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Hi CatHope and a warm welcome to Mac-Forums.

You have come to the right place.

It's always a great joy when you get your first Mac; and also a bit scary. But fear not. In the first place, the Mac's software will guide you through the preliminaries and then when you want to explore, come here and ask your questions. We are here to help.

And it's personal.

I must also say the Apple Support articles, which are abundant, give details on just about everything as well.

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Thank you very much Ian.
I know experienced users like you will help me a lot.
I am looking forward to start using and learning my new Mac.
 
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Since this will be my first Mac ever and I have no experience how to use a Mac OS machine, I decided to enter some related community and found here.
I hope it will be a nice experience for me.
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Hello CaptHope (Umit)...welcome to Mac-Forums!:)

If you have any questions or thoughts regarding your 1st Apple computer...please post them...and we will do our best to answer them quickly & throughly. We have a lot of members with a lot of years of experience...and many of the Mac-Forums members check-in many times each day...so your questions will get answered quickly as well!:)

Welcome,:)

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Hi Umit, my first Mac was and iMac, just a few weeks over 10 years back and it's still going strong. The MacBook Pro is slightly younger and going well too. I remember what a change it was, but you will soon get used to it.

Take care, stay safe!
 
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Thank you Nick and John.
Those warm wellcomes in such a short period of time shows that this is a quality place and it was a right move registring here.
Hope to have plenty of useful conversation soon after receiving my Mac.
 
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Welcome to the forum. We'll be glad to try and answer any questions you might have.
 
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Hello,

I am Brieuc, French living or stuck in Prague at the moment.
MacBook Pro User for more than 10 years.

I signed up regarding an issue that I have where the internet has not been able to solve for a while. I signed up before getting crazy and throw this beautiful (frustrating) machine by the window. You could definitely be my savior (mostly to recover my Data)

Not sure I will be able to help BUT i might binge read.

Looking forward to chat with you.

B.
 
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Hello Brieuc...welcome to Mac-Forums.:)

If you have questions...please post them in a best fit sub-forum topic area. If not sure how to post a question/new thread...please click on the "FAQ" button in the Red navigation bar at the top of the page...and choose "Creat New Thread".

Have fun,

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Hello everyone new to the forum but not new to the website. I've found a lot of helpful information from this website and youtube videos as well.

Not really a tech guy but by watching videos I've learned to breakdown and put together laptops and do diy project, mostly upgrades.

I'm one of those guys that like to hold on to old stuff that work and can serve a purpose some how. I'm a apple guy but you won't find me standing on line for hours for the latest apple gadget. Nothing wrong with that but not for me.

Writing this reply on a Mac Pro late 2011 17 inch unibody.

I also own macbook black late 2008 and recently purchased a refurbished Mac book pro mid 2012 13 inch unibody.

Thanks to the creators of this website and everyone that contributes. :app
 
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@ mechanic-46
Welcome aboard mechanic-46.

I think you will have probably noticed there are qite a few with the same computer philosophy. Not all members are on the bleeding edge. :D





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Hello.
I'm an old mac user, started in early 90's with Apple lls. Now use iMac. May have belonged to forum years ago. Not sure. Have played around
with both Windows and Linux in older computers, still have PC with Win 10 in case my wife's PC has problems(ha)
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JakeH40 said:
Hello.
I'm an old mac user, started in early 90's with Apple lls. Now use iMac. May have belonged to forum years ago. Not sure. Have played around
with both Windows and Linux in older computers, still have PC with Win 10 in case my wife's PC has problems(ha)
Jake
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Hello Jake, and welcome to the forum. Enjoy your visits.
 
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JakeH40 said:
Hello.
I'm an old mac user, started in early 90's with Apple lls. Now use iMac. May have belonged to forum years ago. Not sure. Have played around
with both Windows and Linux in older computers, still have PC with Win 10 in case my wife's PC has problems(ha)
Jake
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A warm welcome to Mac-Forums, Jake. Please visit us often. Our members cover most things-Mac and we are family-friendly. In other words, you won't get beaten up for not knowing something, however basic.

Ian
 
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Hello.
I'm an old mac user, started in early 90's with Apple lls. Now use iMac. May have belonged to forum years ago. Not sure.
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Welcome, or welcome back Jake.


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Welcome, Jake. You and I are going to have to figure out how to not get confused.
 
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Hello.
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with both Windows and Linux in older computers, still have PC with Win 10 in case my wife's PC has problems(ha)
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Welcome JakeH40. Thanks for joining up...great to have ya!:)

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Hello mar1ey. Welcome.
 
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Welcome to our forums Lucy.
 

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