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.5/21/22
How can I convert multiple (all) Microsoft Word files to Pages at the same time? Is there a code to convert in Bulk or can a code be made (by MacMost)?
MacMost videos made me decide not to renew Office 365. Now I have to convert almost 700 Word documents to Pages. 1 by 1 would ... (1 Comment)
5/20/22
what is the proper way to permanently delete photos?
I want to clean out my photos file.
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Don
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5/13/22
I have only 32 GB free on Macintosh HD and want to make more space by deleting some files.
Many, many files have been copied to an external drive and deleted from Macintosh HD and
the trash has been emptied. I can verify this with the Finder. However Disk Utility still
shows ... (1 Comment)
5/12/22
Hi Gary, I have a question and what are the best ways to use the ‘Groups’feature on Mac In the ‘Users and Groups’ in System prefences?
Because I’m curious on what are the best way to use the groups feature on Mac.
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Caiden
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5/11/22
Hi garry, just wanted to know is there any way out to see my iphone’s battery charge% from mac when both the devices are connected to same wifi network and logged on to same icloud id? Many at times what happen is suppose i am working on mac and my phone is kept in any ... (1 Comment)
5/9/22
How do I convert TIFFS to JPEGS
I have scanned large volumes of slides as Tiffs … as digital records. Need to go to Jpegs for other people to use.
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Turoa
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5/8/22
I have created a Pages document which I have exported into a PDF document. The PDF document is too large to send. I need to divided it and break it down into 2 or 3 smaller PDF documents.
The PDF document as is, is too big. I need to send this document somehow, even if it ... (1 Comment)
5/5/22
How do I create and design labels using my Mac? I sure hope I don’t have to purchase Word to be able to do labels. I love all your tips and uses on my Apple products.
I am trying to make some labels for products that I own…I want to use Avery 5160 ... (2 Comments)
5/4/22
How do I make the default cursor larger?
I am 75 years old and my vision is not what it used to be. I need the default cursor to be bigger so I don’t lose it on the screen-have to use the mouse wiggle way to often.
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Michael Steen
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5/4/22
How can I paste an item on multiple keynote slides simultaneously?
I have to paste a logo on thousands of slides among tens of files.
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Ikram Ur Rehman
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5/1/22
Did we lose the ability to assign an app to a specific desktop in Monterey? When I control click on an app in the dock I have just 3 choices — Keep in Dock; Open at Login; Show in Finder. Or, am I missing something?
I am using desktops to manage how I work with the apps I ... (2 Comments)
5/1/22
I like Apple Notes and I am trying to use this app as often as I can, however there is one “little” ditty that bugs me.
This is, the web links appear on my monitor as a light yellow colour.
Can the colour be changed to say a darker tone, such as blue etc.
Because it ... (1 Comment)
4/30/22
If I move a photo from my Photos App to my desktop and then trash the photo from the Desktop, does the photo get deleted from the Photos App when I empty the Trash?
I often move a Photo to the desktop from Photos App. I use the photo on the desktop for a project the I am working ... (1 Comment)
4/29/22
Is there a way to turn a file path into a hyperlink on any Mac computer that is sharable on a network? For an example, we have 8 different computers on our network; each in separate offices (same office location). I would like to be able to share a file path as a hyperlink to ... (4 Comments)
4/28/22
Hi, Gary. I would like to know if it it safe to carry around a MackBook Air M1 (such as putting it into a backpack while riding my motorbike to work) while just putting the computer into sleep mode, or is it a preferable to shut down the computer when I want to move it more than ... (2 Comments)
4/27/22
Gary, I just finished watching your video suggesting, among other strategies to deal with internal disk space, moving my extensive photo collection covering many years up and over to iCloud, but what worries me most is backup. I am a dedicated belt-and-suspenders kind of ... (8 Comments)
4/27/22
I am an avid pages user who adds tables to many pages for work. However, with the newest update when I copy & paste tables between pages they move slightly. This is regardless of being “stay on page” with nothing around to move it.
For example:
New table on Page ... (1 Comment)
4/26/22
Hi Gary, I want to create a ‘to do list’ that has deadlines in a list view, that sorts the various deadlines in date order, with the most immediate at the top of the list. Does the Mac have a programme where i can do that ? i tried “Reminders’ and the ... (2 Comments)
4/26/22
I want to display a different time zone (simultaneously with local),
preferably in the menu bar
I have a lot of dealings in Europe, so I would like to display European
time as well as local time in the menu bar (as digital display).
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Paul
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4/26/22
I make lots of Keynote files on different topics and use them as flash cards. Sometimes I want to use the contents from one of the Keynote files I made, but cannot remember what file its located in so I wind up searching many files until I find the info I’m looking for. ... (2 Comments)
