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.7/29/21
Assuming strong passwords and two-factor authentication are in place, how important is it to always sign out from a website such as Apple, amazon, a bank or some other website that could be used to steal money from you?
I would like to know if my sensitive accounts that move ... (1 Comment)
7/29/21
I’m updating my current C.V.
Within pages I’m using bulletpoints. They now have an orange color, and in the new document I want to change them to red bulletpoints.
However, I’ve been searching for a while but cannot find the option.
Also looked on Google & ... (1 Comment)
7/28/21
I am watching the current series on Mac Security. While I use a password manager to create and use passwords there are probably a couple of places where a random password is difficult to use. Two that quickly comes to mind is the login to the Mac itself and the password manager ... (4 Comments)
7/26/21
I have a desktop radio, an I would like to record it on my MacBook Pro, using QuickTime?
My radio haze earphones jack.
What parts will I need to do this… thanks
So I can record at a racing event, which they broadcast on FM stations.
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Jerry Nash
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7/24/21
I am trying to clean up my email folders, sending to the Archive folder things that are old but that I want to keep. Is there a way to make folders inside Mac’s own Archive [folder/file]?
I want to create folders inside my Archives in order to organize the emails in it, ... (1 Comment)
7/24/21
\Will it be safe to download SnagIT from this site? https://[***]/en/app/1531095431/techsmith-snagit-2021
I saw this youtube video about Snagit; then checked thabove site.
will it be safe to download it from this site? It seems Snagit is not available at appstore?
Please let me ... (4 Comments)
7/24/21
I will be buying my first iMac soon. I have never used a wireless keyboard and mouse. That leads me to my 2 questions. My desk is small and I have the Google Wi-Fi (router, with mesh system) very close to where my mouse and keyboard will be. First, will this cause any ... (1 Comment)
7/23/21
How can you copy a Saved Search such as you recently demonstrated from one Mac to another without having to go through the whole process of recreating it on a second Mac?
Trying to save time with a long complicated Saved Search.
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Bob Herwick
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7/20/21
I am looking at purchasing the new iMac 24 inch, my first Mac computer. I will be setting it up for my wife and myself. I will set up my account when setting up iMac for the first time. After watching your tutorials I know how to set my wife’s user account up, but, I do not ... (6 Comments)
7/20/21
Is it ok to delete backups on Time Machine? I have many that go back several years.
I ask this because my Mac had a message that said that the WD that I use had been ejected incorrectly. When I looked at how many files were on it I was surprised. For some reason o thought they ... (7 Comments)
7/18/21
How can I open more than one folder at a time? The purpose is for me to organize the contents of the folders by dragging items to/from these folders while they are opened.
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Joe V
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7/18/21
How can I open more than one folder at a time? The purpose is for me to organize the contents of the folders by dragging items to/from these folders while they are opened.
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Joe V
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7/16/21
The Desktop Photos folder does not exist under the Library folder. Where is it?I would like to delete a number of useless photos in the desktop and screen saver.
There are too many unusable photos in my Desktop Photos and I would like to delete them.
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Peter
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7/16/21
I am trying to mirror my iPad to my MacBook Pro 2013. I can’t use Sidecar as it is not compatible.
I am trying to mirror my iPad to my MacBook, as I am a teacher and I want to walk in the classroom, using my iPad while its screen is projected onto my MacBook. I have tried ... (1 Comment)
7/16/21
What version of flash player will work with Big Sur ? where to download it ?
Because the latest update to Big Sur has erased the Flash Player which is needed to view content online.
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Visi
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7/15/21
I would like an app that would beep alerting me to when the CAPS LOCK key is pressed. Doe something exist for this?
I hate typing a line or a paragraph and then look at the screen and see it is in all caps when I accidentally hit the caps lock key.
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Hank Chiuppi
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7/12/21
When I need to do a presentation (w/o wifi), I always turn off my WiFi and shut off my VPN and my Dropbox and Google Drive programs to conserve battery power during my presentation. My question: Is there a way to set up a macro so that one click will accomplish all of that ... (1 Comment)
7/11/21
Hi Gary, any chance you can do a video on how to select items say for example in photos as I struggle to recall how to click multiple pics that are not in a row or pick like 3in a row then some from another sequence. Just confuses me..
Thanks.
struggling to select items in photos ... (1 Comment)
7/9/21
I’m trying to set a daily reminder for only weekdays.
I want to set a reminder to go pick up our son at daycare every weekday afternoon. However I cannot find any options to select multiple specific days for repeating reminders. I’ve tried on both my Mac running Big ... (6 Comments)
7/9/21
I have an iMac with connected USB drive(s). I’d like to access these connected drives from my MacBook Air over my home network. Using the MacBook I can connect to folders on the iMac internal drive but can’t seem to connect to the usb drives. “go to server” shows the ... (9 Comments)
