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I'd like to highlight cells that contain a calculation, eg with a conditional highlight rule using a function such as iscalc(), which sadly doesn't exist. Can anyone suggest a way of doing this? Thanks

Pages 10.0 on OS 10.15.3 (Catalina): in previous versions I could create a border under the header the full width of the page, to separate the header from the body of the document; now the border is only the width of the text entered. How can I create a border under the header the full page...

Unfortunately that article (and related ones) concentrate on sharing amongst Apple hardware, not surprisingly: Windows is briefly mentioned but with little detail. What I need is a step-by-step for enabling sharing a photo stream to a Windows PC: can anyone point me in the right direction?

A friend shares photos with me: I see them in iPhoto with no problems. I need (with his permission) to share them with others, who run Windows. I can import the photos into a folder on my Mac, but the creation date is lost: the only date is that of import. What's the best way of sharing the...

I started a new thread: http://macosx.com/forums/mac-os-x-system-mac-software/322546-time-machine-why-doesnt-back-up-applications.html and am set to automatically be notified by email immediately on replies: there have been two replies, but I received no email notifications. What have I...

Many thanks for that pointer: I do indeed have that Time Machine bug, on Mountain Lion. Has Apple really not noticed this, or seen how vitally important it is??? I'll look at the suggested fix, but since the bug may well recur, will also be looking hard at alternative backup software: any...

Cheryl I've done that, but Time Machine still does not back up Applications. I have nothing excluded, except external drives. What next?

I have nothing excluded in Time Machine Preferences. My backup external drive failed about a year ago: I replaced it and backups continued. Had to restore an application recently: found the applications folder in Time Machine was empty, however far back I went. Does Time Machine know...

That's very helpful: thanks. Out of interest, what's the best Mac anti-virus that won't cause problems?

About 10 days ago, Netupdate started showing a message about once a day, saying software had been updated and the Mac needed to be shut down or restarted; it also says that if Later is selected, the computer may become unstable; but there is no Later option, only Restart & Shut Down. The message...

No, I am offered the opportunity to change the selected printer at print time; no problem with that. The problem is indeed with the printer which is part of the saved document, and is always the printer which is the system default printer (System Preferences, Print & Fax, Default printer) at...

All other Mac applications offer the system default printer as the default when printing: change the system default and that is then offered as the printing default. But Pages saves the current system default printer at the time the document was created within the document: that document will...

When a Word document with page numbers is opened in Pages, the page numbers respond to eg Layout Inspector, Section, Page numbers Start At, but can't be selected or deleted. Is there any way of deleting the Word page numbers?

If a Word doc with page numbers is opened in Pages, the page numbers respond to eg Layout Inspector, Section, Page Numbers Start At, but it is not possible to select the page numbers or delete them. How can I delete the ex-Word page numbers?

Safari Amazon.co.uk search for any product, eg PS3 click on the "15 new from £187.00" (or similar) link find a seller with a seller rating: click on the "nn% positive" link top 7cm (& RH pane) load; below shows "Loading..." the rest of the page never loads. The same problem affects trying...