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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5/26/10
Hi Gary, Do you have plans on a video on how to create smart playlists in iTunes? Thanks, Jason — Jason ... (1 Comment)
5/25/10
Hi Gary, i was wondering where i can find the snow leeopard on leopard intro movie because i have tiger. thanks — John Belarmino ... (2 Comments)
5/25/10
Having watched recent MacMost videos, I have switched to using TextEdit for most of my word processing needs. This is working fine, but there is one minor irritant left. When I open a new file, the default view size is 100% which is too small for me – I always change this ... (5 Comments)
5/24/10
Apple advertises that iwork integrates well with Mathtype and Endnote. I am well aware of the capabilities of Mathtype and how useful it is to create nice looking equations. However, I am unsure of what exactly Endnote does. I was wondering if you were familiar with the software ... (1 Comment)
5/24/10
Is there an external hard drive that you would recommend using for Time Machine or simple file storage. I am looking for a relatively low costing but reliable hard drive that does not have any additional software to install. I want to be able to plug it in and set it up with ... (1 Comment)
5/23/10
Hi Gary, Just listened to your podcast on this, but was expecting you to include iWork.com as a fourth way. Did you leave that out for a reason? Thanks. — Glenn Downing ... (1 Comment)
5/23/10
How do I retrieve the photos which I’ve taken with my iPhone? I use a MacBook Pro. Sorry — new(ish) to the MacBook and can’t figure out how to get those darned iPhone photos backed up! Thank you very much, Mike Raines — Mike Raines ... (2 Comments)
5/23/10
Hi, I am a project manager and I am getting an iPad with 3G integrated to facilitate the email and company’s shared web calendars. But also I have the need of scanning documents from a portable scanner in my car and submit the info via email. Will the iPad work with an ... (6 Comments)
5/22/10
Hi Gary, Keep up the great work on the awesome podcasts! I have been experiencing an intermittent error with my iPhone and now occasionally with my new iPad that reads “iPhone cannot be synced. An unknown error occurred (-27).” If I hit sync again it works ok and ... (6 Comments)
5/22/10
Gary how can i get a consistent volume when i burn a disc from my itunes library. now my volume varys from song to song, from loud to can’t hardly hear it. Thanks Daniel — Daniel ... (1 Comment)
5/22/10
Hi gary i have recently been on the apple store to find a replacement power adaptor for my macbook pro15″5,4 as mine is getting worn and i noticed that the 60w if for the macbook only and it says the 85w is the only one that can charge my pro but mine came with a 60w do you ... (1 Comment)
5/21/10
Hi Garry, Have you come across any good printer apps that will allow you to print from the iPad ? Congrats on the 400th MacMost Video Podcast…. I always look forward to seeing what’s new everyday. — Nash ... (3 Comments)
5/21/10
Is there a way or a tool that will take data on a PDF that’s in a row/column format and copy that into a Spreadsheet and put the data into each cell? Thanks, — Nash ... (4 Comments)
5/21/10
I bought an Apple camera connection kit so that i could directly load photos and video from my digital camera to my iPad while on vacation. Photos load onto the iPad soon after I insert the SD card with the card connector into the iPad. No problem with the photos. But the video ... (3 Comments)
5/20/10
I want to buy a new HD Canon Camera to work with Final cut Express 4. I’ve been warned by the shop that I will not be able to open my files in a Mac cause I need extra software to make it compatible. they it works fine with Windows bu not with Macs. Is this true? What ... (1 Comment)
5/20/10
I have got a MacBook and will buy an iMac. For this reason I would like to transfer some data and software from one to the other MAC without transferring everything. How can I do this the easiest way? That means how can I f.e. transfer all the mailcontent, rules, folders etc., ... (2 Comments)
5/19/10
Do you have to have matched pairs (1GB x 2 or 2GB x 2) in the Macbook laptops or is it possible to have 1GB x 1 and 2GB x 1 ? I upgraded my other laptop to 6GB (4GB x 1 and 2GB x 1) and it works fine…. Thanks, — Nash ... (1 Comment)
5/19/10
hey gary, i was just wondering if my macbook is slowing down. the reason is when i try to open up a folder it takes atleast 3 seconds to open a folder. i’m just wondering because i have 78.40 GB left. does the age affect how slowly it goes. i bought it from some1 that had ... (1 Comment)
5/19/10
I am trying to organize a series of overlapping rehearsals for a performance group. We have five different shows with different rehearsal schedules. I would like to have all of these rehearsal schedules be able to show up in one calendar. Is there any way of creating a ... (1 Comment)
5/19/10
Your advice seems to be always on the mark. I would be interested knowing what your favorite email is. I use Gmail primarily, but like MobileMe mail beta a lot so far, and I see Hotmail is coming out with a summer update as well. Just wondering. Thanks! — George ... (5 Comments)