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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8/10/17
I have a book in iBooks. I read it mostly on my iPad but sometimes I read it on my iPhone. I thought that iBooks would advance to the latest page read no matter what device I last read it on? That doesn’t appear to be happening. Is there a way to keep the last page I ... (3 Comments)
8/10/17
I wish to send pictures from the Photo app (version 2.0 [3161.4.140]) on my 13″ Apple MacbookPro (2016 – OS Sierra 10.12.6) laptop for viewing on my (2005) Mitsubishi Model WS-55315 55″ projection TV. From the laptop to the TV I have connected a USB-C to VGA ... (10 Comments)
8/8/17
I have two tables, “Table 1” shares a common attribute of “SKU” with “Table 2”. Table 2 has a column/attribute of “UPC”. How do I express the function that would meet the following conditions: 1. Compare the SKU from Table 1 to ... (3 Comments)
8/7/17
I’m looking for the tabs not bookmarks and it occured a week ago. How do i go about it? iTunes? iCloud? —– Bruce Renner ... (1 Comment)
8/7/17
Older Mac Pro…about 7 years. Not upgraded to latest operating system…currently on the one before Yosemite. This is my cousin’s computer. Regular blank document in Pages, where she has been typing stories, suddenly started adding text boxes. She doesn’t ... (2 Comments)
8/4/17
I’m trying to decide between two new MacBooks to replace my lagging 2010 MB Air. I’m looking at the refurbished ones, and can’t decide between the 12-inch MacBook 1.1GHz Dual-core Intel Core m3 (256GB PCIe-based onboard flash storage) or the 12-inch MacBook ... (3 Comments)
8/3/17
I would like to import music from my iMac to my iPhone SE. I cannot find out how I get the iTunes app to my iPhone. —– Charles ... (1 Comment)
8/3/17
A web-site titles “onlineMapFinder” pops up when I try to open another site. Most frustrating. —– Jean ... (1 Comment)
8/3/17
When I tried to follow the instructions in today’s email on how to encrypt a flash drive I got the following message: A GUID Partition Table (GPT) partitioning scheme is required I have no idea what that means!! —– Murray Atherton ... (2 Comments)
8/3/17
I am getting notifications from several sources to remove adware. Is this adware slowing down my iMac? —– Carol Ostberg ... (1 Comment)
7/31/17
Moving a 180GB iTunes library from a WD external hard drive to iCloud, utilizing a MacBook Air from mid-2013, and Sierra. I have plenty of iCloud room. —– Terry Mann ... (5 Comments)
7/30/17
Pages 6.2 How do I add tabs? —– Rose Matthews ... (1 Comment)
7/28/17
Gary, The credit card I use to pay for Apple iCloud, iTunes music and items from App Store is coming for its regular renewal. How does one go about updating the info so that no interruption(s) occur(s)? Thanks, Fernando Toronto, Canada —– Fernando Gonçalves ... (2 Comments)
7/28/17
Trying to allow apps to to store data and documents in iCloud —– Tony ... (4 Comments)
7/23/17
I know that there is a way to go back to the original search results after you have used one of the search results links and drilled down (browsed from a result link). I looked but could not find it in help. I appreciate your help. —– Gene ... (5 Comments)
7/22/17
I really want to use the iWork software made for my Mac/iOS, but MS Office prevails. When I attempt to edit Office docs in iWork, it becomes a frustratingly time consuming mess. And once saved and sent, even as an MS Office doc, colleagues have problems with my formatting, etc. ... (1 Comment)
7/21/17
One school of thought says keep your iOS devices cleaned up by closing apps that are just sitting there behind the current page, the other says they’re “frozen” and not using any resources and force-quitting them by flipping them away can do more harm than good. ... (5 Comments)
7/20/17
I would like to delete all photos from iPhone 6 to increase storage. Currently I have less than 1 GB. —– Jean ... (1 Comment)
7/18/17
Apple Mac Pro ( Late 2013) Sierra Version 10.1.1 (12603.2.4) I retain some downloaded files in the Downloads folder for short term reference, before deleting or saving as text documents. Can the file names automatically shown when downloaded, be changed to more personally useful ... (2 Comments)
7/16/17
Would actually like to find something better than the AT&T Microcell Tower. iPhone reception is one bar or less at my house, and the ATT product was working fine, until we had several lightning storms. Now it goes off line, loses connection, and will not ... (2 Comments)