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.1/2/21
Hi Gary, my son asked me to transfer a recovery disc which I have copied to my hard drive to a new external storage drive which he will be using on his pc. Is this possible & how best can I achieve it ?
My son’s pc hard drive crashed taking his entire photo collection ... (1 Comment)
1/2/21
I notice that in iOS (14.3) my iPhone and iPad designate my current location in the MAPS APP with a blue dot. What I am curious about are the blue lines that radiate out from this dot. The “radiating” lines are pie-shaped and only emanate from about a sixth to an ... (1 Comment)
1/1/21
How do I get look up to give translations in any app into and from french or Italian?
I just would like a quick way to get translations of individual words instead of having to use a separate dictionary, or a translation app
Device: iPhone,iPad
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Brian
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12/31/20
I have copied all the Attachments under Messages from my Library to a new folder. With Attachments, there are many sub-folders and sub-sub-folders, etc.? How can I simply extract all the files from every subfolder and create a new folder with just files in a single ... (1 Comment)
12/31/20
I’m wondering how to Highlight a single cell in a row, when it is the lowest number in the row.
Is this possible? as i can’t seam to create my own rule like i would in excel.
looking to compare prices for products from several stores so have products in each row ... (1 Comment)
12/29/20
I noticed that my hard drive is divided into two partitions. They are Macintosh HD and Macintosh HD – Data. I also noticed that while the Macintosh HD Partition is mounted the Macintosh HD – Data portion is not mounted. Is this normal? I’m viewing this in disk ... (7 Comments)
12/29/20
I purchased a 2020 iMac recently. It is running macOS Catalina. I want to disable the login password when starting the computer so that it automatically logs in. I tried going to System Preferences, User Groups, my Name, and unlocked the lock. However, the Automatic Login is ... (1 Comment)
12/27/20
I have two iMac’s. Purchased in 2013 and would like to use one as a monitor and would like to know how to do it. Have asked a few people and all different answers. One says I can’t do it. One says use thunderbolt cables but don’t think they have it…help. Don ... (1 Comment)
12/23/20
Using System Preferences, changing from Bash to zsh; my question relates to the Warning at top of text box. Is this just a standard warning as I don’t want to prevent myself from logging back into my account? Appreciate any advice. Thank you, Art C
Per Apple, Bash is ... (4 Comments)
12/22/20
When I I’m Mac mail on my iPad, I click on a link in the message and a third window emerges from the right side. It is never full screen. I then have 3 different windows open. This seems to have recently started…but I would prefer to have the view different…any ... (1 Comment)
12/19/20
Adobe Creative Suite creates a folder called Adobe in my documents folder. If I delete that folder, it get created again the next time I use Adobe CC. I have a lot files and I like to organize them is specific fashion and it annoys me to have that folder always at the top of my ... (5 Comments)
12/18/20
Where can we get a independent comparison of the search engines now available in Big Sur…..other than Google.
I DO NOT want to use Google as a search engine.
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Ed Flisher
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12/18/20
I am trying to use Automator to automatically import images into the Photo App from a folder that I have exported an image to from Affinity Photo. I then want to have the file in the folder sent to the bin.
Script
Folder Action
Filter Finder Items
File extension is jpg
... (4 Comments)
12/17/20
HI, If I edit a movie clip that is not located in Photos, in iMovie, will the clip save back to the original(location) or does it have to be saved in iMovie and thus making another copy?
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Jeff
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12/17/20
How do I find a blocked sender and unblock them.
My computer is using Mojave 10.14.6
I can’t receive from the sender. This is a work account with duties that I can’t receive.
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Kim
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12/16/20
Hello I am watching and building the “Building a Basic Business Spreadsheet In Mac Numbers” YouTube video.
I am so grateful for this! I have a question on the summary sheet which is how do I set up
12 columns to show each month in addition to the total all on the same ... (2 Comments)
12/16/20
As a very recent PC to Mac convert, I am trying to wrap my head around what I believe to be “special” folders.
For example:
Music > Music > Media > Automatically Add to Music
Movies > TV > Media > Automatically Add to TV
Early on, I figured out ... (1 Comment)
12/15/20
Intel Mac to M1 Mac: Time Machine Considerations
Are there problems migrating from an Intel Mac to a new M1 Mac using time machine? I have a 2018 Mac Mini with the latest version of Catalina and will be migrating to a new Apple Silicon Mac Mini (on Big Sur) once it finally ... (13 Comments)
12/12/20
PC user for 4+ decades, brand new to Mac. Trying to fully drink the Kool-Aid by using Safari, however I am surprised at what I am finding regarding cookies.
1) I see the settings under Website Tracking to “Prevent cross-site tracking”. Is that the Safari equivalent to ... (3 Comments)
12/10/20
Is it possible to change the colour of the labels in Pages? Right now, they are orange and I find that very distracting.
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Jean-Claude
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