Electromen

Apple Numbers is similar to Excel, Pages is similar to Word and Keynote is similar to PowerPoint. In most cases the Apple software can open the Microsoft counterpart, so Numbers can open an Excel document. I use Pages and Numbers for business. I have them on my Mac and my iPhone. Any document that I store on iCloud can be opened and edited on both a Mac and iPhone. If you own a Mac, you get 5GB of free storage space on iCloud. To setup iCloud: Go to the Apple icon in the upper left corner > System Preferences > iCloud. Setup is easy. After that you can select the items that Sync on your Mac, iPhone and iPad. I have everything checked except Keychain and Back to my Mac. Now the cool part, if you add a Bookmark in Safari on your iPhone or iPad, it's now on your Mac and vice versa. Make a Calendar change, it changes on all instantly. The same is true with Mail accounts, Notes, Reminders, Photos and Documents. Find my Mac will locate you wireless computer and IOS devices like iPad and iPhone. It will show you there location on a map. To see what's on iCloud, you can access it in https://www.icloud.com You can add documents to iCloud simply by dragging them from Finder.

Here's another suggestion: If you buy an Apple TV for $99, you can mirror your display to your TV wireless. You can use the TV to show customers CA. The Apple TV is a small device that connects to your TV with HDMI. It makes your TV "Smart" but it can also mirror your computer display wireless.

I think the investment pays off in longevity of the hardware. I have a 2009 Mac Pro dual quad core. I added a solid state drive (SSD) and added some RAM. This computer is still very fast and reliable.

I thought it may be helpful to post some advice for our new Mac users. Please add your thoughts to this thread.Here's a few: 1. After installing new software or if your Mac is acting goofy, it's a good idea to run "Repair Disk Permissions". To do this, go to your Desktop. In the menu bar at the top, click Go > Utilities > Disk Utility. Under the First Aid tab, select your hard drive and Repair Disk Permissions. Let it run. 2. Use "Time Machine". This is a backup utility to an external hard drive. It's one of the best backups I've seen. To set this up, select the Apple icon in the upper left corner > System Preferences > Time Machine. Select the disk you want to back up to and turn ON Time Machine. On my Mac Pro I use a 3TB GDrive external HD. I use a 2TB Airport Time Capsule for my MacBook Air. The Airport Time Capsule is a wireless router and wireless 2TB HD. If this thread shows interest, we can get into things like setting up iCloud and Syncing computers, iPhones and iPads or we can discuss networking Windows with Macs. The items to discuss are many, how many are interested?