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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10/12/10
Hello Mac Most. I have watched alot of your helpful videos, but i have a specific question. I do not know how to publish my ical calendar on the private server using our go daddy account. Can you help with this? We do have a hosting account and i have the login information i just ... (1 Comment)
10/12/10
Gary by blocking in Safari does effect browsing speed? —– Richard ... (1 Comment)
10/11/10
When I bought my iPhone 4 I was told that all I need to do is go to www.apple.com to find tutorial/s on how to use it. I have not been able to find the tutorials. Can anyone help me? —– The Owl ... (6 Comments)
10/11/10
I used someone else’s printer because mine was out of ink. Now when I use software update, it wants to give me an HP printer update (the printer I used once). I do not care for this update nor do I need it. Is there a way to get the HP update to stop appearing in Software ... (1 Comment)
10/11/10
This is a problem we’re having with uploading an Imovie video after mixing it in Garageband. Maybe somebody knows what’s happening. We open the video in garageband, add some mp3 tracks then export to disk. The results play fine on my mac; When we uploaded the .mov ... (1 Comment)
10/11/10
Hi Gary, My wife and I share a MacBook with seperate sign-ins. I have all of our pictures and music on my side and I want her to be able to access them. How do I set up the MB so that both of us have access to our media? Thanks!! —– Jason ... (1 Comment)
10/11/10
How can I reset my iPhone 3GS that I am using as an iPod now that I have an iPhone 4 back to a os 3.xxxx —– Paulie3660 ... (1 Comment)
10/10/10
Someone please explain what is Safari database used for in safari preferences. What MB should it be set at? —– Richard ... (1 Comment)
10/10/10
Hi Gary, I have a 320 GB HDD that I’d been using for Time Machine. I’ve just got a 1 TB that I want to now use for backups…how do I transfer the backups from my 320 to my 1 TB….so that I can free up the 320 and use it for other portable ... (8 Comments)
10/10/10
I have three Western Digital external drives before use what format should I use. Or should they be reformatted. I have a Quad core L7 iMac. —– Richard ... (2 Comments)
10/10/10
Backround: Developer on Windows. Recently bought and enjoying iMac and switching many tasks to Mac. Question; In Windows Explorer, I can sort by image size, many different dates and other metadata entries. Is there a way to do this in OSX? I have TotalFinder which is great but ... (2 Comments)
10/7/10
Hi, Gary. Please, I would like to know, please, create a movie dvd from a movie (.avi) with subtitle (.srt). I mean, I have a movie in .avi and the movie subtitle in .srt. and I want to watch the movie in my dvd player with the subtitle. How could I do that in my macbook? what ... (3 Comments)
10/7/10
I have a new iMac running Vmware Fusion partition software and Windows 7. I want to be able to sync calendar and contact information on my iCal and contacts on the iMac, iPad and Outlook running on the Windows 7 partition. The problem; MobileMe will not sync with the information ... (1 Comment)
10/7/10
I have never been able to transfer photos from my canon rebel xt to my ipad with the camera connection kit. When i remove the SD card from a compact camera and use the camera connecton kit piece it works great. Because the memory card is too big for this I have to use the USB ... (26 Comments)
10/7/10
Every time I open up iPhoto I receive the following message: “3 photos have been found in the iPhoto Library that were not imported. Would you like to import them?” If I choose no, a new folder is created in my pictures folder “iPhoto Recovered Photos” ... (5 Comments)
10/7/10
Gary, I have an iPhone 4 w/ latest firmware, iTunes v10.0.1. I have serveral voice memos on the iPhone that seemingly won’t synch to iTunes. I have made sure the box, Include Voice Memos is checked under the music tab in iTunes. The memos play ok on the phone. I’m ... (10 Comments)
10/7/10
hi, i have an issue with an app in my iphone 4. i downloaded a free update fro fring which got stuk in waiting. it wont download the update . i tried syncing , did not help can you recommend a solution —– Aravindhan ... (8 Comments)
10/6/10
Hi, thanks in advance for the help… Can I add a hyperlink to either text or an image in a movie? Also, is it possible to add a sign-up form to the end of my movie? Like: Sign up for our mailing list?—– Brent ... (1 Comment)
10/6/10
I’ve had a problem with my iMac OS X 10.5.8. Maybe it’s not my Mac, I can’t tell. I have high-speed dial up internet connection. When I use Safari, Firefox or Google Chrome, and I google something and click on a link, it always re-directs me to a totally ... (3 Comments)
10/6/10
Good video editing software for my mac. I’m looking for to buy Final Cut Express or Adobe Premiere Elements 9.Which one is ease to use. I would love to have your advise. Thank you. —– Ebey ... (1 Comment)