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.1/19/18
I have coped an icon and have pasted it over the app icon in Get Info. The app I created with Automator. Instead of an icon I get the icon for a jpeg file
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John Kueck
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1/17/18
Gary,
Happy New Year!
In my HD > Users > Fernando Gonçalves folder I noticed two folders:
• iCloud Drive (Archive) and
• iCloud Drive (Archive) -1.
Q.1: Any idea(s) on how could/did this happened? (I must have unknowingly Ok’d it!)
Q.2: Can/Should I delete/trash one or ... (1 Comment)
1/16/18
Sometimes the images on my desktop do not display in total. For example, there are a number of PDF’s, at times they say simply PDF with the description underneath while other times the actual image of the PDF is displayed. Is there a way to refresh the look without ... (3 Comments)
1/15/18
I want to autofill a column in a table in Pages with sequential numbers.
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Sandra
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1/13/18
How do I remove downloaded Files app files without deleting the file from iCloud? I can’t figure this out on iOS or MacOS. The only option deletes the file from everything including iCloud.
MacOS 10.13.2
iOS 11.2.1
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Todd Mavis
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1/13/18
I created a Reminders list on my iPad. I then got on my iMac and sorted the list alphabetically. Looked fine on the Mac but looking at the list on the iPad and iPhone it was the original, unsorted version. What do I need to do to see the sorted list on my iPhone/iPad? ... (3 Comments)
1/12/18
I have hundreds of embroidery files in folders, within folders and sometimes again. It is getting to the point that I need a different way of knowing all of the files that I have, in one place in a list. Currently they are in folders A,B,C, then Animals, Alphabets, Australiana ... (3 Comments)
1/12/18
I want to backup a number of albums of photos in Photos, on a single DVD. What is the easiest way to do this? Many photos are involved. I would like to maintain the backed up photos organized as in the albums.
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Dick Vitales
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1/12/18
Although the automatic iCloud back up of my iOS devices backs up much of the devices’ data, apparently not everything is backed up. I have files such as ebooks purchased from various sources, pdf files, etc that I want to back up as well. How do I do this? My devices are ... (3 Comments)
1/12/18
I am new at using MAC and on the very first day of my new job, my mentor gave me a stressful task to Backup Emails on the Mail application. There are 3 email ids, and these are our support email database. Overall there are tons of emails in the inbox. I need to backup every mail, ... (3 Comments)
1/11/18
If I am in Pages typing a story and I would like to make the first character of the first word of a paragraph be a Drop Cap letter, can it be done? I have a 2016 Mac Book Pro 15″/ 16GB and I cannot figure out how to accomplish this.
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Rick B.
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1/11/18
I have a fairly new MacBook running Sierra (10.12.6).Should i upgrade now, for security, etc., and are there specific steps i should follow before downloading the update?Is this something i can use Apple Care + phone access for?
Thanks
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George H. Middleton
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1/10/18
I’ve watched your video module Creating Forms in IPad Numbers (398). I chose the template on Checklists. After entering the data and then creating a new form, the data transfers to multiple forms. However, I would like to enter additional data under each of the forms but it ... (1 Comment)
1/9/18
Columns A and B in Numbers have a variety of currency data; how can I highlight (or locate visually somehow) the cells in column A that have NO DUPLICATES in column B, regardless of rows?
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Juan Carlos
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1/8/18
I have a great data package from my cellphone provider and would like to make use of personal hotspot on my iPhone as the default wi-fi connection on my MacBook Air. The hotspot option only appears after a while when checking the connection on the menu bar. I am running High ... (3 Comments)
1/5/18
Did clean install from time machine (ext. hard drive) and used a password to open MacBook. Also encrypted the hard drive. Was given a lot of numbers that are now in firevault. When would I use these numbers. Do I need to keep them forever ?
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George Iluk
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1/5/18
running latest non beta version of mac OS. How can i get siri to ignore extraneous room noise and stop recording after i say a command.
In my room i have a fish tank that the air pump makes noise.
when i say a command to siri it keeps recording the room noise so it may take 2 ... (1 Comment)
1/4/18
Make manual backups of entire older MacBook Pro. Have high sierra thru time machine.
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George Iluk
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1/4/18
I tried to search App. For TextEdit app for iPad and I did not find any in Apple store!
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Ibrahim Elmaghraby
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1/4/18
When I have a file on the desktop and I right click it there are lots of options , but is there any way to get a move the file to any folder option , it would quicker than drawing and dropping .
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