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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7/15/17
There must be a way to show what any font looks like when it is selected in Pages v6.2? —– Dennis ... (5 Comments)
7/15/17
I would like to copy transitions. At the moment I’m creating singly between each section of media —– SteveP ... (1 Comment)
7/13/17
I have a 2016 iMac 27 inch and want to have the proper backup power supply. I read that “MAC computers are considered to have PFC power supplies and Back UPS may not be compatible for this device”. This was from the APC technician I had contacted. Is there any ... (2 Comments)
7/8/17
Hi All, I’m new to Mac’s numbers spreadsheet; and what I need to do is take a long list of three or four-word phrases that are located in one column, sort every phrase contained on the sheet, so that I end up with one list containing only single words. I’m ... (4 Comments)
7/7/17
Hi Recently I have bought a new MacBook Pro 2016 which I connect to my old iMac to use it as a external display. I would like to use the loudspeakers from my iMac, but I could not figure out how, it always plays the music on my MacBook Pro. Is there a way to use the ... (1 Comment)
7/6/17
Mailboxes in Mail have disappeared. How do I retrieve them? —– mike field ... (1 Comment)
7/5/17
What should I look for when getting a portable power station for travel etc. —– Harry ... (2 Comments)
7/5/17
I have no idea, I just only saw a video about AppleScript but I´m not an expert… can any body help me? —– Javier ... (1 Comment)
7/3/17
I’m attempting to sync my iPhone 7 with iTunes on my MacBook Air. An alert pops up telling me a certain app was not installed because I’m not authorized for it on this computer. It says, “To authorize this computer for items purchased from the iTunes store, ... (2 Comments)
7/2/17
When I delete an email off my iPhone 6 plus I don’t want it to delete off my iPad mini 4 as well. Are there setting some where? Both devices are using iOS 10.3.2 Thanks —– Karen M. ... (3 Comments)
7/2/17
Just finished the iMovie video – very good. Can I annotate onto a video – for instance put an arrow pointing to something? Is the answer to use transparenices or take a screenshot put the image into another programme to annotate then back into the ... (2 Comments)
7/1/17
I have watched these movies and TV shows that have been downloaded through home sharing many times before but lately can not open as it says” content is not authorized” —– Gary Ward ... (2 Comments)
6/30/17
Using the latest version of Numbers (V4.2) I am trying to create a spreadsheet that tracks the number of months a client has been with my company. Both past and current. For example, if John started with me on January 1st and left on July 1st. The first column would show his ... (3 Comments)
6/29/17
I produce musicals for school classrooms. I film their performances and want parents to be able to download a copy of the musical, but keep the file protected from the general public. Schools do not allow general posting of performances unless they have releases for all ... (1 Comment)
6/29/17
I am running 10.3.2 on iPhone 6+ and can’t delete some of the photo’s using the “select” command to mark them because the photo’s are “grayed” out. —– dCecil ... (1 Comment)
6/28/17
I am half way through creating a movie in iMovie on my laptop and would like to continue on my iMac. How do I transfer all the relevant data from one to the other? —– Mike P ... (1 Comment)
6/28/17
Just watched iMovie course. I liked the effect where Gary took a video with a green background and then changed the background. If I take a photo with a green back ground can I use that in iMovie to do the same thing? —– Mike P ... (1 Comment)
6/28/17
Is there a way to get rid of the “blue circle” that appears around my location (domicile) when I use Maps. I want if off so that I can take a screen shot and use it in one of my classes’ website lessons. I know I can use Google Maps (no circle), but I would ... (1 Comment)
6/26/17
Using terminal command sudo nvram BootAudio=%01 dosen’t seem to work I get this answer sudo: unable to stat /etc/sudoers: Permission denied sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin AHB-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Andrew$ Any one have a ... (2 Comments)
6/26/17
How do I view newest Photo first using the Photos App? My sort option in my Photos App is all greyed out so I cannot change the sequence of All Photos in the Album Section. It is just stuck in one position “Keep sorted by oldest first” . No other options are ... (1 Comment)