New to Mac World

pjmandmem · Aug 15, 2011, 02:37 PM

My wife bought a Macbook Air 2 days ago and she assumed I could get her on line and up to speed quickly.

That being said I was able to set it up - connected to our wireless network and installed our HP printer - hoo rah.

Unfortunately, that's where I came to grindoing halt. I can't even figure out how to create new

folders to store Word & Excel files I want to transfer from her PC.

Is there a Mac Functionality reference that provides some sort of translation from PC to Mac functionality?

outphase · 02:50 PM

Cmd + Shift + N or Right Click, New Folder will work to create a new folder.

edit: Unlike in Windows or Linux, use Cmd instead of Ctrl for most of your keyboard shortcuts. That would probably be why you can't figure out how to make new folders and other stuff.

bobr1952 · Aug 15, 2011, 02:46 PM

There are good reference pages on the Apple site--here is a good place to start:

http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/

KPOM · Aug 15, 2011, 02:53 PM

Apple has the following site available to support "switchers:"

http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/

Note that these were written with Snow Leopard in mind, but most of the information also applies to Lion.

ZBoater · Aug 15, 2011, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KPOM

Apple has the following site available to support "switchers:"

http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/

Ooooh, I'm a switcher. Sounds like a "swinger". But less risky.

Sounds Good · Aug 15, 2011, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZBoater

Ooooh, I'm a switcher. Sounds like a "swinger". But less risky.

I'm "switch curious."

Aug 15, 2011, 02:37 PM	#1
pjmandmem macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2011	New to Mac World My wife bought a Macbook Air 2 days ago and she assumed I could get her on line and up to speed quickly. That being said I was able to set it up - connected to our wireless network and installed our HP printer - hoo rah. Unfortunately, that's where I came to grindoing halt. I can't even figure out how to create new folders to store Word & Excel files I want to transfer from her PC. Is there a Mac Functionality reference that provides some sort of translation from PC to Mac functionality?
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Aug 15, 2011, 02:42 PM	#2
outphase macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Parts Unknown	Cmd + Shift + N or Right Click, New Folder will work to create a new folder. edit: Unlike in Windows or Linux, use Cmd instead of Ctrl for most of your keyboard shortcuts. That would probably be why you can't figure out how to make new folders and other stuff. Last edited by outphase; Aug 15, 2011 at 02:50 PM.
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Aug 15, 2011, 02:46 PM	#3
bobr1952 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, FL	There are good reference pages on the Apple site--here is a good place to start: http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/ __________________ 2012 rMPB, 2.3 Intel Core i7, 8GB Ram, 256 SSD; 2008 iMac, 24", 2.8GHz Core Two Duo, 2GB, 500GB, ATI RadeonHD2600; Time Capsule 500GB (1st Gen); ATV2; Airport Express; Black 64GB iPhone 4S
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KPOM macrumors 604 Join Date: Oct 2010	Apple has the following site available to support "switchers:" http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/ Note that these were written with Snow Leopard in mind, but most of the information also applies to Lion.
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