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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6/30/10
When are the new Nano 6th generation ipods coming out? Are they going to have a AM radio also? — Craig ... (1 Comment)
6/30/10
Hi Gary, I’m having trouble sending messages with my gmail account from my apple mail program. I’ve gone over my pop and smtp configuration settings on my iMac and checked my gmail web settings on safari. My wife is using gmail with her apple mail on her macbook, ... (5 Comments)
6/30/10
My husband updated his 3G iphone with iOS4 and is regretting it- it has become really slow. Is there away to downgrade the OS back to the earlier version? Thanks — Katherine ... (1 Comment)
6/30/10
Hello. I was wondering if there is anyway to have the ipad and iphone not reply to email with the | (pike) in front of the quoted text. I know netiquite but when you get a long chain going it makes it hard to read — Paul ... (3 Comments)
6/30/10
I am a fan of using a 24 hour clock. Is there a way when looking at the calendar by the day or by the week to show the times using a 24 hour clock? — George ... (2 Comments)
6/30/10
Hi, I’m thinking about setting up a RAID0 using the Disk Utility RAID options. My question is, now do you get warnings/errors/hardware failure notifications? Is this something that you do manually? On external RAID enclosures, there are usually lights signaling the ... (3 Comments)
6/30/10
I am highly considering switching to a Mac from my old PC. I have recently read your book, and it doesn’t really state an opinion on each of the office suites. Which one would you recommend:iWork or Microsoft Office for Mac? — Ethan ... (4 Comments)
6/30/10
I’m stuck on the Studio beats by dre and the sony extra bass 50 mm driver headphones.I liten to house hip-hop and rap so I need bass.I just want to know your opinion. Thanks — George Hill ... (5 Comments)
6/30/10
Hi Gary, I’m considering buying a casebag for my macbook 13 (new unibody design) and I was wondering what are the considerations vis-a-vis venting out the heat from the machine and what sort of bag design to avoid? There’s a bag which covers a quarter of the vent fan ... (1 Comment)
6/30/10
Hi Gary How do I create the plugin that will list Automator as an option when I right click on a number of files? — Jan ... (1 Comment)
6/30/10
I have a new iMac and have transferred all my iTunes however every time I sync to my iMac I lose all my calender and nothing on iCal please help I use Microsoft office on my old computer!!! — Vicki ... (3 Comments)
6/30/10
How to import video from iPhone 4 to iMovie. When I connect the phone to my Mac and lunch iMovie It not working. Thank you. — Ebay ... (3 Comments)
6/29/10
Hey Gary, I have a big problem. My MagSafe Contacts do not seem to work anymore. I have a late 09′ MacBook, still got Warranty. So, can I send it to an Apple Retailer or something and they will fix it for free or am I totally screwed now and have to pay money to get it ... (2 Comments)
6/29/10
How do you send a iCal event as an invitation using Automator? — Thomas Williams ... (1 Comment)
6/29/10
I download outlook OutlookExpress506ENU.bin file from net but at the time of installation it shows There is no default application specified to open the document cancel choose application And i want to import eudora mails to Outlook express to outlook 2007 I ... (1 Comment)
6/29/10
Gary, I have the following problem (searched many other forums already but no solution): I upgraded my 16GB 3G IPhone to OS4. Initially I tried it via update but the backup got stuck at about 0.5% even when leaving it over night. I then removed my photos and music to see whether ... (1 Comment)
6/28/10
Hey Gary, I have 2 problems that i’ve been dealing with for months! First Problem: Whenever i turn on my mac, the apple logo never shows up, usually i wait about 5 minutes and it pops up. The only i can make it pop up fast is hold option and choose my drive. Any ... (1 Comment)
6/28/10
Gary, Thanks for all you insightful help. I’ve recently purchased the Apple Time Capsule and think it’s great. However, when it does its normal 15 minute interval back-up process, it automatically changes my Mac’s active “Spaces” Screen to Screen ... (1 Comment)
6/28/10
Hi Gary! I noticed that there are a lot of fonts in Font Book that are in a language I don’t speak. I don’t see any reason for them to really be there and was wondering if there’s a list of fonts that the Mac needs in order to function. I’m thinking of ... (1 Comment)
6/27/10
For several years, video clips have automatically downloaded, along with stills, to iPhoto from my Sanyo VPC-C6. For some reason the last two downloads did not include any videos. They are still in the camera. Any thoughts? — Cara ... (2 Comments)