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.3/11/22
Is there a way to increase the thickness (depth) of the task bar at the top of the screen?
I want a thicker task bar at the top of the screen?
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Dennis
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3/11/22
You keep telling us that we should not shut down our MacBooks (me: MacBook Pro 15″ (2015) and lately M1 MacBook Pro 14″) all the time. But what do you do when travelling with the MacBook (walk-bike-car-train-plane). Would it not be safer for the MacBook to be shut ... (1 Comment)
3/10/22
Is it possible to bail out of a slow build early, if I need to leave it before the build ends?
I have a slow build under my speech. If I finish earlier than the build, I do not want to wait until the build is complete before I move on to the next slide.
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Steven
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3/10/22
Gary are there down sides to using a screen saver? For example wearing out the screen faster, or just using up memory?
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Greg
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3/4/22
I use a number of apps and programs that export, and very often import, data as .csv’s. I desperately need a simple and efficient process for finding commas (“,”) and spaces (” “) and replacing them with what I have always called “paragraph ... (2 Comments)
3/4/22
I have looked through a lot of the MacMost tutorials but didn’t find the answer I’m looking for.
Working with google sheets is very helpful because multiple family members are able to access and edit spreadsheets “live” so the rest of the family can see ... (2 Comments)
3/3/22
How do I take a screenshot of a selected area of a window without the screenshot having a grey drop shadow on each side? I’m using Shift + Command + 5.
I want to show the members how to remove their message from the Chat bar of a conference. One method leaves a placeholder. ... (5 Comments)
3/3/22
How do you change the position of Columns in Numbers and keep the Formulas for the cells?
When I created the spreadsheets I put the Columns in the order I thought they should be. After using them I decided the order was wrong and it was causing some confusion.
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John ... (1 Comment)
3/3/22
How to resize a photo to fit for a desktop picture, on my 12 in laptop?
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Ken
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3/2/22
Mac OS Calendar –
I am completely freaking out after not knowing how or why the highlights in my calendar settings have changed from blue to red. Little things like this cause my eyes and brain to go nutty.
I’m not talking about the day/weekly view of events that I have ... (3 Comments)
3/1/22
What is the best format for photo editing and storage?
I want to edit photos and store them with the emphasis on quality as opposed to space saving.
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Moe
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2/26/22
How to make shortcut to one of the Apple Shortcut APP on dock ?
How to make shortcut to one of the Apple Shortcut APP on dock ?
How Do I Make This Shortcut To Shortcut App or how make keyboard shortcut to this Photo to Text APP ?
How to make a allias to shortcuts app. I want ... (3 Comments)
2/26/22
An elderly friend running a 2013 iMac on Catalina has asked me if it is possible to restore the boot up chime. I recall that some time ago you published a tutorial on that very subject but I have been unable to find it on Youtube. I’d be grateful if you could help.
John ... (6 Comments)
2/21/22
Can you please advise the procedure to access the records of dates of updates completed on my Macbook Pro O/S Catalina 10.15.7. Thanks.
To confirm latest date of update to ensure applications are using latest data.
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Monkswood
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2/19/22
I have a shortcut I use every morning that open some apps I will use (for example : Safari, Mail and Music). I also like to have my apps on different desktops (Safari on desktop 2, Mail on desktop 3 etc.). When I launch my shortcut, all the apps are opening on the same desktop ... (2 Comments)
2/18/22
Can sections be created after a pages document has been finished?
I have a document (possible book with text and photos) nearly complete. Overlooked sections when building the document but now realize it would have made making changes easier. If so, how? Thank ... (7 Comments)
2/18/22
What is the best way to convert a locked PDF file that I received (I was given the password) to an unlocked version?
So I don’t have to save this password to view the file in the future.
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Ben
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2/18/22
How can I make my iMac’s screen recording sound better?
The sounds are heard as if they came from a barrel, and the original pleasant sound is something else.
It doesn’t matter if I’m using QuickTime or some other free screenshot program.
I should be filming ... (5 Comments)
2/17/22
I’m trying to sort a Numbers (11.2) file by a column of dates if the file was SAVED from a .CSV to a .NUMBERS file?
The problem is the Numbers Dates won’t sort because of the old .CSV FORMAT. I CAN sort them if I add a space to the end of each .Numbers Date, however there ... (2 Comments)
2/17/22
I’m trying to get email document attachments to open automatically when downloading. I’m in Safari, on mail.google.com; I have checked the box for “Open “safe” files after downloaded” in the Safari preference tab “General”. However, ... (1 Comment)
