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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8/20/16
Due to increasing vision problems I’ve been attaching some Voice Memos to emails to friends. I haven’t figured out how to make the files smaller though and sometimes my email server won’t send them due to them being too large. Is there an easy way to compress ... (3 Comments)
8/18/16
While using Windows, I entered information on many of my old scanned photos giving details as to date, location, names, etc in the Properties portion of the photo. This was done by right-clicking the photo, choosing Properties and entering the data (date photo was taken, ... (1 Comment)
8/18/16
I have the latest version of Pages and Numbers but cannot figure out how to create a document that will print address labels like I could from Appleworks. I want to get this done before I need to print my Christmas Cards. I have a new imac and am running El ... (1 Comment)
8/17/16
I have been enjoying myself creating Movie projects in iMovie and then posting them on Facebook. On my last video I added a sound track using the in-built Audio Sound Effects available in iMovie (I actually used the Acoustic Sunrise Jingle available in iMovie for Mac version ... (3 Comments)
8/17/16
I’ve seen your video from 2012 about exporting MOV with alpha channel for transparency, but this isn’t available in the newer versions of Keynote anymore. The first question that one should ask is WHY??? But do you know if there is another way to get the same result, ... (3 Comments)
8/17/16
How do I customise the context menu when I right click on a cell in numbers, for example, I’d like to add the option to ‘edit formula’ instead of having to go up to the menu bar each time? Is this a big job and relatively easy. A step by step video or instructions would be ... (1 Comment)
8/16/16
I’m relatively new on a Mac…I let my grandson buy some games he likes from Steam so he could play them when he stays over. Unfortunately, every time I boot-up (I know I don’t need to shut down, but I’m still learning and 30+ yr old PC habits are hard to break), I have to ... (2 Comments)
8/16/16
iMac OSX El Capitan 10.11.6 I use the Safari privacy setting always block. This is fine. It works. But many sites e.g. banking, email etc, require cookies to be enabled. When I use the filter – ‘Allow from current website only’ – my website data frequently ... (6 Comments)
8/15/16
Having used my iPhone 6+ continually I was shocked on Monday morning when I opened the Mail app and saw “Updated last Wednesday”, 4 days ago! While there were no messages in my Inbox when it DID check, it’s this behavior that keeps me from including ... (5 Comments)
8/15/16
I have an iMac and have set it up as user Mom, using an Apple ID for music and apps. As well, this Apple ID, Mom, is the primary for sync and backup of multiple iOS devices. This Apple ID, Mom, is a USA one account. I have a second user on the iMac, Dad. This user has a ... (5 Comments)
8/11/16
I click a scheduled date on reminders when I want to be reminded of something such as scheduling a reminder for August 19 to “Make dinner reservations for Sunday.” Reminders saves the date of the Scheduled reminder to Sunday August 21 from the date I want to be ... (4 Comments)
8/11/16
How do I have entry’s in the first sheet automatically update the second sheet? —– Dale Douglass ... (4 Comments)
8/11/16
on ios out and about i join xfinity wifi ( my cable providers free public wifi ) iphone remembers it but thanks to icloud my home macbook also gets xfinity added to its list of prefered networks so i sign on at home on the laptop and if my home network is weak at the moment my ... (6 Comments)
8/7/16
Hi Gary, I am so confused over iCloud Drive. I have 19,000 photos from my Mac on iCloud & so far haven’t turned on iCloud Drive on my iPhone & iPad to ensure they don’t get filled up to capacity. My iPhone currently has 417 photos on it that I would like to ... (11 Comments)
8/7/16
I have four text boxes and I want to combine those text boxes so I can bring them into Keynote 6.6.2 presentation as one build. They come in one at a time and I want them to come in all at once. My OS is 10.11.6. My mac is a MacBookPro and it was purchased in December 2011. It ... (2 Comments)
8/6/16
donating my 2010 iMac with Mountain Lion to my church. What steps to take to ensure all information is cleared. —– Billy Trusle ... (1 Comment)
8/5/16
Using MacBook Pro 13″, Mid 2010 with El Capitan, Ver 10.11.6 In addition to the email address provided, I also use an email address with @me.com. Just received photos from a sender using Gmail and all the photos were very small in size taken with an iPhone but sent to me at ... (1 Comment)
8/4/16
Gary, Is there anyway to turn off swiping in Apple Mail on an iMac using a Magic Mouse? I’m constantly accidentally swiping a message and sometimes deleting it. This is obviously great for touch screens and/or track pads but not so much for mice. I see in the Mail Prefs ... (1 Comment)
8/4/16
Gary, Is there a way to make email attachments saved to desktop show up in the right top corner of the desk top? I am often downloading from an email and have to move the email to find the attachment in the lower right corner of my screen. Have you ever addressed this ... (2 Comments)
8/4/16
I’m using microsoft exchange in my mac mail. I added signature to that. Whenever i’m sending an email, my signature turn into a signature file (ATT00001.htm) Please help me to solve this issue —– Jayakumar ... (6 Comments)