My professor has asked us to download a few movies to watch for my film studies class, but they’re in MKV format. My Mac can’t play them but rather than ask her for help, I thought I’d ask you: Can I somehow convert MKV video files to MP4 so I can watch them with QuickTime Player on my Mac?
I’m hosting a group discussion and all the participants have emailed me their presentations. In PowerPoint. Rather than bounce around, I’d like to just merge them all into one big presentation deck. That’ll also make sharing slides afterwards easier too. How can I do that in Microsoft PowerPoint?
I get a lot of email from Apple into my Apple Mail account on my Mac. Everything else goes to my corporate email account. Can I automatically forward important messages from Apple Mail to another email account, but also save them in case I miss one?
I’m baffled. Every program I have on my MacBook Air lets me print two sided (“duplex”) on my HP printer except Microsoft Word. In fact, even Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint can print 2 sided, but not Word. What the heck?
However obsessive you are about keeping your Mac system lean and fast, unneeded files creep up and steal space, extensions stick around after you need them and utilities fall behind the update cycles. The Mac has its own cleanup that happens behind the scenes, but you can accomplish a lot more with CleanMyMac X from MacPaw. I tried it out and here’s what I found…
I’m late to the Mac platform, having recently changed over from Windows. One thing I really miss is the ability to create shortcuts to web pages on my desktop. Is that something you can do in Chrome for Mac?
I’ve become a big fan of using Siri for dictation on my iPhone, rarely typing in messages any more. I’d love the same capability on my MacBook Air, but it’s not running iOS and doesn’t have Siri. Can I use voice dictation anyway on a Mac OS X system?
I am not a fan of Photos and definitely don’t want to learn Photoshop for such a simple task: How can I shrink down my photos and crop them as desired on my MacOS system?
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