Youtube tutorial recommendations for an older lady getting started on MacOS 15?
from Reverendender@sh.itjust.works to apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world on 25 Nov 20:31
https://sh.itjust.works/post/28618334

She is 78 and thinks she is more tech savvy than the average person because she can check email, and use twitter and Facebook, and does a regular blog on Wordpress. She has been firmly entrenched (she thinks) in Windows since forever, but in reality she has very little understanding of how or why anything works the way it does, and has a very hard time adapting to change and remembering new ways of doing things.

#apple_enthusiast

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reddig33@lemmy.world on 25 Nov 20:41 next collapse

MacOS has a Tips app that she might find useful.

Apple used to have a “new to Mac” page with helpful videos. So of course they got rid of it.

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works on 25 Nov 21:21 collapse

“Yeah, fork you for needing help” - Apple I guess.

Not like I spent 3 years of my life as a One to One Apple product and software trainer; because they got rid of that job also, apparently.

airdig_one@sh.itjust.works on 25 Nov 20:50 next collapse

MacMost.com has loads of videos (also available on YouTube). If you search those you might find some basic videos for new users.

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works on 25 Nov 21:22 collapse

Looks like the beginners guides stop at 2018

Fades@lemmy.world on 25 Nov 23:44 next collapse

I’m rooting for her!!

200ok@lemmy.world on 27 Nov 03:20 collapse

Me too! And it sounds like she’s “handling change” pretty well, given that TVs weren’t even in every home when she was a kid.

fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works on 26 Nov 19:51 collapse

The macOS User Guide would be a good start although it’s just documentation rather than videos.

ThisIsE has a good playlist for beginners as does MacMost although both are a few years old.

You can also pick up Guy Hart-Davis’ “macOS Sequoia For Dummies” which is a great book for beginners.