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.3/9/10
Hey Gary, I was wondering if you can help me. I am about to buy a new 27″ iMac and I currently have a 20″ iMac. So when I get the new iMac I would like to change the name of my current 20″ under System Preferences-Sharing-Computer Name. Will it be ok to ... (2 Comments)
3/9/10
I have recently bought a bunch of apps for my Macbook and I was wondering if/when I get an iMac will the licenses be good on another Mac? Or will I have to buy completely new licenses
— Kate
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3/8/10
In past versions of iTunes, I had the ability to convert to MP3 of to AAC from the Advanced Menu or via control click. Now, there doesn’t appear to be a way to convert files to MP3. This is a bummer as the bulk of my music collection is in iTunes Plus format, and songs ... (2 Comments)
3/8/10
I am thinking of getting a Flip MinoHD because it is a lot less to carry around than my Canon ZR800, it records in 720p with no tapes, and it takes less time to start recording. Footage from my Canon lives on a NAS and is a pain to edit with iMovie on my Mac Mini because I have ... (1 Comment)
3/8/10
Hi Gary, just saw your video on saving paper and reminded me of an issue I am having with my printer, its a HP 1317 all in one printer and when I was using it with my windows PC before I got my Mac, I could print on both sides of the paper, but with my mac, I cant do this. At one ... (3 Comments)
3/8/10
Someone please tell me how to close an Unarchiving window. here is no red close button and cancel is not highlighted. It just keeps going and going like the damn bunny!
— Edward
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3/8/10
Hi,
I have just watched this video and Garry says “click and hold and have quick links to the applications” and “simply click once to open up the folder”
I have a MacBook Pro Os X and this does not work for me. When I click I get a translucent list and to ... (1 Comment)
3/7/10
When you take video for use in iMovie, assuming you use HD card storage, what speed class do you feel you need in those cards, or isn’t it a consideration? All my cards are Class 2, which I guess are the slowest.
— John Russell
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3/7/10
Gary, I notice in your video podcasts that you use a wired lapel microphone and I am wondering if there are Bluetooth lapel microphones available?
I am thinking about doing some videos and would like to not have to deal with the wire of a lapel microphone.
— James Ford
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3/7/10
I would like to find out more on using the time machine and time capsule. The time machine is now writing over infomation that I want to keep and I do not know how to change that or even start again.
— teddy mccrea
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3/7/10
Is there a way to turn on and view a vistor count of those who viewed each gallery?
Thanks!
— George
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3/7/10
H im tryin to setup the iphone app “here, file file” so that it connects with the program on my macbook pro. But its not connecting it says that “Access from local network only.”
I port forwarded and used a personal ip setup to my macbook on the airport ... (1 Comment)
3/6/10
When I used the the Migration Assistant App to move files from my MBP to my iMAC, I inadvertently gave my new iMAC the wrong name. I can live with it, but I’d really to change it for sake of accuracy. How do you, or can you, rename a iMAC?
— David
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3/6/10
Help! Maybe I am making this more difficult than it should be. I have a new Macbook Pro 13″.
I want to get the best sounding audio from my acoustic guitar onto Youtube along with decent looking video. This would be my first time upload.
My first idea was to use my dv ... (8 Comments)
3/6/10
hi gary i bought a new imac 21.5 inch the day they came out in oct ornovember 3.1 gh 8 gb of ram it was running fine till about a week ago the the curser started moving by itself hand application started opening and closing by them selves the screen starts constantly blinking ... (5 Comments)
3/5/10
How can i use my Sony Handycam as an external camera for use with things such as Ustream broadcasting, iChat video chats, or even photobooth?
— Josh Rogers
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3/5/10
What are the differences and which do you prefer, iPhoto or Aperture?
— Ron
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3/4/10
Hi Gary, I’ve been watching your podcast since the very beginning and I find it very useful, first of all, thanks a lot for doing this show.
I’ve been wandering if there might be a way to sync a flash memory, let’s say a regular 2 Gigs Sandisk memory with a ... (1 Comment)
3/4/10
I maintain my stamp collection records in Bento. One field is a media field containing the scanned photo of a stamp. To get the jpeg into Bento, it must come (I think) from the iPhoto Library. So, my question centers around getting the jpegs from the Desktop to iPhoto.
For the ... (1 Comment)
3/4/10
Are recent imacs on the market able to handle mini dvds or can they only handle regular sized dvds? I am thinking that if you put in a mini dvd into the imac it will jam the cd/dvd player, but if I am wrong please tell me. Thanks a lot.
— Alexander Merandi
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