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From: Nick Naym on 17 Mar 2010 23:05 In article grsk7yid0c.fsf(a)ethel.the.log, Doug Anderson at ethelthelogremovethis(a)gmail.com wrote on 3/17/10 10:23 PM: > "Michael Neuhaus" <mcsemike50(a)gmail.com> writes: > >> I'm trying to help my 83 year old father. He's having trouble reading >> the setup booklet that came with the 27" 3.06 model. Does anyone know >> of an online pdf or some tech site that might have something we can >> download? I'm a windows tech but know nothing about Macs. Many thanks >> in advance. > > What sort of thing is he having trouble with? He should be able to > plug in the keyboard, plug the machine into the wall, and just follow > instructions to set it up. Really? That's all there is to it? It's no different than plugging in a toaster or TV? Oh. > If he has ethernet nearby, he may want to plug in the ethernet too. > -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.2)
From: Michael on 17 Mar 2010 23:36 "Nick Naym" <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message news:C7C7109F.55162%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid... > In article grsk7yid0c.fsf(a)ethel.the.log, Doug Anderson at > ethelthelogremovethis(a)gmail.com wrote on 3/17/10 10:23 PM: > >> "Michael Neuhaus" <mcsemike50(a)gmail.com> writes: >> >>> I'm trying to help my 83 year old father. He's having trouble reading >>> the setup booklet that came with the 27" 3.06 model. Does anyone know >>> of an online pdf or some tech site that might have something we can >>> download? I'm a windows tech but know nothing about Macs. Many thanks >>> in advance. >> >> What sort of thing is he having trouble with? He should be able to >> plug in the keyboard, plug the machine into the wall, and just follow >> instructions to set it up. > > Really? That's all there is to it? It's no different than plugging in a > toaster or TV? > > Oh. > > > >> If he has ethernet nearby, he may want to plug in the ethernet too. >> > > -- > iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) ? OS X (10.6.2) Yes, those specs sound like what he bought. He knows macs reasonably well, having owned several since 1984. His most current is the one with the white half globe. It's the tiny print in the little booklet that's giving him trouble. I assume once we choose language, country, time zone, make an admin acct., etc. that he can change the resolution so icons and labels can be a little larger. I think that would make the mac usable for him. Thank you. Michael.
From: Doug Anderson on 18 Mar 2010 10:16 "Michael" <mcsemike50(a)gmail.com> writes: > "Steve Hix" <sehix(a)NOSPAMmac.comINVALID> wrote in message > news:sehix-48F2B9.19310817032010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com... > > In article <4ba18d68$0$20988$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>, > > "Michael Neuhaus" <mcsemike50(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I'm trying to help my 83 year old father. He's having trouble reading the > >> setup booklet that came with the 27" 3.06 model. Does anyone know of an > >> online pdf or some tech site that might have something we can > >> download? I'm > >> a windows tech but know nothing about Macs. Many thanks in advance. > > > > Try here: > > > > http://support.apple.com/manuals/#imac > > > > Manual as pdf file, he can zoom it up until it's easy enough to read. > > Thanks to all of you. We don't have the machine in it's final spot so > were waiting a few days to do internet, email, and data transfer. It > said wireless somewhere and I thought it might connect to the wireless > router in his room but also saw that the mouse and keyboard are > wireless so I wasn't sure if the iMac was, similar to laptops. It has an 802.11 wireless card in it for networking (like laptops usually do). > I have > the flu and he just got over it so it's a little hard to > concentrate. I'll suggest he delay this a few days except for reading > the manuals. I got the impression the email and internet could be done > later. The machine seems stuck on Danish and nothing will make it > scroll. Ah - unfortunate to be stuck in a language he doesn't understand (assuming he doesn't know Danish). The first thing the machine will do the first time you turn it on (usually) is force the user to choose a language. He may have accidentally chosen that language. (It is near English in alphabetical order, right? So he could have just sort of missed a little bit when he was making his choice.) To change the language, he'll want to click on the apple in the upper left hand corner, choose "System Preferences from the menu that appears (I don't know how one spells that in Danish - I think it it will be "Systemindstillinger"). Then he needs to click on the language icon in System Preferences (it will be a flag, and in Danish might say "Sprog" or something like that). Then he needs to drag English to the top of the list of languages that will appear in the menu that comes up (under the "Sprog" tab if he is really in Danish). Then he'll need to log out and back in again to get the language to English.
From: Doug Anderson on 18 Mar 2010 10:27 "Michael" <mcsemike50(a)gmail.com> writes: > "Nick Naym" <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message > news:C7C7109F.55162%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid... > > In article grsk7yid0c.fsf(a)ethel.the.log, Doug Anderson at > > ethelthelogremovethis(a)gmail.com wrote on 3/17/10 10:23 PM: > > > >> "Michael Neuhaus" <mcsemike50(a)gmail.com> writes: > >> > >>> I'm trying to help my 83 year old father. He's having trouble reading > >>> the setup booklet that came with the 27" 3.06 model. Does anyone know > >>> of an online pdf or some tech site that might have something we can > >>> download? I'm a windows tech but know nothing about Macs. Many thanks > >>> in advance. > >> > >> What sort of thing is he having trouble with? He should be able to > >> plug in the keyboard, plug the machine into the wall, and just follow > >> instructions to set it up. > > > > Really? That's all there is to it? It's no different than plugging in a > > toaster or TV? > > > > Oh. > > > > > > > >> If he has ethernet nearby, he may want to plug in the ethernet too. > >> > > > > -- > > iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) ? OS X (10.6.2) > > Yes, those specs sound like what he bought. He knows macs reasonably > well, having owned several since 1984. His most current is the one > with the white half globe. A G4 iMac. > It's the tiny print in the little booklet > that's giving him trouble. My suspicion is the little booklet won't help very much - my memory of these booklets is that they cover things like where the on/off switch is, and how to plug the machine in. > I assume once we choose language, country, > time zone, make an admin acct., etc. that he can change the resolution > so icons and labels can be a little larger. Yes, once he has an account he can do System Preferences -> Displays to change resolution if that is helpful to him. There is an argument to be made though that he wants to keep resolution the largest possible, and just change icon size and font size to something comfortable in each application. A way to do that for the Finder (the basic application that runs the desktop you look at) is to click on the background, click on "View" at the top, select "Show View Options" from the menu, and then adjust the icon size and text size as desired. This will make things on the desktop bigger - I suspect he'll still need to adjust font sizes in individual applications to suit him. > I think that would make > the mac usable for him. Thank you. Michael.
From: Richard Maine on 18 Mar 2010 12:00
Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis(a)gmail.com> wrote: > "Michael" <mcsemike50(a)gmail.com> writes: > > > I assume once we choose language, country, > > time zone, make an admin acct., etc. that he can change the resolution > > so icons and labels can be a little larger. > > Yes, once he has an account he can do System Preferences -> Displays > to change resolution if that is helpful to him. > > There is an argument to be made though that he wants to keep > resolution the largest possible, and just change icon size and font > size to something comfortable in each application. > > A way to do that for the Finder (the basic application that runs the > desktop you look at) is to click on the background, click on "View" at > the top, select "Show View Options" from the menu, and then adjust the > icon size and text size as desired. > > This will make things on the desktop bigger - I suspect he'll still > need to adjust font sizes in individual applications to suit him. Don't forget the zoom feature of control-scrollwheel. My old eyes often find that useful. -- Richard Maine | Good judgment comes from experience; email: last name at domain . net | experience comes from bad judgment. domain: summertriangle | -- Mark Twain |