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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11/15/11
I am trying to find an app for my iPad that will allow drop down validation using excel on an iPad2 —– Shawn ... (5 Comments)
11/14/11
I want to download files to a specific folder which can be inside a couple of other folders. How do I do this? example: main folder -folder inside main folder –folder inside above folder <—want to download directly here. Thanks for helping! —– Debbie ... (12 Comments)
11/14/11
Just used Siri to set an appointment in my calendar, however, I have multiple calendars, and Siri scheduled it in the wrong one. I know how to set the default calendar on my Mac. Is there a way to do it on the iPhone? —– Cameron ... (5 Comments)
11/14/11
My Mac is configured to look for dummy URL as the default software update server. This dummy server is not up and running. How do I reconfigure my Mac to go to Apple Software update server? I tried: sudo defaults write com.Apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL ... (2 Comments)
11/14/11
Gary what is the best Mailing Label software? Does the Mac address book do a good job ? —– cyrus Dubash ... (3 Comments)
11/13/11
I know how to make a screenhot on my iPad 2, but I would prefer the extension jpg instead of png. Can it be changed in some setting or..? —– Hans Doeleman ... (4 Comments)
11/13/11
The electric outlet chargers for the Touch and iPad2 are different sizes. Do they both put out the same amount of current to charge the iPod Touch & iPad2? I’m going on a trip and curious if I need to bring both chargers or if one sharer will work for both ... (1 Comment)
11/13/11
Hi Gary (and everyone) As we know that iOS doesn’t support flash from Adobe and you tube site use Flash as the main way to play videos (and some are available in html5) But, I am wondering that how or what methos or what kind of technology that youtube application use to ... (3 Comments)
11/12/11
In the last couple months, when I try to add a new bookmark, Safari only asks me if I want to “add to Reading List”. I don’t! How can I make new Bookmarks now? I work on a MacBook Pro with OS 10.6.8. —– Jo Foley ... (6 Comments)
11/12/11
My husband and I have been using MobileMe to sync our family calendar and contacts between each other. He is on a PC using outlook (watch my eyes roll) and I am on a Mac using iCal and address book. We use a unique Apple id for the MobileMe (lets call that family Apple id), ... (3 Comments)
11/12/11
I’m unable to drag and drop clips in my project browser or event library…. i have to copy paste every clip in order to move the position of the clip.. which is fine… but when it comes to cutaway clips I’m just unable to do it since we have to drag and drop ... (1 Comment)
11/11/11
I am looking for a stereo lavaliere microphone for iMac to record voice over. I have background music which is already stereo. Do you recommend any stereo microphone that works with iMac and iMovie 11 —– Nik ... (5 Comments)
11/11/11
I’m new to iMovie 11. I want to scroll credits over a still image, so that the background of the credits is transparent and shows the image behind ’em. Can I do that? —– E. Bond Francisco ... (5 Comments)
11/11/11
I export maps (jpg’s) from my MacBook Pro to my iPhone 4 or iPad 2 (WiFi & 3G). 1 : I cannot see the title of the maps in the photoroll. Is there a way to see them? 2 : If so: can I change the title of the map(s)? —– Hans Doeleman (Holland) ... (2 Comments)
11/10/11
Hey Gary, I haven’t seen this covered anywhere else online. iOS 5’s new Wi-Fi Sync feature also apparently unlocks the ability to sync an iOS device (even an iPhone) with more than one iTunes library, but there doesn’t appear to be any documentation on how this ... (6 Comments)
11/10/11
Hey Gary, my wife and I been using MobileMe for about two years now. We both recently migrated MobileMe to iCloud. Everything is up to date and turned on with iCloud. The Mac is up to date and iCloud is on with every feature turned on. The iPhones are running iOS 5 with iCloud on ... (9 Comments)
11/10/11
What is the best way to thorougly delete applications in Mac OS Lion? For example if I want to delete an application like Firefox and make sure that nothing related is left behind. Is there a way to do it within the OS or must one get a third party app like AppCleaner or ... (3 Comments)
11/8/11
Hi Gary, huge fan of your podcast. Here’s my question. I have just purchased the iPhone 4 but have NOT upgraded to OS X Lion because I have an older piece of financial software that I haven’t been able to find anything I like better. So my question is, if I upgrade my ... (8 Comments)
11/8/11
When on line, the screen print is too small to read. I know how to change it using command and + but this isn’t a permanent change? Is there another way? —– Louise ... (7 Comments)
11/8/11
Since I have upgraded to lion, I have had a few things crop up. I prefer to have the finder in icon view. I have repeatedly gone to finder/action/view options/ and reset the view to icon by unchecking the list view and setting it to icon view. Consistently after a day or so, it ... (5 Comments)