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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12/21/09
hello Gary. i am trying to upload some photos to my email or facebook, when i click on the photos icon it shows some photos but not all that i have in my library. so when i click choose file and then a finder window shows up and in the end there is music, photos, and videos. i ... (8 Comments)
12/21/09
I’m using iMovie 09 and need to reorder chapters I’ve already created. Is there an easier way to accomplish that other than the brute force method of dragging and dropping video clips? — Martha Russell ... (1 Comment)
12/21/09
Hi! I made a photo book on iPhoto for relatives. I love that I can run it as a slideshow with music on my mac and would love to be able to do this on my iPhone. Is this possible? It is not just a matter of uploading the photos , I can do that. It is the formatting (multiple ... (1 Comment)
12/21/09
Hey, I got my mac a couple of weeks ago and I am loving it. The only problem I am having is that whenever i plug my Flip Mini HD video camera into my mac, iPhoto loads up automatically. Is there a way i can stop this with out disabling iPhoto loading up when I plug my normal ... (4 Comments)
12/21/09
I am considering buying the iMac 2.66GHz Quad-Core i5, I have a Motorola 6416 DVR from my cable provider. Is it possible to connect the two and watch the HD channels on the iMac — MacWired ... (1 Comment)
12/21/09
I have identified several people in iPhoto ’09, using my Mac Mini, running snow leopard. When I go to “faces”, and select a face, in the screen where it says ” ‘person’ may also be in the photos below”, I get no results. It shows the ... (1 Comment)
12/20/09
I have a Macbook Pro and use Time Machine for wireless backups, printing,etc. I also have a wireless USB modem for internet access as described in MacMost Now 133. The problem I have is that if Airport is on and connected to Time Machine, I cannot use the wireless USB modem. I ... (6 Comments)
12/20/09
how can i delete movies from quick time i do not have quick time pro — nova ... (1 Comment)
12/19/09
I am consolidating all of my various external drives into one big one (a Drobo). What is the best way for me to do file comparison so that I don’t have six copies of the same data? — Todd A. Peperkorn ... (1 Comment)
12/19/09
When I go to share my internet connection over ethernet (so I can connect my Xbox 360 to the internet), my Mac warns me that this could violate the terms set forth by my ISP and they could terminate my service (though I find it odd that it does not say the same for wireless). Do ... (3 Comments)
12/19/09
I have a lot of photos taken with an iPhone in iPhoto. I’m trying to find a way, short of looking at the photo info individually, to find all these photos and put all of them in a separate album. — George ... (1 Comment)
12/19/09
i wish to play online games on mac what systems java or flash i need to download or at which sites specially for mac are these games available?thanks — nova ... (1 Comment)
12/18/09
I took extensive notes in iphone notes, then lost the iphone. However I can extract the .db file from my backup, I just cant see how to open it on the laptop as I dont have a database app. What do you recommend? — JMB ... (5 Comments)
12/18/09
i need to record a slideshow but its long (about 1 hour)how can i di it in 2 or 3 sittings — nirja ... (5 Comments)
12/17/09
Back in 1993, my then-teacher wife created documents with a Symantec product called GreatWorks (contemporary of the original Clarisworks, which forced GreatWorks out of the market, I think). She needs to open those old files and my only idea, MacLinkPlus, costs about $80 list. ... (1 Comment)
12/17/09
After updating EyeTV software to 3.3 on my Snow Leopard MacBook Pro (apparently successfully), I got the following message upon quitting EyeTV: The system extension “/System/Library/Extensions/AirGrabFirewallModule.kext” was installed improperly and cannot be used. ... (2 Comments)
12/17/09
I am trying to setup a drive using the USB port with my Airport Extreme. How do I get the Macs on the network to recognize the drive? I can see it fine in Airport Utility, but it doesn’t show up in Finder. — Todd ... (3 Comments)
12/17/09
thanks once again gary can i put 3 movies in an idvd project of so how? — nirja ... (2 Comments)
12/16/09
I would like to use an external hard disk to share files between windows and macs. This makes FAT32 the obvious choice; however, I do not want the 4GB file size limit imposed by FAT32. Is there another option? Thank you in advance. — D Levy ... (5 Comments)
12/16/09
I am having some tuning issues with a movie and I’m wondering what the best way to work on the audio is. Can I work on the audio through Garageband, or is there a better way to do it? — Todd Peperkorn ... (12 Comments)