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.2/11/16
After reading reviews on the App Store, I’m still very concerned about installing Apple’s latest OS X, El Capitan 10.11.3. There are dozens (if not more) of reviews that say, “DON’T DO IT!” They explain horrific experiences that include apps not ... (3 Comments)
2/10/16
I anticipate buying a newer MBP and transferring my data, photos, music etc to the new MBP. I have read about using Migration Assistant and the options it provides. I also realize I can make some data transfers in other ways such as copying and sending the data (I’ve done ... (1 Comment)
2/9/16
Would love to hear directions on how to fix ‘sharing permissions’ on an external drive. I bought an external drive to save all my movies to and can’t save to it. Tells me the permissions are set to read only. I can save my movie and drag and drop it in the drive ... (3 Comments)
2/9/16
I’m trying to speed up the performance of my MacBook Pro system wide, but mostly in Safari which is loading web pages very slow. What is the easiest and quickest way to free up space by deleting system cache files in the Library folder? And would deleting unnecessary cache ... (2 Comments)
2/8/16
Can you recommend a spreadsheet program for my MacBook? I have just upgraded to El Capitain and need spreadsheet for my personal finances.
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bettonli@yahoo.com
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2/7/16
I decided to organize my photos using metadata. I have all these old albums that I don’t want. I can’t get rid of them. I’ve tried dragging, delete, delete + command…..nothing works. Help!
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Andrea
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2/6/16
I want to switch my iOS devices to a different MBA. For the moment I have an older MBP I use to sync all my iOS devices. I have only one account. I am having troubles with the MBP and anticipate it will fail me soon (it is a mid 2011 15″). I expect to replace it this ... (4 Comments)
2/6/16
I”m trying to cut out an image with my preview. I need it to be a close, custom crop. Not a box crop. I watched your tutorial with Gary on how to do it three different ways using the lasso and the the smart lasso and finally the instant alpha….but it was with snow ... (1 Comment)
2/4/16
HI Garry,
I am a long time Converted Mac user and always refer friends to your video # 357 re Do Mac’s need Antivirus Software which I believe is the best informative discussion about Computer Viruses ever published.
Will you be doing a refreshed version ... (1 Comment)
2/4/16
iMAC Mail in El Capitan: I have set up the rule in RULES to block any email that contains a certain email address. I checked the box for move the message to the junk folder. Yet, I continue to get mail from this person.
Please advise.
Thank you.
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Teri
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2/4/16
Do you have a suggestion on how to best organize bookmarks/favorites? I am using an iMac and MacBook, each running El Capitan. Also, have several iOS devices running the latest OS. Since these bookmarks/favorites date as far back as 2009, I’m thinking of deleting most and ... (2 Comments)
2/4/16
I set up two mailboxes on my Mac Book. The mail comes into the inbox but not into the individual mail boxes.
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Ray
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2/4/16
I have many duplicate photos on my drive but that have different names. I want a way to search by image the same way Google image search does.
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Rabar
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2/4/16
A few days ago I updated my iPhone 6s to 9.2.1
Since that update, Whatsapp no longer has access to my contacts.
I already reinstalled Wapp but same probl.
who can help?
thx
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bollekenNp
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2/4/16
I recently custom ordered a new iMac and after three days decided I wanted a larger iMac. I tried to change the order with the “Chat” but was told I had to cancel the order, wait a few days and start over. I called the original Apple employee who had helped me (she ... (2 Comments)
2/4/16
Do I need to update the new expiration date or card security code of a credit card, in Wallet?
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Thomas Henderson
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2/4/16
We have a large iTunes library, mostly videos. It was too big to fit on the family Mac, so we put it on an external drive connected to our Mac. We unchecked the advanced setting “copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library,” essentially making all our ... (2 Comments)
2/3/16
My step counter and distance in the Health app appears to be in error when compared others in my group. Is there a calibration procedure where this can be checked or set ?
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ChuckD
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2/3/16
I want to set several signatures for different emails and be able switch between them,
also I want to sign my emails like a handwriting
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Chris
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2/3/16
I have many Keynote presentations on my 27″ Mac that I want to export to individual pdf files in a separate directory as 5-up portrait format handouts and then print them double-sided with slide numbers, file name, and date.
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John Cupak
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