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.11/18/24
I use an app called Shortcut Bar. It allows me to quickly find the documents that I access quite often. I don’t think the developers still support it, because it is buggy and they haven’t responded to my email. Do you know of another app or Apple short cut that ... (2 Comments)
10/25/24
Hi, I am making a presentation using Keynote and have to add music. How do I do that, and can I edit the length of the music file and lower the sound at the start and end of the music file
It will be a big file that, in the end, will be made into a movie file and be projected to ... (2 Comments)
10/11/24
Since the latest update when I open and move (drag/drop)a window/file it opens up in full screen – this is really annoying and I would be grateful for a fix.
I’m just trying to do what I’ve always done and move open files around the screen without them ... (2 Comments)
10/8/24
In MS Excel there is a FILTER function.
Is there any alternative in Apple Numbers?
I have a table containing movies with their categories.
Now I want to create a second table that displays movies of a specified category.
In MS Excel this can be done using FILTER function but ... (1 Comment)
10/4/24
How to autofill like this 👇🏻 on Numbers macbook
Evening 2pm – 5pm
Morning 10am – 1pm
Morning Here autofill
Evening
Evening
Morning
How i can do this ?
Morning, Evening i write it but after this i want in other cell autofill timing ... (1 Comment)
9/9/24
I, and I am not alone, find it difficult to navigate app pricing menus.
Is there a way to tell if an app has a “free” basic version? Not a free trial, free.
I think some still do, but no idea how to see this. I don’t want to double click and download it incase I ... (2 Comments)
9/9/24
I want to create an editable list of files from a Finder search. Is there a shortcut for doing that? I think you published a video on the subject but I can’t find it. URL? or answer?
I want to find all the files from my 25 years of teaching math at a university. I want ... (3 Comments)
9/9/24
I just bought an external monitor For my MacBook Air M3. I understand I can put two pages side-by-side but the problem I’m having is once I open Safari and I have my tabs available. I can’t put those tabs side-by-side.
I have looked at several tutorials and it’s just not ... (1 Comment)
9/2/24
What is “Other Users & Shared”? And how do I access it to delete data? ItĘ»s showing over 400GB of data.
This “Other Users & Shared” folder(?) is taking up way too much disc space.
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Ken Bennett
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8/26/24
What I am trying to do is to split any number into individual digits using a formula. Each individual digit of that number would occupy its own cell. Some numbers given to me are just straight numbers. Others have commas and/or decimal points. But, for all, I just want numbers in ... (6 Comments)
8/26/24
I’m getting a fair amount of spam email in Mac Mail these days. I’m trying to manage using “mute” and “block sender”. Whilst this seems pretty good I do still get spam email through from senders I’ve already blocked. Is this a fault?
I’m ok with muting and ... (2 Comments)
8/20/24
How can I set photos to convert JPEG files to HEIF. I want to set it to convert the whole library, Is it possible?
I have a memory problem, not enough space. I will move all unnecessary items to iCloud storage then start the conversion.
Thank you Gary, you provide a great service ... (3 Comments)
8/15/24
Hi, I am just leaving my company and moving to another soon. Currently, I have a MacBook Air M2 with Sonoma 14.5 (business Apple ID) which belongs to my current employer. However, my employer decided that I could keep the laptop for my personal use after my contract would end ... (2 Comments)
8/13/24
I have had a MacBook for a year and I find this frustrating. Say I am composing an email, I have mail full screen and I need to use the calculator, well that pops to a new desktop instead of where I want it on top of my mail message. Similarly, if I want to attach a photo, I ... (4 Comments)
7/24/24
How to delete multiple messages at one time from different phone numbers. By messages I mean in the left column from multiple phone numbers (not the messages within each phone number).
I can only do it one at a time.
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Janet Z
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7/4/24
When using my voice for texts, emails etc.: Is there a list of common instructions or way to train my iPad to voice things like parentheses, abbreviations and other commonly written commands that I speak instead of write?
Because of a disability I use my voice for text, email and ... (2 Comments)
6/18/24
Hi Gary. Is there a way to search for all broken aliases? And if there isn’t, can I somehow search for ALL aliases, broken or not? Thank you.
Since I upgraded my MacBook (and thus my OS) I have found quite a lot of broken aliases. I would prefer to fix them by working ... (6 Comments)
6/17/24
I have a MacBook Air 2023, M2 chip, laptop. How can I share a story from The Atlantic channel in the Apple News app to Facebook or other social media?
I want to share the information presented in an editorial to others that may not have read it or have access to Apple News or The ... (1 Comment)
6/13/24
What is the oldest iPhone model that will be able to run on iOS 18?
I have an iPhone 12SE running iOS 17.5.1. I’m afraid that at some point I will not be able to upgrade the iOS, and will have to get a new phone.
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Simon
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6/5/24
In google sheets I use a LEN Funtion to limit the # of characters in a cell to 20, (including spaces), or less. It gives me a warning if the # of characters exceeds 20. Is there a way to do this in Numbers? The explanation for the LEN function in Numbers doesn’t seem to ... (2 Comments)
