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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10/23/18
Trying to automate a column based on three columns input(Lookup).have made a table with the info for Lookup to use for the end result and am testing before i complete the end result table. Cannot get function to work. Numbers 3.6.2 Mac pro early 2009 EL Captain ... (1 Comment)
10/23/18
I uploaded a Keynote presentation to my iCloud account and shared it via Keynote Live with company employees in different cities. Mac users see and hear all slides including audio. PC users see the slides, animations and videos but have no audio. Any solutions to get PC users ... (1 Comment)
10/22/18
I have nearly 40,000 photos in my library. I cannot use Cloud as storage option and to sync between desktop and iPad because online connection via very slow satellite (live in remote location) and depletes our allowed bandwidth. Ipad cannot hold complete library, but I always ... (3 Comments)
10/22/18
I have a MBP with 512 GB SSD. My Mac is now running short with space. I have a 2TB iCloud account. How can I free space on my mac and store files on my iCloud. If I delete files on MBP, they would also be gone from iCloud. —– Dr Nishith Chandra ... (1 Comment)
10/22/18
Before upgrading to Mojave macOS I was able to achieve a dark Menu Bar (and pull down menus) with a setting in some place I have now forgetten (possibly System Preferences – General?) With Mojave it appears that I can only have a dark menu bar if I go ‘all-in’ with ... (3 Comments)
10/21/18
I am using Mojave on my brand new laptop AIR. I have called Apple and then do not seem to know why the mail system (using Mail) creates Drafts of emails often, even without me asking it to do so? I type and email and send then often a partial version of the email shows up in ... (3 Comments)
10/21/18
I hardly ever turn my Mac off. I send it to “sleep” and then just press the space bar to wake it up when I want to use it. In the past few days the screen wouldn’t fire up even though I could hear the disk spinning up. This morning it was completely off and in ... (8 Comments)
10/18/18
I recently read somewhere that Mojave will only run on desktop computers that are 2012 or newer. Is that correct? I have a mid 2010 iMac but I did add a new SSD drive about a year ago. Thoughts? Thank you! —– Sandy M. ... (3 Comments)
10/18/18
If I make a new folder on my iMac desktop, I then have to right click to rename it. Very rarely do I get the chance to name the folder when I actually create it. I am using El Capitan. —– Malone Guthrie ... (1 Comment)
10/18/18
I would like to use Keynote Live for Facebook live presentations from my desktop, preferably, or my iPhone or iPad. I’d like to be able to use the animation features of Keynote, if possible. Thank you! —– Carol ... (3 Comments)
10/16/18
I have an older 11” MBA with a damaged screen. The repair would require a screen replacement which is too expensive. I’d like to be able access some files in the damaged MBA as well as open some apps. The damaged screen will not allow normal use of the MBA. Is it possible ... (5 Comments)
10/15/18
While trying to help a friend sort out a Mail problem, for the first time I noticed that in my iCloud Mail Account, Trash Mailbox in High Sierra I can choose among the following folders: iCloud ... (2 Comments)
10/11/18
Now that I am using Mojave, once I open something like an app, it stays in the dock. If drag it to trash, and it goes away, but when I reboot or start from cold, it reappears. Is there a setting to make things be deleted from the dock? I am not all the way thru your excellent ... (1 Comment)
10/9/18
I’m looking for the easiest and quickest way to allow both Mac-user and Windows-user friends to view some of my photo albums. I’m 80 (and maybe a bit slow?!), I’ve been a Mac user for many years, but ever since Apple got rid of the old system where you could ... (4 Comments)
10/8/18
Like many people I have received a notification that some applications currently in use with High Sierra will not be compatible with Mojave. On further investigation to expand on this warning I find some ambiguity. One explanation states that an application that is working on ... (4 Comments)
10/7/18
I am reviewing about 35,000 photographic images taken by several people. There are many that are not worth keeping. I want to delete these immediately. That is, not allow them to go to trash. Option + command + delete keyboard combination does the trick, however, having to ... (3 Comments)
10/4/18
Hi Gary How can I create a PDF in finder using quick action in all new MacOS Mojave. If I select multiple files in finder and then select the option to create PDF, then where does that PDF file saved??? Also plz tell me how to create watermarks in those ... (3 Comments)
10/3/18
I keep getting your disk is almost full. Save space by optimizing storage. message. I have done that. All my files are in icloud storage. I do have icloud drive (archive) 1-3 & 4 in my house icon. They are all my files. I am afraid to delete even though everything is in the ... (5 Comments)
9/30/18
Hi I am using El Capitan, version 10.11.6 MacBook Air, 2013 I followed your instructions to find large files in finder – worked well! I would now like to know how to remove “File Size” from finder. I have unchecked the File size. I now have “Kind” ... (1 Comment)
9/30/18
I used to use a smart album: Photo…is not..in any. This feature disappeared a while ago. I waited for the new update which I have (Mohave 10.14) but the smart album was not added. Is there a way to know that no photos have been missed being put in an ... (2 Comments)