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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3/14/17
Is there a possibility to tag slides to be printed as a handout. My presentation has about 400 slides but the handout should just have about 100 slides? —– Charlie Oberreiter ... (1 Comment)
3/13/17
I would like to move a folder to take with me on vacation. —– Louise Schlosser ... (1 Comment)
3/9/17
Trying to delete duplicate or unwanted photos from my iPad Air. I have no idea how I duplicated them in the first place. Thanks for your help, if possible. —– Jean Majka ... (1 Comment)
3/4/17
I have a new MacBook and want to transfer my photos from iMac to MacBook. Hoping you can guide me with this process. —– Jann Marchant ... (3 Comments)
3/3/17
When our daughter was younger, we set her iPhone up with an Apple ID that was used by the family computer. Now that she’s older, she has her own Apple ID. We recently upgraded several iPhones in our family, so we took two of the old iPhone 5c’s and repurposed them ... (4 Comments)
3/2/17
I am trying to sum the amount spent for food by month. I have a columns for date, code for food, and price. I usually use Excel but I think the formula setup must be universal – I just don’t know how to set up the formula. So I need to add all purchases for food ... (1 Comment)
3/2/17
If I open google maps while in the car with the bluetooth connection,the music app opens automatically and starts playing. I then have to fumble with the phone screen to stop the music. —– Bill ... (1 Comment)
3/2/17
I receive numerous junk mail messages daily on my iPad. —– Helen ... (1 Comment)
3/2/17
I’m considering getting a protective case for my iPhone 5.5 and it has a magnetic feature that is placed on the back of the phone so that it can be held in place for hands-free driving. Would having a magnet so close to the phone cause damage or diminished functioning for ... (5 Comments)
3/1/17
Within a large Numbers spreadsheet I frequently want to sort in several different ways. I can either sort an individual column or set up one multiple column sort. Can I save these multiple column sorts so that I can switch between them? The same request applies to Filters in ... (1 Comment)
2/26/17
I am running Sierra 10.12.3. With other apps, when I Control-Click on an icon in the dock I get a list that matches Open Recent in the app itself. In Pages however I have an obsolete list that I cannot remove. I cleared the menu in Pages. The old list in the dock remains. Is ... (2 Comments)
2/24/17
My girlfriend request that I installed an antivirus program on her computer. It identified a trojan horse virus that it was not able to remove from the computer. We were told by a Staples technician that this was likely a scam and that we could have been by change a significant ... (5 Comments)
2/24/17
When I go into About This Mac>Storage>Mange it shows that some applications have older versions. Other apps, such as Garage Band show two versions that appear identical. I’m not sure how or if I should delete these apparently duplicate apps. I have a screenshot but ... (3 Comments)
2/24/17
I will soon install CAT 6 wiring while simultaneously replacing my 2012 Time Capsule (3 Tb) since it is no longer supported by Apple. I will replace the TC with a Ubiquity brand router and an SSID external drive (brand undecided). I want to do this before the TC fails. Not sure ... (4 Comments)
2/23/17
I have a number of students that didn’t understand during installing Sierra that if they clicked on the option to move Documents & Desktop to iCloud would remove the contents from their Macs. Is there an easy way to reverse this? —– Shirley ... (7 Comments)
2/22/17
In subscribing or purchasing this and that, over and over I have to enter my email address, name, home address, etc. isn’t there a way to use some sort of auto-fill on the iPad? IOS 10.2.1 —– Lynda Farabee ... (2 Comments)
2/18/17
I have a MacBook. How can I save something I find on facebook? I’d like to know how to send facebook posts to my email address. Thanks —– jay ... (2 Comments)
2/17/17
I have now learned how to backup all my photos from my IPHOTO library to an external HD. I am new to my IMAC and need help. —– Robert Lake ... (1 Comment)
2/16/17
I want to move some emails from the trash to the in mailbox. I have an iMac, started with Yosemite, but don’t know if something else has been added. It was purchased in April 2014. I don’t know how to look up the running system. —– Cheri ... (4 Comments)
2/15/17
I can’t find an icon for clipboard on my MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite. I do get messages ‘save to clipboard’ and I have selected this but have not been able to find clipboard to retrieve the information. It seems like it would be a useful thing to ... (4 Comments)