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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12/10/20
I use Mail to monitor/manage 4 email addresses. After updating to Big Sur my Mailbox List sidebar is so much messier. For example, after “Favorites” is a non-moveable “On My Mac” section that currently has 9 Mailboxes below it: Drafts, Drafts, Sent, Sent, ... (6 Comments)
12/8/20
How to remove 32 bit apps from Mackbook pro that already has Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7 & Apps does not have uninstaller? —– Lali Raj ... (1 Comment)
12/7/20
If I want to forward an email I have received to multiple friends do I have to individually click their names and their email addresses or can I just tick the names in my friends list and send them all together? It is very tedious to have to click, on my friends list, their name ... (4 Comments)
12/6/20
Hi, I want the possibility to make an alert for calendar event on the evening before the event.Sometimes I have an event on any hour let say 12:00, and I want an alert on the the night before, like 20:00. I can’t find any good and effective method for that. All I can do is know ... (2 Comments)
12/4/20
Is there any way I can copy text from a picture which has been placed on a Word document? The copy I want must be editable by either Word or Pages. Thanks. —– Mike T ... (3 Comments)
12/3/20
Is there a way to clear out Mail from flash storage? Mail is taking up 90.69 GB of 121 GB available. Have already used Clean My Mac to free up some space, but it doesn’t seem to get at the Mail files and attachments. Where can I go to see the Mail files and attachments ... (1 Comment)
12/3/20
I want to know the best application, or way, to eliminate duplicate docs or photos to most anything else to free up space on my MacBook Pro (late 2018) running 10.14.6 Mojave. —– David Brugger ... (3 Comments)
12/3/20
I have one gmail.com address, but am getting all kinds of messages where the TO: is a variety of things like *@aol.com *@gmail.com, etc. I can click on the arrow next to the name and in some I can block the contact. If I go to it again the option is to unblock the contact. ... (3 Comments)
12/2/20
I have to squint to see the icons in the Finder’s menu bar on top right. How can I make icons bigger? Can I label those icons? —– Joyce ... (3 Comments)
11/29/20
I have stupidly tried to make room on an external drive which is set up via Time machine by moving old backup files to the waste bin :-( These files will not empty and I am at a loss as too how to empty the bin? —– Graham ... (3 Comments)
11/28/20
Is there a way that you can choose the accent color of an app? Or does choosing “Multi-color accent” just choose for you? Not seeing a way to make this happen. I’m in Pages a lot and the orange accent was “in my face”. However, I do enjoy the variety ... (2 Comments)
11/28/20
My question is a two part one. First do you recommend setting a firmware password on a MacBook? Second, what happen if you set a firmware pass word and then your required to turn it off at latter date in order to boot in safe mode or another diagnostic mode? Can the password be ... (4 Comments)
11/28/20
Attempted to upgrade Mac to Big Sur. As I progressed it said that a recently used app – iPhoto would not work unless an update was used.fully aware Apple moved on from iPhoto to Photos but like iPhoto. Assuming there is no update for iPhoto. Want to keep up with progress so ... (10 Comments)
11/28/20
Now retired and have too many pictures from work that I’m not ready to delete. Want to put on an external drive and delete them from Mac library. Most are in iPhoto, which I like better than Photos. Is this possible? Have the external drive but have never used it. Assume make ... (1 Comment)
11/27/20
I want to create different calendars for different issues ie bookings on a Air B/B property which is not clutrered with other recurring events , birthdays etc —– Dazz ... (1 Comment)
11/26/20
Is it possible to use my MacBook Pro with Big Sur and a Brother HL-2270DW printer to fill-in and print regular sized (6″x2.75″) preprinted blank checks torn out of my pocket check book? If can you recommend the proper software. I have hand tremors which preclude me ... (1 Comment)
11/26/20
In Photos can I capture a frame from a video and make a single, editable photo to print without using another app? —– Cecil Kelley ... (1 Comment)
11/24/20
I’m having trouble reading menu bar, can I enlarge it? —– Ron Ross ... (3 Comments)
11/23/20
Hey guys, I have a numbers table in which I note down the time I spend on different project stages (these stages, such as «concept phase», «transfer», «book keeping» and so on are integrated via popup-menu). Now I would like to create a single chart in which all hours ... (2 Comments)
11/23/20
After setting up my mail accounts for iCloud,Google,and aol. I’ve noticed that each account is using or accessing other apps. Google is using mail,contacts and calendars. Aol is using mail. Why is this happening and do it need it? —– George Motherway ... (3 Comments)