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.12/27/21
I have a MACBOOK PRO Sep 2020.
The Time Machine does not work on wifi according to the Applecare
What program or backup system do you recommend so I can back from several locations using wifi?
I do not always want to plug it in to do backup.
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David Ellis
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12/23/21
At night time I turn my iMac off. When I restart next day the screen shows a multiple programs are opening. I have to close the screens one by one
Next day the same
I am using iMac 27. 2020 intel
The problem started about a month ago and doesn’t seem to affect anything else. ... (2 Comments)
12/23/21
I am working through the Monterey Course and was so happy to learn about Control Arrow to have several desktops available to page through. I can’t figure out how to have several Safari desktops (one for Google images and one for Meetup) so that I can work on adding events ... (1 Comment)
12/22/21
How to set a firmware password on a 2021 14-inch MacBook Pro M1 Pro chip?
I’m trying to do this to protect my mac from being booted by a different hard drive if it is stolen.
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David D Dick
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12/21/21
When Iopen the iMac 24″ all of the apps open and then keep running in the background, therefore taking up memory. So how do I keep all of my Apps from opening on startup. In other words how do I select those Apps that I want to open at startup?
Thanks
Why does my iMac open ... (4 Comments)
12/20/21
Gary, I have approximately 400+ music CDs that I have begun to import onto my Mac which has 8GB of memory. So I’m thinking I’ll need to move the imported songs to iCloud and them remove them from my Mac in order to have enough space to download additional CDs. The ... (1 Comment)
12/20/21
In Apple Photos, once I edit (or not) a photo I would like to send that image to my Desktop. I cannot seem to find a way to do that. If I select the “Upload Icon” I get a list of places to share, Mail, Notes, Twitter..
There must be a way to send that photo image to ... (1 Comment)
12/19/21
Hello Gary. I saw your video about changing the creation date on a file and “WOW it worked”. I’ve been trying to find an easy way to do that for some kids camera avi videos I converted to mp4 for them using handbrake. Searching for a simple way to accomplish ... (1 Comment)
12/17/21
I have installed a replacement browser because I don’t like Safari. When I was using Safari, I told certain sites to notify me. When I click on the banners and/or alerts, Safari opens DESPITE THAT I’VE MADE THE NEW BROWSER THE DEFAULT BROWSER and despite that the new ... (3 Comments)
12/16/21
Only the keys on the left side of my keyboard work. This happened several years ago and I asked if it could be fixed and how to do it. I got an answer. It was as simple as pushing two keys at the same time and my keyboards has worked ever since. Now it has decided to do it ... (1 Comment)
12/16/21
I the screenshot app to stay in the dock, like it used to. I can’t find the option in Monterey.
I use screenshot quite often. It is not convenient to have to look it up in spotlight or launchpad. It won’t stay in the dock on my new M1 mac
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Marie
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12/14/21
Hi Gary,
I’m using a new MacBook Air, with a external monitor attached. Since the MacBook Air has the lid closed, was wondering how and if I can use video sharing apps (like Zoom). The external monitor does not have a camera or microphone and was wondering if I purchased ... (1 Comment)
12/14/21
I have a “contact list” in Numbers with people’s names and contact details, all in separate columns for firstname, lastname, zipcode, etc.
Question: I would like to create mailing labels. Can I import (mail merge) the data somehow into Pages and then format to ... (2 Comments)
12/14/21
In Photos, why is photos maintained in “recents” when they are also in your Library?
Can photos in “Recents” be removed without removing them from Library?
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Ken
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12/13/21
Why does my MacBook Air automatically launch Skype to make calls from an Apple Maps listing found within either Safari or Maps? I’ve reviewed Preferences in Maps, Safari & Skype to disable this feature but don’t see any option to do so. I’m assuming it ... (2 Comments)
12/11/21
Greetings! I’m a Patreon subscriber. I have a video that contains obscenities I’d like to bleep out. I watched your “iMovie for Mac Audio Tips And Tricks” on YouTube but didn’t see this specific topic covered. The ‘audio break apart’ topic near the end of your video ... (1 Comment)
12/7/21
Is there a way to save a single page from a PDF files with many pages (ex: 50) as a completely separate file? I have Songbooks (PDF) from many resources and would like to use only a few pages for downloading rather than the entire PDF book file. Thank you.
I prepare a song ... (3 Comments)
12/6/21
Mac with 10.15.7.
When trying to send photos via the yahoo.com web interface via the ‘attach’ commend, the pix is sent as an .heic. Unfortunately some recipients use other operating systems that can not view .heic images.
When trying to send the same file using Mac ... (1 Comment)
12/6/21
I want to Open a file whilst in a programme’s Save window. How do I do that?
For example when I Save an attachment from an email… I save it to the desired location.
I then repeat the save attachment from the email to reveal the location where I have saved ... (5 Comments)
12/4/21
After unlocking a locked PDF document in Preview and marking it up, how do I save it as an unlocked document for sharing with others. When is select “Save As” it still saves the document locked. File – “Export as PDF” is shaded & can’t be ... (4 Comments)
