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.10/24/21
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)
10/11/21
Just in general I need to understand more about Finder. When to use it and how.
For example I need to change the name of an existing folder to another.
Why is because I set up a client folder who did not show up so there are no records in it.
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Monica
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10/11/21
After the most recent automatic update I discovered that Photos was changed – much to my dislike. I the left hand tool bar at the very top there used to be 5-6 categories: Library, Imports, Recently deleted, etc. That has disappeared completely. How do I restore this?
I ... (2 Comments)
10/9/21
I have built several sheets in numbers and with some of the inputs I get “The Formula uses a Boolean in place of a number”. This seems to occur when I get different information and the numbers change. I don’t always get the error message. Very difficult time ... (2 Comments)
10/8/21
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Recently upgraded to IOS 15.0.1 on my iPhone 12 Pro. I tried creating a widget with contacts but instead of displaying the contacts names, it shows blank circles. I tried the same thing on my IPad Pro and it worked properly, showing the contacts ... (1 Comment)
10/7/21
Where can I save PDF files on my iPad and be able to view them when I am not connected to Wifi? Both Adobe Reader and Books require me to be connected to wifi.
I attend a weekly Ukulele group where we play/sing from individual song sheets. The sheets are located online in my ... (4 Comments)
10/5/21
Using Apple Watch (OS8) and iPhone 13. I’d like to disable auto launch audio apps so that it doesn’t show up on my Apple Watch.
I’d prefer not to control music on my watch.
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Doug Brandt
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10/5/21
I’m trying to dismiss notifications on my Lock Screen. Since upgrading to iOS 15, when I press and hold a notification, there’s no X in the corner to dismiss it like there used to be. I can either tap on the notification and open the corresponding app, or I can tap ... (4 Comments)
10/2/21
I have a iPod nano with music from my cd’s and what I got from iTunes.On my MacBook Air M1 all it shows in music is what I purchased from iTunes. I can’t get my other music to transfer from my iPod to the MacBook. My iPod was setup on a Windows 10 computer. I’m ... (5 Comments)
9/30/21
I’ve been looking at how Safari’s Reader View icon works with the new Compact tab layout. I think that the following describes the situation, but I’m not certain. Is this how the Reader View icon works with this new tab layout?
There are two tab layouts in Safari 15: ... (3 Comments)
9/30/21
How can I backup my “Recently Deleted” photos to an ext. drive either from “Photos” or iCloud?
I would like to archive my deleted photos
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Gene
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9/30/21
I just got a Western Digital external hard-drive that I want to copy files to (I use TimeMachine on another external drive). Since I’ve updated my Mac to Big Sur (11.6) do I want to format the WD hard drive to APFS (Case-sensitive, encrypted) or shall I pick Mac OS ... (7 Comments)
