 
Mac Tutorials Provide Helpful Guidance
Even though the first Apple Macintosh computer was brought to market
in 1984, more than a year before Microsoft Windows was released,
somehow the Mac ended up in a computer niche market for the most
part. However, that changed when Apple made a splash with the iPod.
Since that time, the Apple Mac computers have increased in market
share, prompting many new Mac owners to seek out Mac tutorials.
The most basic of the Mac tutorials comes with the simple and highly
intuitive user interface that they have developed and perfected over
more than two decades, with the most recent and most powerful
version being the Apple Mac OS X environment.
And, even though new users of Apple Mac computers are able to
quickly and easily gain mastery over their new Macs, there are
always additional tricks, shortcuts and power-user methods that they
can learn via Mac tutorials, assuring they get the best experience
from OS X.
One of the more popular categories of Mac tutorials consists of
instructions for making the transition from Windows, for those who
are used to working in that environment. They will need to unlearn
habits and understand how simple and straightforward things can be
done using the Apple Mac operating systems.
A page at the Apple website, called Switch 101, offers a number of
Mac tutorials to help people make the conversion to the Mac from
Windows. It helps people adapt their Windows work habits to the
Apple Mac OSX style of doing things. This page of tutorial topics is
found at http://www.apple.com/support/switch101.
Some of the Mac tutorials that can be found at that page cover
topics such as: how to get around your Mac and how to access
everything; how to make connections to devices such as printers,
digital cameras, iPods; learning to do the things on your Mac that
you used to do on your PC; simple instructions on how to migrate
your files; an overview of the various powerful Mac software
programs that come with the unit; how to troubleshoot when things
don't go perfectly. For the vast majority of people, this is enough
to get them off to a good running start with their new Apple Mac
computer.
Another good website that features a vast array of Mac tutorials on
various subjects is found at http://www.macinstruct.com/tutorials.
This site is from a non-profit group who are dedicated to helping
people learn how to use their Apple Mac computers. The web site
offers completely free Mac tutorials and it is run completely by
volunteers. They have online courses, a regular video podcast and
expert columns.
Some of the Mac tutorials subjects that are covered on
MacInstruct.com are things such as: adding email account's to
Apple's Mail program; how to back up commonly forgotten items; how
to publish your iCalendars on the internet; how to make your iPod
into a removable hard drive; how to make a movie using the built-in
iSight camera as well as many other helpful topics.
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