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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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2/26/11
I have a unique query for Itunes. I have my usual Music tracks for which I have a Library and that is my personal collection of music. Now a friend gave me a HARD DRIve of 150 GB of music close to 50,000 songs. I want this collection in my own Library but I would prefer my ... (1 Comment)
2/25/11
…so that they show up on Apple TV (2)? —– Kirk Aplin ... (1 Comment)
2/25/11
Using an original tune assembled in Garage Band, I then added beat markers. But when I added pictures they refused to line up with the markers. I messed with Snap to Beats, trying it both on and off. I have been succesful with using tunes from itunes. My tune has a garage band ... (1 Comment)
2/25/11
The title basically asks the question. I’d like to embed a video that is too long to go on YouTube or Vimeo on a web site (e.g. WordPress). Is there a way to do that? —– Todd A. Peperkorn ... (3 Comments)
2/25/11
I put my Mac Pro to sleep then the next day I find it completely shut down! I boot it up and then I hear a steady beep (every second) for about 2 minutes. After 2 minutes the beeping went away. Any idea what caused the Mac Pro to shut down on its own? And what does the steady ... (3 Comments)
2/24/11
How to Resize a photo/logo in imovie picture in picture my logo or photo is too big to fit inside the picture in picture how can i fix that —– PJ Risso ... (3 Comments)
2/24/11
With Office-type software it seems we have reached a ceiling, the power of a laptop can handle almost anything thrown at it, except maybe a spreadsheet with a million cells. When do you think we can say the same with video editing software or gaming software? 5 years? 10? It ... (1 Comment)
2/24/11
Gary any good iPhone app that Ivan view HTML files on my iPhone after transferring them somehow? Ihave many HTML files I have saved on my computer and need them viewed on my iPhone… —– Cyrus Dubash ... (1 Comment)
2/23/11
Assuming the movie is going to be watched via TV, is it best to keep the equalizer at None and tweek it on the TV, or is there a good setting to use to optimize the sound (in general)? —– Kirk Aplin ... (1 Comment)
2/23/11
Hello all, I have two videos that I need to make into one. One of the videos has a graph running horizontally across the bottom fifth of it which I need to put underneath the bottom of the other video. I tried using picture in picture and then stretching it over the top 4/5ths of ... (1 Comment)
2/22/11
I downloaded Gimp and installed it but when I try to launch it, nothing happens. A menu item comes up that says ‘Gimp’ but all I can do is ‘Quit’. The application does not actually load properly. Can you (or anyone) get Gimp working on a ... (3 Comments)
2/22/11
When I show my spaces and then show expose I can view all my open files on each space. The problem is if I have 2 files open on a ‘space’ and then I click on file #1 my mac goes to that space but file #2 comes up on top. if i click on file #1 the focus stays on file ...
2/22/11
I am writing a case study that will include pictures, graphs, text, etc. I’d prefer to use Pages and wanted to see if there is a particular format or template available to make my life easier. Any help is greatly appreciated. —– Jim Simcoe ... (1 Comment)
2/22/11
I post videos online and I want to expedite my video blog creation. I have an intro, a middle, and end to all my videos. I want to create the same intro and same endings to all my videos so that when I’m creating videos I can paste my pre-made intros and endings to the ... (2 Comments)
2/22/11
I have been brought a form at work and they want it to be created on the IPAD somehow. I am not that familiar with macs or ipads, so I was wandering if someone coulod possibly take a look at the form and maybe point me in the right direction on what I need to use if it can even ... (1 Comment)
2/22/11
Gary After the IOS Upgrades on the Iphone to anything after iso 4 and later, the good Solid colours on the Calendar of the iphone/Ipad etc seem to have vanished and very dull Pastel colours are displayed instead. Is there any way I can get the awesome Solid Colouyrs back ? Wish ... (1 Comment)
2/22/11
Does Groove matching in Garageband only work if a real instrument is played? I have a drum track on track 1 and on track 2 I used the built ion Guitar track and deliberately Placed it out of time. Then i made the Drum track the Groove track, but it did not snap the timing ... (1 Comment)
2/22/11
I have just found the new screen recorder on Quicktime. I have found a solution to the audio which doesn’t record. Soundflower enables audio to add to video capture of the screen. However, it’s time consuming and has to be changed back to original settings after the ... (1 Comment)
2/22/11
I use my mac book pro every day in work and at university. But i sometimes have problems with some pdf files. some scripts from my teachers contain formulas and equations and some of them are not shown correctly. either some of the signs (like greek letters for eyample) are shown ... (3 Comments)
2/21/11
I want to start with movies recorded by me on dvd and end up with iTunes compatible files of the highest possible quality using Handbrake. How do I set that up? Is there a simpler alternative to Handbrake? —– Kirk Aplin ... (4 Comments)