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.10/24/11
Was wondering whether or not to upgrade my wifes OS on her 3Gs – I made the fatal mistake of upgrading my old 3G to OS 4 (i think) and it rendered it practiCally useless. I don’t want to do this upgrade and then have the issues in explaining to my better half why her ... (5 Comments)
10/24/11
I just bought a new external HD. I plugged it into the USB port on my Time Capsule. Using my MBA on my wireless network, I’m dragging and dropping files from my Time Capsule to my external HD, but they seem to be transferring awfully slow for being connected via USB 2.0. ... (4 Comments)
10/24/11
“Time Machine error – unable to complete, error occurred while copying to the back up volume”. I am trying to back up so that i may restore the MacBook. Genious at Apple told me to do this as I am unable to download iTunes 10.5 for my new iPhone 4s. Receive ... (2 Comments)
10/24/11
Bought a refurb external HD from Best Buy. Should I use Disk Utility to format it for optimal use with my Mac, and if so, at which setting?
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Cameron
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10/24/11
I like the idea of iCloud but I’m not sure if I should switch now or wait until my subscription is up in Jun 2012. Will I lose the 20GB of Mobile Me storage if I switch to iCloud now?
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Greg
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10/24/11
After I install iCloud (not as a move from MobileMe), do I also have to change the preference of the apps chosen to iCloud?
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Peter Nolan
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10/24/11
On the iPhone 4S, there is a generic menu that appears when you hit the little arrow icon at the bottom of each photo. The menu has a bar to press if you wish to upload the pic to Twitter. Is there a way to add a bar to press to upload the pic to Facebook?
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Bob ... (49 Comments)
10/23/11
I go back and forth from school and home all the time with my MacBook Air. The Network at my school requires a proxy server settings put in for HTTP and HTTPS. Everyday I have to go into system preferences/network/advanced/proxies and check the two proxy servers. Is there a ... (1 Comment)
10/23/11
Is QT 7 Pro worth the $29.99 ? I have been reading info in Apples site, is the only difference between QT 10 & & Pro more files that can be viewed & converted ? Also I understand QT 7 Pro is suppose to have better editing features, but having iMovie, how would that ... (3 Comments)
10/23/11
Apple is advertising iTunes in a cloud for sale.Do you know if you have to have lion? or will leopard work?As for now I don’t want Lion.
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Jake
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10/23/11
Since upgrading to an iPhone 4s, when my MacBook Pro awakens it announces to me that other devices are sharing the IP address. The odds are that the cause is iOS 5 and all the new wireless goings on, but I thought I’d check with you as to whether it’s a harmless ... (5 Comments)
10/23/11
Do you have a link on your website for the first time using the iPad 2 from right out of the box. Should I drain the battery from right on of the box than charge…
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RichardMoreno24
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10/23/11
The iOS5 is supposed to have full text search in mail, however I cannot find it. Can you help?
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Emanuel
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10/22/11
My wife’s name in Contacts is listed first name-last name. Settings are Sort last-first, and show as first-last. I have tried reversing these and making them the same, but the result is Siri always asks “Which one, and gives me both versions to choose from.” ... (7 Comments)
10/22/11
I have a Time Capsule. It’s only USB port is occupied by my network printer. I want to add an external drive to the network, but I don’t want to give up my printer. I’m thinking of getting a USB hub so the external HD and printer can share the lone USB port on ... (1 Comment)
10/22/11
If my live drums (recorded to garageband 11) is out of synch, will groove matching fix that as well. I’ve only seen videos where it fixes guitar, bass, keyboard etc.
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Rick
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10/22/11
One of the features I really like in iTunes is the option NOT to copy files to the iTunes media folder when adding to library. I have more video files than I could ever fit on my Mac, so I keep them on an external HD on the network. Is there a way to similarly have a video listed ... (3 Comments)
10/22/11
When I sync with Twitter on my 4S, I can see how many contacts it updated, but how do i find these contacts?
Thanks!
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George
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10/21/11
I’ve applied a build effect to a video in one of my slides,, with specific effect timings and settings. I want to use the exact same settings in a number of other builds in the presentation. Option-Command-Copy doesn’t seem to copy the attributes of the build. How do ... (2 Comments)
10/21/11
I want to use my Outlook and have it sync with my iPad and iPhone like it did when I would sync through iTunes. What am I doing wrong?
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Karen
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