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.11/11/12
I am making a slide show in iMovie 11. I have put various picture into it and a transition in between each photo. I also have the first two pictures with titles on them, and an audio track playing during the show. Unfortunately, when I play the slide show, all it shows is the ... (2 Comments)
11/11/12
Hi, First, thank you guys to upload so many useful tutorials. They are pure gems! i am using FCPX version 10.0, and it requires a LOT of hard drive space for a few minutes HD video. So much that i started to doubt am i making some mistakes. i’m wondering is it possible to ... (4 Comments)
11/11/12
I remember when the trojan variant for Mac unleashed alot of terror a while back and Antivirus companies got on the bandwagon to promote their products for Apple Macs, an additional precaution was to disable java from web browsers, as well from “OS X” itself.
One of ... (4 Comments)
11/10/12
I am a teacher and use my iPad for presentations. Sometimes I need to use my password to log in on the intranet. Is there a way to switch off the characters so that my students only see the dots on the screen?
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Finie
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11/10/12
I have an old Airport Extreme (the dome-shaped one) that I was using as a fallback network at the office. I now have an additional office with no network, so I brought the AE to the new office to set up. I wanted to reconfigure it with a different name and password, but upon ... (5 Comments)
11/10/12
Gary, I used to think my Air Drop function did not work until I discovered that both Macs had to be in “Air Drop” in finder in order for the Macs to see one another. Is this the normal behavior of Air Drop? And if so curious as to why? It seems that a more useful ... (1 Comment)
11/9/12
I am a beginning Gimp user. Which program do you feel is the most user friendly, Gimp or Pixelmator? Which do you prefer?
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Marcia Christ
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11/9/12
I would like to ask if it possible to add different layouts at the same file when using iWork pages, I want to add the landscape layout to a document written in the vertiCal layout. In other words, having vertiCal layouts and landscape layouts at the same document.
Best ... (3 Comments)
11/8/12
I recently installed Mountain Lion and have been annoyed by the aggressive persona of iCloud. It always seems to be looking over my shoulder and wanting to move more of “my stuff” to iCloud. Is there a way to make iCloud less aggressive and more passive … ... (4 Comments)
11/8/12
Apple says if we use @iCloud.com email, we’ll still RECEIVE mail sent to .me or .Mac, but do you know if we will we still be able to SEND via .me or .Mac if we start using the @iCloud.com address?
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Cameron
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11/6/12
NOW function changes as the system clock moves forward in time. We need absolute values that will not change as would typiCally a “last modified” date stamp on a word processing document.
Our objective is to create tables in a numbers ’09 sheet that could then ... (2 Comments)
11/6/12
I have just bought a new iMac but would still like to maintain my windows XP. I have an Epson RX520 printer and would like to network it to both computers. Is there such a thing as a usb splitter that I could plug into both computers and the printer and then just flick a switch ... (1 Comment)
11/6/12
I have Microsoft Office and iWork on my computer. I much prefer using iWork over Microsoft Office. There is only a few instances that I would need to use Office. I was wondering if I could put Office on an external hard drive and run the program thru the external hard ... (1 Comment)
11/6/12
How do I make a personal ring tone to use on my iPhone 4s? is it still possible?
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Byron Robinson
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11/6/12
How do i Use pages on iPad mini and seeing the document on MacBook Pro?
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Robert young
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11/6/12
Gary, In my job I access thousands of files/presentations/emails/web sites annually over a range of subject and innovation areas. I have proven my detailed folder structures are not allowing me to “EASILY” find information and presentations in a timely manner. (I have ... (2 Comments)
11/6/12
When a new song starts or ad hoc I often miss information about the song now being played. Is there a solution or add on to simplify this process so that I don’t have to switch to the iTunes window?
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Jan Præst
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11/5/12
My Apple Mt Lion email suddenly toggled to a 2-column format, mailboxes and messages with 2 lines of text. No third column (as once in Letterbox) on the right with a preview. There’s not a simple command I can find that to retrieve previous formatting. Any help much ... (2 Comments)
11/2/12
I have a MacPro (early 2008) that has been recently upgraded to Lion – I work for a school district, so they are not quick to install a new OS.
I noticed it still has iChat installed, but I wanted to get it upgraded to Messages.
How can I get that upgraded? Or will that be ... (1 Comment)
11/2/12
When I choose to arrange by “name” the files in a Finder folder, I expect to have them listed alphabetiCally or in a series of numbers (ascending or descending). But I don’t!
For exemple arranging by “name” my photographs, this is the list I am ... (4 Comments)
