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.3/15/21
Is it possible to temporarily disable restart by hitting any key feature on a MacBook Air 2020?
Keyboard Cleaning: I’m trying to clean it while in shut down mode without triggering a restart by hitting any key during wiping with a soft cloth.
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JeffDV8
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3/15/21
Changing the font of an entire document, when there are 3 different fonts on the page. I am operating a 2020 iPad Pro, and functions must be different, because other instructions send me looking for icons and keys that are not there. It used to be so simple (older iPad), but ... (1 Comment)
3/15/21
I am trying to create a format where Column 1 will copy the text from column 2, unless column 2 is blank, then it will copy the text from column 3 instead.
I am creating an order sheet. Some items are ordered by each, others by case/box/pack/etc.
In my above inquiry:
Column 1 ... (1 Comment)
3/15/21
I’m trying to use one mouse to control both my MacBook Air 13″ (mid-2013) and my Windows Pc.
I have purchased a 2.4Ghz USB+Type-C Wireless mouse. My intention was to plug the USB receiver into the Windows PC and the USB-C receiver into the MacBook. Unfortunately there ... (3 Comments)
3/14/21
I want to add captions/descriptions below the digital photo. I would like the text to stay with the photo so that when I share it the viewer will know who, what,where and when. I know that I can add this in the metadata in info, but I would like that to be displayed below the ... (7 Comments)
3/13/21
Where can I find info on how to set the default screenshot folder on my iPad (iOS 14.4), please?
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Maurice O’Grady
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3/13/21
How to create and send HTML newsletter? What app is better use with Apple.
HTML emails are clean and adaptable to devices, I would like to recreate that format.
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Mario
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3/12/21
Hi, each week I add a new row to a table, I add the date and a value. I am trying to find out the most recent date that I had entered the same value. I can do it Excel using a combination of index, small & row but cannot workout how to do it in Numbers as there is no ... (3 Comments)
3/11/21
If I have a site, such as a page in google docs and I want to copy the address it is very long and involved. (ex. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E_TSeKRvU8XU7gfU90cUsSiFfSDlQqWV97W_bQA9Smo/edit?ts=xxxxxxxx). How can I create a shortcut so it just comes up with a simple ... (3 Comments)
3/11/21
Is it possible to link a cell to another random cell that is within a certain range? For example, if I have a table labeled “Cards” that has 52 cells (Let’s say it has a single column (A) and 52 rows). Then I have a cell in a different table that table that I ... (1 Comment)
3/11/21
When I am trying to create an equation where a row of numbers is multiplied or added to a specific cell.
ie (f13*G12) and then try to drag to autofill the remaining numbers what happens is (F14*G13, F15*G14…..)
Where I want F14*G12, F15*G12….
I want to have as ... (1 Comment)
3/6/21
I am trying to create a colour scale on Numbers like I can on excel or google sheets.
Example:
I have the percentiles 0% to 100% in a column. I want to create a scale where the colours go from different shades of pink (0%) to different shades of blue up to ... (1 Comment)
3/6/21
Years ago, I was able to change the icon of my folders. Recently, I went to change a folder icon (from Get Info option). I can no longer just “drop” a new icon into the preview. I haven’t done this in a long time and I had all files with new icons prior to ... (2 Comments)
3/6/21
I am on my MacBook Pro browsing and writing emails in Gmail. My wife is on my iPad writing emails in Apple Mail. As she cuts and pastes it appears on my Mac. How can I disable it? I suspect if she signed out of iCloud it might work but I prefer not to do that.
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John ... (1 Comment)
3/6/21
Semi new to FCP. I created a folder on my desktop to put all media that I would like to import in FCP (video, photo, music, sound effects) then created Library, Events and Project in FCP. I imported the folder contents into events. I completed FCP project. I then dragged the ... (3 Comments)
3/5/21
I would like to ‘password protect’ a TextEdit document on my Mac.
I have a TextEdit document that contains sensative personnel information. I want to ‘password protect’ it on my Mac, so that only I can open it.
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Vince Smith
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3/4/21
How do I move a file to a different position within a folder?
I keep a Turbo tax and a PDF copy of each years taxes in my Turbo tax Folder and in one instance they are seperated by several other files
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Frank McCarthy
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3/4/21
* What is the keyboard shortcut for 1/2?
* What is the keyboard shortcut for 3/4?
* What is the keyboard shortcut for the symbol ‘divide’?
* What is the keyboard shortcut for the symbol ‘degrees.’ as in degrees Fahrenheit?
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Florina
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3/3/21
I had asked you some questions earlier about using Mac passwords off a a video you had recently done. You suggested that I review your security class on Udemy. Well I did as you suggested and would absolutely believe that it is the first course that any new Mac owner must ... (1 Comment)
3/3/21
Hi…I am copying files to an external drive. I pressed something on the keyboard and the progress bar window has disappeared. now I can’t tell the progress
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Judy
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