I am having difficulty getting to grips with the mac book pro. I needs some training - does anyone know if Apple provides a free course when you buy a laptop? I am having difficulty moving files from the hard drive to an external drive.
Does Apple provide a free course for new Macbookpro users? In Dubai?
I have downloaded files on to the hard drive and cannot move them on to an external drive. I have now lost my document folder from the status bar, although I can see it in finder. How do I get my 'document' file back and in place on the status bar. I tried to drag and drop it into the external drive - but failed and lost it to what appears to be space! Please help - many thanks. Maddy
maddysams wrote:
Does Apple provide a free course for new Macbookpro users? In Dubai?
I have downloaded files on to the hard drive and cannot move them on to an external drive. I have now lost my document folder from the status bar, although I can see it in finder. How do I get my 'document' file back and in place on the status bar. I tried to drag and drop it into the external drive - but failed and lost it to what appears to be space! Please help - many thanks. Maddy
Hi Maddy,
Here's some Online Help for Getting you Started using your MBP
Mac 101
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/
http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/ Switching from PC
MBP Support
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro
Apple Videos
http://support.apple.com/videos/
Cheers,
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