It is nearly impossible to break a Mac.
Best,
Steve
On Jun 14, 2018, at 11:16 PM, Shawn Krasniuk <bbsshawn@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey Paulette. Welcome to the group. One piece of advice I can give you is
don't use your PC so much. I've seen people get a Mac and then they use their
Windows machine as a sort of crutch to eliminate the stress that comes with
learning the machine, and eventually they don't feel like learning it
anymore. The best way to conquer your fear of the Mac is to use it daily.
Play with the Voiceover Quick Start tutorial a bunch of times to familiarize
with the commands. And when you feel ready, move on to something else. That
way it won't be so nerve racking for you.
If you're interested, I offer one on one lessons so don't feel too shy to ask
for them. If you email me privately, we can go through what you want to learn
and then if you wish set up a schedule. You can do this, I believe in you.
Shawn
Sent From My New MacBook Air
Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
Facetime: bbsshawn@xxxxxxxxxx
On Jun 14, 2018, at 1:05 PM, Maria Reyes <mreyes7121@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In the messages app, find the conversation you want to delete, and swipe up
until you hear delete then double tap. Confirm your deletion by double
tapping the delete button.
On Jun 14, 2018, at 12:00 PM, Paulette Vickery <paulette@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi Maria,
Thanks so much for your kind offer, but I think I will wait to set up my
email on my Mac. I don’t want to have it in 2 many places, especially at
first.
But I do have a question concerning the iPhone . How do I delete messages?
I know that doing this is different than deleting phone messages. Thanks in
advance.
Paulette
From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Maria Reyes
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 10:14 PM
To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: New member
Hey Paulette welcome to the list and the Apple world! It is very easy to
set up your email on your iPhone and Mac. I’m not sure how to do it on the
Mac because I don’t have one, but I can for sure help with the iPhone.
Grins.
On Jun 13, 2018, at 10:11 PM, Steve Jobs <stevejobsmobile8@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I’ll be more than happy to help if you want.
Best,
Steve
On Jun 13, 2018, at 7:00 PM, Paulette Vickery <paulette@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
My name is Paulette Vickery. I am new to using the Mac as well as the
iPhone and learned about this list along with the wonderful tutorials
fairly recently. I am so glad to belong to a list of other Mac and iPhone
users!
Since this is my first post, I would like to tell you a bit about myself.
I have been blind since birth and right now I am 65 years of age. I am
married to a sighted man and have 6 grown sighted children and 11 sighted
grandchildren.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and I have a small private practice
as a psychotherapist that I conduct from home. I enjoy reading, knitting,
crocheting and conversation. I hope that it will be easier to find knitting
and crochet patterns using the Mac than it has been using my pc and Windows
7 desk top computer lately.
I have been using a pc DOS and then a Windows computer since 1993. I think
there is going to be a steep learning curve learning to feel comfortable
using a mac computer. But I keep reminding myself that in 1993, I was even
at more of a
Disadvantage than I am now, because back then I didn’t even understand how
a cursor worked or that you didn’t to end a line of text unless you wanted
to go to a new line. At least I know what a basic computer is and a bit
about the use of the ones and zeros that make up the binary or 2 digit code
I am working with to use the computer.
So here I am. I know that I own a Mac Book Air laptop computer, version
10.13.3.
I have John’s free lesson about using Voice Over and I have called the
Apple Care line for people with disabilities several times.
But I am still very nervous about opening up that laptop and using it,
because I really don’t know what to do. I think it will be a while until I
learn how to send email, so for now, I am using my Windows computer and
Jaws to read and send emails. I will be glad when I can use my sleek little
Apple laptop.
Again, I am so glad to be a member of this list and look forward to lurking
a bit and reading what everyone posts to get the flavor, so to speak, of
this Apple list. If anyone has any tips or tricks they would like to send
my way for getting started, feel free to do so. I look forward to reading
everything on this list.
Paulette Vickery
