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.12/29/19
Prior to the Catalina OS upgrade, the white thumbnail border on any edited photos (using Photoshop), would disappear. I liked this feature so I can see which photos have been modified.
After the OS upgrade, any photos I have edited still have the white thumbnail borders, which ... (2 Comments)
12/28/19
I have audiobooks from a number of sources, some audible, others from other sites.
I used to have them all in iTunes and keep the unread ones in a playlist that I used to sync to iBooks so I could listen on the move, especially on planes, so keeping them in the cloud is not an ... (6 Comments)
12/28/19
Just upgraded to Catalina and now cannot sync just my “Unread audiobook” playlist to my iPhone. I have hundreds of books and scrolling through all of them to select the books I want is ridiculous. Is there a solution out there please? I have put them in a category but ... (3 Comments)
12/27/19
I have an iMac that is running Catalina 10.15.2 and the music app Version 1.0.2.37. My 2,338 songs are there and all my playlists.
On my MacBook which is also running Catalina 10.15.2 and the music app 1.0.2.37. It only shows 20 songs and I have never seen the playlists that are ... (1 Comment)
12/27/19
Goal: Right-click in Finder and have an option to “Open Terminal at Finder location”
Possible solution: Quick Action
I ran Linux for about 18 years and I loved having a right-click item in the file browser that would open a terminal at the file browser location. I ... (5 Comments)
12/26/19
My MacBook air is Early 2014 model. It has 4GB of memory and is slow. My question is a. is it possible to increase the memory and b. is it possible to check and clear up some of the hard drive? If yes, can you please send me steps.
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Ash Shah
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12/26/19
I want to create a fillable pdf from scratch on my Mac. Is there a best software to use?
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Phyllis
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12/24/19
How do I link data from one page in a spreadsheet file to another page in the same file?
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Bruce Peck
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12/22/19
I want to write a script that will move folders and files from the folder the user is in into their preferences folder for an application.
I hope to make this files something that the user can just double click on it and it will move the files.
This is for an animation class that ... (2 Comments)
12/21/19
Hi Gary. In Catalina, Audacity no longer works. Do you know if there is a similar app available, to allow the recording of audio from my iMAC soundcard? Thanks very much.
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Ben
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12/20/19
Will the above topic run on Catalina?
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DONALD MELNIK
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12/19/19
One of many examples: When in Numbers, I want to edit a cell, decrease indent level on the contents of the cell, then press Enter, then the Down Arrow to move to the next cell. Can I use Automator to record this keystroke series?
By the way, this example is fictitious. My ... (3 Comments)
12/18/19
I recently got a MacBook and am trying to find the best way of migrating over my data from my old PC to my new machine. I’ve read some conflicting reports on how easy Migration Assistant is to use and am wondering if that’s the way to go or should I just copy files ... (1 Comment)
12/18/19
I’ve started a time machine backup on a 4 terabyte external drive with usb 3 connection. It finished the backup of more than 400 gigabytes of data in a few hours. However, I noticed that after the initial backup was completed, time machine began the encryption process. It’s ... (3 Comments)
12/18/19
Gary,
I’v heard that iPhoto is not compatible with Catalina and I should not upgrade to Catalina because the iPhoto images I have on external drives can not be imported. If this is true what should I do to be able to view/save those older iPhoto ... (2 Comments)
12/16/19
Safari was set to open “gmail.com” when first opened. Now Safari opens to an unwanted “search.anysearchmanager.com.” On Safari>preferences>general I cannot change “New windows (or Tags) Open With” or “Home Page” or “Set to ... (3 Comments)
12/16/19
Gary, I”m trying to do the same thing the following applescript does only using javascript. I’ve tried hard and I think come close but just don’t seem to be able to come up with the right javascript code to do it. I can get the format using .format() at the end ... (3 Comments)
12/14/19
I just upgraded to a new MBP 16, replacing a 10 yr old mbp. Obviously, I missed a few Mac OS changes.
I rent a bunch of space in iCloud from Apple to share among all of my devices. I think (emphasis on think) I have every thing pointed to my space on iCloud (pix, doc, etc.). ... (4 Comments)
12/12/19
I would like to transfer my Music program in Catalina to my new external drive , so that it will operate only from my external drive so that I can free up more space on my Mac mini hard drive. I have an enormous amount of songs and this will clear a large amount of space on my ... (9 Comments)
12/12/19
Thursday, December 12, 2019, 12:48 p.m.
Often I have multiple Safari windows open (10+) and in each window I may have 5 + tabs open. The subject of the tabs content vary.
I would like to search all my open Safari windows for specific tab content.
Ex. Let’s say in two ... (2 Comments)
