I wish I could say the same about my life in the digital world! Everything changes, but it is not as cute. A couple of months ago I replaced my old p.c. laptop with a new and wonderful desktop Mac with a huge screen. There were no instructions whatsoever - because Apple is intuitive! It always works fast, no problems with viruses.
But I have so many issues! With my iPhone and iPad I have been charmed by their seemingly seamless interfaces. However, since my iPhone was recently updated, I can no longer download photos to iPhoto on my computer. I don't know how to make the wireless printer work with these things. I can't send email on my iPad. And in the iPhoto program I still can't send photos as an album. Of course there are many ways around Robin's Hood barn with a Mac and I try all of them. No luck. I have asked my young friends with Macs who visit to have a go at helping on these issues, and eventually, they seem as clueless as me. The outcomes are strange and I have to reconfigure what I know. On line help is useless to me.
Yes, I could take some classes on Mac use if I went on an hour and half commute each way to Tampa, but there I would not have my own computer or my own internet access or printer - aargh! I really need some friendly knowledgeable person who could come here, hunker down with me for a couple of hours, and fix these issues.
Many of my elderly friends have taken a different route. The have basic cell phones, old computers that at least do email, maybe print out stuff. But I want more! And I want to know how to do it!
But I have a pretty good attitude about all of this by now. Life goes on and mine is pretty good, and maybe, one day soon, a Mac person will show up (or I'll figure out how to find him or her) and all my issues will be resolved.
Everything changes all the time, it's true. I want to be in the midst of those changes and that's true too.
I feel your pain. I recently bought a new keyboard (Korg Krome Music Workstation) I wondered why there was no printed instruction manual with it? Ah, it came with a CD with the manuals on that in your choice of 6 languages. Fine. My choice: English. The manual is in 4 parts: "Quick Start" is 23 pages. "Operation Guide" is 136 pages. "Parameter Guide" is 372 pages, and the "List of Sounds Library" is 108 pages. I couldn't learn all this in what time I have left on earth!
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