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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4/6/10
Hi Gary – I am a Canadian going to the US this Thurs or Fri. If I buy an iPad there will the Wi Fi work in Canada? Are the protocols the same. Is there a down side to me buying there and bring it back home? (other than duty fees, etc)? — Mike Kischuck ... (4 Comments)
4/6/10
I saw a video podcast of using an XBox with a Mac. But we have a PS3 and a Macbook, can you advice on how that combination will work? — Mayura ... (2 Comments)
4/6/10
Hi Gary, i was wondering how you connect a macbook to linksys. This is my first time getting a mac and i’m really excited!!! if you can make a video that would be helpful — Josh Nunez ... (4 Comments)
4/5/10
Hi Gary, I was wondering if there was a quick way to go through the iPhone apps on my iPad and see which ones have a version available in iPad format. It’s a little tedious going through and checking each app. Thanks. — George ... (3 Comments)
4/5/10
I would like to download music from you tube to have it for making a film from my photos. How can I do that? — Vlasta ... (1 Comment)
4/4/10
Hi, I am having an issue where I am saving photo files to a Samba server and when I read the m back to my iMac or my Macbook Pro, there is a variance in the colour and some of the image there in. When I retrieve & read said same from a Windows laptop the files are fine, no ... (3 Comments)
4/3/10
once, i tried to dual-boot my vista into my mac and couldn’t connect to the internet(im using linkysys by the way) but when i tried to return my mac to vista again i couldn’t i wanted to keep my files. it took me 4 hours! thats not the problem. here is the ... (7 Comments)
4/3/10
hi Gary, whenever I go into my applications folder through finder, it shows that I have no application, but on the side bar when i click on applications, it shows me every single application that I have. Is there a way to fix it? — Carlos M ... (13 Comments)
4/3/10
I have a MacBook Pro with MIcrosoft Office 2008 for Mac (Entourage). Is it possible to import addresses from my Macbook Pro Address Book into the Entourage address list? If so, how is it done? — Janet White ... (1 Comment)
4/3/10
[Yes this is a non-iPad question on iPad Saturday.] Somehow my desktop files have disappeared. I can see them when I look in the Finder, but nothing is appearing on the actual desktop. I have reset the computer, and there are no other programs running that I’m aware of ... (3 Comments)
4/3/10
hi gary can we attach usb port for internet(if iam traveling and no access to wi fi) and for extra videos movies to the i pad — nova ... (1 Comment)
4/2/10
I have a Logitech LX8 laser. I called Logitech and they told me downgrade version. I did and still have some lagging. Have new cloth mouse pad also. This started to happen when I hooked up to dual monitors. I have a Sumsung tv/monitor 23″ That’s when I notice the ... (2 Comments)
4/2/10
I just upgraded to iTunes 9.1. What happened to the “Mark as Watched” selection when you right click a podcast. There are some Podcasts who have a lot of advertising at the end (not yours!). In earlier iTunes versions I would right click to have them Mark as Watched ... (5 Comments)
4/2/10
What’s the best way to delete unneeded preference files and extensions? Is their any software will do this or do I have to delete manually. Thanks. — Imacer99 ... (2 Comments)
4/1/10
Hi Gary I have a very strange problem recently. I have set Safari so that new windows are opened in tabs (or I add tabs manually to open new windows) – I just prefer this over having many separate windows. Now, initially everything is ok and I see the tabs below my bookmark ... (7 Comments)
4/1/10
My ISP is Cox.net – a cable service provider. Until recently, I had been forwarding their messages to my me.com account to make less accounts on my iPhone. I cancelled the forwarding, and added cox.net to my iPhone. Everything works fine, except when I delete a message ... (1 Comment)
4/1/10
I have noticed that when working with a PDF the contextual menu for “Open With” has pfdPen listed twice. This does not cause much of a problem, but being the pedantic perfectionist I’d like to remove the second occurrence of this menu option. Any ... (1 Comment)
3/31/10
Gary, any chance of you doing a review on this? — Ken ... (2 Comments)
3/31/10
Hi, I would like to know If I buy a TimeCapsule 1TB I have the “service” of transmiting music from my itunes library to an audio equipment connected to it. Also, I would like to know if I buy the Time Capsule 1tb I can move my itunes files to it and they still work ... (3 Comments)
3/31/10
How does the new option “Convert higher bit rate songs to 128 Kbps AAC” effect my music library? Does it just change the bit rate for the iPhone/iPod/iPad music or the whole library? — Greg Howland ... (142 Comments)