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Apple’s OS X El Capitan is here at last, giving your Mac a new lease of life with some great new features – most notably, Split View… finally giving Mac users a side-by-side way of using two full-screen apps at the same time. It’s true to say that El Capitan builds on Yosemite, and it’s many of the seemingly minor changes that actually make the biggest difference to how you use the OS. Because we’ve been using the developer and public betas for months, we’ve uncovered dozens of great tricks that are hardly given a mention in Apple’s own documentation. Turn to page 26 to master El Capitan with our pick of 75 great tips.

We’re always fascinated to see what Apple might do next, so we dusted off our crytal ball and gazed into the future of Apple’s Mac range – and OS X – to see what the next two years might bring us. By analysing Apple trends and Intel’s processor roadmap, we’ve put together our vision for the next iMac and MacBook – let us know what you think of our designs.

While we’re gearing up for the release of the iPad Pro in November, we took the time to speak to creative pros about how they think they’ll use the big iPad. Read their thoughts on page 18.