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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9/30/18
Saving a file to the desktop on a Mac isn’t available any longer, it’s save to the iCloud desktop. Is there another way to save something to my desktop? —– Bippie ... (1 Comment)
9/29/18
How do I make outgoing calls/receive incoming calls using my HomePod Have downloaded OS Mojave on my iMac. don’t have an iPhone —– Richard ... (1 Comment)
9/28/18
I made this 20min long video and now I am not being able to save it on my computer. It just won’t let me. It keeps saying there is an error. And when I tried to upload it to youtube instead, it said it wouldn’t cause it was over 15 minutes. Can you help me find a way to save ... (1 Comment)
9/28/18
My 1 tera drive on MBPro15 is almost full. (High Sierra 10.13.6) “About This Mac” Storage map shows “System” using 499GB of space. What is included here? What is the best way to find large files I can delete from my drive? I’ve already manually ... (3 Comments)
9/26/18
Using Numbers v5.2 (5869) Q1 – Working on a dataset of about 1500 Rows and 35 columns. Applied 5 Filters with a couple of ‘or’ conditions in each. Cannot add any other filters – Add a Filter option is greyed out in the Filters tab [next to Categories, ... (5 Comments)
9/26/18
I used to create custom video thumbnails in High Sierra by copying an image and then going to file’s get more info tab and then pasting it in the top left corner icon. After migrating to Mojave 10.14, the image gets extremely pixalated, so the thumbnail becomes almost ... (8 Comments)
9/26/18
Updated my wife’s iPhone to iOS 12. and now her folder background are a dark brown instead of her iOS 11 light grey color. My phone and child’s phone folders stayed the light grey folder background color. What determines the folder background color? Is it determined ... (9 Comments)
9/25/18
My wife and I have iPhone 6’s. I was looking at our AT&T data usage statistics. I don’t understand why the data use is so high for apps we hardly use. For example my wife used Instagram to send one message but the use is 126 MB. The message she sent was just ... (1 Comment)
9/25/18
In Mojave Apple Mail will move a message to the “Predicted Mailbox”. I would like to set a keyboard combination to work with this rather than use the mouse but everything I have tried has failed. Is this possible just using the Keyboard preference? —– Ken ... (2 Comments)
9/24/18
I am one of your YouTube subscribers. Question is with regards to your latest macOS Mojave video. I am using macOS Mojave, version 10.14 on my MacBook Pro (Retina Mid 2012). But the continuity feature does not work between my MacBook and iPhone. E.g. If I open any of the apps ... (8 Comments)
9/24/18
have an iPhone XS Max. When I lie down the phone, the screen shuts off after a few seconds and I have to wake it up with Face ID to use it again. Is there a way to adjust the time it takes before the screen shuts off? —– Jan E. Wille ... (1 Comment)
9/21/18
when I update my spreadsheet and then sort the data I have three ranges for the data to be in. If the data moves from one range to another during the sort, how can I get it to recognize the data in a different range. I am pretty sure I have the most recent version of numbers I ... (3 Comments)
9/21/18
I am setting up my iMac (High Sierra) to shutdown when it goes onto uninterruptible power supply (UPS) during power outages. When I shut routinely down my iMac, I get a message that shut down was stopped because Mail is open. I know the simple solution is to simply not open mail ... (3 Comments)
9/20/18
How do you suggest that I deal with my Apple (specifically my very large iTunes) account in my estate. I have lots of purchased movies, books, music etc that I would like to will to someone. —– Scott Hagarty ... (1 Comment)
9/20/18
I hear of this Malware clear your iMac but afraid to use it and if I really need it. My iMac is 5 years old and my AT&T internet service says no problem with us. Ant tips Thanks so much —– Harry Gallagher ... (1 Comment)
9/20/18
I have 500+ “Notes” in iCloud that are synced between my iPads, iPhones and Macs. Is there a way to backup all of these Notes at one time. All I can find is instructions to copy / paste contents of a single note or create a PDF from a single ... (3 Comments)
9/20/18
How do I export then delete photos from my iPhone 6 to my 21” iMac os11? I have tried PHOTOS and even tried ANYTRANS but I am lost and need step by step help. —– Harry ... (2 Comments)
9/20/18
I have an iMac (mid 2015 27″ iMac) and I use a UPS. Lately, I have had several instances where the line power failed (brown out) and the UPS switched to battery power. In spite of that, my iMac shut down. For a while it was quite a mystery and I even had Apple care ... (3 Comments)
9/19/18
maand jaar per maand Categorie Categorie per maand januari 2018 49 Tekenen ??? Datum Naam bedrag categorie 1-1-2018 waar tekst 1 ... (7 Comments)
9/18/18
Using my 2015 MacBook pro, running the latest High Sierra OS, I’ve taken a screen shot of a Pages document, image and text, for the cover of an audiobook. Using shift/command/4 produces a 1054 x 1054 image. My research says I need a 2400 x 2400 pixel size with no less than ... (2 Comments)