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I have two data sets: ‘Annual Leave Authorised’ and ‘Flexi-time authorised’. I wish to automatically merge the data in a separate, single, date-ordered table, ‘AL & FL authorised’, without my having to manually cut and paste each time data ... (1 Comment)

I noticed that much of my music library is now showing the icon of the cloud with the down arrow, indicating it’s in the cloud and can be downloaded to my Mac. If I click on that icon, it does download, one track at a time as I click them. But I have a large library, and ... (1 Comment)

When does it make sense to keep a photo in one’s Photos library after adding it to a shared (Family) album? Should the default be to keep a copy or delete it since one can always download it from the shared album? —– Michael ... (3 Comments)

I want to add a second monitor and use it vertically. Many ads don’t say if they will work with Apple or if they can be mounted vertically. Using a 2014 iMac with upgraded graphics – but not for gaming. —– Terry Gibson ... (1 Comment)

I am currently running an iMAC on High Sierra and have MBPs that I will be upgrading to Catalina. I am trying to get all my videos in one place before upgrading. This includes videos already in iMovie as well as those saved as files from my old camcorder, DSLR, etc. Is it ... (5 Comments)

I noticed that Pictures I send in messages looks smaller that the original. —– PAM SAY ... (5 Comments)

Latest mac os. Trying to get Mac Numbers to display a random image from a column of images in F1 to F10. —– Xavior Knight ... (3 Comments)

I have two company specific similarly named email folders within the mail app – one for pre 2020 emails and one for 2020 emails. When I click on a new email to move it, the suggested location defaults every time to the pre 2020 folder! How do I force mail to recognise the ... (3 Comments)

I just erased and completely reset my mid-2012 MacBook Air but the reinstall replaced Mojave 10.14.6 with Catalina 10.15.4. My app for running my Dahua home cameras will not work with Catalina and Dahua has no update. I need to replace Catalina with Mojave. When I attempted to ... (4 Comments)

Gary, I have 2 iMac desktops, an iPhone, an iPad, a 9-year-old MacBook Pro, and now a new 2020 MacBook Air. I would like to abandon the slow MacBook Pro, but I am concerned that any actions I take might affect my 80,000 photos, synced emails, and 20 years of synced documents ... (2 Comments)

Not sure if you answer ipad questions, but here’s mine. I turn the volume to zero, but certain apps will jump to a video ad at times. ie. Cody Cross, Angry Birds.. That’s fine, but as soon as the ad plays the volume turns on. Running IOS 13.4.1 on ipad 6th gen. There ... (1 Comment)

Periodically while scrolling down an article the screen enlarges so I can only see part of it at a time. what have I done to cause this and how do I return to normal size? —– David ... (3 Comments)

First, apologies for even asking this question (I feel stupid), but I will. Several videos refer to key board volume control buttons. I have a MBP, 16″, Catalina. Can not find those buttons. The status menu audio icon-check, the Control strip slider-check, but no buttons or ... (3 Comments)

I would like to record videos with my face in the corner, sharing my desktop like Gary does, but I do not have a green screen. Is there software for the Mac to replace the green screen? I downloaded ScreenFlow, but a green screen is needed. If Zoom can do it, why is there no ... (2 Comments)

Next month I plan on starting up my photography hobby again. My MBP seems to have a lot of photo editing tools, and I also downloaded a couple of free apps from the Apple store as well. But, I am hearing a lot about Acorn 6, and Pixelmator. In fact, I heard about both of them ... (3 Comments)

When I mark a word, sentence or chapter it is very hard to see which area you have actually marked! You only see a very very light blue colour in the background of the marked area, aiming to be adjusted in some way (delete, change font, add underlining, cut/paste, etc). This type ... (4 Comments)

Too many passwords to keep up with. What are some good solutions? —– Dave Williams ... (3 Comments)

I see in the finder window that I have 9.2 GB in my imovie library folder. But there are no projects or any files in my library, I deleted them all. What is taking up the 9.2 GB space or how can see what is taking up the space on my hard drive? —– Petri ... (2 Comments)

I’m just not satisfied with built in alerts and tones for Facetime and Messages on Mac. I learned how to change the system alerts but still can’t figure out how to do Facetime and Messages. Thanks in advance. —– Levi ... (4 Comments)

I have a 1 Tb 2014 iMac. I found myself with very little storage space about a year ago and haven’t known the best course of action to take. I have 58,000 precious photos and videos that are taking up the majority of my storage space. I have iCloud storage but have not ... (10 Comments)