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.6/23/18
Back in the day, people used to decorate cover pages and more with Word Art created in Microsoft Word, where text was created in an arc, similar to creating text over the shape of an oval or other shape in Photoshop or Illustrator. Is there a way to do that in Pages or any other ... (1 Comment)
6/22/18
Greetings, I’m installing a new SSD into my MacBook Pro (late 2008) and need some info and refreshers on proper ways to get a new and good backup on Time Machine, then how to get that backup on the new drive after it is installed. Should I reinstall the OS first and then ... (3 Comments)
6/21/18
Undo key shows up next to space bar on iPad a when I switch to number keyboard. This was not there in previous versions or was it?. I am constantly UNDO:-ING when I don’t want to. Redo-ing is not always that easy. I need the dash key a lot and it has been moved to number ... (1 Comment)
6/21/18
Just upgraded to an iPhone 8. Everything seemed to transfer except my calendar on the iPhone did not pick up all my appointment and events. I have googled help but it has not helped me fi the problem. Any suggestions would be appreciated
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Art Victorine
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6/20/18
I know I can capture the screen of my iPad and I’m curious if I can do the same on my iMac desktop. I would like to send a friend a short tutorial on how to do load audiobooks onto his MP3 player. Is there a way to make a short video of a iMac desktop.
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Jack ... (1 Comment)
6/20/18
When I click to play a video in Keynote through to my wirless speakers there is a 2 sec buffer delay before the video starts. This does not happen when the speakers are directly connected via the 3.5 audio headphone out.
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malcolm
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6/20/18
Using Pages V7.1 and Photos v 7.04
How do you access photos to place in a pages document? I am using a template that had a couple of photos in it. When I click on the photo to change the image I get a box saying no photos chosen. I kind of thought that there would be a link ... (3 Comments)
6/19/18
Last week I had a Time Machine back up fail with a Copying Error. There were no clues that I could find that indicated what had generated the error.
After a couple of days, tearing my proverbial hair out, I found that Time Machine had failed because of duplicate folder names ... (1 Comment)
6/18/18
I know, you just click on them to open. But for some reason in the last 6 months or so, something has changed.
Most jpg, pdf, mp3 I receive in my mac mail, and sent from Apple devices, refuse to open. The say in a small window under the icon “downloading” but they ... (1 Comment)
6/16/18
Using one Apple Extreme wi fi router as Base unit and a second Apple Extreme (in the Extended function mode) for adequate wi fi coverage.
I Set up the Base unit with a password-protected “Guest Network”.
Do I need to enable the “Guest” option in the ... (1 Comment)
6/15/18
sometimes but more so lately, the items i am saving to my desktop are not appearing or they might appear days later. when i go to save the items again, it asks if i want it to overwrite the items so it seems they are there.
they do however appear in iCloud where i end up ... (1 Comment)
6/15/18
In order to indicate the last version of a Numbers sheet (latest version) I like to add a (changeable) date field either in the header or footer field
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Loek
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6/13/18
I have this long document. I wish to find all paragraphs formatted in style “Normal” and replace the style with “Body” without changing the text as such.
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Carlos Ramos
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6/13/18
I usually install app just to try. And I cannot help me with that junk the apps left. Is it better to backup before install the app and revert the system with time machine after the trial? Is there a easy way to do this? Just recover the part the app mess.
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Marçal ... (4 Comments)
6/10/18
A while back, Gary presented a topic on MacOS, where you could create folder in Mac OS Safari to place important MacMost topics. Can you create a folder in IOS Safari to do the same thing? Also if the feature does exist, would that feature appear cross platform, meaning would ... (3 Comments)
6/10/18
I have always installed software updates on all my Mac devices as soon as they were provided. And over the years have noticed a trend of decreasing speed and efficiencies following the installation of these updates, especially with the system updates on my MacBook Pro! Sadly, ... (3 Comments)
6/8/18
On my iPhone SE,’ iOS 11, I don’t normally answer “No Caller ID” calls so would like to ignore them when phone rings, instead of rushing to answer them.
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Robin dos Bosques
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6/8/18
I want to change the Mail icon in the dock to a Canadian Flag. I tried what you explained in changing the picture of a file and it works. When I tried to change the picture of the Mail icon by replacing it with a Canadian Flag, didn’t work; nothing ... (1 Comment)
6/7/18
When I try to put my own alert audio files into the System>Library>Sounds>, it won’t allow me to paste any audio files into that folder, like in previous OS’s. How do I get my custom alert sounds on MacOS High Sierra?
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Dexter
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6/7/18
I have many foreign fonts that came with my Mac, which I will never use. I also use Font Book to help me find the perfect font for the job I am doing, but I need to trudge through many useless (to me) fonts. Is there a way to delete fonts I don’t want from my Mac, and from ... (2 Comments)
