Welcome, Wayne. I've seen you on other lists, and I'm glad you've joined the ranks of the Mac users!
My best advice, honestly, is to ditch Windows as much as possible. I got my first Mac in 2011, and mostly used Windows for the next year. It wasn't until a series of unfortunate events killed my Windows screen reader for about five weeks, forcing me to use the Mac exclusively, that I finally started getting a handle on things. After that, my conversion was swift and complete, and now I hate using Windows because it never works right. The best thing that happened to me was suddenly having Windows yanked out from under me for a month, and if you can do the same thing, I'd recommend doing it. Of course, you should know the basics first, and if your work would be affected, that's a whole other matter. If you can, though, learn the essentials of VoiceOver and then dive in. > On Aug 11, 2015, at 4:23 PM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Greetings all. I am a new subscriber to this list. I bought my first > Mac about 10 days ago. I have used Windows for the last 16 years and > this is my first journey into the Mac. I got an early 2015 MacBook > Pro, 256 GB hard drive, 8 GB RAM, and 2.7 processor. I am totally > blind and use VoiceOver and wanted a computer that my sighted wife and > I could share, as well as one that I wouldn't have to replace after > 2-4 years. I have an iPhone 6 and have used iOS for about 4.5 years. > Anyway, wanted to offer an intro and to say be ready for lots of > questions from a beginner, grin. I am getting the hang of using the > Mac but there are plenty of places that I get frustrated and revert > back to my Windows 7 laptop since that is what I know. > > Best, > Wayne Merritt > Austin, TX > > -- > Follow me on Twitter at: > www.twitter.com/wcmerritt > My websites: > www.wayneism.com > www.whitecaneday.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
