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.12/31/12
We own many cartoons DVDs that our young kid mishandles in his excitement. I would like to make exact copies to a blank DVD to play on a player and keep the original safe. What is the best method?
a. If possible I would like to get rid of annoying ads, previews, piracy warnings ... (3 Comments)
12/31/12
In Finder/Downloads I want to view file icons as a page sorted by DATE ADDED- how?
(when view/icons & arrange/date is selected I get the left/right cover flow style- not user-friendly)
Thanks for your expertise! You make Mac more enjoyable!
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Crystal
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12/30/12
My 8 year old received an iPod Touch for Christmas. We are using my Apple ID to download apps. Now she would like to download music (she has a gift card and a relative who has given us $20 cash for her to download music).
My question is, is it possible to create a separate iTunes ... (2 Comments)
12/27/12
The ability to sort iTunes Store search results seems to have vanished in iTunes 11. For example, sorting by popularity, release date, or song title. Sorting is integral to searching. What am I missing? If it’s gone in v11, that’s a major step backward for ... (8 Comments)
12/27/12
I’m always after “bagging a bargain”, & when I eventually buy a new MacBook, I think I will seriously consider a refurbished 15″ Retina MacBook Pro.(I’m sure it would be worth it)
Is the Apple Refurb store the best place to look for that, and ... (10 Comments)
12/26/12
I have moved from PCM to MacBook Pro. My MacBook Mail account has many duplicates. What’s the best way to find and then remove duplicate email messages?
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John
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12/25/12
We have 3 iPod touch in my household, two belong to minors. How do I keep the peace when iTunes gift cards are recieved? At this point any cards that are redeemed are open to “ALL”. Yes, sharing is good unless it is a birthday or Christmas present, or other gift. Is ... (2 Comments)
12/24/12
A friend told me that he was initially thinking about buying the new 27″ iMac and then decided against it. The reasons being (according to him):
For about the same price you can buy the new Mac Mini & 27″ Thunderbolt Monitor, giving you almost the same computing ... (13 Comments)
12/23/12
Whatever happened to the automatic process for updating malware definitions in the Security system preferences in OS X? I think it was added to Snow Leopard, but it seems to be gone in Mtn Lion. Did Apple come up with a different way of protecting the OS from malware ... (4 Comments)
12/22/12
I’m using Contacts 7.1 on a 2011 MacBook Pro (Mountain Lion). I have created a New Group distribution list, however I cannot figure out how to specify which email address I want to use. Many of my contacts have multiple email addresses, however for certain groups I want to ... (4 Comments)
12/21/12
I have had my MacBook for just over 2 years now and am running Snow Leopard, having never upgraded the OS.
I would just like to know are there any Pros of still being on Snow Leopard (only because someone commented to me the other day,that as far as he was concerned Snow Leopard ... (12 Comments)
12/20/12
I have tons of pictures in various categories: seasons, art, vehicles, etc. I’d like to be able to quickly change Desktop Pictures to fit my mood without having to move pictures from their normal folders or use an entire folder when there are only a few pictures in it I ... (4 Comments)
12/20/12
I have a CD in iTunes with more than 25 songs actually 35. iTunes will only print 25 songs for a jewel case insert. Is there a way to print all 35.
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Dan Pawlak
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12/19/12
There are few things as pleasant as waking up to the soft piano intro of Diana Krall’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”…except when it’s being drowned out by intermittent vibrating! Is there a way to turn vibrate off for the alarm without ... (5 Comments)
12/18/12
When you right click on a application above the options it shows you in most applications the history. How do you get rid of it?
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Mr Anthony Cotton
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12/18/12
I have a 3TB external drive connected to my Mac. It contains 2.5TB of data. If I use Finder > Encrpyt to encrypt the drive, how long will the encryption take? A few minutes or multiple hours? If it has to somehow read and re-write all the data, my guess is it’ll probably ... (1 Comment)
12/17/12
Have a new MacBook Pro and want a good word processing program
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Dan
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12/16/12
I will soon change my ISP and need to keep ready access to old emails that are now in my Mail file. It seems to me I need two accounts on my Mail program, one for “@oldISP” emails and the other for “@newISP.” Is that possible?
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Michael ... (2 Comments)
12/11/12
From what I see online, I fear that my Time Machine back-ups are not secure. If stolen, the “bad people” would have access to everything on my Mac.
Is there a simple way to help make the Time Machine back-ups secure while continuing to serve as a back-up medium? I ... (4 Comments)
12/8/12
This may be a stupid question, but how do I get push notifications every time a mail reaches the server, so that I don´t have to open the mail app and check mail myself.
I tried enabling push in settings, but nothing seems to happen.
I have both iCloud mail, hotmail and 2 ... (3 Comments)
