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.6/3/10
Does ichat work well with other people who do not have a mac? If so, is there any drawbacks or features that will not work in ichat with the person who owns a pc? Finally, If I have an AIM account and a google talk account, I am able to talk with people from both accounts at the ... (7 Comments)
6/3/10
Hi,
I have a 8 Gb usb drive that crashed. I lost all my data. I plug it in my mac regularly and i would like it to automatically back itself up on the imac. I have time-machine so that way i would get another backup as well.
Tim
— Tim van Waardenburg
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6/2/10
Hi. Video (mp4) files refuse to transfer from my Sony digital camera to my iPad, using Apple’s camera connection kit, either via usb or card. I’m able to do it in a round-about way by dropping into iTunes, then synching. But I wanted an easier and more direct way to ... (7 Comments)
6/2/10
Hi David,
I currently have a 20″ iMac, I currently have a Video card issue (Video Ram failure) with it and Apple is going to send me a 21.5″ iMac 3.06GHZ 4GB Ram, 500GB hard drive. My question for you is, since I have been using Time Machine, can I use this to ... (1 Comment)
6/2/10
When creating a password for an internet site and having Safari remember the password, is the password saved in Safari or does the password get saved in Keychain? Does Keychain remember all of your passwords that you have across the computer? Finally , does one need a password to ... (1 Comment)
6/2/10
I’m thinking of switching over to a Mac Mini at work and was wondering if there’s a way of importing all your existing Windows Thunderbird emails into the Mail.app
— Wian Marx
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5/31/10
I had some vhs tapes converted to dvds.
I can play them but I’d like to download them so they can be edited in iMovie.
Is there a way or a program that allows Universal Disk Format to be downloaded to the hard disk and used in iMovie?
— Bruce
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5/31/10
I am looking to increase the ram in a new 21.5″ iMac it is the model with 3.06 ghz processing speed and currently has 4gb of ram. I’m looking to upgrade to 8gb or even possibly 16gb. What is the best/least expensive/easiest way to do so? I realize those terms ... (1 Comment)
5/31/10
How can I send an auto reply with an auto-playing video attached?
How can I send an auto reply with an auto-playing audio attached?
— Focus
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5/31/10
Is there any way to connect to a Windows work group with the iPad? I want to be able to connect and move files and photos from my home Windows XP computer… one would think this was doable and then also share a network printer….
Any ideas? or and I just crazy.. ... (2 Comments)
5/29/10
Hey Gary I understand that there are many web hosting sites. However I respect your opinion. I have a iWeb page through mobile me but I would like to register an domain name. Who do you recommend for hosting a domain name?
— Michael
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5/28/10
Any strong arguments for the 3G version over the plain wifi?
Any, how much room does an movie or book take up? Games?
I’ve got a good handle on how much photos/music/normal apps will take. Most docs I’d access would be out on Dropbox, so documents are not a space ... (5 Comments)
5/28/10
For some reason, IPhoto will not see my iPhone anymore and I can’t seem to import pictures that I have taken on the phone into iPhoto. I have checked my settings – but I can’t see anything there. Can you help?
I have an IPad and when I connect that – ... (4 Comments)
5/27/10
hi i want to use the imovie from my old leopard cd and install it on to my snow leopard. can u tell if that can be done.
— koganti
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5/27/10
What is the cheapest way to purchase apple care? I see better prices on Amazon but concerned it wont be for my device since the cost is so much different.
— Mike
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5/27/10
Hi Gary,
I use MacMail and wold like to be able to take an email and drop it into Ical/BusyCal – – – it could be a To-Do or just an email I want to deal with in the next day or so.
I don’t know why I can’t just drag and drop it like other Mac ... (3 Comments)
5/27/10
The start of this is I want to create a shape that I draw, put a photo in it and blur the edges. I have some photos that don’t blur the way I want the edges to in iPhoto. (still don’t have the answer) In searching for an answer, I learned there are hidden frames, ... (2 Comments)
5/26/10
Gary,
I have a MacPro 3.0Ghz first generation using OS X 10.5.8 with Quicktime 7.6.6 (1674) and iTunes 9. I have saved several video files with “mpg” file ext. format. The play perfectly with VLP player but I have no sound in either Quicktime or iTunes. Quicktime ... (1 Comment)
5/26/10
Although I have had my iPhone for a little over 2 years now, I am new to Macs and just got my new iMac a couple months ago. I signed up for a MobileMe account and now trying to sync my iMac’s iCal calendar on my iPhone. After several failed attempts (newbie) I got it, but ... (8 Comments)
