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.9/15/11
If my school has a web server and I create a web site on it can I create a QR code to place around the school so that anyone in the school can scan it and get to the site?
If so, How
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Lloyd Miner
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9/15/11
I have replaced the hard drive that came in my MacBook drive with a larger one.
If I secure erase the old drive in Disk Utility, is it safe to sell?
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John
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9/15/11
When using Preview, if you right click on the dock Icon (while Preview is running), it will show you a list of files that were most recently opened, even if the files are not displayed anymore, or from previous Preview sessions. Is there a way to remove these “recently ... (1 Comment)
9/15/11
I have an event on my iPhone 3g which I can not deleat. The event does not appear on my mobile me calendar or my iMac calendar. Nor is the option available on my iPhone, when I go into the the event to try and edit the event.There is no edit option there.
When I uncheck my at ... (5 Comments)
9/15/11
I want to buy a Mac mini to work as HTPC. I don’t play games, but I would like it to handle the most demanding graphics tasks, including 3D blu-ray etc.
What is the cheapest configuration to do this?
The variables are:
Intel vs AMD grephics,
Dual core vs Quad ... (3 Comments)
9/15/11
In my lounge room I have a number of wired Ethernet devices such as PVR, AV Receiver, blu-ray etc.
Currently I am using a ethernet cable to connect my office router to my lounge room switch, and then to the individual wired devices. The cable is long and messy, so I am looking ... (1 Comment)
9/14/11
Gary, I have a situation where I can’t open a document sent to me by email. It shows me a window with a PDFKit.Net and says I need Adobe Acrobat Reader to see the file. Up to now, I have been able to use Preview.
Is there any reason I should NOT download the Adobe ... (8 Comments)
9/14/11
Gary, I just upgraded to Lion and all went well. My Time Machine (using a Time Capsule wirelessly) has started a backup. I am assuming it will take while.
Is this similar to the first backup when I set up the Time Machine (many hours)?
For your info, I used the USB from Apple ... (1 Comment)
9/14/11
I upgraded my Ram today and after opening my MBP I was amazed at the amount of dust inside. My MBP is 2yrs old and this was the first time I opened the main compartment. The Mother board, Fans etc. are covered with balls of dust. I can’t afford to bring it to a Pro, some ... (2 Comments)
9/14/11
Fast user switching allows two people to be logged in and take turns using a computer without having to log-off.
However, I believe by some clever use of VNC and fast user switching an iMac can be set up to have two users logged in and SIMULTANEOUSLY use the computer without ... (1 Comment)
9/14/11
After upgrade to Lion I find I cannot play online bridge – Okbridge said the fault was with Lion and I should ask Apple to change their code. This seems unlikely. Help?!!
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Julia Beatty
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9/14/11
Until I downloaded Lion, I was able to use an older version of Word. I actually had purchased the newest upgrade but had not had the time to install it. After the Lion install, I discovered that Lion does not recognize the older version. And I was not able to use the upgrade ... (3 Comments)
9/14/11
What is the best way (or settings) to import the very many HDV tapes I have into my mac? It is HD Video, so I want to preserve the quality as much as possible.
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Andres
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9/14/11
Before I installed Lion I could send pictures from iPhoto with Mail. Now I can still send mail, but not with added pictures from iPhoto. Anyone tell me how to do it? I get the following message: “Mail got error: Can’t make {} into type rich text.” ... (11 Comments)
9/14/11
Over time, I have accumulated quite a few menu items that reside on the right side of my MacBook Pro’s menu bar.
However, when I start up certain apps that have quite a few menu items of their own, such as iTunes, some of these items extend to the right far enough to ... (1 Comment)
9/13/11
I have been installing photos to my iphone and i get a message “some of your photos including the photo xxxxx.jpg were not copied to the iphone because they cannot be displayed on your iphone”
Has anyone got this message, and is there a way to fix the photos so that ... (4 Comments)
9/13/11
Hi Gary, I have the following questions with Time Capsule. I want to buy a Time Capsule 2 T, however I have doubts if I can use for my PC, ie I use for my Mac and have a space den sites of PC files.
Greetings and thanks
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Nelson Da Silva
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9/13/11
Hi Gary Nelson writes to you from Venezuela. I have the following questions relating to Mobil Me, my account is not renewed it in view of the rumors i Cloud, however I want concerted if my email address of mobile when you leave me I keep icloud.
Greetings and ... (1 Comment)
9/12/11
I have a 2011 13″ MBP i7 with the base memory and I was wanting to upgrade to the full 8gb. I definitely do not want to pay the $400 Apple asking price and have been trying to find cheaper memory chips elsewhere (Amazon, Chip Merchant, Crucial, etc). I can’t seem to ... (4 Comments)
9/12/11
There are many web pages that explain how to create a Snow Leopard VM on a MAC running Lion. For non-professionals the articles are too complex. Can you break down the steps for us?
System: iMac (2010) running Lion. VMware Fusion 3.1.3
I have the install DVD’s for both SL ... (1 Comment)
