Yearly Archives: 2011

I keep my MacBook calendars synced with my iPhone via iCloud. I have several calendars set up (Work, Personal, Family etc.) My wife has just bought an iPhone 3GS. Is there a way that my wife and I can share our ‘family’ calendar, so that when I make a change on my ... (2 Comments)

You can buy gifts in iTunes for your friends and family. You can gift songs, albums and iOS apps. They would get a code and use that to purchase the specific item in iTunes. You can also buy them Apple and iTunes gift cards. You can send them via email, or order a physical one with a special message.

Garageband – In the measures bar across the top of the project I managed to accidentally get a “stop triangle” for lack of a better name. Playback stops when it reaches this triangle. What did I accidentally click on to get it and how do I get rid of ... (2 Comments)

Hi. I created a couple slides with animation in Keynote. I then used File > Export to produce a MOV QuickTime file. When I play the MOV file in QuickTime, the slides and animation look fine. In iMovie, I imported the QuickTime file in order to use the animated slides in a ... (7 Comments)

I have purchased a number of books using ibooks on my iPad. However, when I access the ibooks app on my iPhone I cannot see them there. Why is this? —– Pat ... (1 Comment)

If I use my Navigon GPS app driving through Canada do you know if I will incur data roaming charges? In other words, do GPS apps use cellular data or another signal? Thanks! Happy Thanksgiving and keep up the awesome work!!! —– Steve ... (4 Comments)

A recent tradition at Apple stores has been to hold modest sales on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Tomorrow may prove to be slightly more than that, with some Apple Stores opening as early as midnight, and several products having decent sale prices.
To check to see when your local Apple Store will be opening, go to Apple’s retail section and look up your store. A special list of holiday hours should appear on that store’s page.
Reports of sale prices include as much as $101 dollars off MacBook Pros and the Air, and also up to $61 off iPads.

A school in New York is looking to get one iPad to share between six classes of students with autism. Many of the students can benefit from computers, but cannot use a mouse. The teacher already has apps in mind that could be used on this iPad Join MacMost in supporting this project.

“You’ve heard of turducken? Well this is a MacPadTV. I’m streaming a video
from my Mac to my iPad and then on to the Apple TV with AirPlay.”

I use Mac mail and it is quite handy for sorting and indexing my mail. I have three mail accounts which I use for mail (Hotmail, Yahoo and Gmail). TypiCally, I will simply click on the icon for creating a new message, type the message and then send it. I hadn’t been ... (4 Comments)

Here’s another free game from MacMost’s parent. Mah Jongg Solitaire is a very full-featured tile matching game. You can choose from many tile sets, backgrounds and layouts. It is a free ad-supported game, but similar to other games that you would need to pay for.

Try the magnifier tool in Preview when looking at images. While viewing an image choose Tools, Show Magnifier. You can change the magnification using pinch gestures on newer MacBooks and the Magic Trackpad. It also works with PDF documents.

I am in need of a good RSS Reader for a MacBook Pro, running Lion. What do you recommend? —– Kyle ... (3 Comments)

I have a java problem for long time now. I installed Lion. After that, it was ok for few minutes, then back to hell.It is quite annoying, it reminds me of windows. It manifests like following: When I want to go to my netbanking (it uses java for log in), the web site becomes VERY ... (4 Comments)

One feature of Siri is the ability to dictate text instead of typing on your iPhone. Siri recognizes words and needs no special training. You can also type punctation and special symbols and commands.

Is there a way to sort the list of songs displayed when, for instance, I wish to see those songs Recently Added as shown in my Playlist Tab? Currently they appear to be just a random list of songs. However I would like to see them by artist or album etc —– Ray ... (1 Comment)

Can I have my iPhone back up on my MacBook as well as on iCloud ? Currently it’s only backed up on computer. If I set it to back up to iCloud, will the computer backup stay or get deleted. Can backups be in both places ? ... (1 Comment)

I have an older model Airport Extreme Base Station, the square model with the white Apple logo on top. A couple of weeks ago my dog chewed up the power adapter cord and I have been having a difficult time finding one that will match. There have been a couple of websites claiming ... (1 Comment)

Am working on a word document, how do i set my MacBook Pro to auto save as said it does in the lion ? —– vik ... (1 Comment)

I am trying to setup a (one) Smart Folder so I can see all MS Word documents AND Pages documents that I have edited in the last two weeks. When I try adding both MS Word and Pages, it doesn’t find anything, as if the document has to be both Word and Pages so it finds ... (2 Comments)