Yearly Archives: 2011

What is the master password? When I use it? Which password i use in FileVault 2? Is the login password or the master password? —– Javi ... (1 Comment)

The new versions feature of Mac OS X Lion is very nice, but is there a way to examine the differences between any two versions? —– Richard Fuhr ... (2 Comments)

After much frustration and reading about this problem (resetting PRAM, scripts, etc.) It just ain’t that hard. Just uncheck the “Use F1, F2, etc…” checkbox in the keyboard system preferences. The labels for all of your function keys will work like they ... (9 Comments)

my jpeg files suddenly won’t show the photo in the icon just a generic jpeg thumbnail this happened once before and i fixed it but this time nothing seems to work (view options, permission repair) and it’s soooo frustrating mac osx 10.5.8 —– paula ... (1 Comment)

Get to know the new Lion gestures. You can use a trackpad on a recent MacBook or a Magic Trackpad to navigate around in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. You can also do some gestures with a Magic Mouse. See where to enable and customize gestures.

Gary, now that we have to get Java manually for Lion, how are users to know about updates to Java at later dates? —– Michael ... (3 Comments)

I am a volunteer bookkeeper for a small newspaper. I use the latest Mac version of Quick Books. Will it work with Lion? I don’t want to loose any data. I love macmost thanks —– Martha Chase ... (5 Comments)

Have been happy with my magic mouse for iMac, but Lion seems to scream out “Trackpad”! Would I be better to get a trackpad now with Lion and iMac? Can I do the same things with the mouse? What would you suggest? —– rick ... (2 Comments)

I have just upgraded my Snow Leopard to Lion and on the whole love it. The printer driver has stopped working, however – I am a pastor and our church uses a Canon iRC2380i on a network. I realise it takes some time for manufacturers to roll out updated drivers etc., but ... (2 Comments)

what other app like AOL RADIO is their for mac os x Lion and free ? —– Johnathon ... (2 Comments)

Using gestures is the key to getting the most from Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Knowing them can make you much faster at getting to things and working with your apps. You can find them all by just looking through the System Preferences under Trackpad or Mouse.

But it can be useful to have a printout handy while trying to master them.
So MacMost has compiled a list of gestures for Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion). Here they all are on a single PDF page, downloadable and printable: The MacMost Guide to Mac OS X Lion Gestures. Download it and pass it along!

I’m reading everything about Lion, but I can’t find out how to sort files in Finder in ascending or descending order. I can’t click the column header. Thanks. —– Russell Winkler ... (40 Comments)

Where can I find my ical alarms that I made in Automator with os X Snow leapard in the new OS X Lion? —– Thomas W ... (1 Comment)

I was wondering what the practicality of using FileVault on Lion was. I know that it encrypts all of your data which sounds like a good thing in the event of a lost or stolen macbook pro. I was wondering if enabling FileVault would slow down the computer significantly on the ... (1 Comment)

There’s a lot talking about clean installation of Lion, but no one tells what are the benefits about it. I just done the normal installation and it’s running very smooth. So, if you do this clean install, it will format your hard drive, and loose all info in ... (1 Comment)

I have already installed Lion on my system. Is it possible to redownload the Installer to a USB Stick without reinstalling it on my hard drive? Here is the process I’ve tried: Option – Click when “Installed” is displayed The next selection displayed is ... (2 Comments)

Can/should I upgrade to Lion from Leopard if I am using WD’s My Book for Mac? (WD says it has no timetable for a Lion version.) —– Will ... (12 Comments)

Says plugin not supported. The latest version of Flash only supports up to 10.6. How do I view these flash videos now? —– Jim Patterson ... (3 Comments)

Love Lion but launchpad is a little hard to organize. I have 4 pages and dragging to reorganize is unproductive and I got frustrated and gave up. Is there a way to organize it sort of like the iTunes interface for iPad and iPhone that lets you organize it from an overview page? ... (7 Comments)

Archived mail – where does it go and can I get to them? —– javi ... (2 Comments)