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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4/2/11
I want to have video running on one side with titles on black background. I understand how to use side-by-side with video but it doesn’t seem to allow that with video + titles. The only way i can see to do it is to either create the title in iMovie, export it as a .mov and ... (2 Comments)
4/2/11
I tried to upload a presentation made with keynote that has a mp4 video included and opened it in iwork.com. As I saw, iwork.com should support videos and sounds but it doesn’t work for me. I know it is a beta and maybe therefore does not officially support it yet, but I am ... (3 Comments)
4/1/11
I have 4 email that appear as unread in my msn email account that appear as no subject,no sender, this message has no content. The date is 12/31/69. They have blue dot that unread emails have until clicked opened. Problem is I click on them and nothing happens, I can’t ... (1 Comment)
4/1/11
This may have been asked and answered and, if so, I apologize for the redundancy. Is there a way to set a Safari or Adobe Reader preference so that web-embedded PDFs always open in Adobe Reader instead of Safari? Thank you. Great site! —– David ... (1 Comment)
4/1/11
Here is my goal, please let me know if this is possible. In MobileMe(iDisk)-set up an HTML website with a custom gallery page that would auto update/add pictures to the site-every time I added a new picture file in my pictures folder. —– aldo ... (1 Comment)
3/31/11
Hi gary I am interested in buying the new 15 inch macbook pro, I use photoshop alot, should I upgrade to 8g of ram? will it make photoshop run faster? thanks viki —– viki ... (3 Comments)
3/31/11
On my MacBook Pro, it’s happened to me twice now where I’ll be connected to a wi-fi network, and if I go for a period without using my browser (like if I’m using a word processor or if the computer goes to sleep), AirPort automatically disconnects from the ... (3 Comments)
3/31/11
Using fast user switching, can 2 users on the same Mac be connected to different networks simultaneously, or does changing one change the other? Case: My Mac is downloading on one user. I want to switch to another user and change networks. Is this going to interrupt my ... (1 Comment)
3/31/11
Gary, is there a way to include two slides from Keynote into an already existing iMovie project? I’m using iMovie 11. —– Michelle ... (1 Comment)
3/31/11
Can you use these interchangeably on the G3 iPhone and an orig. iPad? —– Lillibet Hoke ... (1 Comment)
3/31/11
I have a project that i made 3 or 4 slow-motion clips and the audio is now in slow motion. How do i capture that clips regular audio and re-install it in the slowmotion clip then lower or delete the slow motion audio? —– Peter Lelievre ... (4 Comments)
3/31/11
I think you spoke about this once re the 1st iPad – can you please go over the steps for using my iPad2 as a monitor for my Mac Mini (if it’s possible)? Thanks a lot! —– Mike ... (2 Comments)
3/30/11
I bought a new iPad 2. In setting it up, it asks if I want to set it up as a new iPad or restore from the backup of my previous iPad (I am selling the old one). I think I want to restore it and have it setup like the old one, but I am wondering if there is any reason I ... (2 Comments)
3/30/11
Most people I know find it a little annoying. When ever we receive an invitation to an iCal event in mail, it is set to automatically be added to iCal. However, that then means that while mail is happy to work in the background of what I am currently doing, iCal is not happy to ... (1 Comment)
3/30/11
How do I find old newsletters? I’m looking for that tip about mouse clicking on the scroll bar and having it take you to that position in the window. —– Shirl Parker ... (1 Comment)
3/29/11
I (quickly- 3 kids) browse the iTunes Store for podcasts, books, episodes (for different ages) and each time I find that I would like to be able to “go back and find something I think they would enjoy – but I want to listen/review more about it before I start to ... (2 Comments)
3/29/11
My beloved Logitech diNovo Mac Keyboard is now dying, and Logitech has sent me a replacement. But tragically, Logitech is getting out of the Mac keyboard business. So they send me a K800 as a replacement, which is an outstanding keyboard. Except it doesn’t use the Mac ... (1 Comment)
3/29/11
I have recently changed my password in iTunes to a more complex one, and since it is more complex is there a way I can store it in the keychain and allow iTunes to access it without having to open Keychain Access every time I would like to buy something or buy a new app for my ... (4 Comments)
3/28/11
Not sure if this can be done. Is there a way to take a QT movie file & convert it into a format that plays on a tv DVD player? The second part of the question is : can I save that file & share over the net to someone using a PC so they can burn it to a DVD ? I’m ... (2 Comments)
3/28/11
Your video number 533, “Restoring Lost Dock and Finder Items,” was quite informative, as it is easy, particularly with dock items, to inadvertently drag one of them onto the desktop, and watch them go “poof”. If you immediately realize that you just lost a ... (2 Comments)