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.11/28/21
I listened to your recommendation about Spam. Today my primary email is xxxx@live.com and that is listed as my Appple id. I have an email account in icloud that I never use. I use mail as the client with the 1 live.com and two gmail accounts. I’m swamped with Spam on ... (1 Comment)
11/23/21
I want to buy the AirPods Pro, but I first want to know the following: Can I use them as a microphone when I record a video on quicktime player? Is the quality of the microphone good enough for video recording? Can I take the airpod and attached it for example to my top button of ... (1 Comment)
11/22/21
I have been frustrated using Instagram from my iPhone. When I try and post a horizontal photo – it cuts off the sides of the photo and often people are cut out of the photo. Is there a way to have the photo be shown as is without being automatically cropped?
The people I ... (1 Comment)
11/21/21
Is there a way to erase an Airport disk without configuring it into a network?
I have replaced the Airport with a new router and backup disks. I’d like to wipe the Airport disk before recycling.
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John Kueck
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11/21/21
I lost my application button on my dock as well as the button that shows all of my applications on the dock. How do I add them back in ?
I need to replace those buttons as I accidentally lost them. I found the application file and utilities files but I don’t know how to ... (3 Comments)
11/20/21
Conditional Highlighting is a great feature, but I don’t like the built-in styles. I know I can always copy from one of my existing tables or templates where I’ve created Custom styles, but it would be nice to change the default styles for the app. The same goes for ... (1 Comment)
11/19/21
I have been using Macs for past 25 years – now in mid 80’s and not terribly swift with computers – my question regards iCloud – do I need to know about it and use it? At present, I use My Passport For Mac with external HD for backup.
I am ignorant of ... (1 Comment)
11/18/21
Used hide my email for the first time the other day to make an online purchase. The item needs to be returned and I just now received an email from the merchant regarding same.
I hit the “return” button and my real email attaches. I use the data arrows to see if I can ... (3 Comments)
11/18/21
I need a keyboard shortcut to access System Preferences.
Anyone have a solution?
I have searched and searched, but I have not found that
this is “native” to Mac’s.
But there HAS to be a solution!
I can’t be the “only one” who has needed ... (4 Comments)
11/15/21
Objective: To display a webarchive in Numbers when there is no internet access.
I used shortcuts to create a webarchive. However, I can’t get it to do anything. I put it on my desktop and it says it is corrupted so get rid of it. When I do Quick View while still in ... (2 Comments)
11/15/21
What is the best way to ensure the that latest version of all the files on my iMac disk are also on on my external disk and vice versa. Thanks
I work mainly on my iMac which is where all of my files are. I use Time Machine for daily/weekly backup.
Sometimes I am away from home ... (2 Comments)
11/12/21
I have tons of files on my computer. Every so often I begin cleanup. I open finder and start in the beginning of a folder. I hit the space bar to see what the file is. I then close it, right click on the same document and move my cursor down to “Move to ... (4 Comments)
11/12/21
My phone 6s is almost to the end of its life, and so I’m ready to offer it to my daughter, she’s 11 years old.
I looked at the parental control, and it is very old, and I was wondering if you could do with iOS 15.
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Alex
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11/12/21
My wife has just bought a new iPad Air because her old one started giving trouble over battery charging problems .Anyway we transferred all her stuff onto her new iPad but her email and messenger would not work properly.Is it possible to clean the iPad to factory finish and start ... (1 Comment)
11/11/21
I watched your recent YouTube video on using Shortcuts app to copy text on the screen and it works great. Thanks for that.
I wanted to set up a keyboard shortcut, ⌘ + u to copy the URL of the active Safari tab in Mac.
Added a Shortcut like this: https://cln.sh/AkySMA. It works ... (4 Comments)
11/11/21
I have some MP4 videos on my Mac and I want to be able to watch on my iPad but with no iTunes I don’t know how to get there over?
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Max Watson
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11/11/21
How do I delete emails from all3 devices; Mac, iPhone, and iPad when I delete them from one?
It is extremely time consuming having to delete emails from all 3 devices.
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Joy
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11/11/21
When I have typed a document using dashes and then check “spelling and grammar”, why does it want me to ‘correct’ the dashes to long dashes? And why is there no long dash on the keyboard for me to use to avoid this? It seems the only alternatives are a ... (2 Comments)
11/10/21
Is there a way to permanently capture a formula generated value prior to it changing again via the formula?
Example: If my cell formula is A1+B1=4; I want to, prior to it being changed via the formula, permanently preserve the value “4” (in another cell and not subject to ... (6 Comments)
11/10/21
Gary, I just installed Monterey on my iMac. In Safari, when you open a new window, I’m now showing “Shared with You” windows” below my Favorites, how do I remove this feature? Interesting, I also installed Monterey on my older 12in MacBook also, this ... (2 Comments)
