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.9/11/19
Gary,
I may have overlooked it🤔 I’ve read some of your suggestions about staying secure. VPN❓ Do you recommend them and do you use one & if so which one❓
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D. Smith
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9/10/19
I’m looking at buying my a MacBook for my wife in the next year or so and was worried about the ever-controversial butterfly keyboard. I know Apple’s made some improvements to the keyboard, but wasn’t sure if I should just wait for a MacBook that has a new keyboard. So ... (1 Comment)
9/9/19
For some reason, since yesterday, every time I click on a .pdf file, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC opens the file(s.)
In my system (iMac macOS High Sierra 10.13.6) I. used to have Preview as the default .pdf opener/reader. I must have screwed up somewhere!
Do I need Adobe Acrobat ... (2 Comments)
9/9/19
When using the Finder’s “Use Stacks” feature (ugh.. apple naming… don’t they talk to the folks who did the “Display as Stack” in the Dock!?) in Mojave the resulting arrow groupings (folders?) are forced to the right side of the desktop. ... (2 Comments)
9/7/19
I find that the app changes the TAB-size, indent and line-spacing almost at will and I can find no settings where I can control any of these functions
Moreover, the FORMAT menu has a STYLES function, at the bottom, which is always grayed out and inaccessible – under what ... (2 Comments)
9/7/19
Good morning Gary… I’ve got well over a hundred movies that I had collected over the years from DVD’s that I have purchased and from friends loaded onto an external hard drive. I ‘copied’ the list from my Finder window and ‘pasted’ it ... (3 Comments)
9/6/19
With Catalina OS around the corner, 32 bit Apps will not be supported. I checked the long list of my 32 bit Apps and will have no need for them. Is there a way to delete them all in one fell swoop as they would be just taking up space?
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Ron Mangan
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9/6/19
Is it possible to create a email that has the notorious “no reply,” return address. It seems like only companies and corporations use them. Any chance that us lowly peons can return the favor?
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Joe Renzetti A A W
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9/6/19
Hi Gary, my name is Massimo and I come from Italy, I have just bought my first Mac after over 20 years as windows user and I would like to thank you for your youtube channel, it’s been and it is, very helpful to quickly learn and handle this big change, anyway I am ... (1 Comment)
9/5/19
As I wrote in an earlier question, I’m 77, have colon cancer, and on a strong chemo regiment.
The night before I had a bathroom emergency. As I sat on the stool I fell and hit my head hard enough to render me unable to get up. (get the jokes over with)
As I lay to the floor ... (2 Comments)
9/5/19
I want to use 8 1/2 by 11 landscape oriented paper folded to make a four page booklet. I also want to do the same (with two pieces of paper) to make an eight page booklet. I have tried imposition software but the large margins on the top and bottom of each page leave little room ... (1 Comment)
9/5/19
Gary,
My wife is technology challenged while it comes easy to me. I purchased her an exercise course that is only streamed. While I can put it on the Apple TV, she has difficulty navigating even the Apple TV remote.
I downloaded the files, but now want to convert them to a DVD. I ... (2 Comments)
9/2/19
I have recently tried to do iCloud backups on three iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, iPad Pro). I have gotten notices the backup was comp,etc, but there is 0kb in the backup. I do have sufficient iCloud memory (50gb). The backups do not show there when I check usage of iCloud storage. ... (2 Comments)
9/1/19
I have a practice vocal cd I use when driving. I keep originals in my house. My one copy for my old car has new glitches after many years of use, but my new car has no CD player and I tried making a new copy which doesn’t work when I plug the external player into AUX. I vaguely ... (1 Comment)
9/1/19
I am selling a Nike card I do not need and have a few folks offering to buy through PayPal and not needing to have the physical card to use it. Is this safe?I know this is not Mac related, but could use some help/direction.
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George h. Middleon
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8/31/19
Available instructions say to go to insert, then signature. Word allows you to write a signature with a finger on trackpad. That’s messy and does not look like my signature. Up to this point, I had taken a picture of my signature and insert that photo in the appropriate ... (1 Comment)
8/31/19
instead of the upper right corner. Is there a way to make that the default? Thank you.
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Doug
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8/30/19
I’m told by my internet provider that my router is old/slow and is impacting service in my home. I have the Apple Time Machine. Can I get a new router and continue using the Time Machine as my backup? If no, what do you recommend for a router and backup? (I don’t see Time ... (1 Comment)
8/30/19
Apple Numbers 6.1 / IMAC
I have a spreadsheet showing daily share prices over a year with a dropdown to change companies and the year. Trying to get monthly MIN/MAX but the column has “Ref” on a non-trading day.
I had to use 4 columns of formulas before getting a ... (2 Comments)
8/29/19
Sometimes when reading a book online I take a screen shot of some important information. What is the easiest way of turning the image into text that I can edit?
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Gene
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