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.10/27/20
I live in the UK and often the results from a google search are USA based! This is really frustrating especially when I decide to follow through with the search only to find the costs are in dollars or the information is USA specific. Is there a way to just get UK only ... (3 Comments)
10/27/20
An iMac has been donated to our computer committee. It has Linux installed—no OS anywhere to be seen. Is there a way that I can wipe out Linux and replace it with Mac OS?
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John Russell
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10/26/20
In Pages 7.1 Document Body (word processing) on OS High Sierra 10.13.6
I’m fairly new to Pages and working on procedure manuals that contain a lot of screenshots/pictures. What is the proper way to insert them into a document so they stay with the text they belong with? ... (1 Comment)
10/26/20
Trying to update Xcode, but there is an error that says I do not have enough space, however I have about 38GB of space. After going through forums and other articles I found out that I need to have over 40GB for Xcode to be able to update, so I went to check what I can delete ... (3 Comments)
10/26/20
I want that, at any application I could be using but especially on web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari…), when the system detects that I write a specific string (for example %add) then it automatically replaces it with a different text (for example my whole address ... (2 Comments)
10/22/20
I discovered after (the fact) when I downloaded and installed Catalina to my iMac, that my previously purchased Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint apps no longer worked. (Grrrr!) When I tried to update them, I learned that I now need to purchase an annual license for each one. ... (2 Comments)
10/22/20
My MacBook is currently running Mojave 10.14.6. I recently joined Patreon and have been exploring how to turn .jpg files to .pdf because many of the photos I have are simply documenting items we have used for the house we have been renovating for the past five years (big job). I ... (2 Comments)
10/22/20
Is there a way to use my iPhone as a clock radio? At night, I would like to use an app like IHeart to play a particular radio station for a specific period of time and have it shut off when that time is reached.
AM stations on a clock radio in my area are difficult to connect to ... (1 Comment)
10/21/20
I wanted to search for a space in some text and used SEARCH, but if no space is found I get an error. So I used something like this
“=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(” “,F2,1)),TRUE,FALSE)”. If it is TRUE I can put the SEARCH in that part of the formula and I will ... (1 Comment)
10/16/20
I’m trying to search for specific terms in a pdf document within Preview. I use the “FIND” feature, but it seems that no terms show up. In other words, Preview is not doing OCR.
Is there a built-in app within Catalina that will OCR a pdf doc? Or, if not, is ... (3 Comments)
10/15/20
Is there a way to add Bookmarks to the top of the Bookmark list? Whenever I “Add a Bookmark” in Safari, it always goes to the bottom of the list. I have a LOT of Bookmarks. I have to drag the new ones to the top in “Edit Bookmarks”. Thank ... (2 Comments)
10/15/20
This relates to Bookmarks – Folders (approx 18 containing numerous related Bookmarks). Some Folders have mysteriously become hidden within other Folders, making it necessary to open Folders in turn to find the nested Folder and then its Bookmarks. Is there any way of ... (1 Comment)
10/14/20
What cables do I need to run a projector during a Zoom meeting? The meeting will be a hybrid with people in the room and some on Zoom.
Meeting will have people in the room and some attending remotely via Zoom software.
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Karen P
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10/14/20
I would like to know how to use Siri to dictate a note/reminder and save it on my iPhone. Like remember to pick up bread and milk or bag of potting soil. Just looking for a way to dictate a quick reminder. Do I need a special app in order to do so?
Thank you so much for any ... (1 Comment)
10/11/20
Hello everyone,
I am using Numbers where I created a table with two columns. The cells of the first column contain a drop-down menu with a list of currencies. What I am looking for is a way to set the currency format of the cells in the second column based on the values of the ... (1 Comment)
10/11/20
How to move photos and contacts from Android to new iPhone
I want to switch from an Android to an iPhone.
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Scott C
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10/9/20
Gary, how do I convert my TIFF images to JPEG within Apple Photos?
I have changed the setting within my iOS (iPhone 11) but not sure if similar can be done on my 2017 Mac.
50% of my photo collection are TIFF. Something I decided to do at the beginning because I thought tiff best ... (1 Comment)
10/8/20
I recorded a meeting that someone else was hosting (I received permission to tape the meeting). When the meeting was over I went to the recorded file ad download it to my Mac. When I try and open the file it gives me two options: Open with Transcode or go to the App store. ... (1 Comment)
10/8/20
I’ve created a workflow with Automator. And I’ve created an alarm in my calendar (local calendar on my Mac) opening the Automator.app
Challenge: the calendar alarm opens the automator.app (or automator worklfow file, I tried both) but does not execute it. How to make ... (5 Comments)
10/6/20
I have an m4a file in Finder. I use iCloud to back up across all my devices. I am trying to import this one m4a file into Voice Memos.
The voice memo is a family memory and I’d like to put it with all the other voice memos so that it’s all in one place. Plus, I would ... (5 Comments)
