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.10/26/19
I’m a productivity coach, and agents report their numbers to me weekly. I’d like to create a spreadsheet in numbers that will display a smiley face when they meet their goals, and different smiley faces when they do not.
I see it can be done in excel, but I ... (2 Comments)
10/24/19
I’m reinstalling the os on my old MacBook before giving it to my wife. In Disk Utility, there Macintosh HD, but then there’s also something called Macintosh HD – Data. Which drive do I select to erase?
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Cameron
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10/23/19
I have a MacBook Pro and have synced my documents and desktop folders with iCloud. Everything works great across all my devices but one of my Documents folders contains confidential information that I used to password protect by creating a disk image. Can I password protect this ... (2 Comments)
10/23/19
I have tried to create my signature block for my Macbook iCloud email like I have for PC outlook both personal; however, it seems I am unable to format the signature block and when it appears in my email it comes up with additional height for each line which I am unable to ... (1 Comment)
10/22/19
i just upgraded my MacBook Pro to Catalina and lost my Mac Excel and Mac Word. The app
store only has apps for MS Word 365 which requires a subscription.????? Help
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Pat Schelling
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10/22/19
Hi,
I am using most of the time iCloud mail and not able to apply highlighter on text, is there any way I can apply? using system “Catalina”
Thanks
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Tufail
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10/21/19
For the first time in years, I’m getting a new Mac (already shipped). It’s been a while since I’ve set up a new Mac, and I’m uncertain which is the best route now.
I’ve used Migration Assistant in the past, but I’ve noticed certain little ... (1 Comment)
10/21/19
I use macOS=10.6 and Numbers=6.2.
I have a CSV-file and open this with Numbers. All the data are there. I create a Diagram using 2 columns from the sheet. The diagram appears, but there are no values.
I have found out that the reason is that the values have ‘dot’ as ... (2 Comments)
10/20/19
Some time ago I decided I wanted to create a semi-smart outfit-picker in Numbers. I am well on my way but now I have stumbled upon the problem that I want to make sure some colors (e.g. Black and Navy) are not combined in this outfit. I am now generating random numbers for each ... (2 Comments)
10/18/19
I actually have two questions:
1- Can I bypass Mojave and go straight from High Sierra to Catalina?
2- I have a frequently-used app (Tex-Edit Plus, NOT the same as Apple’s TextEdit) that is 32-bit. The developer says he has NO plans to convert it to 64-bit, so can I upgrade ... (1 Comment)
10/18/19
Once in a while Launch app jumps indicating there was a software update finished. But not showing what was updated. how to find what was the very last software update on my MacBook Pro?
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Lali Raj
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10/18/19
Hello,
With iCloud storage, do I need to continue to backup Photos and Music to an off site service? I pay for 2TB of storage and I pay for Music Match. I have a full local backup.
Thank you in Advance!!
Jimmy
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Jimmy Woods
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10/17/19
How do I transfer data from Catalina Beta to Catalina Public OS? I have been an active Catalina Beta user Using my own data. Now, I wish to retain my data from Catalina Beta and transfer it to Catalina Public OS system on the same computer. Please advise, ... (1 Comment)
10/17/19
My desktop is late 2012 Mac mini. About this Mac>Applications lists 60+ apps. as 32 bit. Is there any way to update these to 64 bit en masse, or do I need to check each one with the developer?
Please explain the best , easiest, shortest way to deal with these non 64 bit apps. so ... (1 Comment)
10/17/19
Hi Gary. Updated from Mojave to Catalkina 10.15 and now my printer.scanner doesn’t work anymore. Seems incompatible with new iOS (64-bit). If printer now a write off, will be an expensive iOS upgrade.
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Hubert Cooleman
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10/16/19
How do I stop the message “This webpage is using significant memory. Closing it may improve responsiveness of your Mac.” When I’m on Facebook games (with only 1 window and nothing else in the background open)????? If I go onto “Klondike” not even ... (5 Comments)
10/16/19
I recently upgraded to Catalina but realised a few apps don’t work as they are 32-bit.
I have heard of dual boot system and did some googling. However I couldn’t find any help with what I wanted to do which is – have Catalina as my main OS but create a bootable Mojave ... (6 Comments)
10/14/19
I want to buy an iPhone to use as a camera ONLY. NO phone calls. Is this possible? And would I be able to download apps at a wi-fi hotspot without the telephone part of the iPhone being enabled?
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Morey Chelsy
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10/14/19
Hi! I really would like to access the text body of a pages document and count the occurrences of a certain word in it with javascript.
I would guess it is something like
var Pages = Application(“Pages”);
pagesdoc = Pages.open(Path(‘path to document’));
var ... (3 Comments)
10/13/19
I am using IMAP and iCloud for my Mac OS email account. My OS is High Sierra. My mail crasher ever so often. It never did this before I updated my 2011 iMac to High Sierra.
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Tim
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