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.5/6/11
when restoring the iphone, THe Videos and Song playlists never come back and I have to get them back manually.
Yes the setting are manually manage Songs and videos, as I don’t want my entire library synced with the iPhone. But every time I have to restore or update my ... (5 Comments)
5/5/11
Before you do anymore Surfing with Safari,go to Prefs and uncheck “Open safe files after downloading”
Here is the scoop on what it does.
On Apple Support Communities: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3035144?start=0&tstart=0
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Ross Wright
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5/5/11
I’m new to this territory, so forgive my ignorance. I just ordered my wife an iPad 2 for Mother’s Day. She doesn’t have a computer, so we’ll be syncing it with my iTunes. I’m assuming this means her FaceTime will be working on my ID. I downloaded ... (3 Comments)
5/4/11
I’ve been double clicking home button and “on” button to capture a screen shot for some time. Lately when it imports in to IPhoto it only appears in portrait mode. Very awkward to mail out in that position.
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Mary F
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5/4/11
I installed Dropbox on Mac OS X 10.6.7 several weeks ago, and when I was on the AT&T Wi-Fi network at Starbucks today, it gave me a prompt asking me if I want Dropbox to accept incoming network connections. It said that if I click Deny, it could limit Dropbox’s ... (7 Comments)
5/4/11
I have an ipad 2 which is left on the coffee table which my guests use from time to time. How do i make my emails secure without having to enable and disabling the accounts is there something in the settings i am missing or is there an app that you are aware of that i can ... (2 Comments)
5/4/11
I am trying to create a video in iMovie 09 that has cutaway pictures, but also has a logo at the bottom of the screen throughout the duration of the video. Right now it will only let me have one or the other. Is there a way to keep the picture-in-picture logo and still have ... (1 Comment)
5/4/11
Gary, facetime typically uses wifi only ! But do you think this would work fine?
My wifi speeds are much slower than my 3G speeds. I get 3 g speeds of 5 Mbps downlink and 3 Mbps uplink. My wifi is just about 1.3 Mbps down and 500 Kbps up.
This article shows us how I can use ... (4 Comments)
5/3/11
So every once in a while I have this weird problem when Mail.app stops letting me send me. Nothing has changed in the SMTP settings. I am using a MobileMe account. The option to send is grayed out. I’ve quit and restarted mail. I’ve restarted the OS, and nothing ... (1 Comment)
5/3/11
Hi Gary, is there a keychain equivalent for the iphone 4? Don’t need it so much as a form-filler as much as a place to store secure notes like passwords, card info, personal stuff etc. Or is there a way to lock/password protect your Notes on Iphone 4?
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Dhruv
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5/2/11
When you surf do you use a Standard or Admin user account?
I was told it’s safer to use a Standard user account. Can I convert my Admin user to Standard, then switch it to Admin when I install software & software updates? Or am I locked in to one type of user for the ...
5/2/11
I am trying to find a definitive answer to: Do the carriers (ATT and Verizon) charge an activation fee (or reactivation fee if you reconnect) for prepaid 3G service? I cannot get a single answer from the Customer Service Reps for either carrier…some say yes, some say no. ... (3 Comments)
5/2/11
I just bought a new MBP 13″ to complement my Imac. Having installed the disks am now up and running. However I now have Iphoto 11 on my MBP but not on my Imac. Can I sync them somehow ? Or copy Iphoto App over from MBP to Imac via Firewire. If so, what files do I need to ... (3 Comments)
5/1/11
My wife has a 16GB Wifi iPad (1st gen). The kids use it, so it’s a bit scratched up. Today, I ordered a refurbished 16GB Wifi iPad (1st gen), same as the first one. I want to make the new one my wife’s and give her old one to the kids. I plan to use the ... (1 Comment)
5/1/11
How do we go about reducing the size of a slideshow created in iphoto 2011?
We want to share with friends but it is a huge file.
How do most people share such big files? Upload to something like dropbox or MobileMe etc?
Thank you
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Pat
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5/1/11
How do you get the media drop down box in the sidebar preferences? (My options are only Devices, Shared, Places, Search for)
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Adam Willemse
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5/1/11
I am using the app Capster to warn when Caps. lock is selected. How do I make it start at login?
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Tony Rosner
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4/30/11
In my volunteer work I’ve just had to enter hundreds of email addresses into Excel by hand. Inevitably I’ve made lots of typos. Can you recommend a program that will read them back to me, letter by letter (as opposed to as words) so that I can check against the ... (1 Comment)
4/30/11
I’m tryi g to stream atoutube video from my iPhone. The options I get are iPhone, apple tv and apple tv 2 !
Sonetimes I donot get the apple tv 2 option. On clucking apple tv only, just the audio plays but on clicking apple tv 2, the video plays on my tv. But if the option ... (1 Comment)
4/29/11
Gary which is more accurate between Nike iPod and Nike +gps?
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Cyrus
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