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.


Have a how-to question? Ask it here in the MacMost Forum.
Have a fix-it question? Here is where you can get some help.

3/5/10
What are the differences and which do you prefer, iPhoto or Aperture? — Ron ... (1 Comment)
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 ... (1 Comment)
3/4/10
I have a friend who told me his iPhone doesn’t go into horizontal anymore. calculator, safari email etc. has anyone else had this problem? — Todd Brockway ... (2 Comments)
3/3/10
I am wanting to do some recording of a Skype conversation where each caller is recorded as a separate track. Any suggestions? — Todd Peperkorn ...
3/3/10
With that said, it’s the only thing I use. But I don’t really ‘get’ the difference between events and photos categories. They look pretty darned the same to me. I find it easier to wrap my head around importing a picture and stuffing it into a folder. For ... (5 Comments)
3/3/10
Hi Gary, a while back I added my MSN account to the mail application but I only get the inbox folder from my account and would like to get all of the folders I have like I do with my AOL account. Is there a way to do this? Also, from time to time my MSN account on mail keeps ... (3 Comments)
3/2/10
Hi, Wonderful podcast. Thanks. I have several user accounts on my Snow Leopoard iMac. I login to them all from time to time, some more than others. One of the ones I use rarely has stopped working. Faced with the multiple user login box, if I choose the bad one, the machine goes ... (2 Comments)
3/2/10
It would be very convenient to add the MacMost Forum to my Google Reader. Doesn’t seem possible. Or am I missing something? Great podcast, thanks. — Glenn Downing ... (2 Comments)
3/2/10
Hi! A Minute ago I have watched the MM PODCAST about Airport security. I tried to established an invisible wifi Network, what was no Problem at all. But seems that my Mac forgets the Network and its password. When I Reboot my Computer it allways Starts without any Network ... (1 Comment)
3/1/10
Ok, SO I was cleaning out the basement and I found all of my old tapes. Is there a way I can import these into iTunes using a tape deck? Also…is your iPhone MacMost app going to include this forum section soon? Thanks!! — Jason ... (1 Comment)
3/1/10
HI and the first page of Safari got accidentally closed with another page still up. Now, I can’t get it back. I have tried to re install Safari, but to no avail. Now, I have no page where I can go back or forward and no way of typing in an URL. Does anyone know how to fix ... (1 Comment)
3/1/10
When I try to find a file, the window returns no results or not the right ones. I can see the files on my desktop and “apple key + f” won’t find them!? Is there a preference file I can delete? What can I do to fix this. I downloaded a program called EasyFind and ... (4 Comments)
3/1/10
Yesterday, my MacBoook Crashed and my Trackpad was really acting weird. So, I reinstalled MacOSX and DID NOT MAKE A BACKUP. And I just bought some Songs from iTunes. Can I get them back or are they gone forever? — Mathias ... (4 Comments)
3/1/10
What is the best birthday app for the iPhone? — George ... (2 Comments)
2/28/10
I recorded a song in idvd and I wish to move it to Itune library, is that possible and how, thank you. — Wallace Vaughan ... (3 Comments)
2/28/10
Is it possible to text from your mac to an iphone? If so, How is it done? — Tracy ... (1 Comment)
2/28/10
I have a Fuji FinePix 3Mega Pixel Digital camera. I would like to get a newer one around 10 Mega Pixels. I understand that iPhoto in OS X can control certain Digital cameras. Where can I find out what brands and models OS X can control? Thanks……. — Leonard ... (3 Comments)
2/28/10
Hello there, found out a bug in mail.app which makes mail.app not producing sound when having a new mail. This bug affects accounts supporting IDLE command, which mobileme does. Wondering if you have made up a fix or something, because either having no alert or not pushed e-mail ... (1 Comment)