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.10/3/11
I just upgraded from Leopard on my 2006 iBook to Lion on my newly purchased MacBook Pro. I noticed that there’s a slider button on the bottom right corner of Finder windows. The slider adjusts the size of icons in the window SOMETIMES, but most of the time it does nothing. ... (3 Comments)
10/3/11
Thank you for your excellent website and tutorials.
I have recently encrypted my hard drive with time machine and now the start up screen when i log in looks different and the Mac now takes longer to boot up. Is this normal from your experience?
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Luis do Nascimento
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10/2/11
In iMovie, can you convert multiple clips from the same video at the same time or at least un-attended?
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EBCmedia
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10/1/11
We’ve rented DVD movies from a very prominent mail service with no problems for some time. The last DVD wouldn’t display for some reason on our TV so I inserted it in my MacBook Pro (latest Lion OS) and the DVD player wouldn’t play it either. I got a window ... (1 Comment)
10/1/11
I would like to connect a newer external hard drive to my iMac using Firewire. The new drive only has a 800-800 cable. Can I purchase a 400-800 firewire cable and will it work? I see plenty of people using them for connecting a newer mac with an 800 firewire to a 400 firewire ... (1 Comment)
10/1/11
I’m a teacher and I recently inherited a Laserwriter 12/640 printer. I’m running Snow Leopard and I’m wondering if there is any way to get this sucker installed? I have four years worth of ink cartridges that would save me a ton of money. I really want to get ... (3 Comments)
10/1/11
Macmost #152 Sept. 29, 2011 said Malware definitions for Snow Leopard and Lion are updated automatically every day. When I ask for software updates it usually says no new software. My automatic check is set for weekly. How do we get daily updates, and know that we have ... (2 Comments)
10/1/11
is there a way to lock audio to the video track that i brought in so when i edit the video i also edit the new synced audio as well?
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bill tatar
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9/30/11
Hi! I’m using a (2006) iMac Core Duo maxxed out with 3Gigs of RAM & I’m still running Snow Leopard. I’ve looked at so many negative reviews & videos (App Store/YouTube,et al) about downloading, upgrading, and using Lion! I am a bit nervous about making ... (4 Comments)
9/30/11
Hi, i have a slight problem understanding where things are downloaded to in finder,when i say “Google” an image and “save as” ,i can designate desktop and thats where it ends up. straightforward,yes?
When i let something download to the downloads folder ... (4 Comments)
9/30/11
Anyone can recommend me a Screen Video Capture software same as Gary use in his videos?
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Sergio Garcia
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9/30/11
My Mac is a bit wired lately. Is much slower, and when I want to go on my net-banking, is very very very very slow. Can it be something with Java? Sometimes the settings are changed, like the speed of my mouse is slower (I use it on max speed), in the same time with marking color ... (6 Comments)
9/29/11
If second larger monitor is connected to a 13″ MacBook, how do I kno what the correct resolution settings to set for each of the displays?
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Cyrus Dubash
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9/29/11
I am new to MAC so, I know if I go to file then print and in the lower left hand corner I can create a PDF. But, how can I be able to stack different documents into 1 PDF? I am trying to take documents and link them with newspaper articles together as 1 PDF where you mouse over ... (1 Comment)
9/29/11
i have more than one copy of same photo or video in iphoto.. that fills up space. how can i easily find them and delete all duplicates leaving only one copie.
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prabu
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9/29/11
i need to sort out my video clips.they seem to be in my pictures folder.can the mac search out all my videos and put them in one place,bit like events in i photo.
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michael
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9/29/11
It this a good time to get a MacBook pro or wait it out for a refresh. Been hearing rumors of a refresh ? When do u think that’s happening. My old MacBook pro broke.
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Maccer
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9/29/11
I’ve scanned a bunch of old family photo albums that I would like to post at a web site to share with family and friends that would show each album like a “book” with the page flip effect AND, most importantly, the ability to zoom in and out.
The Shutterfly site ... (5 Comments)
9/28/11
My WD external HDD of 1TB was plugged in and I was copying some files. In between I had to leave so I tried to close the Finder window but it stayed open, though the copying stopped. I waited a while then pulled it out from the USB port without ejection (by mistake).
Now when I ... (2 Comments)
9/28/11
I am not sure when but through the course of several iTunes upgrades the ability to backup your library to disc has been removed. Is there still away to do this? It was very handy to “back up files since last backup so you were not duplicating items on backup ... (4 Comments)
