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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3/1/18
I have Keynote 7.3.1 and am trying to copy a picture that I pasted on a slide… but copy and paste will not work…. got any suggestions ??? —– David Misenko ... (1 Comment)
3/1/18
I would like to program a text string to an F key that can then be used in a passcode box. —– John Baker ... (1 Comment)
2/28/18
Recently have contacted Apple Support and various application help numbers and have been hampered by not knowing correct name for various windows, dialogue boxes, buttons, etc. in trying to describe what has gone wrong or in trying to respond to instructions given. Have you ever ... (3 Comments)
2/27/18
All my research on the web tells me I cannot remove photos from the iPhone without them being removed from my iCloud – I don’t believe it! I am trying to free up space on my phone for all my music (no I don’t want to use a cloud service to retrieve them) – ... (3 Comments)
2/27/18
I receive videos from work that are generated in windows programs. They are Autoplay.exe or Flashplayer.exe. There are also files with .dll and .xml. they come on cd’s or thumb drives. I have a MacBook Pro running High Sierra 10.13.3. I have tried to find apps that will ... (1 Comment)
2/24/18
Ever since I installed High Sierra, 10.13.3 my iMac has developed a very irritating email deletion bug. I have two emails in my junk folder that refuse to delete. In fact, just clicking on them causes the computer to lock up completely, requiring a hard reboot. Other times, when ... (3 Comments)
2/23/18
What is the purpose of the preview folder in Finder? Can I delete the files from preview folder? if yes, does it deletes the original copy of the file? —– KISHORE KUMAR ... (2 Comments)
2/22/18
When I open folders on my desktop, they are all different sizes. Some I have to click and drag the corner to enlarge. Is there a way to set all folders to open the same size? —– Bing ... (3 Comments)
2/22/18
My wife and I use the same calendar. We make entries individually. I make them on my iMac or iPhone and my wife makes her’s on her iPad Pro or iPhone. In order to distinguish who’s entry it is, I have selected the color orange and my wife has selected the color ... (1 Comment)
2/21/18
I would like to set up my iMac where any new events default to the color that I have selected for myself and I would like through iCloud to have that appear on other Apple devices that we own such as iPad, iPhone. —– Tullis ... (1 Comment)
2/20/18
Often on my iMac I get pop-ups of Mac Rumors. Many times, the pop-ups are gone before I can read them. Where can I see what has been sent to me over the last week or so? —– Tullis ... (1 Comment)
2/19/18
I am wanting to forward some emails from my Mac to another Mac on our office network, but I want to change the “From” email address. So I need to make a Rule, so that when I forward emails to bills.myob.com, etc., it will automatically send forward the email from a ... (3 Comments)
2/15/18
I would like to access my Mac.com email from a hotel computer, or from any other computer other than my own. What do I need to do? —– Greg ... (3 Comments)
2/15/18
I want to use airplay on my phone to show live video of a classroom demo to a TV. I want to eliminate display of the bothersome camera controls. —– Jerry Hall ... (9 Comments)
2/15/18
When my MBP computer was new I connected it to an old computer and transferred all the files and photos. It also grabbed the home name of the other computer and I have never been able to figure out how to change it to what I want. If I can change it what will in do to all the ... (4 Comments)
2/15/18
I’m up to date with OS 10.13.3. Since 10.12+ I’ve been bothered by the beach ball intermittently appearing when internet pages load and slow startup of Word, Excel and Safari. My ram always seems to have at least 3 gig available. ½ of my hard disk is empty so a full ... (3 Comments)
2/15/18
Each time I wake my mini mac up (10.13.3) it requires me to long in with a password. I have selected no password in Security but to no avail. HELP —– jackboyko1@hotmail.com ... (1 Comment)
2/14/18
I have names, email addresses, and phone numbers in an Excel spreadsheet. Is there any way to add the phone numbers to existing people in my Contacts listings? —– Marj Green ... (3 Comments)
2/14/18
I am looking for a Numbers document on my iCloud drive that I modified a few days ago. I thought I’d do a more general search. I searched for “Kind is Any” and “Last modified Date within the last 8 days”. It returned nothing. I know that there ... (2 Comments)
2/14/18
I have 2 photo libraries on my Mac. One personal, the other one is professional. Originally I only had one where I was mixing pro and perso. But now, I have created a new library for pro photos and I would like to transfer the pro photos from my main library (perso) to the new ... (3 Comments)