MacMost: Question and Answer Forum

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8/1/19
IMac – macOS Majave 10.14.5. My Family History Book, will be about 300 pages with a lot of text, old photos and documents. When finished saved to PDF file. I have your Pages course. Not sure if I should use Pages Word-processing or Page Layout. In Pages Word Processing is ... (2 Comments)
7/31/19
A friend has countless “incriminating” text messages from her ex on her iPhone (version unknown) and wants to consolidate them into a single PDF document for court-related purposes. She does not have a computer, unfortunately. (She could use a computer at school if ... (1 Comment)
7/30/19
Gary, I have three mac devices which all receive my email,( same address for all three). If I delete one message on one device, it is removed from the other two. Is there a way with mail to unsink them, so as if I delete a message on one device, the other two are not affected? ... (3 Comments)
7/27/19
Floating or fixed layout —– Geir Arne Midtgaard ... (3 Comments)
7/26/19
Hi Gary. I moved several Time Machine backups from my external drive to my Trash. #BoneHeadMove I cannot “put them back” onto the drive and it takes hours for even one of the folders to be deleted from the Trash. What options do I have to get this done quicker, but ... (3 Comments)
7/26/19
I just got a new iMac compatible printer and was going around and deleting the old software. One thing I did notice that under Launchpad there was an app called Printer Pro Desktop. I do not remember installing it and it will not delete from Launchpad. Went online and searched ... (2 Comments)
7/25/19
I can’t use my 32 bit apps. in Mojave, so I want to remove Mojave and install Mountain lion. I can’t find it on my backup so I need a disk or other help. —– Jack B ... (2 Comments)
7/25/19
I have flash drives (and other removable drives) where the files are not in alphabetical order. I can Sort them in order using the View options but then the next time I insert this same drive they are mixed up again. What am I doing wrong? Is there no way to keep them ... (2 Comments)
7/25/19
Trying to add a folder on mail app on my iPad 6th gen. —– Tony Whittaker ... (3 Comments)
7/25/19
Is there any way to change the Date Modified “format” on a Mac? By default it spells out the whole month and uses “at” like: September 24, 2018 at 22:14 Can we change it to the Windows date format: 9/24/18 10:14pm Or better, make it: 9/24/18 22:14 Takes up ... (2 Comments)
7/25/19
I send a daily email to family members. For historical and future access I’d like to save them in a searchable format for later access by any of them. Do you know of any services or trick to do this? —– John Kueck ... (3 Comments)
7/24/19
I have a Macbook Pro and I’m using the Apple email service. Recently when I send emails I often get this message back. “I’m sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients. : host mx.centurylink.net[206.152.134.65] ... (1 Comment)
7/24/19
Is paying $1700 for an upgrade from early 2015 MacBook Air to Apple Refurbished 2018 MacBook Pro worth it? My Air has 2.2Ghz Intel Core i7, 8 GB ram and 500 GB internal storage. The refurbished 2018 MB Pro has 2.3 Ghz Quad core i5 with 16 GB ram and 512 GB internal storage. ... (1 Comment)
7/22/19
I have a 2015 MacBook Pro with a built-in Facetime HD Camera. I connect a larger Apple monitor via the Mini DisplayPort on my MacBook. The monitor displys just fine, but I want to use the camera on the external monitor so I can keep the macBook lid closed. The MacBook will only ... (6 Comments)
7/20/19
I am trying to create an if statement with multiple formulas and within those formulas round a number and create a percentage. That percentage will be used to calculate the cell value with another formula. Ex., If C6B6 then I want the formula to be C6*.1. I’m lost me head is ... (9 Comments)
7/20/19
In Apple Numbers, Version 6.1, I want to convert a decimal value expressing a number of hours into a duration value consisting of hours and minutes, displayed as hh mm. My table looks like this: Lines Billing rate Money earned Time I can afford to spend (Money / 35) ... (6 Comments)
7/19/19
Based on this previous response: The auxiliary audio jack on your Mac isn’t the same type of thing as the one that comes out of mono cassette players. They are related, and the Mac one is made to work with one of those old cables in an audio-out capacity by default. But as an ... (3 Comments)
7/19/19
I have a table that has three columns. The first column is a Date (in short date format, the second column is a contact type. There are 7 different contact types (Home visit, Hospital visit, phone call, etc) I want to enter a record that records each contact I have. That record ... (1 Comment)
7/18/19
I have been trying to import a lot of video camera files in to FCPX, and I keep having to shut it down because of Not enough App memory warnings. How do I take care of this situation? Mac Os Mojave, version 10.14.5 Model Name: ... (2 Comments)
7/18/19
2010 Mac Pro / High Sierra. I would like to open at look at two different pages in numbers . How can this be done ? —– Wayne ... (6 Comments)