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.4/29/21
I want to change the name of the main folder under Users. Its the folder that contains all the data and settings and operating info. Can it be changes and if so, how.
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Dominick Rocco
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4/29/21
In applications go > my name > users > public > Drop Box.
How does that Drop Box function?
Could I link to it from my web site as a private client dropbox?
I would like to use Drop Box (in my Mac HD) as a private dropbox linked to my web ... (2 Comments)
4/27/21
How do I have an mp3 play as a calendar alert sound on my MacBook? I’d like to have a loud, long music clip of my choice play for a calendar alert. I can cause the alert to be other/open a file but if I choose an mp3, I find that QT launches but does not start playing. It ... (2 Comments)
4/27/21
Hi, I am a PC and iPhone user, and use iCloud to store my files on my PC so I can access them on my iPhone.
On iCloud.com, I can see my photos from my iPhone, and under Files, the photos from my computer. Fine.
My question is, I am ordering a Mac Book and am new to this. I watch ... (2 Comments)
4/25/21
Hi, Does anybody know how to make a column with dates from 2021 change into dates from 2020.
Thanks for sharing!
I would like to do the financial reports from last year and I filled in all the dates but it automatically makes it 2021. I can change it by hand but I think there ... (6 Comments)
4/23/21
Thanks for the Great security presentation. Is 1Password necessary if one uses Keychain? How should we start using Keychain and Mac suggested “new” passwords after we have already created ones own password? I notice the my Iphone “Password” area has ... (4 Comments)
4/21/21
I am looking for a good replacement for Adobe Acrobat. One that is at a lower price point with similar layout and features. Adobe no longer provides my school district licences per computer and the price point is too high for licences per person.
Being able to create forms, sign ... (17 Comments)
4/21/21
How do I print the presenter notes in 1 or 2 pages, with small icons of the slide? I am giving class on Zoom and when I share the screen the notes will show too. So I need to print them out to have them at hand, or is there another solution to this? Thanks ... (2 Comments)
4/21/21
I have a MacBook Air M1. In Pages, i would like my text three ways: Justified, centered, and in the middle of the page. The text is already justified, but I would like it justified in the physical center of the page. And if possible, I would then like to move the justified ... (6 Comments)
4/21/21
First of all, I’d like to THANK YOU for the macmost YouTube channel! I just purchased a iMac after being a PC user for 30+ years and just couldn’t stand Win10 and decided to finally make the change! Your YouTube channel has helped A LOT in setting up my new iMac. ... (1 Comment)
4/20/21
Is there a way to see all open webpages in Safari? Not just in a single browse window but if you have multiple browser window open being able to see all sites (tabs) inside each browser window at the same time.
We can see open apps, we can see tabs inside a single browser ... (1 Comment)
4/19/21
I’m trying to save several years of old emails by dragging and dropping to a new folder on my desktop. They are saved as .eml. They all transfer and can be easily opened and viewed, but once in the new folder they are no longer organized by date. When I dragged them they ... (1 Comment)
4/19/21
Hi There
I’m trying to build a sheet in numbers to track my stocks but I’m faced with a problem.
The built-in sheet in numbers where one can easily track stocks, it’s based on the NYSE.
I live in Johannesburg South Africa and want to track my stocks on the JSE ... (3 Comments)
4/18/21
I am trying to record audio input from a tape deck via the jack socket on a MacBook Pro 15” but cannot change the input setting to anything other than internal mic which does allow external input. Any ideas?
I have successfully downloaded from my record deck but cannot ... (1 Comment)
4/17/21
I want to import a selection of videos from Photos into a new iMovie project and find it far more complicated than expected. If I select the Photos Libraries under Project Media, I only find a slimmed down selection of albums and images. The search doesn’t seem to search on ... (5 Comments)
4/17/21
Gary, I have been following your advice regarding cleaning up my document/iCloud folder by opening a Finder window twice and put one on the right and one on the left as you suggest in your posting in “cleaning up your Mac”. The problem is many of my files are outdated ... (1 Comment)
4/16/21
Im constantly trying to trim keystrokes to become more efficient. Lets say you are logged into your banking site and close that tab without sighing out from the bank. Is this not secure in anyway?
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Peter D
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4/14/21
I am a content creater and i need to record myself and screen at the same
my laptop specs
macbook pro 13 inch 2020 ( intel )
It is important to understand and know different softwares which could possibly record and share screen at the same time, but also free of ... (1 Comment)
4/13/21
I’m trying to manually control the brightness of an iPad display at specific times of day; specifically, I want to dim the display to about 10% at 11pm at night and then return to “auto” brightness at 8am.
I haven’t yet found a way to programmatically ... (3 Comments)
