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.12/8/16
I got a MacBook Pro Mid 2009 thats technically “unsupported” By Apple, its specs are 8GB DDR3 RAM With a 2.8Ghz Core2Duo which cant run anything over El Capitan. Its funny cos I have a white MacBook late 2009 with LOWER specs, 4GB RAM and 2.26Ghz Core2Duo thats yet ... (5 Comments)
12/8/16
I have my phone paired to my iMac, but when I try to connect, it says I’m don’t have network access. How do I get my phone to connect with my iMac?
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Dick Vitales
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12/8/16
How can I delete/stop the birthdays for people in FB friends off my calendar? I want to keep my personal birthdays on the calendar.
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Carolyn Molder
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12/8/16
I was told that Time Machine would continue to back up to the HD if an external drive was unplugged and Time Machine was left on. Is this true?
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Shirley
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12/8/16
I used to have a Time Capsule. But I was having issues with it, plus most everything is backed up to iCloud now, so I replaced it with a new Airport Base Station (without the built in Time Capsule).
I then went into Time Machine preferences to turn it off so it wouldn’t ... (8 Comments)
12/7/16
How do I copy a music CD from my iMac to my iPhone? I own the music CD and have imported it into iTunes on my iMac. But I had previously been syncing my iPhone with iTunes on an older MacBook Pro that I have now repurposed as a Linux computer. One option is to use the iTunes on ... (7 Comments)
12/3/16
I’m putting together a Keynote presentation. I run it from my primary display in Presenter view. The slides present on the secondary display. One of the slides has a link in it to a webpage. When I click on the link, Safari opens on my primary display, where my viewers ... (2 Comments)
12/3/16
I’m wondering if I can have the lyrics showing in a corner of the screen while a play a song in iTunes.
As the notification etc all disappear when I am going something in another programme.
Thanks
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Marilyn McGreal
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12/2/16
I have several mail accounts, but I want all replies to be sent to a separate address, independent of the account from which the message is sent. I am using macOS 10.12.1 on MacBook Pro and an iMac.
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JIm Thompsoon
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12/2/16
I am a Volunteer for a UK Charity and have recorded a large number of interviews for a national Audio Archive, with people about their work experiences at a specific property.
I have now been told that I have to create a text file of the content of each recording so that key word ... (2 Comments)
12/1/16
As an entertainer I add the party to Calendar, add the Location but I am sure that once I saw a map appear, maybe in Notes, tap it and Maps gave me directions. Ios10, iphone 5S.
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Jon Norris
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12/1/16
I want to search all types of files by filename and sort by Date Modified. Spotlight divides them in categories by type but I want them in one list. Cmd-F defaults to Search “Kind” “All”. I want it to come up Search “Name” ... (3 Comments)
12/1/16
Apple, wanting the help us configure iOS, rewrites the URL to connect to icloud.com to https://www.icloud.com/ipad_welcome/. This is using either Safari or 1Password browsers on my iPad. I actually want to see the iCloud web apps though. How do I get to the iCloud apps on the ... (2 Comments)
12/1/16
I have several old video 8 cassettes with family movies taken with a Sony CCD-TR55E camcorder which is still working fine, and want to transfer to my MacBook Pro mid 2012 using OS X 10.7.5 to make the films more portable. The ability to edit is desirable but not essential.
I ... (2 Comments)
11/30/16
I have three PDF documents, each 9 pages long (monthly statements from financial institutions). One is 3.5 MB; the other two are 1.7 MB and 1.5 MB, respectively. Yet I have other similar PDFs, same number of pages, same type of data, that are no larger than 93 KB, some as low as ... (3 Comments)
11/29/16
Hi Gary, I am getting unwanted adds on my Calendar on my Mac desktop. I want to keep birthdays, occasions, etc, but is there any way to block the advertising? This has only been going on a few days. Thanks
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Cheryl Applegate
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11/29/16
Hi, Thanks for a very helpful video on how to make table of contents in Pages!
A friend of mine uses Word, and she showed me a fabulous tool; how to create chapters in her book, headings, before she writes them – in that way, she can just skip to the one she wants to write ... (1 Comment)
11/29/16
Is there any less expensive alternative to the LG 5K display to connect the new MacBook Pro with Touch-bar (2016)?
Apple offers it for about $1,000, which will go back to $1,300 in a month… Even if is not the perfect rendition, anything that could decently work for a modest ... (1 Comment)
11/27/16
Calendar search on my iMac (OS Sierra) does not find entries more than about two years old. This seems a common complaint. Is it an Apple thing or is there a simple fix please?
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Michael Paul
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