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anamardoll · 03-20-2012, 03:14 PM

I always find the Apple/Everything Else threads interesting because I'm one of those Rare Unicorn Mutants who does not find Apple easy or intuitive at all. Husband has a high end Mac that he bought to program on (he wanted to create a Mac-compatible version of ARAT at the time), and I used it a couple of times before rage-quitting.

I remember specifically using it because I wanted to test drive the Mac Scrivener which has more features than the Windows Scrivener. I spent 10 minutes trying to figure out how to perform a basic "Save As..." function in a different location than the Mac default. Husband came over to help, and another 15 minutes were lost. Eventually he got on his PC, and Google informed him how to get the Mac to work. I'd long since lost interest and gone back to Windows.

I just do not find Macs easy to use at all. Menus and options seem to be hidden from my Windows/Android-oriented mind. And given that there's one in my house that I watch being used from time to time and my parents have two iPads that they carry with them, I'm pretty sure the problem isn't that I'm unfamiliar with the interface. So I find these conversations interesting.

03-20-2012, 03:14 PM	#54
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	I always find the Apple/Everything Else threads interesting because I'm one of those Rare Unicorn Mutants who does not find Apple easy or intuitive at all. Husband has a high end Mac that he bought to program on (he wanted to create a Mac-compatible version of ARAT at the time), and I used it a couple of times before rage-quitting. I remember specifically using it because I wanted to test drive the Mac Scrivener which has more features than the Windows Scrivener. I spent 10 minutes trying to figure out how to perform a basic "Save As..." function in a different location than the Mac default. Husband came over to help, and another 15 minutes were lost. Eventually he got on his PC, and Google informed him how to get the Mac to work. I'd long since lost interest and gone back to Windows. I just do not find Macs easy to use at all. Menus and options seem to be hidden from my Windows/Android-oriented mind. And given that there's one in my house that I watch being used from time to time and my parents have two iPads that they carry with them, I'm pretty sure the problem isn't that I'm unfamiliar with the interface. So I find these conversations interesting.