The macOS Sonoma beta is tantalizing — until you find a show-stopping problem with your workflow. Here's how to go back to macOS Ventura.At least tell us you backed up your Mac before you installed the macOS 14 beta. If you didn't, then the odds are that you'll be best off sticking with macOS Sonoma instead of trying to downgrade.That's because downgrading requires you to wipe your Mac entirely. So you could do that and then reinstall your apps and documents, hoping that everything is in iCloud, but at best it would be slow. Read more...

Macworld At a GlanceExpert's Rating ProsNo monthly subscription requiredImpressive range of editing featuresConstantly updatedLayer management for videos ConsNot as easy to use as we would like – we’d like to see step-by-step instructions built inOur VerdictWith a powerful set of editing tools and excellent value for money, this is a good alternative to Photoshop. Best Prices Today: Pixelmator Pro Retailer Price Pixelmator Pro Free Trial $0 View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Pixelmator Pro is a popular and affordable alternative to Adobe’s Photoshop – not least because it’s available as a one-time purchase that doesn’t require a monthly subscription like Adobe’s Creative Cloud apps. But over the years it has evolved so it it no longer only…

Macworld At a GlanceExpert's Rating ProsNo monthly subscription requiredImpressive range of editing featuresConstantly updatedLayer management for videos ConsNot as easy to use as we would like – we’d like to see step-by-step instructions built inOur VerdictWith a powerful set of editing tools and excellent value for money, this is a good alternative to Photoshop. Best Prices Today: Pixelmator Pro Retailer Price Pixelmator Pro Free Trial $0 View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Pixelmator Pro is a popular and affordable alternative to Adobe’s Photoshop – not least because it’s available as a one-time purchase that doesn’t require a monthly subscription like Adobe’s Creative Cloud apps. But over the years it has evolved so it it no longer only…

Macworld Recovery mode can be used to return your iPhone to factory settings. During the process your iPhone will be wiped and the newest version of iOS will be installed on it. You might want to do this because you are experiencing problems with your iPhone and want to wipe it and start again, you might need to wipe an iPhone that you don’t have the password for, or you could use Recovery Mode to remove an iOS beta. Note that this is not quite the same as wiping your iPhone so that you can prepare it for sale, in that case, you need to follow a different process that will remove all your data and unlink the iPhone from…

Macworld The beta of iOS 17 has arrived and beta testers have raced to install it on their iPhones. Testing the beta of iOS 17 does give you a glimpse of what is to come later this year when the final version of iOS 17 arrives, but installing a beta can have more risks than benefits, especially early on in the beta testing process. If the buggy pre-release iOS 17 becomes more trouble than it is worth here’s how to remove it. Step 1: Wipe your iPhone If you want to remove the beta from your device in theory it should be a case of recovering a backup from before you installed the beta. However, when a beta is installed…

Macworld The beta of iOS 17 has arrived and beta testers have raced to install it on their iPhones. Testing the beta of iOS 17 does give you a glimpse of what is to come later this year when the final version of iOS 17 arrives, but installing a beta can have more risks than benefits, especially early on in the beta testing process. If the buggy pre-release iOS 17 becomes more trouble than it is worth here’s how to remove it. Step 1: Wipe your iPhone If you want to remove the beta from your device in theory it should be a case of recovering a backup from before you installed the beta. However, when a beta is installed…