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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1/12/22
How to update Apple Mail to suggest the new mailbox for moving thermal too. ie When right/control clicking on an email it suggests Payments 2021 but now it’s 2022 and I have a new mailbox Payments 2022. It seems like it take a 1/2 to 3/4 of the year for it to figure it out. ... (1 Comment)
1/11/22
Can photo glare (in general, but primarily with glasses) be fixed without using full Photoshop program? Any suggested programs for Mac and iPad? Did not find topic addressed in Gary’s library…perhaps a future episode? Comments welcomed…thanks. Have not found ... (1 Comment)
1/11/22
Hi Gary, I am trying to bypass the Apple Music subscription. There used to be a ‘Restrictions’ option in preferences to turn it off, but I don’t see it there anymore. I have found out how to switch off Apple Music on my IOS devices, but I just can’t find ... (4 Comments)
1/9/22
I have searched over a few years to find a solution to this, but gave up trying and just accepted that there is no answer. However, does anyone know how to adjust the width and height of a table in Pages, Numbers, or Keynote WITHOUT only using the right size or bottom handles? ... (2 Comments)
1/7/22
How to delete all messages at once? SELECT ALL doesn’t work. I get too many spam messages. —– Alex ... (1 Comment)
1/3/22
I must regularly send an email to one person with a cc to four people. I want to know how I can copy the email to the four people without copying and pasting each email address separately. I have added each of them to a VIP list, but am unable to see my VIP list. I would like ... (2 Comments)
1/3/22
Is there a way to see how many files are contained in a folder in the Finder? —– Robert ... (1 Comment)
1/2/22
On my Mac, I turned on optimize iCloud photo storage, and the full size photos should still be on iCloud. How do I access the full size photos as needed? I want to save space, but as a photographer I might need to access a full size image for printing (if a customer buys one). ... (3 Comments)
1/2/22
Can you please make a video on libraries – difficult to understand what it really is. —– Christian Hall ... (2 Comments)
1/1/22
When I bring up the display of available emoji using the function key the emoji are too small for my old eyes. I haven’t found a way to enlarge the default display size of the list of emojis. I have used the magnifier and zoom tools in the Accessibility section of System ... (3 Comments)
1/1/22
How can I add a Keyboard Shortcut to a quick action? View post on imgur.com I am using CustomShortcuts and a search for the “Remove Background” quick action reveals nothing. Remove Background is a Pixelmator Pro feature & the quick action allows you to remove ... (4 Comments)
12/29/21
I have a relative that shares their photo album with me. To date they have 4,333 photo’s and 565 video’s that they are sharing with me. What I would like to be able to do is delete photo’s and video’s that I do not want to keep because they are taking up ... (1 Comment)
12/28/21
Is there a way to correct a dictated-into-Apple-Watch text message before sending it? There are situations where I say something, it is correctly transcribed and then “auto-corrected” to something else entirely. At the moment all I know how t do is cancel and try again, ... (4 Comments)
12/27/21
I have a MACBOOK PRO Sep 2020. The Time Machine does not work on wifi according to the Applecare What program or backup system do you recommend so I can back from several locations using wifi? I do not always want to plug it in to do backup. —– David Ellis ... (1 Comment)
12/23/21
At night time I turn my iMac off. When I restart next day the screen shows a multiple programs are opening. I have to close the screens one by one Next day the same I am using iMac 27. 2020 intel The problem started about a month ago and doesn’t seem to affect anything else. ... (2 Comments)
12/23/21
I am working through the Monterey Course and was so happy to learn about Control Arrow to have several desktops available to page through. I can’t figure out how to have several Safari desktops (one for Google images and one for Meetup) so that I can work on adding events ... (1 Comment)
12/22/21
How to set a firmware password on a 2021 14-inch MacBook Pro M1 Pro chip? I’m trying to do this to protect my mac from being booted by a different hard drive if it is stolen. —– David D Dick ... (1 Comment)
12/21/21
When Iopen the iMac 24″ all of the apps open and then keep running in the background, therefore taking up memory. So how do I keep all of my Apps from opening on startup. In other words how do I select those Apps that I want to open at startup? Thanks Why does my iMac open ... (4 Comments)
12/20/21
Gary, I have approximately 400+ music CDs that I have begun to import onto my Mac which has 8GB of memory. So I’m thinking I’ll need to move the imported songs to iCloud and them remove them from my Mac in order to have enough space to download additional CDs. The ... (1 Comment)
12/20/21
In Apple Photos, once I edit (or not) a photo I would like to send that image to my Desktop. I cannot seem to find a way to do that. If I select the “Upload Icon” I get a list of places to share, Mail, Notes, Twitter.. There must be a way to send that photo image to ... (1 Comment)