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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10/11/11
I have bought a new MacBookAir recently and I am planing to install the iWork package on it but since that the iWork version is (09) I thought it would be better to wait until the release day of the new version but there is no news in the near future about that day. I am looking ... (2 Comments)
10/10/11
Just recently bought a MBP 13″ with Lion in it. When i got the thing, i Didn’t find any CDs or Flash Drive to reinstall Lion if i have to. Just wandering how do I do that. —– Abhushan Shrestha ... (1 Comment)
10/10/11
I have a Western Data “My Passport” external USB 500 gb portable drive. Whenever I try erasing this drive using the Lion Disk Utility, the erase process appears to hang at about the 50% completion process. I have let the utility run for approximately (1) hr, but the ... (5 Comments)
10/10/11
Is there a way to do this in Lion? I was able to change the mailbox name font size in previous versions but I can’t find the preference setting for this in Lion. Any help is appreciated. —– Rocky ... (4 Comments)
10/10/11
In anticipation of my 64 GB iPhone 4S, I set about to make HD space for backing it up. I have just under 10 GB free on my 120 GB HD. I discovered that my Home Folder is using up about 63 GB while Applications about 6 GB. I’m told that Lion uses around 4 GB. This still ... (6 Comments)
10/10/11
I have accidentally added an event to the iPhoto 11 sidebar, cannot exactly remember how but i think i just clicked and dragged it in, and i have tried removing by CTRL-clicking on it but no contextual menu appeared, i have tried clicking and dragging it out with little joy and i ... (10 Comments)
10/10/11
Allo, This is my first try at such a forum…please forgive any error . I have photos that were taken vertically and rotate them in “album” or “slideshow”, but the iDVD shows them very distorted. Is there a way to rotate and keep the full format of ... (6 Comments)
10/10/11
I intend to upgrade to the Iphone 4S, but just waiting to see if the 5 will come out next year, then will directly buy that. I have 2 qs regarding updating software to ios 5 on my existing iphone 4. 1) Will it be a free software upgrade or paid? 2) The 4s processor is ideally ... (3 Comments)
10/10/11
Hi Gary, I write about Numbers. In Microsoft Excel there is a very handy function that is used to copy the format (a brush on the clipboard panel) please indicate where you can find in Numbers. Thank you very much and greetings —– Nelson Da Silva ... (2 Comments)
10/10/11
Hi Gary, I am writing in regard to the data stored on the Time Capsule. I just installed my Time Capsule 2 T and I have the following questions: a) In the event that the TIME capsule has been lost, the data can be extracted, that is not encrypted?. b) Within the time capsule, Can ... (1 Comment)
10/8/11
When you’re connected to a wi-fi network that you use frequently, is there a way to set your MacBook Pro so that it will automatically connect to your preferred network when it’s in range? Thanks! —– Matt ... (1 Comment)
10/8/11
I live in Indiana and use an iMac. My daughter uses a MBP and lives in Florida. I am starting to use the iCal…just got a iPhone4s and decided to use the iCal. My daughter found my iCal on her computer!!! Cannot find any sharing of her computer on my computer. Where should ... (6 Comments)
10/8/11
All i know about this,is that it commonly known as the Spinning Wheel of Death. I heard off some one that the computer is doing multi-tasks,and that the computer is telling you that it is quite busy.OK tell me Gary? —– Mr Anthony Cotton ... (8 Comments)
10/7/11
Not even sure if I’m asking the right question. When I bought my MAC in July, the folks set me up with a gmail account as the official communication between Apple and me. Long story short, the email and the mail system never worked. I have since gotten a new email id for ... (2 Comments)
10/7/11
I was excited that the 4S was a world phone, because I travel internationally several weeks each summer/fall, and Verizon’s loaner phones suck. Being a longtime Verizon user, I’m unfamiliar with sim cards. When pre-ordering my 4S from Verizon’s site, it gave me ... (1 Comment)
10/7/11
I have heard that it is possible to use an phone as a broadband router. Is this doable? if so, how? —– noralyn ... (1 Comment)
10/7/11
How do I upload a dvd movie on my macbook so i can transfer it to my ipad? —– noralyn ... (1 Comment)
10/7/11
i have a new macbook pro and i’m trying to load my FCE and my Final Cut Studio and i get this message that pops up. (You can’t open the application Final Cut Studio.mpkg because powerpc applications are no longer supported.) What does that mean and how do i get my ... (5 Comments)
10/7/11
How can I disable “Mission Control” from loading at startup and thus not appearing in the Dock? —– Ray ... (1 Comment)
10/7/11
I’m new to the mac world i was advised to purchase an additional airport extreme for security and to help with all the computers in my house my iMac 27″ has a built in airport extreme,how do i hook the external one up to my iMac so i can use the external one as my ... (4 Comments)