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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10/9/19
The only information about « ADDRESS » function is this : — Constructs a cell address string from separate row, column, and table identifiers — Someone told me that I had to use this function to do what I want to do. I know how to « write » the function in a cell but I ... (8 Comments)
10/9/19
I have recently increased my iCloud storage amount but have not turned on iCloud photo storage. I would need to increase storage to do that as I have 90Gb or so (38,000 images and videos) in my Photos library. I am using iPad OS 13 on my iPad as well as IOS 13 on my iPhone. ... (3 Comments)
10/7/19
I am scheduled to do a painless introduction to/explanation of “the cloud” to fellow senior citizens. I’ll use iCloud and Google Cloud as examples, I guess. But I’m unclear on whether activities such as online banking or Amazon purchasing are considered ... (2 Comments)
10/7/19
My iPhone 11 Pro had the old Apple supplied Bubble Live wallpaper on the lock screen. It is the LIVE wallpaper that looked similar to the iPhone XS box top photo. I was curious to see what the new iOS 13 Live wallpaper looked like so I went into Settings -> Wallpaper and set one ... (3 Comments)
10/6/19
I recently reinstalled MacOS Mojave on my iMac. I was pleased to see that the OS used my Memoji as my user icon; unfortunately, it won’t do the same for my wife’s. Do you know how I would go about manually changing her icon to the Memoji? Right now it’s set to ... (6 Comments)
10/6/19
I have 5 Pages files with “Survey Log” in the titles, each with different years in the title to differentiate. If I do a “name matches” Finder search for “Survey Log,” I only get 4 of the 5 files in the search results. The most recent file ... (1 Comment)
10/5/19
Gary, How do users give suggestions to Apple to improve or modify their OS? As well, do Apple supporters such as you pass along the various issues and concerns of users? For myself, if I have an issue, you’ll nearly always have a solution or at least explain the background on ... (1 Comment)
10/5/19
I watched the How to Uninstall video Gary posted. I have many items in Macintosh>Library>Application Support>Adobe. Some items in this folder have creation dates 2014 and earlier, leftover for my lack of understanding how to uninstall older versions of Adobe Photoshop Elements ... (1 Comment)
10/4/19
I have just started to use iPad OS13 and found some of the changes created a situation which makes it awkward to do one particular task, saving a webpage as a pdf to my preferred app, GoodReader in the past, following your guidance, I would go to the print command, and use an ... (4 Comments)
10/3/19
I am school teacher finding that the download times from Dropbox and GDrive etc are too slow for my students. When all students are attempting to access one of my files at the same time, things really bog down. I tried using my Airport Extreme and File Browser app but that is too ... (1 Comment)
10/3/19
two years ago I moved from City A to City B. Yet, my mac still thinks I live in City A and gives me its weather reports and stores there. Cannot figure out from the system preferences how to change this misinformation —– maggie bruc ... (1 Comment)
10/3/19
I want to give up my iPhone X for a iPad Pro. I want to use it as I would use my phone… possible? —– Pete kroner ... (1 Comment)
10/2/19
I would like to use the new feature in iPadOS Files app to transfer files to/from USB thumb drive on my new iPad Pro with USBC. What hardware/adapter/dongle is required? —– Gene H ... (2 Comments)
10/2/19
On my 2017 13 inch MacBook Pro running os Mojave version 10.14.15, when I restart my computer it always resets the following: Go to: Network – Advanced – Wifi – Proxies – Checks box for Web Proxy (HTTP) and the box for Secure Web Proxy (HTTPS) When this ... (1 Comment)
10/2/19
I have just acquired an iPhone XR which opens up the exciting prospect of wireless charging. The question is, is it better for battery life to charge wirelessly or via USB, or does it not make a difference? —– Adrian Hayes ... (1 Comment)
10/2/19
Hello, i`m a designer and producer of small furniture and i am trying to create a tool, in Numbers, to easily make offers. I have some sheets that i would like to use as databases : * Materials: Name; Type; Length ; Width; Thickness ; Price / Square meter; Price / Sheet * ... (5 Comments)
10/1/19
What is your latest take on the need to run First Aid on Disk Utility? Thank You. —– Don Palmer ... (2 Comments)
9/29/19
I have a sheet in Numbers that I utilize as a database. When I filter rows, I want all the tables to move with the table that was filtered. Otherwise, when I filter and then print there are tables that are way lower in my spreadsheet than I want. —– Tim Sherrod ... (1 Comment)
9/28/19
I tried transferring a file from a thumb drive using a lightning to USB adapter, but I keep getting a message that the thumb drive uses to much power and can’t transfer. If I use the (powered) Apple lightning to USB 3, will I be able to transfer files (pdf, Word, Numbers, etc) ... (2 Comments)
9/26/19
When I delete a file, a folder, or any other info I do not want or need – I take or transfer it to the trash bin. When I delete a lot of “stuff” and place stuff in the trash bin, where does it go from there? Is there a place on my computer like a black hole that ... (2 Comments)