Middle age woman need in-person lessons on using her MacBook Pro!

How would I find an actual human being who could give me lessons on how to use my MacBook Pro? I am old-school. I want to learn from a person not an online tutorial. Any suggestions?

dena29 wrote:
Thank you to Ginger and everyone else. I signed up for a workshop three towns away from me because the two Apple stores in my town didn't have any workshops. How convenient! I might just show up at my local Apple Store and ask them to please have a workshop so I don't have to drive 20 miles away.
I just really love Apple's customer service, JK.
When ones purchases an automobile, is it the dealers/manufacturers obligation to teach one to drive it?
Ciao.

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