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.8/25/11
My fairly new (since April) Mac OS X 10.6.8 has been a bit slow lately, with the rainbow wheel making a few appearances the past few days. Thinking it might help TO CLEAN IT, I downloaded the “free” MacKeeper cleaner. I followed the directions and moved it to the ... (7 Comments)
8/24/11
I work with a lot of video and audio formats. I heard a rumor that Lion is supposed to have built in converters that are very fast. I need to covert a gb or iT audio to mp3 or wma so I can send something to a (blugh) client with Windows.
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dale
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8/24/11
I recently replaced my Airport Extreme with a 2TB Time Capsule. The TC has been configured and is working properly. I have also extended my network by adding an Airport Express to provide Airplay capability to a distant room in the house. I would also like to utilize my Airport ... (1 Comment)
8/24/11
I bought a macbook pro recently and basically i was wondering how the ambient light sensor worked as I am not able to get it to work properly. Ive checked the box in settings that says “automatically illuminate keyboard in low light”. Ive tried turning off the lights ... (1 Comment)
8/24/11
Due to some strange features in Lion, not preset with a new user, I am creating a new user on my MBP.
I want the new user to have the same name and short name as my iMac.
I changed the name on the MBP and created a new user with the name I wanted.
Question 1, How do I find the ... (5 Comments)
8/23/11
Garry, outstanding videos and work. Thanks for sharing such top and time saving information. Can you help: I would like to transcript a .mp4 video file to text? What the best and most effective way to do this. How do you do it with your videos? Thanks again ... (1 Comment)
8/23/11
Hello Gary, I recently installed Mac OS X Lion and just bought a HD to backup my stuff. When I plug it to the Mac, it asks if I wanna use it as Time Machine, should I do it and follow the steps after, doest it save all my things, including my documents, photos, music and ... (4 Comments)
8/23/11
when I try to export an updated version of a movie (with new name), it is not showing up on the thumb drive, though iMovie ’09 reads that it is exporting the file. Thoughts?
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Rick
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8/23/11
There has been lots of rumours floating around regarding the release date of the iphone 5? I am currently a blackberry user and considering switching over to the apple world.
But when I review the apple web site and even walked into a store nobody knows nothing about the iphone ... (3 Comments)
8/23/11
Recently I noticed problems syncing b/t iCal and MobileMe. Looked in system preferences under MobileMe tab and iCal isn’t showing in the list to sync with MobileMe?? (the list includes bookmarks, contacts, etc)
Is there a way to ‘add’ iCal back to that list? or ... (1 Comment)
8/23/11
I think I know the pros of File Vault-2. However are there any cons. Also can you encrypt USB hard drive back-up without using
File Vault?
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Ben Singer
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8/23/11
I’d like to upgrade my Mid 2010 Core i7 MBP to Lion, but I’m very concerned about comments regarding black screens, the inability to wake from sleep, external monitor issues & kernel panics possibly caused by Nvidia drivers? I use the MBP on the desk attached to ... (2 Comments)
8/22/11
I do manual, not automatic, Time Machine backups, while running Lion and using an external hard drive attached to my iMac.
When the backup completes, I right-click on the icon representing the hard drive and select ‘Eject G-Drive Mini’.
However, then I get the message ... (28 Comments)
8/22/11
i have a 2010 mac mini with a mini display port.
if i pick up a thunderbolt display. will my mini work with the new display??
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patrick
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8/21/11
I saw the videotutorial about how make end credits with imovie and i have a question. If possible create end credits with images in the left and titles in the right?
Thank you very much
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cheperun
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8/20/11
Since installing Lion, a DBG Log appears on the desktop with every startup. I have looked in Console but can’t find a way to stop the constant log from appearing. Thanks
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Paulette
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8/20/11
Not the most earth shattering revelation but kinda cool. When changing the desktop background I noticed the change only affected the current desktop. If you have different desktops open already, you can drag the “Desktop and Screen Saver” window around and select a ...
8/20/11
Ever since I updated to iTunes 10.4 The autofill does not work anymore. Is this a glitch or do I need to reset something Any help would be great John
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John Repash
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8/20/11
Does anyone know if there is a MacBook Pro due soon (I heard somewhere that it is likely to be released with iLife 12, iWork 12 and the iPad 3 in the new year) with a resolution to match that of the MacBook Air??
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Robert
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