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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6/7/20
I had to recently change over my router to a new google router. The new router works better than the one I had in my Airport Time Capsule. I would like to continue to use my Airport Time capsule as just a back up only now. How do I do this without getting in the way of the new ... (4 Comments)
6/7/20
I am trying to translate web pages into Chinese for my wife once in a while. I am on an iMac running Catalina. Safari version 13. —– Mike Markowitz ... (1 Comment)
6/7/20
I want to delete the extra spaces between paragraphs and also any extra spaces that may exist in the body of the written work using Pages 10.0. Thank you. —– Kami ... (1 Comment)
6/7/20
Yesterday I brought home a new iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard. My plan (hope) is to use this more than my old (2012) iMac. – What I already miss is the option in macOS print dialogue to choose ‘Save as PDF’. Is there a way to achieve this iOS? —– Jan Wille ... (1 Comment)
6/6/20
How do I make a copy of the names of the files in the DIRECTORY of an ext. HD to use as reference to find files. I would like to make a file copy of the list and be able to print it out as well. I am not looking to copy the actual files. Macbook Air 2013 … ... (2 Comments)
6/5/20
No matter what App I have open, in short order the Mail app shows up as well. I can delete it, but it would be nice to keep this intruder in its place. The advice I get online does not work for me. Your ideas will be warmly welcomed. —– Don Palmer ... (2 Comments)
6/4/20
My wife and I both have separate Apple accounts. How can we share contacts and calendar but nothing else on are iPads? All devices have iOS up to date. —– Paul Mundick ... (2 Comments)
6/4/20
I have been sent a DAV file from a CCTV system. I need to review the video and my Mac will not open the file. Even VLC media player doesn’t recognise it? Which program can I use to watch the video? —– Ian Oultram ... (3 Comments)
6/4/20
I am using Pages version 10. How do I number a page non-sequentially? I need to start one document in Page Layout format at Page 9. I have another document in Word Processing format needing to jump from page 8 to page 18. —– Howard Dyer ... (2 Comments)
6/3/20
After making a video and saving to your iPhone, usually (in my case) it is not identified in the image displaying the video. It simply shows the first frame with the length of the video. Is it possible to add a caption (title) to this identifying image so I know which video this ... (2 Comments)
6/3/20
Using Concatenate to merge values from 2 cells. Know to use ” ” between sources to create spaces between the two sources, i.e. =Concatenate A3, ” “, A2 results in [Smith Hollywood]. Would like Concatenate result to look like this in the same ... (1 Comment)
6/3/20
My wife deleted a mailbox title in mail in the “On My Mac” area. Now there seems to be no way to replace it and we can’t find it. Help. —– Jack Travis ... (2 Comments)
6/2/20
I need a simple File Sync program to back up my files. I plan to do time machine later. I have ordered a used Time Capsule. I just need File Sync for the moment, free or pay. Currently I have a external hard disk that I am offloading some files. I want the File Sync program ... (2 Comments)
6/2/20
Is it safe to use a third-party clipboard like CloudClip if one is using 1Password? I ask because 1Password copies one-time passwords and other items to the clipboard to facilitate ease of access, and I was wondering if I would inadvertently be granting CloudClip access to those ... (2 Comments)
6/1/20
I need to combine landscape and portrait orientated pages into a single document using Pages on my Macbook Air. I am using macOS Catalina. —– Howard Dyer ... (3 Comments)
6/1/20
Online instructions don’t work for me. Need help. Thank you. —– Don Palmer ... (2 Comments)
6/1/20
I need to ‘unhighlight’ sections of words in Pages on my Macbook Air, as the highlight is no longer required but the words are. I purchased my laptop in May 2019. It is now updated to macOS Catalina. —– Howard Dyer ... (2 Comments)
5/31/20
This is not a range of cells as in ‘print area’, but a single cell within a printed table. I know I can change the text color to white, but I was hoping to find out if I can hide the cell contents from printing but keep them visible on screen. Also, I cannot hide the ... (2 Comments)
5/29/20
Need to create a formula that allows me to do the following: 1. Add 5 numbers, then subtract the max of those numbers. {I can do this already} 2. Only compute value in #1 if the number of entries is greater than 3. Here are examples of what I want to do: A. 2+3+4+5+999 = ... (4 Comments)
5/26/20
My Mac slip in to guest while I was working on it. Can not find a way out. Was not using a PW for logging on. Am bunch lot of important stuff. —– Thomas F. Houlihan ... (3 Comments)