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.4/19/21
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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 The problem is many of my files are outdated ...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)
4/13/21
I have a macbook pro 13 inch 2020 (INTEL)
and when i am not using it not on power though it is plugged in most of the times
when it isnt battery tends to drain very quickly
it is important to understand the cause and why battery drains fast on macbook pro than compared to ... (1 Comment)
4/13/21
On app store there are default mail apps for outlook, but there isnt one for gmail yet should i use gmail on google chrome browser or should i use the apple mail app for gmail
These days we are living in online world and all the work we are being sent through email and message ... (1 Comment)
4/12/21
I keep the same spreadsheet file in several different folders (including Dropbox, Desktop, and other folders with specific meaning to me). When I modify this file, what is the easiest way to push the new, modified file to all the other locations?
I have this file in multiple ... (1 Comment)
4/12/21
I have a MacBook Pro 13 inch 2020 with intel chip
and sometimes storage space get filled up pretty quickly
I have being seeing different YouTube videos and they recommend a cleaning or antivirus software like cleanmymac
should I install it or not
Often using Mac for a long ... (1 Comment)
4/11/21
I was going to setup a hot corner to put the display to sleep. On reflection, I can’t see it makes any sense for an iMac. After all, there’s no battery saving to be had when an iMac is always plugged in and secondly, putting the screen to sleep won’t put the iMac’s ... (1 Comment)
4/9/21
I download a lot of graphic files as zip files. I sometimes just keep them zipped and sometimes I open them up and use what is in the folders. How much disc space does it use to keep both the zip files and the open folders? Should I just keep the open folders and throw the zips ... (2 Comments)
4/9/21
I’d like to place an event calendar on our website. I found a perfect calendar template in Numbers. But our company website requires the image to be png or jpg. So, in Numbers, I went to print, then opened in Preview, then saved as jpg. (also did png). I need a high res ... (4 Comments)
4/9/21
Is there a keyboard shortcut for turning on/off Night Shift (on Display), please ?
I prefer to have my screen on warmer colours, so Night Shift is good for my eyes. Every 24 h, I must turn it on and I’d like a simpler way to do it (other than clicking on the menu bar etc. ... (2 Comments)
4/8/21
Is there a way to have a folder on a thumb drive password protected and other folders not password protected?
I am teaching a class and will give the folder password on the last day to keep students from accessing the answers early in the week.
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John Wilson
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4/8/21
Thanks for the quick response! Maybe I should have started with the fact that I’ve only used Mac Mail and nothing else.
We have recently changed internet providers and were told that our email addresses will no longer belong to us and we’d have to make arrangements ... (4 Comments)
4/8/21
How best to tidy up my mailbox? I’m getting WAY TOO MUCH mail.
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Becky Kurtz
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4/7/21
When I want to send an email to a group from Contacts, I right-click on the group name and select “Send an email to “group name” “. This will open a new email window and all the email addresses of the members will be in the “To” field. Is it ... (4 Comments)
