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.11/6/22
When I lock my screen, or select sleep, why does a virtual keyboard appear on my screen when I attempt to resume working on my computer? The only option I have is to use the mouse and type my login password. I cannot use the laptop keyboard or my wireless keyboard. This is a ... (8 Comments)
11/3/22
When it comes to Thunderbolt (TB) docks for Macbooks, which is better? Dock with HDMI connectors or Docks with DisplayPort (DP) connectors? I read somewhere a long time ago that since Mac natively uses DisplayPort protocol internally over the Thunderbolt cables, it is better. For ... (5 Comments)
11/3/22
How can I enter an emoji using my keyboard? I often reply to messages using my macbook pro.
On Slack I can use (:thumb) to enter a thumbs up emoji – I cannot do the same when sending a message on my mac. I have to use the mouse to click on the emoji icon and select ... (1 Comment)
11/2/22
When I got this computer several years ago the keyboard has no eject key. I put my iMac to sleep with the Shift, Command, eject command. I’ve watched YouTube videos, including Gary’s, and this morning attended the NMUG inservice on keyboard shortcuts. NONE of the ... (3 Comments)
11/1/22
Are any of the new Ventura Apps available without Ventura – like mail photos?
I have a Mac that does not support Ventura. Can I obtain any of the enhanced apps?
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John Kueck
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11/1/22
I use several apps where the notifications pop-out window interferes. How can I disable it?
Because, when I’m using FotoMagico, for example, the Notification Window continually pops out and interferes with my keyboard and mouse actions for FotoMagico.
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Ray ... (1 Comment)
10/30/22
I want to use Stage Manager.
I have a 2020 Macbook Air M1 Silicon 8 GB with Ventura 13.0 easily installed.
There is no way to turn on Stage Manager in the Ventura Control Center. There IS an option in Control Center to show Stage Manager in the Menu Bar and I turn that on, but ... (2 Comments)
10/27/22
Does the already installed antivirus protection protect the Mac from ransomware?
I have been running antivirus software and thinking of stopping because of the built in protection. But haven’t seen anybody anywhere say that the built in protection will protect from ... (1 Comment)
10/26/22
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Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad – British English
I have been watching your videos related to the Mac Keyboard such as ‘Getting to Know the Mac Keyboard’ and ‘The Secret History of Mac Keyboard Keys’, both of which are very ... (2 Comments)
10/25/22
HI have just installed Ventura on my M1 Apple devices. My question is in relation to M1 Mac Mini.
I have just watched your video entitled ‘An In-Depth Look at macOS Ventura Stage Manager”. At the end of this video you express the hope that Apple provide a keyboard ... (1 Comment)
10/21/22
Imac 27″ Catalina (10.15.7) late 2013: I am trying to hide photos that I have already added to particular albums so that I can easily search those non-“album-ized” photos.
For example: if I move 100 photos to a specific named album, I would want to those photos ... (3 Comments)
10/20/22
Is there a way to increase the font size for the text in the help files? I find it difficult to read the help files in Numbers when I’m looking for information on how a function works. Thanks for any light you can shed on this.
I have a great deal of trouble reading the ... (1 Comment)
10/20/22
I have an external drive as a backup. It shows on the desktop and I want to remove it from the desktop. How do I do that? I can not figure out how.
The backup disk showing on the desktop is unnecessary.
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John Kueck
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10/17/22
I use iPhone 11 as my daily driver. I recently bought a new iPhone SE 3rd generation that I plan to use it for international SIMs. Currently the new iPhone SE doesn’t have a SIM card or cellular service. Both devices are registered under the same Apple ID.
I have enabled ... (4 Comments)
10/13/22
Do I need malware protection for iPad or iPhone?
Want to know if surfing web on iPad or iPhone carries risks of being hit with viruses or malware.
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Paul
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10/12/22
After using Sketch to draw a rectangle in Markup, How do you duplicate that rectangle?
To save time, as need to use a rectangle more than once.
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John
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10/8/22
I am using keynote to teach class.
I would like to play my keynote slide deck, but pause the deck at various points to get feedback from students.
Is it possible pause the keynote play, edit the slide in real time, then resume the play *without* stopping presentation
mode? (This ... (1 Comment)
10/5/22
While creating a weather-related spreadsheet on Numbers, I was dismayed that Numbers “Custom Formatting” is limited to Default + 3 rules. Is there any work-around? I’m graphing wind directions at S New England locales with 0 45 90 135 180 225 270 315 (degrees) ... (1 Comment)
10/3/22
I am wanting to record my voice for a podcast. I would like to know what is the best way to do this. The podcast has to be in MP3 or MP4 when I upload it, so I also may need to know how to convert what I record on the MacBook Air M1 to that format.
What is the best app to use ... (3 Comments)
9/24/22
I have an n x m table , n (rows) are years, m (cols)are months, values are temperatures.
How can I create a vector just containing the values in the correct sequence?
E.G In
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1950 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8 x9 x10 x11 ... (3 Comments)
