Mac Training For Beginners

That's good. You might want to find someone in your area who you could pay to do a one on one with.

I would do this for clients when I was in Chicago.

Actually I do not get why I can't purchase one on one training for my MacBook. It's not my fault that I was given this product as a gift. Funny how when I asked at the store I was given the same response (we want to help our customers but...) only it was very rude. Felt like the person was just not interested in anything I had to say. The associates response was "well the smart thing was to have bought it here at our store." I didn't even waste my time responding to her (guess it's a Staten Island attitude thing). So I picked my jaw up off the floor and left, imagine that.

This is the link for your "Terms and services:

https://www.apple.com/retail/learn/one-to-one/terms.html

" One to One membership is only available at the time of purchase to those customers who buy a new, Apple Certified Refurbished, or Clearance Apple Macintosh computer (“Mac” or “eligible Apple Product”) in an Apple Retail Store, from the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com), or by calling 800-MY-APPLE. For the purpose of these Terms and Conditions, the time of purchase” extends for 14 days from the date of purchase."

"It's not my fault that I was given this product as a gift."

It might be that whoever bought this for you will have to transfer the account to your name and allow you to buy one to one.

Thank you for your response but unfortunately it was not purchased at an Apple Store. With that said I have to try and schedule workshops and/or do my own research via Apple Forums and You Tube.

Here's another thing you could try. Get one of David Pogues "missing manuals" books and use it as a reference while learning the Mac. These books are very helpful and I purchase one for every new version of OS X when it comes out. Even though I've used Macs since 1987 I always find helpful information in those books. And Pogue writes with a nice sense of humor so they are actually fun to read. You can get one for whichever version of OS X that your computer is running. Here's one for Yosemite:

http://www.amazon.com/OS-Yosemite-Missing-Manual-Manuals/dp/1491947160/ref=sr_1_ 3?ie=UTF8&qid=1430493902&sr=8-3&keywords=david+pogue

Cheers, Rick

Thanks Rick I will definitely take a look into it.