Hi Banu, When I first got my mac, the problem I had, was that, when moving from windows to mac, I didn't have a clue on the simplest tasks. It seemed a hell of a job to find out every little thing yourself. Like: how do I open a folder on the mac? Well, you get an answer to this if you ask for it, but as a new mac user, it's easy to get lost, because what do you do next if you pressed the keys and you have your folder open? This was the same feeling in all areas. I felt like a complete idiot, though several parts of me were missing. Lol.
My advice. If you are new to the mac this list is where you can get started. There are a lot of intelligent and patient people here, and now that I have overcome the beginner issues, I found I can now answer some of other people's questions myself. Every new mac user starts out like you do now, and for me, that was hard at first. But don't worry. The mac is a breeze to work on, and soon enough you will likely say the same thing. The first thing to do, which was very helpful for me personally, is go through the voiceover quick start tutorial, control option command f8,to learn how voiceover works. You wrote that voiceover does not talk everywhere. Once you understand how to work with things on the screen, like buttons, sliders, menus and such, and you know that the voiceover cursor is an imaginary small window that you move across the screen, to hear what is there, you will get the hang of it. The voiceover tutorial will help you get started in reading the screen. Second, I learned a lot by browsing the mac help. When you start your mac, you land at the desktop. The program that makes the desktop appear, and that controls it, is called the finder. Finder on the mac is what my computer, or windows explorer, used to be on windows. From finder, so, from the desktop, you can open help and browse it. At the top of your desktop, and at the top of almost all programs, is a menu bar, running from left to right across the screen. Press control option m, m as in menu, to get to the menu bar. Then, use right arrow to move across it, till you find the word help. To open the help menu, now move down with down arrow. You will find something that reads: help center. Press vo spacebar on it to open the help center. Now, read the screen, just as you learned in the voiceover tutorial, and you will find all sorts of self study information. A third good resource is to press control option h. If you do, the voiceover help menu will open. Choose: online help, from this menu. This will give you another page full of subjects you can read. If you have any difficulty trying these things, please write back, and others and I will help. But, don't be overwhelmed. The mac is a forrest full of little diamonds, and there is no single book or website to tell you where they all are. You don't need to know everything. Start with what you need, and begin with simple things. For example, don't ask us how to use the finder. That is too big of a question. Finder can do many useful things, but you don't need them at once. Once you are at your desktop, ask yourself a little question, just for today. Which program can I use to browse the web. The answer is safari. How can I start it? The answer is in the resources above. Try to run a program, and see how far you get. If you're stuck, try the program's own help and you will learn. If you get lost, ask here. Be patient. It will come to you, but it takes time and effort. Or another question: now that I can read help, how do I shut down my mac? How do I know my battery status, if you have a laptop? Is it easy to email from a mac? If you start out with that type of questions, you will get easy answers. But none the less. It can happen that you don't understaand what you are doing. But just do what people answer you, and the big picture will drop into place later on. I stuffed away my mac, after one month of trouble, because I had the feeling that the mac world was too big, and I didn't know where to go first. I took it out a few months later, and bit by bit, things started happening. You have people to ask. Good luck. Talk later. Paul. On Sep 27, 2011, at 7:32 PM, banu.bc wrote: > hello again > I pressed command f5 my brother set the settings. but it doesn't read > everywhere. and also I'm new on mac. could you please tell me some > basics. and we chose turkish q key board but it works as english q > key board? something is wrong I think. > regards > banu > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
