Eddie and Al, you are troopers and I salute your resilience. As my greatly missed late father used to say of the vintage computers: "They will always do what they were intended to do." And that is quite a lot!
I have quite a few old Macs and all are still cranking. Best of luck with yours. You are in good company. On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 9:58 AM, 'edward defonzo' via iMac Group < [email protected]> wrote: > Al: Thanks for the hints. It'll take time, but that i got. > > Nearest.so far, is 45 miles away ( mac user group ) > > Some snooping at the local school is a good one. > > both my iMacs are a bit old:a 5,2 and a 9,1 > > I love em both > > THANKS A MILL A; > > EDDIE > > > On Thursday, November 9, 2017 12:40 PM, Al Poulin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello Eddie, > > Congratulations on your choice. I am only 82 years old. > > The Help tab in the top bar on the screen. In the Finder, you can pick on > What’s New in Mac OS X and Get to Know your Mac. Decide what parts of the > offerings to spend time on first. Each application has Help. Also Search in > Help. > > A local Macintosh user group may have someone ready to spend time with you > one-on-one. > Beginners’ level class in your local public school system. > A seniors group. > Your neighbor’s kid (no kidding!). > > BOOKS: I like the Teach Yourself VISUALLY series. If your new Mac is > running Sierra, “Teach Yourself VISUALLY macOS Sierra” is available now. If > you have High Sierra, that book will ship from Amazon.com later this month. > Another series with good reviews has “MacOS Sierra for Seniors.” Their High > Sierra version is also due soon. > > You should be able to sit a while and browse these books at any Barnes & > Noble store. Perhaps your public library has them. > > Apple Stores quit their own One to One service two years ago. > > If you are moving over from a Windows PC, Apple has (or used to have) a > tutorial on line to help in the transition. > > Al Poulin > > On Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 7:48:56 PM UTC-5, tzvi0 wrote: > > howdy: brand new know nothing imac fan. > > name ...eddie... > > i've read some postings here and you are all > > light years ahead of me. > > i need a place called kindergarten. > > i'm 86 years old and raring to go. > > where is kindergarten? > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
