MacMost: Question and Answer Forum

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.


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7/21/11
Says plugin not supported. The latest version of Flash only supports up to 10.6. How do I view these flash videos now? —– Jim Patterson ... (3 Comments)
7/21/11
Love Lion but launchpad is a little hard to organize. I have 4 pages and dragging to reorganize is unproductive and I got frustrated and gave up. Is there a way to organize it sort of like the iTunes interface for iPad and iPhone that lets you organize it from an overview page? ... (7 Comments)
7/21/11
Archived mail – where does it go and can I get to them? —– javi ... (2 Comments)
7/21/11
I can’t find a single white MacBook in the Apple Store. Is the Franchise dead? I have always enjoyed the White MacBooks and it would be a pity if it got killed. Do you have further Info? —– Jokainen ... (5 Comments)
7/21/11
So I read and now I know that Apple has decided to hide the Library folder in Lion. So how do we get it back? Thanks. —– Michael ... (5 Comments)
7/21/11
I’ve seen where people have indicated you can burn your copy of Lion onto a DVD, but when I follow their instructions to go to where the Apple Store downloaded it, there is no “Apple Store” downloads folder. Neither does my regular Downloads folder have ... (1 Comment)
7/21/11
I have just upgraded to Lion. How do I get gesture back/forward work in Firefox? Is there a way to get Front Row back in Lion? I use this a lot. Apple sells the Lion promoting only what’s new, but do not lay out what they have taken out, if only I knew they took out Front ... (4 Comments)
7/21/11
“To reopen this page safari must reopen this form” Can we turn this message off ? —– cyrus Dubash ... (1 Comment)
7/21/11
Ichat Not going online after Lion Upgrade ! Anything I can do ? —– cyrus Dubash ... (8 Comments)
7/21/11
I accidentally ran the Mac OS X restore disc and basically reinstalled. I am new to MAC. Did I screw anything up in doing so? —– Leo Ramirez ... (2 Comments)
7/21/11
Gary, 2 finger swipe is good for quick navigation. However what if I want to look at a site to buy a present for example and don’t want anyone else to see that I’ve visited that site? I’ve tried to delete the history and exit out of the browser but it will still ... (5 Comments)
7/21/11
My university uses WPA2 network to provide student-internet service. I had to config 802.1 in order to enter the network. How ever, in Lion, the “+” button was removed. So how can I config to enter the network of my university. Here is the link to the screenshot of ... (2 Comments)
7/21/11
I’m running Mac OS 10 and Windows XP using parallels and I have a Seagate external hard drive that was working fine before I installed Windows XP. I must’ve somehow set the format of the external hard drive to “Windows NTFS”. When I first bought the hard ... (1 Comment)
7/20/11
I don’t see versions and autosave in pages. I upgrade to lion and update this programs and iTunes this morning.I need to register iWork to obtain this features? Does copy and paste between the version and the original document work in Preview? —– Javi ... (5 Comments)
7/20/11
Hey Gary I am thinking of setting up another Airport Router to my network. I currently have a Airport Extreme and wanting to get an Airport express. I will be connecting this Express Ethernet form the Extreme router. When I go to set up the Express, should I set up the router as ... (1 Comment)
7/20/11
Gary what is the mouse gesture to scroll in pictures on an event in iPhoto in lion ? I tried the usual 2 finger swipe that worked in snow leopard. Dies t seem to work here so I just use the keyboard arrows to scroll from one image to another. —– Cyrus Dubash ... (4 Comments)
7/20/11
Is there a way to run it again? Thanks!!! —– George ... (1 Comment)
7/20/11
Cannot find “Bounce e-mail” in new system.. Why was it removed? —– Gary ... (11 Comments)
7/20/11
How do you download any of the first 300 podcasts ? I find a place to get the one’s numbered between 301 and 599. —– Jack Cook ... (5 Comments)
7/20/11
When I launch Solver App it quit unexpectedly and Microsoft Excel as well launch. Why? What is solver? —– Javi ... (4 Comments)