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.6/14/11
Your latest video indicates we need to find a substitute for iWeb, but can’t we still use iWeb and post via FTP elsewhere? Is it not just the MobileMe service that is going away, or did I miss something about the future of iWeb?
Also, what you do is fantastic, Gary. I find ... (3 Comments)
6/14/11
Do you know if iCloud will backup (and save forever up to the free 5G limit) photo albums from an iPad? I’m wondering if an iPad can be used as a standalone device (never connect to a computer) and import photos from a camera using the iPad camera connection kit, store the ... (2 Comments)
6/14/11
I was a good boy when I restored my Mac Mini, and backup up everything (2 times) prior to erasing the disk.
I reinstalled everything with original disks, ran all of the updates, and I am now keeping my files on external disks.
HOWEVER, I have about 50 songs in Garage Band that I ... (3 Comments)
6/14/11
Hi Gary. I shot a few videos on my my iPhone 4. It was a musical show where a singer was singing with a band to an Audience. I was part of the Audience and shooting the Share area ! (low light where I was but the stage had the lighting)
The videos looked perfect and very sharp ... (2 Comments)
6/13/11
A friend who is having marital trouble came upon references to Spector Pro in her Safari history. She has never visited any Spector site. Her husband knows her Mac password and is the “suspect.” Reading about how Spector Pro works, I see it can be used most ... (2 Comments)
6/13/11
Hey Gary, when you open up a document in any of the iWorks apps, and are presented with “warnings” such as missing fonts, I notice that there is a way to replace the fonts with a more supported font. My question is one, how can you tell which fonts are “not ... (6 Comments)
6/13/11
I am buying a new iMac and am wondering will the migration assistant move over the Windows drive for me as well?
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Kevin Durr
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6/13/11
Have you thought of doing a comparison of the Mac version of Office to the Windows version?
Do you know if there is much of a difference between the two?
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Neil Herbert
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6/13/11
I am moving from the midwest to California in a couple months, and I am wondering what the best practice is for moving hard drives. I have a Drobo, and about 8 other drives to move.
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Todd A. Peperkorn
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6/13/11
I’ve created a Keynote presentation of around 85 slides, with all the text inside it in Times New Roman size 12. I want to create an alternate version with the text in Helvetica, size 14. Is there a way to change the font type/attributes across all the slides with one ... (1 Comment)
6/13/11
I have an IMac running Leopard (10.5.8).
When in Pages I open ‘Media’ wishing to use the iPhoto option (there are two: Iphoto and Photobooth). On opening ‘media’ the Photobooth option is already selected and the program frozen; spinning colour wheel. I am ... (1 Comment)
6/13/11
Thank you for your great episode on audio adjustments in iMovie ’11. I am editing a clip of my proposal to use in our wedding video. I have the video track audio set to 0% as a .mp3 is playing, but when she says “yes!” I have the audio up to 200% for just that ... (1 Comment)
6/12/11
Hello! Simple question really; how do I get iCal to auto-delete an event the day after it’s happened?
I can’t seem to figure this out!
Any advice out there?
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Nick
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6/12/11
I now have file sharing setup on my home network and it works fine. Now, I want to share files over the internet also. Just as in my home network, I want to have a specified folder on my computer with a friends name on it that can only be opened by him using a password I assign. ... (2 Comments)
6/12/11
Is there a way to set the default fonts and size in Keynote?
It’s getting tedious to have to reset every font every time I use it.
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Robert Poland
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6/11/11
How come I’m able to import my MPEG2 files from my HDD camcorder Sony DCR-SR90E into imovie directly from the cam, but not if I have imported them to my MBP’s harddrive first, where I have to convert them into other formats to use them in ... (3 Comments)
6/11/11
I’ve read many of the articles here, and I’m still having trouble with this whole homesharing thing. I have a 13 year old who just got an ipod. If I set up a separate folder within our one/family itunes account,and syn manually, what will happen later down the line ... (1 Comment)
6/11/11
As of yesterday Apple Mail has kept asking my gmail password over and over again. Then it doesn’t connect to gmail. I’ve searched online and have tried many solutions. Now it works… sort of, sometimes it asks for the password again, but atleast it connects. Now ... (2 Comments)
6/11/11
I full-charged my Macbook 13″ (Bought in November 2009)this evening and used it on battery, doing Safari, Iwork and a bit of Photoshop. In an hour and twenty mins or so, the battery was over. Time to get a new one?
Also, does diminishing battery strength also lead to more ... (3 Comments)
6/11/11
I was watching a live feed of the Casey Anthony trial yesterday morning fron CNN’s live feed with no problems. Yesterday afternoon, I went to start it up again and it just shows a grey screen. And since then, I haven’t been able to get it to play again. What are ... (6 Comments)
