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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10/5/17
I was wondering would you please explain to me in a easy way that I can understand: why does an iPod, iPhone or a iPad need to sleep when its plugged in for it to perform its back up to the iCloud? —– c_bar@icloud.com ... (1 Comment)
10/4/17
What differences if any would the different monitor connections provide? Thunderbolt digital video output Native Mini DisplayPort output DVI, VGA, dual-link DVI, and HDMI output supported using Mini DisplayPort adapters (sold separately) HDMI video output Support for 1080p ... (1 Comment)
10/4/17
I want my formula to work like this: If I have the checkbox checked, I want it to add D2 and R2. IF(T2,D2+R2) This is working perfectly!! However, if the checkbox is NOT checked, I want it to only put R2 in the cell. How do I make that part of the ... (2 Comments)
10/3/17
On my MacBook I had my wife Airdroped me photos. I see them in “Imports” but do not see them in “photos”. In the past when she airdroped me pictures I could see them in photos. Has IOS11 changed a setting? —– David Korte ... (1 Comment)
10/2/17
iMacHigh Sierra (late 2012), 27″ 2.9Ghz inTel Core i5, NvidiaGTX 660M 512 MB 24Gb memory 1600Mhz DDR3. Second Monitor LG. Apps are VLC, Elmedia Player, QuickTime,DVDPlayer (Apple) Instead of showing a static photo on my second, extended monitor (LG), I would like to be able ... (1 Comment)
10/2/17
Trying to drag and drop photos into a program to polish them up, I can drag a photo from my desktop into this app without problem but can not drag directly from photos app opened, can I find these photos in finder, used to be able to pull up all my files and search through there ... (3 Comments)
10/1/17
Apple has just released High Sierra, there is some information about it is not ready for MACS that have fusion drives. Do you think they will provide an update for MACS with a fusion drive? —– Rogers Leverette ... (1 Comment)
10/1/17
My new Canon TS8050 can, I believe switch itself on when a request to print is received from my imac or ipad or Android phone via the Canonprint App. Since my last printer’s head died posssibly because I was not using it regularly enough I wondered if you could you come up with ... (2 Comments)
9/30/17
I have a group of friends in my contacts on my computer I call Regulars. I want to put the same group on my iPad My iPad is model A1458, I don’t think they ever gave that one a name! I’m pretty sure it was the first one with a retina screen —– Jeanette ... (1 Comment)
9/30/17
I noticed that the shared links option is missing in Safari with macOS High Sierra… only bookmarks and reading lists remain. Called Apple Support but they didn’t know why it was eliminated. Any ideas? —– Ron ... (3 Comments)
9/29/17
My photos are not syncing between all of my apple devices. I want to sign out of iCloud on my iPhone 7 and iPad running version iOS 11 and see if that helps. How do I sign out? —– Marcia Christ ... (4 Comments)
9/29/17
Am I the only one to notice that Retouch is missing from the new iOS Photos app? Is it really gone or is there someplace else that I can find it? —– Kay Fisher ... (1 Comment)
9/28/17
I’m trying to share files under iCloud family storage and curious if the Files App permissions work to permit view, edit, write and what the folders look like across the shared storage for viewing and whether the iCloud Photo library is visible and shareable as a single ... (1 Comment)
9/27/17
Since I have upgraded to High Sierra I have noticed that my Notes in the Contacts app are truncated after six lines. The information is still there if I do a ‘select all’ and paste into another app. Thus this is a visual problem only – but annoying. Has anyone ... (39 Comments)
9/26/17
With High Sierra coming soon should I invest in apps like CleanMyMac 3 or do you still say there is no need for these apps? —– David ... (6 Comments)
9/26/17
Since I updated to IOS 11, the Location icon (arrow) has always been visible in the upper right corner of the task bar. The only way for it to go away is to completely shut off Location services. Then, when it is on, seems my battery is draining faster than usual. Is this a ... (2 Comments)
9/26/17
I was wondering would you please explain to me in a easy way that I can understand: what does a security update actually do to the computer? —– c_bar@icloud.com ... (1 Comment)
9/25/17
I had a problem a couple of years ago with email trying to use contacts that came from emails form the outside even thought they were NOT in my contacts list. An Apple person walked me thought it but I cannot remember the steps. I think it had to do with removing ... (1 Comment)
9/24/17
With the wireless charging added to the new iPhones, will any generic wireless charger pad work, or will the phone pop up the unsupported accessory and not charge like when you used an non certified Apple lighting cable. —– David Hold ... (1 Comment)
9/24/17
I have a 2016 9.7″ iPad pro/with keyboard that I use more than my “vintage Mac.” The 27″ screen would be nice to use since I don’t plan on buying another PC. My last upgrade for my 4GB Mac was El Capitan. Can it be done? —– Sandy Gilbert ... (1 Comment)