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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10/26/22
View post on imgur.com Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad – British English I have been watching your videos related to the Mac Keyboard such as ‘Getting to Know the Mac Keyboard’ and ‘The Secret History of Mac Keyboard Keys’, both of which are very ... (2 Comments)
10/25/22
HI have just installed Ventura on my M1 Apple devices. My question is in relation to M1 Mac Mini. I have just watched your video entitled ‘An In-Depth Look at macOS Ventura Stage Manager”. At the end of this video you express the hope that Apple provide a keyboard ... (1 Comment)
10/21/22
Imac 27″ Catalina (10.15.7) late 2013: I am trying to hide photos that I have already added to particular albums so that I can easily search those non-“album-ized” photos. For example: if I move 100 photos to a specific named album, I would want to those photos ... (3 Comments)
10/20/22
Is there a way to increase the font size for the text in the help files? I find it difficult to read the help files in Numbers when I’m looking for information on how a function works. Thanks for any light you can shed on this. I have a great deal of trouble reading the ... (1 Comment)
10/20/22
I have an external drive as a backup. It shows on the desktop and I want to remove it from the desktop. How do I do that? I can not figure out how. The backup disk showing on the desktop is unnecessary. —– John Kueck ... (3 Comments)
10/17/22
I use iPhone 11 as my daily driver. I recently bought a new iPhone SE 3rd generation that I plan to use it for international SIMs. Currently the new iPhone SE doesn’t have a SIM card or cellular service. Both devices are registered under the same Apple ID. I have enabled ... (4 Comments)
10/13/22
Do I need malware protection for iPad or iPhone? Want to know if surfing web on iPad or iPhone carries risks of being hit with viruses or malware. —– Paul ... (5 Comments)
10/12/22
After using Sketch to draw a rectangle in Markup, How do you duplicate that rectangle? To save time, as need to use a rectangle more than once. —– John ... (2 Comments)
10/8/22
I am using keynote to teach class. I would like to play my keynote slide deck, but pause the deck at various points to get feedback from students. Is it possible pause the keynote play, edit the slide in real time, then resume the play *without* stopping presentation mode? (This ... (1 Comment)
10/5/22
While creating a weather-related spreadsheet on Numbers, I was dismayed that Numbers “Custom Formatting” is limited to Default + 3 rules. Is there any work-around? I’m graphing wind directions at S New England locales with 0 45 90 135 180 225 270 315 (degrees) ... (1 Comment)
10/3/22
I am wanting to record my voice for a podcast. I would like to know what is the best way to do this. The podcast has to be in MP3 or MP4 when I upload it, so I also may need to know how to convert what I record on the MacBook Air M1 to that format. What is the best app to use ... (3 Comments)
9/24/22
I have an n x m table , n (rows) are years, m (cols)are months, values are temperatures. How can I create a vector just containing the values in the correct sequence? E.G In Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1950 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8 x9 x10 x11 ... (3 Comments)
9/24/22
RAW photos are saved to Photos app. If I copy them to a folder or try to edit them in another app such as Luminar Neo the photo is no longer a RAW photo. How can you copy a RAW photo as a RAW photo? I am trying to edit RAW iPhone photos in other processing ... (6 Comments)
9/23/22
Hi Gary – I have just purchased an iPhone 14 Max Pro and wanted to use it as a replacement for my bedside clock as Apple Watch can on its side. But in the sleep focus, to turn the watch display off (I use the watch on now to get sleep information), the screen goes blank. No ... (8 Comments)
9/21/22
Hello there… I want to create an additional account in Photos. For example what I used it for before was I had 100 client photos and I did not want to mix them with mine. Some video I had seen showed me how to create another Photos account that I can use and switch back ... (2 Comments)
9/20/22
I am trying to delete multiple text messages at one time (i.e., I’m referring to multiple separate messages from different senders, not multiple messages within a single conversation stream). Pressing CTRL doesn’t allow me to select multiple separate messages ... (4 Comments)
9/20/22
I type the French name “Thérèse” frequently in documents, emails, etc, with the text set for English. If I type “Therese” it doesn’t come up with a spelling correction, so both forms are in the dictionary. How can I type the French version without ... (1 Comment)
9/16/22
I need an app to shorten music. Something very easy and simple since I am not high tech. I used the app “Audacity” before, but now it does not work on Monterey. . I am desperate since I teach dance classes and need to shorten the music. —– Lola Miller ... (1 Comment)
9/16/22
How can I collapse (group) a couple of selected rows – not all – with a “button” in Numbers? This is similar to Excel’s Group button. I tried through Categories, but appears to work only with all rows. I appreciate and value your knowledge and ... (2 Comments)
9/14/22
Is it possible to create a shortcut to save a file in Finder to the Desktop? This would save me time, because the only way I know how to do this at the moment is by drag & drop, but I routinely have many apps open so that always means minimising or reducing the screen of ... (2 Comments)