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.10/30/21
Using a 2021 MacBook pro w/M1 Max Chip what is the best interface to deal with 2 1080 Monitors – mostly for CAD work?
looking for the best hardware approach to feed the two monitors.
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Dan McK
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10/29/21
How to setup a shortcut to open for example 10 folders with each one as a Finder within the same Finder window?
I have an “ART” folder and within this folder are specific folders for each art piece by name. I want to run a scrip to open eg 10 folders in new Finder ... (3 Comments)
10/28/21
Apple Helpdesk in the Netherlands said it was not possible (and that probably will be the case), but still I would like to ask the question in this forum: is there a way, when opening an app on an iMac, to open that app directly in full screen mode?
My eyes are not very good, so ... (2 Comments)
10/28/21
Notifications – I’m trying to a) remove any apps in the list that I will never want notifications from (e.g. Google, Dashlane, Evernote blog) and b) identify and apps where I would like to add them to the Notifications Centre.
I’m unclear how Mac OS decides ... (1 Comment)
10/28/21
I collaborate with colleagues in many different time zones (from Sydney – Moscow – Amsterdam – UTC – Sao Paulo – New York – California, and a few more). We have occasional Zoom calls where most of them have to attend. And communicating the ... (1 Comment)
10/28/21
Thank you for the awesome video from 2018 explaining how to delete a file (and all its backups) from Time Machine (https://macmost.com/how-to-remove-all-copies-of-a-file-from-time-machine.html). I am running a 2013 Mac Pro with Big Sur and it seems that the method explained in ... (20 Comments)
10/27/21
In the list view of Mail App on iPhone, I swipe left to delete a message, but some messages don’t have the Delete option there, inconvenient.
Even when I open such a message the bin is not shown under it.
I miss the standard delete function with some of messages in Mail App ... (4 Comments)
10/26/21
With Monterey, this is the first major OS update for those that moved from Windows to macOS when the M1 enticed us over. One of the first tasks after a Windows OS upgrade is to cleanup all of the old OS version roll-back files. With macOS, are equivalent cleanup steps necessary? ... (1 Comment)
10/26/21
Monterey OS has come out, I have an iMac from 2019, with the Intel chip in it. I was told my a “Mac Expert” to absolutely not update the OS to Monterey based on the fact that I have the Intel Chip and not the New Mac chip (don’t know the name). If I update to ... (3 Comments)
10/26/21
I’ve just installed Monterey, and I’m looking at Shortcuts for the first time. I wonder if it’s possible to write a shortcut to verbally announce when my next meeting is about to start? Ideally MacOS would speak up a minute or two before my meeting is about to ... (1 Comment)
10/25/21
Please explain various Mac audio file formats and how to open and play Windows Media Audio (WMA) files on a Mac.
Sometimes public meetings are recorded as downloadable WMA files. When I save them to the desktop and try to play them the default takes me to WMA Lite with several ... (3 Comments)
10/24/21
I have a 1TB hd taken from a pc. What do I need and how do I reformat it to use it as an external drive to my Mac?
I want to expand available memory and reuse a good drive.
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Randy
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10/24/21
My Mid 2010 17″ MacBook Pro’s DVD drive can be replaced with a second hard drive or SSD. Can I use this second internal drive as my Time Machine drive?
I find it difficult to attach my external Time Machine drive often enough to make the most use of time ... (3 Comments)
10/23/21
In iCloud within finder there is a numbers, pages, and preview that is identified as an App Library rather than a folder. I store the files for these in other folders. Is there a way of deleting or hiding these in finder?
My Numbers files are in stored in other folders with ... (1 Comment)
10/22/21
In Apple ID > left menu Password & Security > Apps Using Apple ID: section. When I recently updated my Apple ID password a notice popped up showing that I allow two apps (DropBox and PBS Video) to us my Apple ID. I’d like to learn more about this. If this has already ... (1 Comment)
10/15/21
Is there a software application that will allow me to organize my photos on an external drive?
Also what is the best editing software that’s not an Adobe product.
I am asking the question about organization of Photos on an external drive so that they could easily be placed on ... (1 Comment)
10/14/21
Is there a way to identify people in photos on an iPad?
I have given up my MacBook and only use the iPad but can’t seem to add names to photos i take.
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Murray
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10/13/21
Hi Gary,
in Numbers I use dropdown menus.
In Excel I also used fields with dropdown menus. The items in the menus were sorted alphabetically. When I clicked on such a field, I could either make a selection by clicking on the list that appeared or I typed in the first letter of a ... (2 Comments)
10/11/21
I want to print in sequence, 30 different pdf files as thumbnails, 6 to a page, on multiple pages. I read online instructions but I can’t find a way to print 6 different pdfs to a page. All I get is one specific pdf to show at a time. Under “view” I can’t ... (1 Comment)
10/11/21
With Apple Watch series 7 on the way, what is the best method to use to unpair the old watch (series 4) and pair the new watch while retaining all the current watch settings, faces, etc.?
Best method to use to unpair the old watch (series 4) and pair the new ... (1 Comment)
