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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2/27/12
I am using Snowleopard and iPhoto 09 MacBook Pro. My software is up to date. —– Carolyn Williams ... (2 Comments)
2/27/12
if i want copy 8 files or folders what ever , i select all the eight and copy and paste where i want. but only maximum files can be copied at one time.how to fix this? —– jasi ... (1 Comment)
2/26/12
I would like to get the iPhone weather app for my iPad and can’t find it on the iPad app store. —– Scot ... (5 Comments)
2/24/12
Why is it that on a Mac; OS Snow Leopard, there is no cut option for moving a song from one area to the other like there is on windows OS. I therefore have to follow the only other root left, which is copy and past it & then go back to the original song and send it to the ... (1 Comment)
2/22/12
I work in a church where we have a projection booth on the second story. We use a Mac to run all our projection needs. I’m trying to figure out if I can use my iPad 2 while at the podium (about 20 yards away) to Skype and project the conversation through our system. I saw ... (2 Comments)
2/22/12
I held the iPhone sideways to take some video clips and it was the wrong way (camera on upper left). I imported the clips into iPhoto, but the ROTATE function is grayed-out. How do I now fix this? BTW, the correct way is have the camera on the bottom right if you are holding it ... (2 Comments)
2/21/12
i am making a short video where there will be more than 1 video on screen (like a phone scene but with 3 in total). since the videos are running all at the same time, fcp x is making me use multiple layers. how do i get a transition to affect all 3 layers and not just the primary ... (2 Comments)
2/21/12
I have just come to understand that when you export from iMovie, the file is compressed and you loose quality. So far the only solution is to get Final Cut Pro. I’m wondering if there is a trick that I am missing? I am using iMovie ’11 on a MacBook Pro OS X Snow ... (4 Comments)
2/21/12
I ran out of my free 5G I cloud space (I know that I can buy more space) but I was looking on my I phone and my I photo is taking up the most space. Is there a way that I can delete the pictures that I cloud keeps backing up from my phone so I can regain some of the space ... (2 Comments)
2/21/12
I have been using the new messages (beta) program from Apple on my computer and I have come up with some things that I would like to see in that program and some things for them to fix. Is there a way that we can contact Apple about changes. For example it would be good to have ... (1 Comment)
2/20/12
A few months ago I changed my wallpaper to an image in my Pictures folder (the picture has been deleted since). I have changed my wallpaper recently in the System Preferences and this temporarily changes my wallpaper. However, after a restart my MacBook Pro reverts to the ... (1 Comment)
2/20/12
I have several dvd’s which I created on my Magnavox DVD Player from VHS tapes of really old 8mm home movies. I’ve purchased Wondershare DVD Ripper and after working with them for some time, they tell me that Ripper will not do the job. I then was advised to use ... (2 Comments)
2/19/12
I am looking for a great RSS 3rd party app that will work across MBP/iPad/iPhone and hopefully do all syncing across iCloud. Anyone have a great solution? I am using Lion —– Lee Clayton ... (3 Comments)
2/18/12
I have been able to print standard business size envelopes using the print command in Pages. Is there a way to change the print function so it will print out on different size envelopes like invitations, small envelopes etc? —– Gary Stone ... (3 Comments)
2/18/12
I believe MobileMe is being replaced with the iCloud in June. I use MobileMe to (among other things) safely share files. Will we be able to do that in future? —– Cathy ... (10 Comments)
2/17/12
wanted a bit of help doing a clean install but don’t wanna lose any off app documents etc. i upgraded to lion via the app store ever since that my Mac has really slowed down 4gb ram 2.2 ghz core 15 been on a lot of forums and i think this would hopefully fix or do you think ... (14 Comments)
2/17/12
Got email that took me to a weird Canadian pharMacy. The “sender” realized that something had happened and emailed me later, but I opened the email. Should I be concerned? Will it get into my address book? etc? Do not run any scans on my iMac running Lion. ... (4 Comments)
2/17/12
I recently upgraded my HDD with a smaller SSD and am looking to keep it lean by not installing so many apps I don’t use much any more. But one thing I do have a need for is something to do some basic page layout. I used to use Quark XPress, but, aside from the very ... (1 Comment)
2/16/12
I open a new Finder window and have to resize the view so that each file name is completely spelled out. Lion doesn’t recognize previous OS X Command + tick-the-column-bar option which would expand the column to make the files in any folder window readable. Are there any ... (6 Comments)
2/14/12
I don’t want another user acct. on my MBP. I want to password protect one of my dropbox folders. If I create a disk image and place the intended dropbox folder in it, then place the disk image back into dropbox, will this work ? I assume I would have to unmount the disk ... (1 Comment)