Computer Help for Seniors

7/9/13 iPad Notes - open forum Moving apps around on the home screen 1) tap and hold till the apps wiggle 2) tap hold and drag the app to where you want to put it, if in another screen, move the icon to the edge for the next screen Stop the wiggling 1) press the home button Beware! Pressing the x on the wiggling icon will remove the app from the iPad. Folders/groups for apps 1)  tap and hold on the app to move 2) drag the app on top of another app to create a group 3) the new group will appear with the title above ( tap to edit the title as needed) Safari - your tool, browser to navigate through he Internet Go to a specific website address, I.e. SFGate.com 1) open safari 2)tap the top white bar 3) tap the x on the right to remove the current address 4) type in the address to go to i.e. SFGate.com( without spaces) 5) press go on the keyboard 6) page will appear Save the page to the desktop or as a bookmark 1) open the page to save 2) tap the arrow and square a

Dock Remove an Icon 1) Quickly click hold and drag the icon to the desktop Change the position of an Icon on the Dock 1) Quickly click hold and drag the icon to another place on the dock Add an icon to the Dock 1) Click on the "Go" menu 2) Click "applications" 3) find the application you want to add to the dock 4) click hold and drag the icon onto the dock Change the dock settings, position, etc 1) Go to the apple menu (top left) 2) Click "system preferences" 3) Click "dock" 4) Make the needed adjustments Towers Class Instruction Blog sfct.net Instructions/Manual for the Macintosh OS http://www.apple.com/support/osx/ Check the version of the OS 1) Click the apple menu 2) go to "about this mac" 3) your version will be displayed View your serial/build number 1) click on the OS version and the build number, then the serial number will be displayed When doing Google Searches BE SURE to look at the source of the abstract displayed in green

Online Translators translate.google.com babelfish.com bing.com/translator   1.     Copy and paste the text you want to translate into the original language window. 2.     Choose the language to translate the original language text to. 3.     The translation will appear. **click the speaker to hear the translation**   Use a language learning system online for free Search on google "free Spanish lessons online" Try the different results until you find one easy to use and one that you prefer. Ex. http://www.spanishprograms.com/   Search on youtube.com for language lessons   Or look for networks of people interested in learning languages via the internet, some for free and some paid. You can practice Spanish, they can practice English. http://italki.com/ http://www.palabea.com/ http://livemocha.com/   Search youtube.com for how to videos, language lessons, music, old movies, etc. When the search results appear notice these details: