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MacBook Guide for Seniors: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started and Stay Productive...

Writer's picture: josh banksjosh banks

Pushing almost 50 and the fact my eyesight is continuing to get chronically worse, I found the larger font refreshing because I didn't have to squint or use my glasses to read. Okay, where to start here. I know how to use both a MAC and PC. I prefer the PC due to the different apparatuses I use in conjunction with them which are generally google based apps and devices. However, this is Apple and using a MAC (which is a very good computer) can be confusing to a PC user trying to convert. The explanation and instructions from the book are simple, easy to follow and probably the least stressful you could ask when dealing with educating a Senior on today's technology use. I found the images rich and colorful. They were accurate to today's MAC's and it is easy to follow. The chapters headings/topics make it easy to navigate for anyone who needs help using basic programs.

Now the rough part which keeps me from giving this a five star is at the beginning of the book, it is instructing Seniors who for some (probably only know how to open the MAC book) on how to fill out on-screen instructions, Wi-Fi connection, safari web browser, settings change, and more. Look, I know this sounds petty, but I've been helping my own mother (76) navigate these basic things and unless she gets a picture with instructions on the picture showing her exactly what I'm talking about, you might as well be trying to teach them Latin. They simply cannot make connections to names. Therefore it is essential to illustrate all items introduced, regardless of how MAC's order of operations come up with a new set up on the computer. It isn't until the reader gets to built-in apps that the book starts illustrating examples of their instructions/directions, etc. Overall, it is a good book for assisting Seniors. It just needs the initial set up to have actual illustrations of what the book is referring to in the initial MAC set-up.

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