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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6/9/11
Our family has two iMacs, each with own itunes account. Will we be able update both iMacs with one Lion download? If not, how do I change the itunes account on one of the iMacs to match that of the other? —– MacSal ... (1 Comment)
6/9/11
Hey Gary, when i plug in my earphones into the jack, i can only ever hear from the left side. Why is this so? The settings is on “balanced” so its directly in the middle. Can this be a faulty jack? If so, how do i repair it? —– David Do ... (5 Comments)
6/9/11
Hi Gary, first of all, let me tell that I enjoyed your videos/website a lot. Thank you for all you do to keep us informed. I want to ask you if you can begin a series of videos about snow Leopard server. Keep up the good work. —– ethiel ... (2 Comments)
6/9/11
Due to the release of Mac OSX Lion I want to change my Harddrive of my MacBook. Is there a way to Install Lion on a blank Harddrive, or do I have to install Snow Leopard again? —– Markus ... (3 Comments)
6/8/11
Hi, I record a podcast and I would love to insert sound effects or clips, we do Skype recording and I would like to know how I can set it up so my co-host can hear the sound effects I play. Thank you in advance. —– Joon Kang ... (1 Comment)
6/8/11
I’m fairly new to the Mac platform. Will an upgrade to Lion require a reinstall of applications like Word for Mac or will the Lion upgrade preserve everything else on my Mac. I’m used to the Windows operating system requiring a reinstall of everything whenever you ... (6 Comments)
6/8/11
Hi, Gary. I have been working in Home Video that was shot at 640×480 and frame rate was 60. I made the video and now I want to export it as mp4 and put in pen drive and watch on TV. which could be the best way to export it? I want a good quality videos, so, what “data ... (5 Comments)
6/8/11
When Apple first added malware definitions I was able to look them up in the library and verify their installation. With the new macdefender def I wanted to verify it’s on my mac but forget what folder they were in. Where are these defs? —– Bruce ... (3 Comments)
6/8/11
On my hard drive is a folder with a red dot called user template. When I click on it, it says I don’t have permission. It is the ONLY folder on my computer I can’t open. What’s in this “secret” folder? I’m the ONLY user and ... (3 Comments)
6/8/11
When I switch network locations from Say Automatic to Hotspot and then change my Wifi from Cyrus Wifi (automatic) to Cyrus iphone (hotspot), or vice versa; I get the spinning beach ball when the new location is being updated. It doesn’t happen instantly ! Is this Normal ... (6 Comments)
6/8/11
I am currently running Snow Leopard and having no difficulties with Quicken 2007 and MS Office 2004. But, I’ve heard a rumor that Lion will no longer support Power PC apps. Is this true? I have heard nothing good about the newer “Quicken Essentials” and have ... (2 Comments)
6/7/11
Do you know what the difference in functionality between the Pages 09 on the above OS’s? And also is there a difference between Pages 09 from the Mac store and Pages bought from a store outlet. —– Femo ... (1 Comment)
6/7/11
Is there any way to upgrade directly from Tiger to the new Lion OS when it debuts? Do I have to purchase Snow Leopard first, then purchase Lion on top of that… would rather just go from Tiger direct to Lion as was purposely waiting for the new OS to avoid double the ... (5 Comments)
6/7/11
I have one of the first intel iMacs. I have 1GB DDR2 SDRAM installed in each slot. Can I upgrade these to something higher? There are so many websites with conflicting answers. One said that this is the most memory that I can install in this computer. I would like to know if that ... (2 Comments)
6/7/11
It sounds like there is no iDisk in the iCloud. I store a lot of family photos and videos, plus important documents and other miscellaneous items on my iDisk. I’m just wondering what others plan to use (or are already using) in lieu of iDisk storage. I thought of ... (5 Comments)
6/7/11
I have an old nikon camera that i took some family photos on and i want to upload them to facebook. All of my albums are there except for the most recent one that I want to upload. When I go to fb and click “create album” and go to select photos (via iphoto uploader ... (2 Comments)
6/7/11
iOS 4.3 has been out for a while and Verizon iPhone 4 users are still stuck on 4.2.8. Now with iTunes 10.3 we cannot even turn on the Automatic Downloads. Any clue if Verizon iPhone lag behind in the future? I enjoy the call quality and reliability with Verizon, but cannot help ... (2 Comments)
6/7/11
What is best alternative for viewing flash content on Ipad? —– Cliff ... (5 Comments)
6/7/11
Hi Guys, I’m really uncertain that my MacPro 1,1 will run Lion? Any help approciated. Really not sure what Apple is saying here, they posted on Lion Page Make sure your Mac can run Lion. Your Mac must have an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or “Xeon ... (2 Comments)
6/7/11
Does the iCloud allow you to unsync purchases from devices and then play them from the cloud? Also, does playing from and syncing to the cloud apply to your data plan from AT&T? —– Graham Staniforth ... (5 Comments)