Guide for new user

[Steve Hope]

I bought my wife a new mac book air for this xmas.
I would like to ask the pro's here for their comments on guides/tutorials for a new mac user with 40 years windows experience. How to learn/navigate dashboard, numbers, pages, keynote, launchpad, finder etc. I want Tricia (my wife) to be able to read this and not have me over her shoulder giving my rudimentary knowledge/input.
I learned the hard/slow way and got tons of help here and of course, this will be a link I will tell my wife about.
Any set-up advise and teachings would be appreciated. Thanks all. btw, I am sure Tricia will become a member soon
Thank you all.
As a ps, Tricia does have a B.Sc in computer science and is a programmer and is owner of an iPhone but this is her first mac. Thanks.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello,

A couple of good resources:

Apple: New to Mac
macOS High Sierra: The Missing Manual or macOS Mojave: The Missing Manual (releasing end of the Dec)

Apple's site is full of tutorials and helpful hints for "switchers." Pogue's book is excellent, and earns its title "The book that should have been in the box."

Hope that helps a bit,

C

 

[Steve Hope]

Thanks very much Cory.

 

[macword9]

I bought my wife a new mac book air for this xmas.
I would like to ask the pro's here for their comments on guides/tutorials for a new mac user with 40 years windows experience. How to learn/navigate dashboard, numbers, pages, keynote, launchpad, finder etc. I want Tricia (my wife) to be able to read this and not have me over her shoulder giving my rudimentary knowledge/input.
I learned the hard/slow way and got tons of help here and of course, this will be a link I will tell my wife about.
Any set-up advise and teachings would be appreciated. Thanks all. btw, I am sure Tricia will become a member soon
Thank you all.
As a ps, Tricia does have a B.Sc in computer science and is a programmer and is owner of an iPhone but this is her first mac. Thanks.

Totally agree with Cory. When I got my first Mac I read the Missing Manual cover to cover, then once I was comfortably facile with the machine I read it through again - a lot of it makes more sense when you're actually using apps, creating docs, etc. The Apple support manuals are also helpful. Apple icon > About this Mac > Support.

 

[MightyGem]

Another vote for the Missing Manual books.

 

[Steve Hope]

I am sure I will be a reader too, I should have bought that when I switched 2 years ago. Again, Thank You All, this is a great forum with highly knowledgable people on board.
Hey thanks MightGem from Warrington, you live within 30 miles of where I was born :>
Actually after further review, 17 miles. !!