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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1/11/10
Is there any way to delete multiple messages in Apple Mail. — Gary McNeil ... (3 Comments)
1/10/10
Hi Gary, I am familiar with Apple TV and have synced my MacBook with my friend’s and had great success viewing iTunes purchased materials and ripped movies. My question is should I have any hesitation buying a refurbished Apple TV from Apple? I have a Apple gift card ... (1 Comment)
1/10/10
hi gary i wish ti buy a mac book pro for my husband but i have read about the tablet in yahoo should i wait for the mac tablet or should i buy the pro please guide — nova ... (3 Comments)
1/9/10
I have a Canon miniDV (ZR85) camcorder with firewire port. Want to transfer the video from the tape into my MB aluminium (13.3), which doesn’t have a firewire port. Any suggestion? Thanks! — Rajesh ... (1 Comment)
1/9/10
Hello Everyone I just downloaded a couple of home design software packages and was wondering if anyone had opinions on either one and new were to read reviews? Thankyou — Todd Brockway ... (1 Comment)
1/9/10
I read that there’s an audio bug with the 2009 Mac Pro where using audio devices, e.g. listening to iTunes while ripping a CD increases the CPU temperature abnormally. What’s your opinion of smcFanControl, and other utility program that’s better? I found ... (5 Comments)
1/8/10
I have a number of iPhoto & Flickr albums that are synced from my iPhoto library. However, I use multiple iPhoto libraries, and each time I open up my non-default library it has trouble because it tries to sync the FB albums and (of course) can’t find all the pics. ... (1 Comment)
1/7/10
Hi Gary! Firs of all: kudos on everything Macmost – it’s great:) And now my problem: ‘ve noticed after a few minutes my Spring loaded folders won’t open with Space bar (delay is turned off). I have to sign out to get it working again. Delay (when turned ... (1 Comment)
1/7/10
I just downloaded a demo of DVD Snap 2 for taking snapshots from DVDs. It does what I want to do – – individual snaps or timed, several formatting results – – but it’s a little awkward to use in some areas. Anybody have an app they really like? ... (4 Comments)
1/7/10
I have almost 12 GB of information on Entourage. I have thought about switching to Mac’s Mail but do not know what I can do with all of the info on En- tourage. Shall I archieve it, will it be accessible in an archieve, etc. What would you suggest? By the way, if you ... (3 Comments)
1/7/10
Hey i want to put my own song as ringtone… b ut what do i gave to download for it? — BElla ... (1 Comment)
1/7/10
Hello again. My MacBook is finally here and i updated the Mouse and Stuff. But the GarageBand Update for Loops and Intruments could not be opened. I tried it a couple a Times. Do i have to delete the fail progress first? If yes, where is it? It is a 13″ MacBook 4GB Ram, ... (5 Comments)
1/7/10
I bought a new macbook…my old was is only 5 months old and has Leopard…I don’t know how to get my Iomega Backup onto my new machine. When I got into time machine, it shows my backup but doesn’t highlight the RESTORE option for that backup. How should I ... (1 Comment)
1/7/10
There are lots of great apps out there that allow you to control your Mac from your iPhone (may current fav is Rowmote Pro). But, is there a way to control my iPhone from my Mac? I want to be able to control the iPod functions on my iPhone from my Mac. — Todd Peperkorn ... (2 Comments)
1/7/10
I am constantly having people completed in to To: field in Mail that are either incorrect, have changed in my AddressBook, or something to that effect. Is there a way to reset the completion command so that it starts over? — todd Peperkorn ... (1 Comment)
1/6/10
hi gary i would like to know if their is a way to make the menu bar larger and easier to see paul — paulie3660 ... (1 Comment)
1/6/10
Purchased my 24-inch 2.93GHz iMac back in March. I haven’t found anything online, but I’m wondering if I can use my iMac as a monitor for another computer? A Windows-driven computer. I know….I know….why? I’d really rather not run Boot Camp or ... (1 Comment)
1/5/10
I am looking for an inexpensive way to switch video cameras feeding a Mac. I would like to switch between three cameras feeding recording software on the Mac. — Roger ... (1 Comment)
1/5/10
I’ve done some reading that states OS X does run some housekeeping duties in the wee hours of the morning. My problem is that I don’t leave my Mac on all the time. As such, I downloaded and installed Onyx as it has the ability to run those particular scripts on ... (5 Comments)
1/5/10
hey what happend to the black macbook? it came and then whent. Just think ok a black imac or apple tv. Maybe all of apple products could either be black or white ? — will breeze ... (1 Comment)