Yearly Archives: 2011

When I launch Solver App it quit unexpectedly and Microsoft Excel as well launch. Why? What is solver? —– Javi ... (4 Comments)

I would like to upgrade to Lion. I have an iMAC at home and macbook at work (both owned by me). If I purchase the upgrade from the Appstore, can it be used on both computers? —– Pat ... (2 Comments)

In Snow Leopard, you could swipe left or right with three fingers on a webpage to go back or forward between webpages. How do you do this in Lion? —– Matt ... (1 Comment)

I’ve found two services (Encode Selected Audio Files and Encode Selected Video Files) and I was wondering if these are part of Lion or if this was created when I installed an app. Path: Macintosh HD -> System -> Library -> Services. Could you please check if you ... (2 Comments)

Can we search the text inside an email? Can’t figure it out. I just get from and subject in the search bar of mail ! —– Cyrus Dubash ... (1 Comment)

There are hundreds of keyboard shortcuts for Mac users. There are Mission Control shortcuts, Finder shortcuts, system shortcuts, application shortcuts and more. Many you can find by just looking through the menu bar for that application. You can find system ones by looking in the System Preferences under Keyboard.

But some keyboard shortcuts are more useful than others. And some are harder to remember than others.
So MacMost has compiled a list of our top “power user” keyboard shortcuts for Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion). Here they all are on a single PDF page, downloadable and printable: The MacMost Lion Power User Keyboard Shortcuts. Download it and pass it along!

Check out Mission Control, a new feature for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Mission Control combines some features of Spaces and Expose and creates a new interface in Mac OS X for navigating between apps. You can give apps their own screen and flip between screens easily.

Should I get lion now or wait a few weeks for all the bugs to be ironed out thanks —– Simon Yates ... (2 Comments)

Gary once Lion downloads in my Applications folder, of my iMac, Can I Copy paste it directly to a USB Pen drive so I can install it on my Mac Book Pro (same Apple ID); So I don’t need to download the File all over again ? —– cyrus Dubash ... (8 Comments)

I just tried to download and install Lion. I get the error code -100. I’ve logged out and back in. Still won’t work. Any ideas? —– Tommy ... (1 Comment)

I would like to copy my contacts that I have set up in Microsoft Outlook to my new MacBook Pro. Any suggestions without purchasing additional software or apps? —– Eric ... (1 Comment)

In using cutaways or side-by-sides I am going to use alot of Keynote plates assembled with video. This is political in nature so I wanted to make a point by having video played over a Keynote frame that has a quote. Is this possible? —– Liz ... (1 Comment)

How do you use the facebook share photo’s app in IPHOTO on more the one facebook account? When my wife wants to post new photos on her account it gets posted on mine becuase I started the facebook app. —– Dale ... (2 Comments)

Lion is going to be released any day now, and so I was wondering if I could go out and buy an iTunes gift card and then use that to purchase OS X Lion from the App Store. So, is it possible to use iTunes gift cards in the Mac App Store? —– Tommy ... (2 Comments)

Just watched Episode 580. At the end, you mentioned native resolution. How does one know which of the choices listed under the display menu is the native resolution? —– Cameron ... (1 Comment)

I have a new MBP 15″ with OS 10.6. When I first used the system, the “Genius” who assisted me was advising I did not need to set a password. I could set it later. Fine with me. Since then, whenever I have installed an update or such, the system accepted the ... (1 Comment)

I must have inadvertently change my Name and password and cannot access Macbook. I have tried every combination but cannot find a way back in. Any suggestions? I bought it 4 years ago and didn’t receive the original OS disc. Your help would be ... (1 Comment)

If you have trouble reading text on your computer screen, there are lots of ways to adjust the size of text on web pages, email messages, word processing documents and other applications. You can quickly adjust text, even just temporarily with keyboard shortcuts, without changing the text itself, just how it is displayed to you.

In a podcast about how to change the name of your iTunes account you can do that by contacting Apple support. In a similar issue, I found that some of my music was not syncing to my iPod and a message said those songs did not belong to me. I eventually notices that the get info ... (8 Comments)

In finder > sidebar > shared I see my time capsule disk but also I see a bonjour(the icon is a computer monitor) that has my time capsule name (not exactly the same) and when I connect whit it using my user folder name I access my time capsule disk again. Why this bonjour ... (1 Comment)