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 < imaclist@googlegroups.com> 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 <alfred.pou...@gmail.com> > 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 imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > 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 imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > 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 imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
