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This notice appears in upper-right corner of screen. I can “close” it, but clicking on “Show” leads nowhere. How do I get rid of it? It gets in the way of other operations frequently and is a real pain. —– Grant ... (13 Comments)

When I try to access information when using Keychain Access I am required to type in my system password, but am not able to use fingerprint recognition. The same is true under terminal when I use sudo. —– Wm F Seabrook ... (3 Comments)

I use my time capsule hard drive to store my films and tv programes on I have connected to my MacBook by usb caddy and it showed up so it was easy to move files around and add thing I have tried to connect the hard drive again and it shows up as unreadable but the content is on ... (4 Comments)

I have very large Keynote file (1.42 GB, 2200+ slides). It’s so big, my Mac can no longer open it. Fortunately, I can still open it on my iPad Pro. I’ve duplicated it on my iPad with the intent of making Parts 1&2 by deleting opposite halves of the presentation ... (2 Comments)

I would like to be able to delete my emails on my iPhone without having those same emails remain on my iMac with Mojave. Is it possible to do that? —– Gene ... (6 Comments)

A couple years ago I set up a screen capture folder on my powerbook based on the video “Setting Screenshot File Location (#1347)”. I just got a new iMac and would like to do the same set up. Do I need to rewrite the terminal code or is there a location on my powerbook ... (1 Comment)

I’m new to Garage Band and I want to record my drums, can anyone tell me the best interface equipment to get for my Mac? I have mic’s and cables with XLR ends. Thank you….. —– Nick Moye ... (2 Comments)

This is not a “How do I” question, but it is something that’s been bugging me for a while. Maybe someone will have an answer to this question. When on a website that has some app available in the Mac App Store, there is usually a link that says “Buy in the ... (2 Comments)

All advice / instructions I can find assumes I want more space on my phone by offloading on to Mac – for me it’s the other way around. I want all the photos currently in iCloud (in full resolution) to be on my phone, so that they are no longer on my Mac or in ... (1 Comment)

I have a large number of months in a spreadsheet I wish to change. I can search and replace ‘/04/’ with ‘/05/’ but it replaces data in ALL the sheets in the file. I want to restrict it to the ONE active sheet. Is this possible without having to click ... (9 Comments)

Can I get subtotals on Numbers Smart Categories to update when I apply a filter? I can apply Smart Categories, I can add subtotals and I can filter the data in my table. However, the subtotal does not seem to update when I change a filter. What am I missing? Thank you for your ... (2 Comments)

I’ve been tasked with turning several works into ePub files. Most of the original files are documents that can be edited before publishing, but one of them is a pdf file (apparently the original document was lost). I tried copy and pasting from the pdf file into a Pages ... (3 Comments)

I’m editing a document for someone that he wants converted to an ePub. The first page of the document is the cover art, so we actually want page 2 to be numbered as page 1. Is there a way to override the automatic page numbering to accomplish ... (1 Comment)

When using Pages, how do I stabilize my writings from moving? I am writing a book with 50 poems and used some pics for illustrations, but sometimes the darn pics. move around and even the writings. —– Norman Datt ... (1 Comment)

Gary, I watched your split screen video and you just taught me something….great. I have two other programs that don’t allow me split screen and was wondering why. Those two programs are: Sibelius which is a music notation program and the other is Logic Pro X which ... (1 Comment)

I would like to export iCloud contacts on my Mac to CSV format, so that I can upload the same to outlook or gmail. —– Kishore ... (5 Comments)

Would like to move a picture from email to make a new wallpaper picture. —– Ken ... (3 Comments)

I am able to change the name of my AirPods but once they disconnect the name reverts to the default name. No matter how many times I change the name it never remembers it and always reverts back. This is so frustrating. How do I achieve this simple settings ... (3 Comments)

I have many hours of old iMovies (made from 8mm and Digital tapes), iDVD, FCP and others apps. I just read this article: “Apple is killing QuickTime 7 in macOS 10.15: convert old media now” by Eclectic Light Company 3/23/2019, and it advises to “convert old ... (3 Comments)

I am trying to have siri set a reminder with it’s priority at the same time. It doesn’t seem to like my syntax and I can’t find it anywhere on the web. Is it possible? “Hey Siri, remind me to call the repair place as priority 3” or something like ... (2 Comments)