devices at once with your account Prices

start at £1.40 per month for a three-year plan

thanks to a special ofer, but there are also six-

and one month options

We did have trouble running PureVPN on older

Mac operating systems, so bear this in mind before

you subscribe It does have a seven-day money

back guarantee though, so you can always try it

Plus, the support is fantastic thanks to a live chat feature available 24/7.

4 Goose VPN

Price: £2.99 per month from fave.co/2F6D4wo

This fast and easy-to-use VPN is aimed at home users who want to access media that’s restricted

in their region It ofers few options to maintain a very simple interface, putting it among our favourite VPNs of 2018

There’s a 30-day free trial available, otherwise you can sign up for the one-year plan for £4.99 per month, or a more expensive one month plan There’s also a limited one month plan that gets you 50GB

PureVPN

for £2.99, but that won’t be enough for most You’ll

be able to access US Netlix from within the UK,

as well as other region-blocked content like BBC

iPlayer from outside of the UK There are less server

locations available with Goose VPN, just 77 across

27 countries, and there is no kill switch However,

we found that short connection time and connection

quality, as well as the ease of connecting to foreign

media, makes up for it

5 CyberGhost

Price: £2.50 per month from fave.co/2Hiwz6t

Another of our favourites is CyberGhost ofers

one of the safest ways to browse the web, and has

managed to build a solid reputation when it comes

to security and transparency

There are more than 1,150 servers available across 49 countries, and the list is growing fast

In addition to helping to keep you anonymous online, CyberGhost also boasts military-grade encryption to protect you against hackers trying to steal your data on public Wi-Fi hotspots

It works with most devices including phones and tablets, and there’s also an ad-blocker included in the application to speed up suring Of course, that does deprive impoverished writers of their hard earned money, so that’s something worth bearing

in mind if you want to switch the ad-blocker on

It can cost as little as £2.50 per month if you sign up for two years, but there’s also a one year

or one month option

CyberGhost

6 VyprVPN

Price: £4.08 per month fromfave.co/2CUwd33

This family VPN ofers great value for money

You can connect to ive devices simultaneously

for £5.83 per month if you sign up for a year’s

subscription For three devices the price

decreases to £4.08 per month

The downside is that we had trouble connecting

to Netlix US the irst time, although we have since

been more successful and found an easy and fast

connection to the service This is common among

VPNs as Netlix is constantly blocking VPN servers

while VPNs are creating new ones to get around it

There are more than 700 servers available

worldwide, and you’ll ind that you can connect to

Vy

them quickly and easily There’s also a kill switch and great mobile apps to boot.

7 Private

Internet Access

Price: £2.10 per month

from fave.co/2CTqevm

For an even wider choice

of servers, Private Internet

Access ofers a whopping

3,340 It’s also cheap at

£2.10 per month, and you’ll

get ive licences for that

small fee that can be used

simultaneously on any device,

including iOS and macOS

It doesn’t track your IP

address or timestamps, ofers

a Kill Switch feature and lets

you pay anonymously It’s also among the fastest VPNs available There is one big downside, though, and that’s that it is based in the US, which is the very centre of the 5-eyes data swapping collective For some, that will ring alarm bells, but if you’re not concerned this is a deinite contender

8 IPVanish

Price: £5 per month fromfave.co/2oTjJ7Y

IPVanish is good-looking and easy to use, so is one

of the best VPN options for beginners It won’t help

Private Internet Access

you watch US Netlix, but it is a popular option that

is well-worth considering if you have a diferent

priority such as torrents or security/privacy

It’ll appeal to home users thanks to access to

Netlix US However, it’s also based in the US,

which is a distinct turn-of for those worried about

online privacy, but it doesn’t keep any traic logs

at all so it’s unlikely any data will be available to

share with the government anyway The good news

is that it has a whopping 700 servers across 60

countries, and you’ll be able to connect via ive

diferent devices at once with the same account

If you do want to use the service for torrents you

can reduce the encryption to hide your IP address

without sacriicing download and upload speeds

Better yet, IPVanish owns and operates the

entire internal infrastructure (its private network,

IPVanish

physical points of presence and servers), which is unlike most other VPN services available today.IPVanish ofers a Kill Switch, and ofers apps for iOS, Android and Windows in addition to Mac You’ll get a seven-day money back guarantee, and prices start at around £5 per month.

9 Hidden24

Price: £3.33 per month fromfave.co/2F7IbwA

Hidden24 focuses completely on privacy and anonymity, after starting life in 2005 as a reaction

to Sweden’s snooping laws It now has a UK-based server farm that means you can protect yourself online by connecting to another UK server It uses the operating system’s own VPN capability,

so there’s no app to download, and setup is

simple thanks to complete, detailed guides

Hidden24

We found the service to be speedy and stable,

but there’s no kill switch option and you can only

connect to UK servers for now, so no US Netlix

It is useful for ex-pats or those travelling outside

of the UK though, as it means you can access UK

content including BBC iPlayer even when you’re

not in the country

10 SpyOFF VPN

Price: £6.99 per month fromfave.co/2oSHIE5

SpyOFF is fast and easy-to-use, with unlimited

connections available for £6.99 per month That’s

a little on the pricey side, but it is good for families

that need to connect via multiple devices at once

The number of servers is quite low, at 395 across

25 countries, but you will get a kill switch and

there are mobile apps available

If you’re worried about committing right away,

you can sign up to the 15-day trial

SpyOFF

Best password managers

Being hacked can have disastrous results A password

manager is a great way to stay safe Martyn Casserly reports

Passwords are a pain With so much of

our modern lives based online, it’s now

a necessary evil to create passwords for our email, media streaming, gaming, inancial,

and other services

But because conventions difer from site to

site (this one demands at least two symbols and

no capitals, while this one requires a mixture of

cases and a minimum length), it’s important to

use original passwords for each account, and they

need to be updated on a regular basis, it can be a

Herculean task trying to remember them all

That’s where password manager apps come

in. These allow users to create one master

password, after which the app takes care of

logging into all other accounts Only having to

remember one combination of letters, numbers,

and weird symbols? That sounds good to us

How password managers work

The idea of password managers is to simplify

the way you access your various accounts This

is done by the manager generating a master

password, which you then use to access its

dashboard area where all of your login details

are stored Here you can enter far more complex

passwords for each service, knowing that the

manager will automatically ill in the details via

plug-ins in your browser or through apps on your

smartphone and tablet apps

The managers can also create random

passwords for your accounts These will often be

harder to hack than your own eforts, as they are

not designed to be easily remembered by humans

Obviously, security is a high priority – as

the manager apps have the virtual keys to your

kingdom – which is why all of the ones listed below

use high-grade encryption to protect your details

Many also feature digital wallets, so your

bank details can be safely stored and then used

to make purchases online without having to

root around in your pocket or bag for the card number and expiry date.

These services don’t usually come for free, but many ofer trials so you can see if it’s the solution for you After that you’ll need to pay a small monthly fee, but we think that’s a price worth paying for only having to keep one password in your brain

1 Dashlane

Price: Free (one device), £38.99 per year

(multiple devices) from fave.co/2CQuPOZ

Here’s a password manager that’s been growing

in popularity over the past year or so A potential reason for this is the free tier on ofer, which gets you up and running in a matter of minutes Once installed Dashlane can pull any stored account details you might have in your browsers, making them available in the dashboard area where they can be viewed and managed

The app analyses your current passwords to see how secure they are, and gives you an overall rating based on how often you reuse login details

on multiple sites There’s also a feature to replace passwords instantly with ones generated by Dashlane Plug-ins and extensions are available for Safari, Chrome, and Firefox, all of which will auto-ill forms and login details when you visit a website.Credit card and PayPal details can be stored

auto-in the digital wallet section of the app, alongside digital versions of your passport and other IDs There’s also a section for any secure notes you

wish to keep safe The clean, clear interface for

Dashlane means it’s easy to setup and use The

fact that it also features AES 256-bit encryption,

and has apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS,

and Android, makes it a very good option if you’re

new to password managers

The free tier allows the service to be used on

one device, but if you want to sync your passwords

to your phone and tablet too then the Premium tier

will set you back £38.99 per year

2 LastPass

Price: £22.99 per year from fave.co/2F5v5Qr

LastPass is probably the best-known password

manager, thanks to it being one of the original

Dashlane

pioneers in the ield The company places a

strong emphasis on security, trumpeting the

use of “AES 256-bit encryption with PBKDF2 SHA-256 and salted hashes to ensure

complete security in the cloud”

The app does all of its encryption locally, so LastPass never knows your master password, and the Premium tier also supports two-factor authentication for another layer of security

There are plug-ins and extensions available for Safari, Firefox, Chrome, and Opera, all of which allow you to automatically access login details for sites and accounts Mobile apps for iOS and Android can also be found in the relevant app store.LastPass seem to have given its interface a lick

of paint recently, as it’s simple and straightforward

to use, which is something that wasn’t always the case Just like with other managers you have access to a vault where all of your passwords are stored, and these can be changed to more complex

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alternatives at the touch of a button LastPass will

also advise you on how secure your passwords are

for your existing accounts

The app ofers a digital wallet to store your

card details, plus another area for oicial ID such

as passports and driving licenses

Alongside the free version you can sign up to a

Premium plan for £22.99 per year Those wanting

more scope can opt for the family plan which

includes six user accounts and only costs $48 per

year on the LastPass website, which is about £35

One of the advantages of a paid plan is an

Emergency backup which means that should you

sufer an accident, or even pass away, then your

family will be given access to your account

It should be mentioned that, due to its size

and popularity, LastPass has been the target

for hackers over the last few years, leading to a

few vulnerabilities being found in the code But

LastPass has responded very quickly to ix each

instance and made public statements about the

nature of the problems To date, it seems that no

user information has ever been obtained, thanks

in a large part to the encryption and security

protocols used by the company

3 1Password

Price: £3.99 per month or £34.99 per year from

fave.co/2CUt6bu

Another long-standing favourite is 1Password

Much like the other oferings on this list the app

comes with the standard vault that you access via

a master password, and in which you can see and update your various account login details

A free 30-day trial is available, but after that you’ll need to move onto a paid subscription that currently costs £3.99 per month or £34.99 per year For this you’ll be able to use the software

on as many devices as you like, including the accompanying iPhone and Android apps, the former of which also supports Touch ID to log in.Security is again front and centre, with

1Password boasting end-to-end encryption so only you will hold the key to your account AES 256-bit

is the order of the day, and 1Password monitors the activity on your account so it can send you warnings if any odd behaviour is spotted

One interesting new feature is Travel mode This allows you to completely remove certain

1Password

information from your device when going abroad

In these strange times, this could prove very

useful if you’re passing through some of the rather

aggressive customs checkpoints that now demand

access to your devices The best part is when you

get home again everything can be restored by

licking a switch in the settings

1Password has won numerous awards, and is

always an easy service to recommend Based in

Canada too, so you know they’re nice

4 Keeper

Price: £22.99 per year from fave.co/2F7XVzG

Keeper claims to be “the world’s #1 most

downloaded password manager & secure digital

vault”, providing its services to millions of

customers around the world

Keeper

This doesn’t come as a surprise when you see the feature list and general polish that the app contains You can store unlimited passwords,

have Keeper auto-generate strong new ones and sync passwords across multiple devices, all while holding credit card details and other important documents in its secure vault

There’s also support for Touch ID on the Mac and iPhone, Apple Watch compatibility, and the option of using two-step authentication

Perhaps one of the reasons for its popularity

is the reasonable pricing structure An individual account costs £22.99 per year and can be used

on all of your devices (macOS, iOS, Windows

and Android) That seems like a bargain to us

5 EnPass

Price: Free from fave.co/2CSodje

Those looking for a simple, secure solution that doesn’t break the bank would do well to consider EnPass It works on a device by device basis, with the macOS client being free and mobiles costing

£9.99 each for a lifetime licence This is achieved due to the fact that EnPass doesn’t store any of your information on its servers. Instead, everything

is encrypted and kept on your personal device Details can be synced securely via iCloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, or ownCloud/

WebDAV, to keep all of your devices in step

You still have the classic features of other

password managers, such as auto-ill forms,

security analysis of your passwords and

generating complex replacements easily,

secure storage for sensitive information and

AES 256-bit encryption, plus support for iOS,

Android and Apple Watch devices

It’s a little more hands-on than some of the

others in this list, but we like the no-nonsense

approach and the fact that your data never

leaves your device

EnPass

Install Windows on a Mac

Clif Joseph reveals how to install Windows on a Mac, using Boot Camp, VMWare, Parallels, and VirtualBox

One of the beneits of using a Mac is that it

gives you the choice of either running the macOS on its own, or installing Windows for those occasions when you need to run speciic

Windows app or games that might not normally be

available for the Mac In this article we explain how

to install Windows on your Mac, irst with Apple’s

own dual-booting Boot Camp Assistant and then

with third-party virtualization software We also

discuss the pros and cons of each approach

One last thing before we plunge in: did you know

that you don’t need to have a copy of Windows on

your Mac in order to run Windows apps? Here’s how

to run Windows apps on your Mac without Windows

Which Macs can run Windows?

This depends on the version of Windows you’re

trying to install, but any recent Mac should be able

to run Windows 10 In fact, most Macs since late

2012 support it There’s a complete list here

Boot Camp versus virtualization

There are two main options if you need to install

Windows on your Mac, and the option you choose

will generally depend on the type of software that

you need to run

The irst option, provided by Apple itself with the

Boot Camp Assistant that is installed on every Mac,

is called ‘dual-booting’, as it gives you the ability to

start up (or ‘boot’) your Mac using either Windows

or the macOS The Boot Camp Assistant can split

your Mac’s hard drive (or solid-state drive) into two

sections – called ‘partitions’ It leaves the macOS

on one partition, and then installs Windows on the

second partition, and then you simply choose which

operating system you want to run by pressing the

Alt key on your keyboard when you ‘boot’ your Mac

Installing Windows on a Boot Camp partition

with this method efectively turns your Mac into a

straightforward Windows PC, and devotes all of

your Mac’s processor power and memory – and its

graphics card if it has one – to running Windows

alone That’s the best option if you want to play

Windows games, or run high-end graphics and

design software that needs all the power it can get The only disadvantage of Boot Camp is that you lose access to all your normal Mac apps while you’re running Windows, which means that you have to shut down Windows and boot back into the macOS if you want to use Mac apps such as Apple Mail or Photos.

This is where the other option – known as

‘virtualization’ – can come in handy Instead of splitting your hard drive into separate partitions for macOS and Windows, you use a virtualization program – such as Parallels Desktop (fave.

co/2H4Bzvd) or VMWare Fusion (fave.co/2H7jrkf).The virtual machine (VM) is simply an app that runs on the Mac just like any other Mac app

However, the virtual machine mimics the workings

of a PC, allowing you to install Windows on the

virtual machine, and then install any Windows

apps that you need to run as well

This is deinitely the most convenient option, as

it means that you can run your Windows apps on

the Mac desktop right alongside all your normal

Mac apps, so there’s no need to dual-boot back

and forth between the macOS and Windows as

you do when running Boot Camp

But virtualization has disadvantages too

Running Windows within a virtual machine means

that you’re efectively running two operating

systems at the same time, so you’re going to need

plenty of processor power and memory to get

decent performance when running your Windows

apps Even so, most recent Macs can still provide

good performance when running Windows in a

virtual machine, and it’s only 3D games and

high-end graphics apps that need the extra power you

can get from dual-booting with Boot Camp

What you’ll need for Boot Camp

The Boot Camp Assistant is an app provided by

Apple that helps you to install Windows on your

Mac You’ll ind the Assistant located in the Utilities

folder within the main Applications folder on your

Mac – but before you run the Assistant there are a

few things that you should check irst

Apple recommends that you have a minimum

of 55GB of free storage available on your Mac’s

internal hard drive (or solid-state drive) for installing

Windows, along with a USB memory stick with at least 16GB of storage for the additional ‘driver’ software that Windows needs in order to control components such as your Mac’s monitor and

camera, as well as your Mac keyboard and mouse (which, of course, are diferent from conventional Windows mice and keyboards)

And, of course, you’ll need a fully paid-for copy

of Windows, along with the licence number Some recent Mac models will only work with Windows 10, although older models may also work with Windows

7, or Windows 8.1 You can check which versions

of Windows your Mac can run on Apple’s website (fave.co/2oJGhaX)

The installation process will also vary, depending

on which version of Windows you’re using If you’re using Windows 10 then you’ll need to download it as

a ‘disk image’ ile – sometimes also called an ‘ISO ile’ – from Microsoft’s website (fave.co/2oI617M).You can download ISO iles for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 also However, these versions of Windows were originally sold on disk, so if you still have the original disk then it’s probably quicker to create the ISO ile using the installer program on the disk This is actually quite straightforward, and Apple covers this option on its website too (fave co/2H4W8rk)

Running Boot Camp

Once you’ve completed those preparations you’ll

be ready to run the Boot Camp Assistant and install Windows on your Mac

When you run the Boot Camp Assistant for

the irst time, it will prompt you with a number of

options The irst option is simply to conirm that

you want to ‘Create a Windows 7 or later install

disk’ This will copy your Windows ISO ile on to the

USB memory stick so that you can install Windows

When you select this option, the Boot Camp

Assistant also tells you that it will download the

driver software for Windows on to the USB memory

stick as well However, it will only download the

drivers for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, so if you

want to install Windows 7 – which is still used by

millions of people around the world – then you’ll

have to head back to the compatibility tables on

Apple’s website (fave.co/2th42Mn) in order to

locate the driver software that you need for your Mac and then follow the instructions to copy the drivers on to your USB memory stick.

If this is your irst time using Boot Camp then,

of course, you’ll also need to select the option to

‘Install Windows 7 or later’ This will allow you to split – or ‘partition’ – your Mac’s hard drive into two separate sections, known as ‘partitions’ The normal macOS is left on one partition, while the second partition is used to install Windows and any other Windows software and apps that you want to use

By default, the Boot Camp Assistant ofers to create a small Windows partition that is only 32GB

in size, but you can use the slider control to adjust the size of the two partitions as required There’s

also a simple button that will simply split the drive

into two partitions of equal size

If your Mac has more than one internal hard

drive or SSD then it is possible to devote one of

those drives exclusively to Windows

However, Boot Camp doesn’t play well with

external drives connected via USB or Thunderbolt,

so it’s best to use your normal internal drive

wherever possible And if you have an external

drive connected to your Mac for Time Machine

backups then it’s a good idea to remove it as

Boot Camp can get a bit confused if it detects

an external  drive during installation

Once you’ve partitioned your Mac drive, Boot

Camp will shut down your Mac and launch the

Windows installer program from the USB memory stick You can just follow the prompts to install Windows As soon as Windows starts up you will also be prompted to install the additional Boot Camp drivers from the memory stick as well.

Once that’s done you can simply ‘dual-boot’ between the macOS and Windows by pressing Alt on your keyboard when you turn the Mac on You’ll see the two partitions with the macOS

and Windows displayed on screen as the Mac starts up, and you can simply select whichever operating system you need

Getting started with Parallels and VMWare

Virtualization programmes such as Parallels

Desktop (fave.co/2H4Bzvd) and VMware Fusion (fave.co/2H7jrkf) provide an ingenious and lexible alternative to the dual-boot approach of Boot

Camp Instead of splitting your Mac’s hard drive into

separate partitions, and then installing Windows

on to the Boot Camp partition, these programs

create a ‘virtual machine’ – or VM – which is simply

an app that runs on the Mac and acts like a PC You

can then install Windows on the VM, along with

whatever Windows apps and software that you need

to run The VM can run alongside other Mac apps,

such as Safari or Apple Mail, so there’s no need to

switch back and forth between the two operating

systems, as you are forced to do with Boot Camp

These programs aren’t free, so you’ll need to

buy a copy of the program you prefer, as well as

providing your own copy of Windows (although both

Parallels and VMWare do provide trial versions that

you can look at to see which one you prefer) There

is a free virtualization program, called VirtualBox (fave.co/2oIFpTY), but it’s complex and diicult

to use, so we’ll focus irst on using Parallels and VMWare to install Windows Go to the VirtualBox section if you feel ready for the challenge

Parallels Desktop 13 has a more colourful

graphical interface than VMWare Fusion 10, but the two programs take the same basic approach They provide several options for creating a new VM on your Mac, using an installer disk, or ISO ile

It’s also possible to connect an existing Windows

PC to your Mac and create a VM on the Mac that is

an exact copy of the PC, complete with Windows and all the Windows apps that you need And, if