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I just realized that in my finder window next to the search/spotlight bar, there is a paper icon. If i point on it it says “com.Apple.systemsound.plist”. What the hell is it doing there? Why is it there? How can i remove it? —– ian ... (3 Comments)

I have a new MacBook Pro with i movie, iPhoto, and final cut pro x and i’m kind of puzzled why iDVD doesn’t come in that buddle. If i purchase iLife 11 the software in that package i have except iDVD. I s there just a software package i can buy with just iDVD 11 and ... (1 Comment)

When updating to the most recent version of some software on my iMac (Evernote, in particular), the older version goes into my Trash as an app bundle and the latest version gets installed in my Applications folder. When trying to empty the trash, I sometimes get the message that ... (2 Comments)

I have final cut pro x and i was wondering how to put a black scene in my time line so i can fade up to my 2nd scene in my video project. I think they use to call these slugs. I’m inserting a title with a black background and then i delete the title. but there must be a ... (1 Comment)

Yesterday I bought an Airport Extreme. I attached a 1TB hard drive to it that’s formatted in HFS+. When I do a Spotlight search, Spotlight only shows me the files that are on my local hard drive and not on the network drive. How can I get Spotlight to index the network ... (3 Comments)

Seriously thinking of getting a NAS, but before I do want to make sure of a few things. We have 3 Macs, let’s call them A, B, and C using same Apple ID for iTunes, except some CDs ripped are not on all Macs. Instead of following the instructions on your podcast of moving ... (5 Comments)

The touchscreen response of my iPhone 3GS has slowed since updating it with the iOS 5.0.1. Even switching from one App to another takes longer. Have other owners of the 3GS experienced this after updating with the iOS 5.0.1? —– Brian ... (4 Comments)

So I have an iMac i7(2,93ghz, 27inch, 8gb ram, 1TB harddrive) and I love it. However I’m a performance guy, I want to use every percent of pure power of my processor, memory, … I’m a graphic designer so I use it for video/ photo editing, Indesign, Photoshop, ... (4 Comments)

Lets say I want to be reminded by my iPhone 4S to pick up milk when I am nearing a grocery store or to be reminded to get one dollar bills when I’m near a strip club. How do I set this up? Gary, MacMost has been my favorite website since I got my iPad 2. Your podcasts are ... (3 Comments)

I’m trying to find a way to display the number of files in a folder with out using terminal. For example, if I’m uploading .jpg’s to a service for printing, how can I find out how many files are in the folder that I’m uploading from? I cannot seem to find ... (3 Comments)

Can a Thunderbolt Display be hook up to a 2009 MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 ? —– David ... (1 Comment)

Somehow some of my contacts are missing from my address book. I know they are in one of my archived address book files from one or two years ago. The problem is, in order to find those lost contacts, I have to open the archived address book, which will delete my current ... (2 Comments)

I’ve just watched this episode of MacMost “Setting Up an Airport Extreme for Outside Access (MacMost Now 345)”. I can successfully access my iMac’s files with File Sharing and control it with VNC from my MacBook Pro. However, I want it to be more secure. ... (8 Comments)

The file size of my Pages document is more than 10MB in size. When I share it to iWork.com the logo at iWork.com shows the document size to be the correct size. However, when I click on the download arrow for the iWork.com document it indicates that it will download at about ... (3 Comments)

I have Lion in my MacBook Air and when I restart the computer I can login as a guest user and use safari. How can I Disable this guest user? —– javi ... (8 Comments)

I have a panasonic video camera that uses the .MOD format. I convert them to .m4v format with the converter iVl program. But when I import these into iMovie it can take 6 hours to import a 15 minute video clip. I can download straight from my camera into iMovie and this is quick. ... (3 Comments)

Am somewhat of a Luddite on new 4S. Although purposely set up to receive emails, it’s not my primary platform for them and not where I store them. Is there a way – other than checking every little circle next to individual messages – to mass-wipe ALL messages in ... (2 Comments)

I have a Fantom external hard drive with all my DATA files on it connected to my computer via FireWire 800. I want to backup the drive using an Apple 1Tb Time Capsule. I have read and re-read the documentation that came with the Time Capsule and there is no info concerning what I ... (3 Comments)

I have a first generation iPad and suddenly a floating icon appeared on the screen. When tapped it opens and I’m able to mute or unmute, control the volume, etc. I don’t know what I did to get it there but my husband has an iPad 2 and wants one on his screen. Any ... (1 Comment)

I have a group of clips of sporting events. I have a list of times for each clip that I want to select and put into my project to build a highlight of plays / players. I cannot find a setting that will show me a time of where in the clip I am selecting.(i.e. 4:10 into ... (3 Comments)