Yearly Archives: 2011

Since I upgrade to LION, the MAIL application does duplicate all me emails in “inbox” and “sent”. I also have tried to enable the option in settings: “remove copy from server after retrieving a message”, but no help. Thank you for your ... (12 Comments)

Gary, in Lion my iMac does not automatically connect to my WIFI network ! The Wifi bars remain Grey and it connects only when I click the Wifi Bars and choose my Wifi Network Name. Earlier it would connect automatically ! I tired checking and unchecking the “Ask to join ... (19 Comments)

The three-finger swipe to invoke Mission Control is great. I believe what I’m supposed to be seeing is a layout of the open windows on my current desktop lying clearly below the miniatures of the Dashboard and the four desktops I’m working with across the top. This ... (1 Comment)

I downloaded Lion the day it came out and now I cannot find my files in iWork’s.They cannot even be found on my backup storage. Any ideas these are business accounts. —– Melinda ... (12 Comments)

I know I must be missing something so please bear with me if it seems I am a bit thick!! I recently changed from a £10 throwaway Vodafone mobile which I’d had for a year and in which I was able to create text groups, i.e. I was able to list people from my contacts list ... (7 Comments)

With my old laptop, I made a big mistake. I plugged in my iphone and my itunes opened. I hit restore and lost everything on my iphone (business/personal contacts from the last year, ugh, nightmare) So I bought and Imac so i could backup all my contacts from my iphone. Now ... (1 Comment)

For some reason, when I open Safari, it takes me to the last site I visited. Want to start to a default site. Used to do that, but now does not. In preferences? Help…just annoying…thanks, as always… —– rick ... (2 Comments)

I want to enable: “Open iPhoto when I connect my iPad”, instead of Aperture. Where? How? —– Javi ... (1 Comment)

In iMovie 11 I have beat markers, and have added photos and effects on my Slide Show. Now I want to add a new beat marker. How can I get the photos to adjust themselves without reimporting them all? —– Adam ... (1 Comment)

I had an issue with the iMac which required me to format and reinstall. I had Time Machine to back up everything. The simple rebuild from T.M. option wouldn’t work because it sad my drive wasn’t big enough, so I had to install clean and then migrate assistant my way ... (2 Comments)

Can we disable Auto resume in safari. Sometimes I wouldn’t like safari to display my last visited website in the scenario where there could be another user who is using my iMac. —– Cyrus Dubash ... (4 Comments)

Gary I’ve noticed that holding the iPhone in landscape orientation with the Hone button to the left of the user, is better in terms of wifi and 3G signal strength. Speed slows down when I hold it in landscape orientation with the home button to the Right of the user. Any ... (1 Comment)

I have two MB Pros and they were both “update” by Apple in the last week. After the updates, the background color for loggin into Ebay and Facebook are yellow on both computers. The background color for these logins used to be white. Is there any way I can change the ... (4 Comments)

The AirDrop feature of Lion allows you to send files between Macs. It works without a shared wifi connection, but requires two Macs that have very recent wifi hardware.

Gary, can you do a podcast on how to deal with Lion and mulitple Mac ID’s? There is a slurry of information out there, but it is confusing. I don’t know the best direction to take on this. —– Ian ... (1 Comment)

I would like to know how I can open encrypted DMG files in a windows environment. I am thinking of a situation where I have a couple in private files in a DMG files sync’d to drop box. So when I am away from my machine, using a windows machine (at work), how can I open the ... (2 Comments)

After installing OSX Lion my QuickTime will not play the same codex it used too. I have re-installed DIVX and VLC. Now it says I must buy a codex (flip4mac) for $20. Sure glad I paid $30 for this experience. Anyone have a fix? —– Steve Dunn ... (3 Comments)

It seems like when you right-click on the desktop and arrange your icons for folders and files by name, they all go to the right side of the desktop. Is there an option to orient them on the left side, top, or bottom without manually doing it one icon at a ... (1 Comment)

Download Lion from App Store I have macbook and Mac 10.6.8. I have purchased Lion from App Store at £20.99 invoice received and purchase started to download forecasting some days to complete. I have a slow download speed. After 1 day message that system fault caused a break in ... (1 Comment)

I know that’s a dumb question but it means a whole lot to me. I never had a Mac till now (got everything else that’s Apple). But now if I want to buy an air – what are the Pros? Cons? Specially being the fact that it hasn’t got a huge hard disk space, ... (3 Comments)