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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6/24/10

Animated GIF Files in Mail

I’m new to mac but as a former pc user, I was able to send .gif files in emails and loved the “sparkle” and “animation” that they have but apparently you can’t do this on a mac. Or am I inserting them incorrectly. They all show up as a flat ... (11 Comments)
6/24/10

Western Digital HDs

Am I missing something? I have two external HDs for my imac. A 1TB studio drive that acts a little weird sometimes, but usable when I turn it off then back on. It carries my music and video plus other stuff. I also have a WD 320G passport for a Mac that all of the sudden is ... (4 Comments)
6/24/10

Why does Imovie import some .mp4s and not others?

Hi Gary, Thought it better to put a fresh post instead of reply. Imovie is letting me import some .mp4 files but not others….specifically those I created from Handbrake. Does this have anything to do with 64-bit? When I tried to use Handbrake to read my dv, it prompted me ... (1 Comment)
6/24/10

Best Software to capture footage from to edit in Imovie?

Hi Gary, I have a previously burned dvd that I can’t back up using Disk Utility or rip form Mac the Ripper – the former fails after a while and the latter doesn’t recognise the disk in the drive. But the vob is playing fine from the Video folder. Any ... (3 Comments)
6/23/10

iOS 4 for iPad

Hi Gary do you know when and if ios 4 for iPad will be out ? — Paulie ... (1 Comment)
6/23/10

Apps & contact transfer to iPhone 4

I have an iPhone 3G & getting the iPhone 4 on Thursday. With all the apple limitations….. How do I transfer all my purchasd Apps to my new phone ? Will iTunes do all that & what it the best way to do that ? Mabe we need a video — Marnoldi ... (3 Comments)
6/22/10

Unwanted Software Updates

Hi Gary, Is there a way to delete an update from the software update application? thanks — Carlos M ... (1 Comment)
6/22/10

Opening document with old .WPS extension

A friend sent an attachment written on a relic Windows machine ending in the relic .WPS (Microsoft Works, not Word) extension. Is there a program I might likely have on my new Mac that would open it? (Pages, Text Edit, OpenOffice, and MS Word all failed for me.) If not, ... (2 Comments)
6/22/10

How to compress large DVDs into single layer?

Hey Gary, Disk Utility is greta for backing up previously burned DVDs, but I’m looking for a software that can do what DVDshrink does for Windows(creates the less than 4.7 GB ISO)…take a full length original dvd, preferably break the region code, and back it up with ... (1 Comment)
6/22/10

My Mac mini has a flashing light and turn off afther 30 sec

I’d clean my mac mini but this time a flashing light is on, and the mac mini turn off afther 30 sec everything else seams to be working fine. — Alfredo Jaimes ... (1 Comment)
6/22/10

Aperture 3 crashing after migration

I recently migrated my entire Mac System from a 2009 24″ iMac to a new 2010 27″ iMac (Core 2 Duo), and I cannot open Aperture 3 (it crashes unexpectedly). And I noticed that the system is running 10.6.2 and not 10.6.4, which the 2009 iMac was running. So, did ... (2 Comments)
6/22/10

Mail not getting new mail from gmail

Hi Gary, Since yesterday my Mail application is working fine for composing and sending emails but it is not refreshing the inbox, despite repeatedly clicking ‘Get New Mail’ I tried everything the Mail Help suggested but no luck. Gmail option is grayed out in the get ... (6 Comments)
6/21/10

Problems copying large files EVEN to Mac formatted external HD partition

Hi, I’ve been trying to move some of my .cdr files created by Disk Utility to my external hard drive Mac partition but it gives Error Code 0 and fails. This has been a problem with Fat32 partitions also but I thought Apple would fix the bug with the new update, but it ... (4 Comments)
6/21/10

How to tab through options in OS prompt windows?

In windows if the OS window prompt pops up with options like “Save/Don’t Save/Cancel” or whatever, the tab key switches from one option to the other. What is the equivalent in Mac? So far I have to use the mouse to choose whatever’s not the default ... (3 Comments)
6/21/10

Attachments in the Body of an Email Message

when sending an attachment, I don’t mind if mail treats a picture as something I want to appear in the email itself…. but I do mind if on occasion, mail treats a pdf as something I want to appear in the body of the email. How can I prevent a pdf from doing this in ... (3 Comments)
6/21/10

Deleting Stickies

How does one delete a sticky? — Matt ... (1 Comment)
6/21/10

Making Toolbar icons and font bigger

Hello: I am trying to make the toolbar icons and text for safari and word for mac bigger. I know how to increase the font on the screens but not on the toolbars. Any ideas? Thanks — Mirel ... (3 Comments)
6/20/10

iPhone 3G iOS 4.0 for the iPhone 3G?

will the 3G get the iOS4.0 on Monday june 21 st ? i read somewhere that only the 3GS will be updated. very concerned mike — marnoldi ... (4 Comments)
6/19/10

Movie back ups

Gary is a good idea to back up my final movie to the same DVD that I made my DVD with? Or is okay to use other good DVD-R for my back ups. I use Verbatim digital real for my final movie and back ups with Verbatim DVD-R, the in the orange package. — Richard ... (2 Comments)
6/19/10

Mac and iPhone Syncing

Greetings from Vancouver Gary! I currently have a Macbook and Iphone that I regularly sync. I also use a task manager / GTD program called THINGS that I sync with them. I would like to get an iMAC as well. How would I go about syncing all 3 devices (I understand that MobileMe ... (1 Comment)