Macintosh Learning Center Editorials - Mac Club, Laguna Woods, California

Shell Weinberg is the Wednesday
afternoon Supervisor at the Macintosh Learning Center and the instructor of the popular "Mac 101 - Hands-On and Lecture" class. In addition, he authors the monthly Learning Center Editorial, which appears in the "ApplePEALINGS" newsletter and here on the club’s web site.

February 2012	Reviewing Fundamentals & Basics: FOR BEGINNERS and NEW MACINTOSH COMPUTER USERS
January 2012	Reviewing Fundamentals & Basics: Monthly maintenance
December 2011	Season’s Greetings and Happy Holidays!
November 2011	Reviewing Fundamentals & Basics: Dashboard and Widgets
October 2011	Especially for beginners and new users... and others interested in the new Lion
September 2011	Reviewing Fundamentals & Basics: . . . When online... save & use Bookmarks
June 2011	Bigger or Smaller . . . Some ways to change the font size
May 2011	Some random Information & Suggestions
April 2011	Date & Time Stamping Using OS 10.6.6, Pages ’09
March 2011	Outstanding HELP from Apple Support...
February 2011	Understanding & Using the Character Viewer
January 2011	Reviewing Fundamentals & Basics: The Toolbar
December 2010	Seasons Greetings & and Happy Holidays
November 2010	Reviewing Fundamentals & Basics: The Dock
October 2010	Cause for confusion... Beginners, new users.
September 2010	Are you using Apple's Mail app? Create custom signatures.
July/August 2010	Have you ever wondered where the Mac Instructors & Supervisors get their smarts?
June 2010	Smart shoppers compare before they buy ...
May 2010	Reviewing Fundamentals & Basics: Understanding and using an alias.
April 2010	Reviewing Fundamentals & Basics: the four arrow keys on your keyboard
March 2010	Reviewing Fundamentals & Basics: TextEdit and using Fonts (typefaces)
February 2010 (1)	QUIZ...The amazing Macintosh computer
February 2010 (2)	QUIZ...Answers
January 2010 (1)	Reviewing Fundamentals & Basics: Fun to peruse for more clues...
January 2010 (2)	The PDF... a truly remarkable invention
December 2009	Happy Holidays... The Gift
November 2009	Reviewing Fundamentals & Basics: the Clipboard, Cut, Copy & Paste
October 2009	Reviewing Fundamentals & Basics: A few useful shortcuts, tips and triks...
September 2009	Put your photo or graphic on your email...
July/August 2009	Do You Invest in Common Stocks???
June 2009	Honest-to-Goodness Computing for Seniors
May 2009	Reviewing Fundamentals & Basics: Look for the clues, Sherlock...
April 2009	Have a cookie... delicious or suspicious
March 2009	GENIUS BAR... You can make Reservations
February 2009	Learn the fundamentals and basics... Beginners, new users, PC-to-Mac switchers
January 2009	Beginners, New Users, PC-to-Mac Switchers
December 2008	The Learning Center MacApple Library
November 2008	Reviewing Fundamentals & Basics: Finder and the Desktop (when using OS X)
October 2008	Glossary and some guidance when using Pages...
September 2008	Introducing the helpful and dedicated volunteer Supervisors...
July/August 2008	Time to bite the bullet... this is Pages>
June 2008	Continuing, more about... Pages
May 2008	Learning more about... Pages
April 2008	Learning about... Pages
January 2008	Worth looking at: Dashboard Dictionary
December 2007	Reviewing Fundamentals and Basics: Help
November 2007	Opportunity continues knocking at the Macintosh Learning Center...
October 2007	Some things you can do with your Mac...
September 2007	Reviewing Fundamentals & Basics: understanding the “Address Book”
July/August 2007	Reviewing Fundamentals & Basics: monthly maintenance... Mac 101
June 2007	Reviewing Fundamentals & Basics: understanding the “Trash”
May 2007	Okay... so what is the difference between a Mac and a PC ???
April 2007	Reviewing Fundamentals and Basics: Icons...the little pictures you see on the screen
March 2007	Reviewing Fundamentals and Basics: Highlighting
February 2007	Classes available to help you Learn!
January 2007	Making the type size larger... Using OS 10.4. Using the Internet. Using Mail
December 2006	Reviewing Fundamentals and Basics: the Save and Save As commands
November 2006	Reviewing Fundamentals and Basics: Finder and the Desktop.
October 2006	The Orange County Public Library...
September 2006	Reviewing Fundamentals and Basics: the Menu Bar and the Dock.
July/August 2006	Reviewing Fundamentals and Basics: the Mac window.
June 2006	This monthly column has archives...
May 2006	What do you do with your computer?
April 2006	Why can’t I open an email attachment???
March 2006	Understanding the Clipboard, Cut, Copy & Paste
February 2006	Mac Users... New, Old & In Between
January 2006	Some info about the Keyboard, Mouse, Trackpad
December 2005	Learn at the Learning Center
November 2005	Some helpful exercises available for learning
October 2005	A moment of silence...
September 2005	Introducing the helpful and dedicated volunteer Supervisors
July/August 2005	AppleWorks Class is now "Word Processing"
June 2005	For Beginners and New Users...
May 2005	Some random Shortcuts & helpful suggestions...
April 2005	Beauty and genius.... our three new iMac G5’s
March 2005	If making music motivates you... GarageBand
February 2005	So, how does one really learn to operate a computer?
January 2005	“Grab” ... or take a screen shot?”
December 2004	Don’t curse the cursor for its fickle faces
November 2004	For Beginners & new users... learn from Tutorials
October 2004	POP, PDA, ISP, TWAIN... what does it all mean???
Aug/Sep 2004	Literature Rack is loaded with good stuff...
June 2004	Learn at the Learning Center.
May 2004	For Beginners: When do you single click? When do you double click?
April 2004	Three beautiful new eMacs online at the Learning Center
March 2004	Google... "to stare with wide and bulging eyes"
February 2004	An opportunity to play with the Panther
January 2004	Burn a CD-R disc more than one time
October 2003	AppleWorks Word Processing... changing default settings

AppleMac Feedback

Shell Weinberg also wrote the "AppleMac Feedback" column, which was published here and in the monthly newsletter. In addition, his earlier columns, entitled "iMac Feedback", are also listed below.

AppleMac Feedback # 17
         For Beginners, New Users, & the computer curious...

AppleMac Feedback # 16
        Another amazing computer project

AppleMac Feedback # 15
        A fun project for your computer

AppleMac Feedback # 14
        The truth about printer inks

AppleMac Feedback # 13
        Maintenance and Spring Cleaning

AppleMac Feedback # 12
        Miscellaneous info re eMac and Panther

AppleMac Feedback # 11
        My new eMac presents a dilemma

AppleMac Feedback # 10
        Slam the SPAM

AppleMac Feedback # 9
        Worthwhile Websites

AppleMac Feedback # 8
        Controversial and Curious

AppleMac Feedback # 7
        Info re fonts and Disc Burning

AppleMac Feedback # 6
        The Dreaded Crash & Tedious Reinstall

AppleMac Feedback # 5
        Welcome to Mac OS X

AppleMac Feedback # 4
        Making Labels

AppleMac Feedback # 3
        SimpleText

AppleMac Feedback # 2
        Customizing Icons

AppleMac Feedback # 1
        Date & Time Stamping

iMac Feedback Archive

iMac Feedback # 1

For fellow iMac owners

Little iMac Book

yo-yo mouse

iMac Feedback # 2

Application title

Menu bar

Mount SuperDisk

iMac Feedback # 3

AppleWorks 5.0

Button bar

iMac Feedback # 4

Restore normal operation

Rebuild Desktop

Zap the Pram

iMac Feedback # 5

The "big freeze"

Push pin device

iMac Feedback # 6

Outlook Express

Netscape Communicator

ISP

iMac Feedback # 7

Little iMac Book

Button bar, not toolbar

Confusing names

iMac Feedback # 8

OS 8.5

Screen shots (pictures)

"clipping"

iMac Feedback # 9

Word Processing

Text ruler

"Leading", line spacing

iMac Feedback # 10

Contextual menus

Auto clock

Saving doc's

Trash

iMac Feedback # 11

Macintosh "windows"

iMac Feedback # 12

Platinum Sounds

Custom noises

Play musical CD

iMac Feedback # 13

"Save" and "Save As"

"SOS"

iMac Feedback # 14

Another start-up story

Pull the plug

iMac Feedback # 15

Shopping for an iMac

A peek at OS 9

iMac Feedback # 16

New iMac DV

Shut Down

DVD

iMac Feedback # 17

Shortcuts

iMac Feedback # 18

iMovie Tutorial

Thoughts about OS 9

iMac Feedback # 19

Disconnect problem

iMac Feedback # 20

Four new iMac models

iMac Feedback # 21

What about the Fkeys?

iMac Feedback # 22

"I Didn't Know You Could Do That..."

iMac Feedback # 23

Contextual Menus

iMac Feedback # 24

Apple Menu

iMac Feedback # 25

E-mail inline/graphics method

iMac Feedback # 26

clip art

Clippings

clipping file

iMac Feedback # 27

Sherlock

Sherlock 2

iMac Feedback # 28

2 1/2 years of iMac Feedback