Yearly Archives: 2011

I just ordered Gary’s My Ipad 2 from Amazon so I can deal with questions about my wife’s new iPad 2 such as the following … The problem right now is that the on-screen keyboard fails to appear. After a reboot it appears, but later may not appear. She is using ... (6 Comments)

I have always been the one to get the disk and erase the whole hard drive and start with new when a big release comes out. With us only being able to get lion from the app store now is there going to be an option to be able to do this, or is it just going to be an upgrade on top ... (1 Comment)

As a new iMac user, I find your video casts really helpful. I now have a situation that I would really like advice on…. In my house there are two Macs (MacBook and iMac) that belong to two people (my partner and I). We also have an iPad each and iPhone each, plus an iPod ... (3 Comments)

I just read something on the web that said you need a firewire external drive to create a bootable backup drive? Is this really true or can you use a USB external drive as well? Do you have a favorite software to use? SuperDuper, Carbon Copy Cloner, or something else? Thanks ... (2 Comments)

Apple users can sometimes stress about when is the best time to by a new Mac, iPhone, iPad or iPod. Rumors are always around that a new device is on the way. But putting off a purchase isn't always that important. Learn to research the validity of rumors and don't stress about getting your new Apple hardware at the exact right time.

I see this morning that there are updates to Apple GarageBand – 6.0.4, Apple iMovie – 9.0.4 and Apple iPhoto – 9.1.5 All apparently are available only via the App Store at $14.99 each. Normally updates are free, what’s up? —– Robert Poland ... (3 Comments)

I have an ipad and also a wireless keyboard, I have a problem with the auto-capitalization when using the wireless keybpard for writing in ( pages) and (keynote), I have tried different solutions but I could not solve the problem. I have been watching the MacMost videos since I ... (11 Comments)

I downloaded photos from my camera to my ipad on a trip but now that I am home I want them on my home computer also. How do I do this? —– Jeanie ... (1 Comment)

Hi, i just saw the macmost podcast about being able to see the apple device’s specs on the apple support website. However, when i tried with the serial # of my macbook, it came back with ‘no results found’!! I cross-checked and the serial # is correct and was ... (1 Comment)

I wanted to put my iphone pictures on to my laptop but now I have all the imported pictures from my computer on my Iphone .how do I remove these albums without deleting them from my computer? —– Terry ... (5 Comments)

Have you encountered the printer issues apparently related to the 10.6.8 update? I encountered my first glitch today. There are 18 pp of discussion at Apple support communities. Does Apple plan to patch this bug? —– Cliff ... (1 Comment)

In this special episode, learn to now stress about your MacBook or iOS device battery. It may not be worth it to expend a lot of time and stress to extend your battery's life by only a little bit.

Gary, does it concern you that we’re waving goodbye to unlimited data plans at the same time files and apps are moving from HDs to iCloud and other cloud services? Are ISPs the next “big oil” where we pay whatever the price because we need ... (3 Comments)

Is there a way (other than manually) to have slide text wrap around a graphic in Keynote? —– Cameron ... (1 Comment)

When I enable automatic downloads in my iPad 2 it automatically disable this feature (put off the switch). Why? I am using the same apple ID that I use in my Mac and I have enable automatic downloads in my mac. I live in Puerto Rico who is a country of USA. This link provide ... (1 Comment)

how in the world do i print 2 or more different pictures on the same page throughout OS X – preview, iphoto…? Windows easily does this, so I know Mac should blow this option out of the water… I just can’t find the settings to make this happen. Thanks for ... (1 Comment)

Mac OS X 10.7, AKA Lion, should be released this month. And according to reports Apple is right on schedule. They released a gold master update of Lion to developers on Friday. Such a release usually signals the end of testing.
Once Lion has been released, all new Macs will feature the OS pre-installed. The update will be available in the Mac App Store to Snow Leopard users at the same time. It is expected to be a 4 GB download. Apple has said that users can bring their Macs into Apple Stores and use the wifi there to download the update if their home connection is too slow.
As of today, Verizon is no longer offering unlimited data plans for the iPhone. They warned at the launch of the Verizon iPhone that unlimited plans were only going to be offered temporarily. They offer 2 GB, 5 GB and 10 GB per month data plans, with overage costs of $10 per GB. Presumably anyone currently with an unlimited plan can continue with that plan. Check your Verizon account or their sales site for details and pricing. AT&T also started with unlimited data plans but now only offers similar tiered plans.

I cant seem to find a way to invite people to an event from my iphone ! The option only comes up if I use MobileMe. —– cyrus Dubash ... (7 Comments)

If you take a bunch of pictures in one spot, but only some of them get geo-tagged, you can copy and paste the location from one photo to another. Simply select the photo and use Edit, Copy or Command+C like you were copying the whole photo. Then select the other photo and select Edit, Paste Location to paste just the location of the first photo into the second. You can continue to paste the location to more photos.

Another web-based game makes its way to the iPhone and seems like it must have been originally meant for it. Shift!2 is gamer’s puzzle game. You must move your character through seemingly impossible situations that require you to shift spaces — walls become open space and open space become walls. Its disorienting and pleasing at the same time.