MacMost: Question and Answer Forum

The MacMost Question and Answer Forum is a place where you can ask how-to questions about your Mac, iPhone, iPad and other Apple products. MacMost specializes in tutorials, tips and techniques of the “how-to” variety, as opposed to “fix-it” questions that are more about something not working as expected.


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11/23/17
I have an app on my launchpad that does not respond to the normal methods of deletion, i.e drag and drop into trash, delete from list of apps, etc. Any suggestions? —– Earl CAmpbell ... (1 Comment)
11/20/17
My iPad and iPhone mail work together well for b I got the same. But somewhere way back when…. when I first set up my phone I remember not wanting my phone mail and my iMac not wanting to be in sync. Times have changed and I would like all of them to be the same. I can ... (1 Comment)
11/19/17
I know that this is a silly question but I created a Pages document with a table at the top of page 1. I cannot figure out how to insert text before the table. Please help. —– Gene ... (2 Comments)
11/18/17
Hello Gary, On your MacMost Recommended Products page, you tell us that you (recently) switched from the Logitech 920c to the Logitech 4K Pro Webcam. 1) Considering that you make a lot of training videos with picture in picture, do you think the switch was a good move? Is the ... (3 Comments)
11/17/17
After I updated to High Sierra, I noticed the buttons were gone and replaced with gray colored buttons. Should I reinstall High Sierra? —– Bruce D. Wisz ... (2 Comments)
11/17/17
How do I close the programs that are opened on my Mac Book Pro computer? Retina, mid 2012. My husband tells me I have too many things opened and I don’t know how to close them…. —– Barbara Bobetich ... (2 Comments)
11/16/17
Awhile ago I changed my Apple ID from being xyz@icloud.com to a gmail email address. Now, I want to do the same for my wife but what I am reading online tells me one cannot change from a .icloud account to a third party email. Is this true? My ultimate goal is to have her ... (4 Comments)
11/16/17
Hi Gary I’m using High Sierra on a MacBook 2016 I would like my 🏠 home icon back in my finder window Thank you Joan —– Joan ... (2 Comments)
11/16/17
Wanting to reuse a Scandisk 16Gb memory stick, I removed all contents by sending to “Trash “. The Memory Stick screen was then blank of any contents. The information of this USB stick, although I considered it now to be empty, continues to show the previous “ used ” ... (2 Comments)
11/15/17
How do I not show all the names in a group email sent out from my Mac Book Pro ? —– Daniela Rempel ... (4 Comments)
11/15/17
I have an iPhone 6 I have just replaced. Do you have recommended steps to best totally erase this old iPhone I will be selling? —– Ed Mullery ... (1 Comment)
11/15/17
When using Numbers, and I type the first letter of a name, I get a list of names that start with the same letter. However, if I have made a mistake, as in not capitalizing a name, Numbers “remembers” the suggestion, so the unwanted name still shows in the list. How ... (1 Comment)
11/14/17
I have a large picture library in Aperture that I would like to move in to Photos. I have been using Aperture exclusively so there is nothing in Photos currently. I would like to do the copying directly on the Mac and avoid using iCloud if at all possible. Any ... (3 Comments)
11/10/17
The iCloud Drive folder/app has “disappeared” from my iPad. How do I retrieve it? (It’s still on my iPhone an iMac). —– Peter Jamieson ... (2 Comments)
11/10/17
Trying to create multiple drop down menus ( say Sheet 1column B) that refs another sheet containing 500 food types and there nutritional data. Each food I eat will be selected from a dropdown menu (sheet1) and lookup and display sugar and carb and fat levels ( from data sheet ) ... (1 Comment)
11/8/17
on the imac i use to do this with iphoto, now it became photos… didn’t try it since on my imac. but i tried on my ipad pro and couldn’t find it anywhere. so i would like to create a season greetings card and and photo album for the year 2017 and order the printed ... (1 Comment)
11/8/17
i get so much email that i would like to set up the email only to be downloaded every 3 or 4 hours, just as i have set it up on my imac. is this possible on an ipad pro ? thx —– filip ... (1 Comment)
11/6/17
A website I’ve used since Jan.2017, now gives me the message: “This connection is not private. this website maybe impersonating www.otc-essentials.com to steal your personal or financial information. You shout go back to previous page.” When I called the Health ... (3 Comments)
11/4/17
How do I force pictures taken on iPhone to download to Photos on mac desktop…48 hours later they are still not showing up. I have tried re-starting my desktop with no success. —– Beth ... (1 Comment)
11/2/17
I have and like iTunes organizing my media with all my music stored on the local hard drive of my iMac. Conversely I have a bunch of videos stored on an external drive. Today I happened to add one of these videos to iTunes and I noticed that it made a copy of the movie from my ... (2 Comments)