Yearly Archives: 2011

11/13/11
Hi Gary (and everyone) As we know that iOS doesn’t support flash from Adobe and you tube site use Flash as the main way to play videos (and some are available in html5) But, I am wondering that how or what methos or what kind of technology that youtube application use to ... (3 Comments)
11/12/11
In the last couple months, when I try to add a new bookmark, Safari only asks me if I want to “add to Reading List”. I don’t! How can I make new Bookmarks now? I work on a MacBook Pro with OS 10.6.8. —– Jo Foley ... (6 Comments)
11/12/11
My husband and I have been using MobileMe to sync our family calendar and contacts between each other. He is on a PC using outlook (watch my eyes roll) and I am on a Mac using iCal and address book. We use a unique Apple id for the MobileMe (lets call that family Apple id), ... (3 Comments)
11/12/11
I’m unable to drag and drop clips in my project browser or event library…. i have to copy paste every clip in order to move the position of the clip.. which is fine… but when it comes to cutaway clips I’m just unable to do it since we have to drag and drop ... (1 Comment)
11/11/11
I am looking for a stereo lavaliere microphone for iMac to record voice over. I have background music which is already stereo. Do you recommend any stereo microphone that works with iMac and iMovie 11 —– Nik ... (5 Comments)
11/11/11
I’m new to iMovie 11. I want to scroll credits over a still image, so that the background of the credits is transparent and shows the image behind ’em. Can I do that? —– E. Bond Francisco ... (5 Comments)
11/11/11
I export maps (jpg’s) from my MacBook Pro to my iPhone 4 or iPad 2 (WiFi & 3G). 1 : I cannot see the title of the maps in the photoroll. Is there a way to see them? 2 : If so: can I change the title of the map(s)? —– Hans Doeleman (Holland) ... (2 Comments)
MacMost Now 630: Creating Alarms, Reminders and Timers with Siri
11/11/11
On the iPhone 4S you can use Siri for a variety of time-based functions. You can create simple alarms in your Clock app with Siri and even change alarms. You can also start, pause and stop timers. You can also create more complex reminders that then sync across your devices with iCloud. Reminders can be location-based as well as time-based.
11/10/11
Hey Gary, I haven’t seen this covered anywhere else online. iOS 5’s new Wi-Fi Sync feature also apparently unlocks the ability to sync an iOS device (even an iPhone) with more than one iTunes library, but there doesn’t appear to be any documentation on how this ... (6 Comments)
11/10/11
Hey Gary, my wife and I been using MobileMe for about two years now. We both recently migrated MobileMe to iCloud. Everything is up to date and turned on with iCloud. The Mac is up to date and iCloud is on with every feature turned on. The iPhones are running iOS 5 with iCloud on ... (9 Comments)
11/10/11
What is the best way to thorougly delete applications in Mac OS Lion? For example if I want to delete an application like Firefox and make sure that nothing related is left behind. Is there a way to do it within the OS or must one get a third party app like AppCleaner or ... (3 Comments)
11/10/11

Apple updated its flagship New York store on 5th avenue with a new glass cube. The new structure uses only 15 panes of glass. The store is often seen on television worldwide during major product launches.
Every year Greenpeace ranks technology companies based on products and their manufacturing processes. Years ago Apple was as the back of the pack, but has made major strides forward. It now ranks fourth behind HP, Dell and Nokia. You can check out the full report.

11/10/11

“I’ll have my Siri contact your Siri and set up the meeting.”

11/9/11

A classroom for students with learning disabilities in Seattle, Washington is looking to get an iPod touch. This teacher wants to use apps to make learning fun for enthusiastic children who have extra challenges to overcome. Join MacMost in supporting this project.

11/9/11

Another CleverMedia that just got updated Something Fishy. The new HD version for the iPad and iPhone has a complete new control system with an on-screen joystick. This is a fun game, especially for kids. You float around and eat fish smaller than you while avoiding fish larger than you. There are also some bonus games.

11/9/11

If you often have to rename files in such a way that the extension needs to be changed, you are probably sick of that dialog box that appears warning you about changing the file extension. You can turn that off easily by going to Finder, Preferences and then the Advanced section. Uncheck “Show warning before changing an extension.”

MacMost Now 629: iWork Numbers Cell Formatting
11/9/11
There are many options for formatting cells in iWork Numbers. You can choose the number of decimal places, or use fractions. You can format as currency or choose a different base system. You can choose from a variety of date and time formats. You can also create steppers, sliders and pop-up menus to make it easy to change values to cells. Conditional formatting allows you to have cells that change color and style with certain values or ranges.
11/8/11
Hi Gary, huge fan of your podcast. Here’s my question. I have just purchased the iPhone 4 but have NOT upgraded to OS X Lion because I have an older piece of financial software that I haven’t been able to find anything I like better. So my question is, if I upgrade my ... (8 Comments)
11/8/11
When on line, the screen print is too small to read. I know how to change it using command and + but this isn’t a permanent change? Is there another way? —– Louise ... (7 Comments)
11/8/11
Since I have upgraded to lion, I have had a few things crop up. I prefer to have the finder in icon view. I have repeatedly gone to finder/action/view options/ and reset the view to icon by unchecking the list view and setting it to icon view. Consistently after a day or so, it ... (5 Comments)