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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11/4/16
I saw Dr.Cleaner in Apple Store. Knowing your views on MacKeeper and similar packages, does the fact that this is listed and “reviewed” in Apple Store make it “worthwhile” item? Should Mac users (macOS Sierra in my case!) have this in their ... (3 Comments)
11/3/16
I purchased my first (and only) iMac in 2010 and it is just now starting to slow down a bit and I’m seeing the ‘color wheel’ more often. I’m concerned the new OS Sierra will be too much for my computer – is that a valid concern? It shows I have 326.6 ... (13 Comments)
11/3/16
You may have been asked this previously but; how do I turn off the startup sound on a Mac, my iMac to be precise. I managed to turn it down for quite a long time then with the latest update (to El Capitan) there it is again. What’s more none (well 4) of the so called fixes ... (5 Comments)
11/1/16
In Excel you can easy rotate text to any angle, but i’m have trouble finding a way to basically take the text and turn it on it’s side so the text will write from bottom to top (so the columns are not stupid wide and i can still read the column header). Some people ... (1 Comment)
10/31/16
I am downloading my music CD’s into iTunes, but the song order is jumbled. Is there a setting on my iMac computer that is mis-set? How can I make it start with the first song and end with the last song? I don’t remember having this problem ... (2 Comments)
10/31/16
Is it worth the extra expense if you are not a professional graphics designer? —– Steve F. ... (2 Comments)
10/30/16
I am working with Numbers for my monthly expenses. I have 4 tables in a sheet. Each table corresponds to a certain category of expenses. The last table is the summary table with all the individual totals of each previous table. I want to link the total of each table to the ... (4 Comments)
10/28/16
I had an important notification pop up on my lock screen. I tried 3D touching to pop it open, which it did for a second, but then it closed before I could finish reading it. I tried pulling down from the top to view past notifications, but it wasn’t there. It’s not ... (1 Comment)
10/28/16
I would like to automatically send an e-mail to remind club members that their subscription is due. Similar to conditional formatting of a cell, but conditional e-mailing. —– Wieland ... (2 Comments)
10/27/16
How do I delete 9000 emails from my iPhone 4s ? I have tried this process There is a perfect way of deleting ALL emails at once without jailbreaking your iphone or ipad…and here it is: >> Open Inbox >> Edit >> Mark All >> Mark As Read [Added May 21, 2014 by Adrian; this extra ... (3 Comments)
10/27/16
Macbook pro 13″ ver 10.11.6 late 2008 Problem:- mail/contacts/ creates multiple cards of same contact? I have tried deleting them but they reappear? Any help would be great, Thanks Brian —– Brian Edmond ... (5 Comments)
10/26/16
macOS Sierra prompts for a password for network drives with initial startup. In Sierra, an attempt to mount a network drive results in the authentication dialogue, this was not true in Mac OSX (El Capitan, Yosemite, etc.) once the password was in Keychain Access. Is there a work ... (1 Comment)
10/24/16
The map app gave me a route but I want to modify it slightly. —– Allen Boyle ... (2 Comments)
10/22/16
I have a IMac 12,1 21.5″ mid 2011 just upgraded to Sierra. I have been collecting files from web, putting into a Temp folder and distributing re-titled files into four other folders. When upgraded, everything on Desktop was put into iCloud. I cannot move any files in ... (3 Comments)
10/22/16
Please, I have always been able to send messages from my iMAC running 10.12 to ALL phones. Had to do a complete restore of my iMAC, and now I cannot send messages to Android phones. I have tried to scour the preferences for help – to no avail. Thanks ... (3 Comments)
10/22/16
Hi there I opened safari and clicked on my favourites. I then dragged 2 of them into my desktop in my finder sidebar … and now they’ve disappeared!?! —– Brenda ... (2 Comments)
10/21/16
I set a password when backing up my iPhone with iTunes. It has been a while and I forgot to write it down. I tried my apple id password but it doesn’t work. —– Chris Canvas ... (1 Comment)
10/20/16
Before iOS 10: I have the Clock app open and am using the Timer. The timer goes off and I press the cancel button and the timer stops. Now: I have the Clock app open and am using the Timer. The timer goes off and a notification appears. I can’t press the cancel button (on ... (2 Comments)
10/20/16
Earlier versions allowed drag and drop. Won’t do it now. I click on add photos and drag into the appropriate space but it doesn’t work. FTM and ancestry are latest versions. —– Don Oltz ... (3 Comments)
10/19/16
How do I save video taken with a GoPro 5 black edition without taking space on my macbook air hard drive running OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6 ? —– GUIDO ... (1 Comment)