Setting Up iCloud

Apple's Finder Tips

Today's Byte: Mac Maintenance

Beginning Mac Instruction: Sending, Sharing, Exporting, Uploading

Emailing Tips for Mac: Formatting with Pages, Word, and PDF

Emailing User Tips for Mac

Apple User Tips: Small User Bytes for Women

Time for a new computer....Why females should buy MAC

1. You won't become dependent on your kids for everything.

2. It is very user friendly.

3. Computer savviness is essential for today's advancements.

4. Apple/Macintosh Products sync so well with each other.

5. You will gain efficiency in you daily tasks.

6. Emailing, photo editing, film making, project designing are hobbies rather than chores.

7. You're never too old for a MAC and your computer will never be too old for you.

                               iMAC                                                                               Macbook

                                         

Who Invented Apple Computers?

Apple Computers was formed in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

Named Apple Computers after the "apple". Jobs was on a fruitarian diet, had visited an apple farm, and thought the name to be fun and spirited.

Macintosh comes from a type of apple.

Macbook computer is a macintosh that opens like a book

Remember...a female took the first byte

Apple User Tips for Moms

An Apple A Day

Apple User Tips: Importing Image from Internet

Today's Byte

Dragging image from internet.

It's your friend's birthday and you wish to send a personal birthday greeting via the email

1.  Open Safari in (click twice)  found in your 

                       dock at bottom of screen

                Clicking on Safari logs you onto the internet   

2. In your search bar at top of screen (it may say search Google)

      Type in  birthday images

1. When you see the image that you like, click once on the image. You 

     will see some information about the image.  You should choose an 

     image that says jpg, meaning jpeg, a format that your computer 

     and email recognizes.  You will notice the size such as 500x500

     0r 1000x1000. If you want a good quality image, the bigger the number

     the better; however 500-1000 is about average and will be just fine for

     an email.  If you don’t see the image you want, scroll down the page and

     click on other sites.

4. Once you find the image with the above parameters, double click on desired image

5. Click on "Full Size Image" (text) ride side

1. Drag to desktop for storage (outside of the internet page)or drag directly to postage   

    stamp in dock, the email symbol

7. Once you drag to email symbol, your email will open & you can resize   by clicking on the image once and placing your curser on one of the perimeter squares.  If you click a corner square, drag diagonally in or out and that will resize your image proportionally. You will have to write the text above or below the image.  If the image is stored on you desktop, you can use it in a pages or keynote document which have their own video tutorials in apple.com

Apple User Tips: Emailing Photos Fast and Simple

Apple User Tips: Sharing Photos Through Email

After many years of longing for computer skills at photo editing, movie and slide show making, and computer literacy, I bought a macbook upon the advice of a friend. To speed up the learning process, I enrolled in the Mac Classes, One to One classes on a weekly basis.  For those or you without regular access to an Apple Store for one to one instruction, I will share useful tips to help an aging person navigate through the wonderful programs and Apps among the various Apple devices i.e., iPhone, iPad, iMac.  When I realized all the things I could do to organize and store home videos, documents, emails, and various other files, I had to buy the iMac one year later with 2000 GB of storage.  My kids call me Mac Mama or Mama Thatch.

You may ask, what prompted this blog?  Well I love sharing my knowledge and skills with my kids and my friends.  Now they are coming to me with computer questions, an area that was not comfortable for me 5 years ago.

Start moving forward byte by byte!

Apple User Tips: User Shortcuts

Safari has some shortcuts.  To find them out, click on the help menu at the top of your computer screen. Type in 
safari shortcuts and hit return.  

My favorite shortcut is   command z
Oh yes command z can undo about anything.  If you ever have a regret about erasing, pasting, editing a document, photo, or image, hit command z until you revert to the version you want.

Import Image from Internet