Mac Basics: Mastering your Mac for home and business
What you'll learn
- Smartly connect to mobile, office, and home networks with a Macintosh computer.
- Intelligently protect a Macintosh with native and third-party applications.
- Fully understand iCloud and AppleIDs, and how their services give you a seamless experience
- Use your Mac with confidence
- How to use and protect your Mac when you're out in public
Requirements
- Own an Apple computer and have at least Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) installed on it.
- No knowledge of Apple computers is needed as a prerequisite for this course.
Description
Important Information: This course is designed to mimic an instructive friend helping you to learn the Mac. It is not a hyper-focused course where you go from slide to slide. It's meant to be informative, fun, and relaxed. (Students who have macOS Sierra (10.12) and macOS High Sierra (10.13) will find this course still relevant. The fundamentals really never change, so come on in. ;)
This course is for those who are new to Apple computers. Whether you're transitioning from Windows, or you've just purchased a Mac for the first time, this course is built solely for you, the new Mac user. The only item required for this course is an Apple computer with at least Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) installed on it.
(Click the Apple icon in the upper left-hand corner of your screen and tap "About this Mac" to see in the "Overview" tab, what version your operating system is.)
In short, this course will be like sitting down with a friend who gently guides and teaches you everything you need to know about your Mac. I loved taking care of people and their Macs while at Apple HQ, so you'll get nothing less here at Udemy.
Join the thousands of students who've already taken the plunge to learn about one of the best computers ever made!
Side note: This course has over 4.5 hours of content and doesn't provide popcorn (you don't have to do it one sitting). So, if you plan to binge this course, then grab your favorite snack and beverage and get ready for some excitement.
Who this course is for:
- This course was built for those who are upgrading from Windows to Mac, purchasing a Mac for the first time, or students who would love to learn more about their Mac from an Apple professional.
- Users who need to know how to operate a Macintosh computer for either home or work purposes.
- Students who have either bought or received a Mac as a gift and have limited knowledge of how Macs operate.
- Any individual who wants to switch from Windows to Apple computers and needs a quick lesson on how to use them.
- This course is not meant for Apple or IT Professionals who have been working with Macs for the past 5 years.
- This course can be a great refresher for those that have dabbled in Apple computers, but primarily work with Windows systems, and need to be refocused on how to work with a Mac.
Instructor
- 4.0 Instructor Rating
- 73 Reviews
- 1,402 Students
- 1 Course
Important Information: This course is designed to mimic an instructive friend helping you to learn the Mac. It is not a hyper-focused course where you go from slide to slide. It's meant to be informative, fun, and relaxed.
No matter where I go, Apple questions are excitedly thrown my way, and private lessons kindly requested. These questions and lessons have led to my colleagues and friends to call me the "Mac Guy." It's a title I cherish deeply because it explains exactly who I am; a passionate Apple professional who loves playing and working with arguably the world's best computer.
So, why choose me as your instructor?
That's a hard question to answer. However, I can say that I have worked at Apple headquarters as an AppleCare Advisor and Senior Advisor, and I have held nearly every IT position in the industry (Network Administrator, Systems Administrator, IT Specialist, Help Desk Technician). Also, I'm a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) who does cybersecurity work for NASA, and I've taught varied audiences how to be Systems Administrators with great success.
In short, I've applied my work experience and academic training (Stanford, Syracuse,NYIT) to create this course from the bottom up. It has been carefully designed to help you understand your Mac and let you quickly start working with the worlds best personal computer.