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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1/24/10

SMS Messages and iPhone backup

Hello Gary. i just wanna know, if i backup my iPhone through itunes, will my sms messages will be backed up or not??? and i have to change my iPhone in the apple store, so when i get the new one can i restore the sms messages back to my new iphone??????? also, i can access my ... (1 Comment)
1/24/10

Adobe to Preview...

All my “PDF” documents open in “Adobe” and not “Preview.” They used to open in Preview automatically before, and now they all open in Adobe. I prefer Preview over Adobe… I know I can find the PDF and go to: “Open With” and ... (1 Comment)
1/24/10

Does the MacBook have a mic port??

Just switched from PC to Mac and When I went to plug my headset in that has a mic I couldn’t find where to plug in the mic!! Do I have to get a usb headset? — Kate ... (1 Comment)
1/24/10

iWork Numbers Multiple File Formulas

i made the switch from pc to mac and now I don’t know how to copy a formule result from one file into another file. I have a lot of hour-regitration files of which I will put the sum into one file so I can see the result of all those files in one final file.. can you help ... (2 Comments)
1/23/10

MacBook and MacBook Pro Differences

i have a mac book but have finally purchased a mac book pro for my hubby whats the major difference any other advices !!! — nirja ... (1 Comment)
1/23/10

Macbook Pro Battery Problem

Hi Gary, I have problems starting up my macbook pro with battery pack after using a firewire 800/400 adaptor on it to transfer my movie files from a digital video camera (i only have the firewire 400 wire). I don’t have any problems booting up my macbook pro with power ... (2 Comments)
1/22/10

Safari zooming in on web sites randomly

When I am using Safari right now, it seems to randomly zoom in and maximize the size of a given page, or even go larger than the page. What might be causing that? Is that a “function” of the Magic Mouse that I don’t know about? — Todd Peperkorn ... (1 Comment)
1/22/10

Is it a bad idea to have an iMac display at full brightness?

gary im wondering if i have my iMac 27 brightness at full will it burn out my display? — colin ... (2 Comments)
1/21/10

PowerBook G4 Aluminum 17 inch

I am looking to buy a Powerbook G4 17 inch Alum and I wanted to know if it had a multitouch trackpad. It has Leopard OS. — Gary McNeil ... (13 Comments)
1/21/10

RAID external files and backup scheme

I’d like to expand the HD capacity of my iMac G5, but I’m reluctant to replace the internal HD. I’d also like to improve the reliability of my TimeMachine HD – I’ve had one of those fail on me. So I’m thinking about adding two RAID arrays; a ... (3 Comments)
1/20/10

Playlists in iTunes and Syncing with the iPhone

Forgive me if this gets long, but I want to get all the facts out there…I’ve had trouble understanding exactly how syncing music to the iPhone works and it’s beginning to bug me. I like to only sync about 600-songs to my iPhone from my iTunes library at any ... (3 Comments)
1/20/10

LCD monitor vs. LCD HDTV

So I’ve had someone give me a 22 inch HD (720p) LCD TV. Is this something that would have the same quality as a 22 inch LCD monitor, or is there some other difference besides the tuner? I’m trying to figure out if this is worth using, or whether I should sell it and ... (1 Comment)
1/20/10

MobileMe iDisk Folder

Hey Gary I have they has stomp me and may be a bug in Snow Leopard or something easy in permissions but on my home iMac I have 5 users including myself. I am the only user with MobileMe. So when I am logged in my account and do a fast switch to another user, OS X puts an ... (1 Comment)
1/20/10

Editing an iTunes Video Podcast

I would like to delete parts of a video podcast that I have. Can I do that in iMovie? — Gene Bouley ... (1 Comment)
1/20/10

Snow Leopard and scanner

I would like to know if anyone else has had this problem. When using the fast user switching on my iMac, my scanner disappears. I’ve spoken with Apple, and I was told this is a software problem with Snow Leopard. Has anyone else had this problem, and has anyone figured ... (1 Comment)
1/20/10

Impossible to create an account Hotmail in Mail

First sorry for my bad english. I used Mail for my account Gmail and it works perfectly but when I try to add my account Hotmail, it´s impossible to do. I don´t understand why. The message I have says: “Impossible to access server popmail” and the same happens with ... (2 Comments)
1/20/10

Import Video from iPhoto to iMovie

hi gary i have taken a video and connected the camera to mac all the pics and video was inported in i photos now i want to make a complete movie of the event and video also the video is dark need to add light to it! how to take the video recording from iphoto to i movies i know ... (11 Comments)
1/20/10

iPhone Tracking

hi gary i was wonderig if there is an app out there that will track a stolen iphone besides the find my iphone app in mobile me as $99 dollars is alot of money if thats all you use in mobile i am hoping that you know of a accurate reliable app that will do the same ... (1 Comment)
1/20/10

Skype

hi gary can i down load skype on my mac i wish to do video talking to my friend in the usa thanks — nirja ... (2 Comments)
1/19/10

Garageband Jam Packs

Hi Gary, I am contemplating picking up the Remix Jam Pack and I have read all of the reviews. Have you ever installed any of the Jam Packs and do you have any reviews on them? Thanks — Jason ... (5 Comments)