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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11/19/17
I know that this is a silly question but I created a Pages document with a table at the top of page 1. I cannot figure out how to insert text before the table. Please help. —– Gene ... (2 Comments)
11/18/17
Hello Gary, On your MacMost Recommended Products page, you tell us that you (recently) switched from the Logitech 920c to the Logitech 4K Pro Webcam. 1) Considering that you make a lot of training videos with picture in picture, do you think the switch was a good move? Is the ... (3 Comments)
11/17/17
After I updated to High Sierra, I noticed the buttons were gone and replaced with gray colored buttons. Should I reinstall High Sierra? —– Bruce D. Wisz ... (2 Comments)
11/17/17
How do I close the programs that are opened on my Mac Book Pro computer? Retina, mid 2012. My husband tells me I have too many things opened and I don’t know how to close them…. —– Barbara Bobetich ... (2 Comments)
11/16/17
Awhile ago I changed my Apple ID from being xyz@icloud.com to a gmail email address. Now, I want to do the same for my wife but what I am reading online tells me one cannot change from a .icloud account to a third party email. Is this true? My ultimate goal is to have her ... (4 Comments)
11/16/17
Hi Gary I’m using High Sierra on a MacBook 2016 I would like my 🏠 home icon back in my finder window Thank you Joan —– Joan ... (2 Comments)
11/16/17
Wanting to reuse a Scandisk 16Gb memory stick, I removed all contents by sending to “Trash “. The Memory Stick screen was then blank of any contents. The information of this USB stick, although I considered it now to be empty, continues to show the previous “ used ” ... (2 Comments)
11/15/17
How do I not show all the names in a group email sent out from my Mac Book Pro ? —– Daniela Rempel ... (4 Comments)
11/15/17
I have an iPhone 6 I have just replaced. Do you have recommended steps to best totally erase this old iPhone I will be selling? —– Ed Mullery ... (1 Comment)
11/15/17
When using Numbers, and I type the first letter of a name, I get a list of names that start with the same letter. However, if I have made a mistake, as in not capitalizing a name, Numbers “remembers” the suggestion, so the unwanted name still shows in the list. How ... (1 Comment)
11/14/17
I have a large picture library in Aperture that I would like to move in to Photos. I have been using Aperture exclusively so there is nothing in Photos currently. I would like to do the copying directly on the Mac and avoid using iCloud if at all possible. Any ... (3 Comments)
11/10/17
The iCloud Drive folder/app has “disappeared” from my iPad. How do I retrieve it? (It’s still on my iPhone an iMac). —– Peter Jamieson ... (2 Comments)
11/10/17
Trying to create multiple drop down menus ( say Sheet 1column B) that refs another sheet containing 500 food types and there nutritional data. Each food I eat will be selected from a dropdown menu (sheet1) and lookup and display sugar and carb and fat levels ( from data sheet ) ... (1 Comment)
11/8/17
on the imac i use to do this with iphoto, now it became photos… didn’t try it since on my imac. but i tried on my ipad pro and couldn’t find it anywhere. so i would like to create a season greetings card and and photo album for the year 2017 and order the printed ... (1 Comment)
11/8/17
i get so much email that i would like to set up the email only to be downloaded every 3 or 4 hours, just as i have set it up on my imac. is this possible on an ipad pro ? thx —– filip ... (1 Comment)
11/6/17
A website I’ve used since Jan.2017, now gives me the message: “This connection is not private. this website maybe impersonating www.otc-essentials.com to steal your personal or financial information. You shout go back to previous page.” When I called the Health ... (3 Comments)
11/4/17
How do I force pictures taken on iPhone to download to Photos on mac desktop…48 hours later they are still not showing up. I have tried re-starting my desktop with no success. —– Beth ... (1 Comment)
11/2/17
I have and like iTunes organizing my media with all my music stored on the local hard drive of my iMac. Conversely I have a bunch of videos stored on an external drive. Today I happened to add one of these videos to iTunes and I noticed that it made a copy of the movie from my ... (2 Comments)
10/30/17
Have a new mac mini with sierra. mouse size is too small. how do I permanently make it larger? —– Dan Carpenter ... (2 Comments)
10/28/17
The question is mainly about deleting Messages in one device and having them deleted in all devices by sync. (Using latest versions) —– Juan ... (3 Comments)