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.8/6/11
After Lion me and my Daughter (we are on the same WIFI) can’t see a commen Network Hard drive? What can we do to solve this?
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Jan Præst
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8/6/11
I recently purchased a macbook pro and am running VM ware for my windows 7 virtual machine. I am unable to install latest Lion OS with Vm ware even if it is shut down. What do you suggest. I enjoyed Vm ware because I didn’t need to reboot or shut down between Mac OS and ... (1 Comment)
8/6/11
Gary, I have OS X 10.6, a magic mouse and a track pad, I want a quci way to disable the scroll on the magic mouse, without going into system pref, willBetter touch or magic pref work, or can I assign a keyboard short cut.
Scrolling on the magic mouse is not good for photoshop, ... (1 Comment)
8/5/11
I am running Mac OS X Lion on my iMac, and when I do backups to an external hard drive, the system spends an extremely long time, in the state “Indexing Backup”.
The backup on my iMac does eventually complete.
By contrast, I am also running Mac OS X Lion on my MacBook ... (1 Comment)
8/5/11
A few days ago i had problem with my Imac. It froze and I couldn’t do anything about and so had to reboot but it just won’t reboot ( flashing question mark appeared). So what i did was to reinstall Mac OS X and updated the software up to 10.5.8 ( fortunately). However ... (4 Comments)
8/5/11
Is there a video or document that illustrates the gestures that are used on the Trackpad under Lion?
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Ray
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8/5/11
Gary one Of the most m common questions asked today by people is whether they shoul get a MacBook pro or an iPad.
I know we advice that it all depends on what they want to use each for, still I feel a short video on this topic by you would be more than ... (2 Comments)
8/5/11
I have Lion now. Mobile Me sync no longer offers the option to sync iCal entries. All the other options are there – bookmarks, contacts, keychains, preferences, etc. But no box or entry for iCal (or any other calendar…) Lion is installed on my iMac but not my MBP. ... (2 Comments)
8/5/11
How do I watch netflick,get email,play games on airplane?
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Gail barzman
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8/5/11
I’m a little confused to the exact use of the Certificate feature in Keychain Access. It looks important enough to want to now more about it. Do you have any midcoasts on this, Gary? Or could you summarise how it’s used?
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Dhruv
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8/5/11
Hi. I have three computers at home. I keep my passwords in a password-protected document, which I periodically copy to a USB thumb drive, then copy onto the other computers. That way, I have the password list on each computer.
How does one use 1Password with three computers? ... (1 Comment)
8/5/11
Is there a limit to the number of voiceover clips per project in iMovie 09 ? I think there must be because at around 120 voiceovers my iMovie program freezes with the spinning beachball, and I have to force quit. On reopening I can delete another voiceover clip and then it will ... (2 Comments)
8/4/11
Can I download new iPhone 4 software updates direct to my phone
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Gary Doss
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8/4/11
I have had my Mac for 1 1/2 years now and feel that I have much to learn when it comes to using Snow Leopard. Would you recommend that I purchase the Lion software or continue to learn with Leopard until I feel proficient? I do not want to get ahead of myself. Thank you for your ... (3 Comments)
8/4/11
1- Do I have to format my mac before installing OS Lion ( as on windows ). If it is not required, do you advise formatting to completely remove any errors in the system ?
2- When Lion is installed will all the applications I had before on my computer will still exist? or I will ... (1 Comment)
8/4/11
Dies anyone know how one can change a font’s style, size and color for the lists of mailboxes in the new Mac Mail under Lion? You used to be able to do that.
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Johnny Robish
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8/4/11
I often sort in Finder using ‘Date Modified’ and I’ve noticed that when I update a file, the parent folder’s ‘Date Modified’ does not update. Is there a way I could change this setting so that every folder will have the Date Modified equal to ... (2 Comments)
8/4/11
Does the Lion mail client support HTML mail better than Snow Leopard?
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John Anderson
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8/3/11
Hey Gary a friend of mine has a picture he took with his iPhone and imported to iPhoto. He try using that sand picture as a desktop picture and every time it appears upside down. I suggested dragging photo from iPhoto and putting on desktop and try to manually drag and still no ... (3 Comments)
8/3/11
Final cut pro x is compatible with a MBA (13 inch, Memory 2 GB, Release date: october 2010)?
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javi
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