Adding to this discussion overall…
I found the biggest adjustment to the Mac OS was the need for interaction with
elements in order to gain focus or to activate. That is a foreign concept to a
Windows machine.
Dave Carlson
Farfar, Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Woodworker, and Pioneer
On Nov 16, 2025, at 7:29 PM, Herbie Allen <[email protected]> wrote:
Making use of the rotors to navigate the web including using keywords to find
things. Using Mac commmands to launch apps. Figuring out what to put on your
doc. Also, organizing your rotor so it just has what you primarily use in the
order you want.
> On Nov 16, 2025, at 20:53, Dennis Long <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Can you explain what do you mean by shortcuts? Do you mean the shortcuts app?
>
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On
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> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2025 9:44 PM
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> Subject: Re: a few questions
>
> If you know your iPhone that will go a long way to helping you understand the
> Mac. I personally find it far superior to Windows in most aspects. To be fare
> I don’t do much with office products, but I didn’t mind Word back when I did,
> but Excel is mor interesting. The Trick with VO is learning how to utilize
> shortcuts.
>
>
>> On Nov 16, 2025, at 15:58, Dennis Long <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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>> Hi, I’ll be getting a mac next year. I’ll be switching from Windows. Is
>> there anything I should know? Can I browse the web and things like that
>> using the mac?
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