A Mac course from FTS Computer Repair
A calm, step-by-step course for your Mac — in plain English, at your own pace, on the computer you already own.
57 lessons across 9 modules · One-time payment · Lifetime updates
Does this sound familiar?
"I came from a PC and now I can't find anything."
"Everyone keeps saying Finder. What is Finder?"
"My photos are in here somewhere."
"What is the Dock for, and why do things bounce?"
"I'm frightened I'll delete something I need."
"My son set it up for me, and now I'm on my own."
Here's the part nobody says out loud: none of that means you're bad with computers. A Mac does things its own way — different names, different places, different habits — and nobody ever sat down and showed you how. That's the whole reason this course exists.
Picture this instead
Introducing
A friendly guide to your Mac — start to finish.
iMac · MacBook · Mac mini
It's built for the person who was handed a new Mac and told "you'll figure it out." Short lessons, in plain English, each one building on the last. No technical background needed. Nothing assumed.
It's $97, once — not a subscription, not a class you have to keep up with. You go at your own speed. Stop in the middle of a lesson, make a cup of coffee, come back tomorrow — it waits for you. And when you forget how to do something three months from now (everyone does), you come back and watch that one part again.
It is not a pile of tips. It's one organized path from "this is the cable that plugs in here" all the way to "I know how to keep this thing safe and running." By the end, your Mac stops being a mystery and starts being a tool you own.
The course · in order
57 lessons across 9 modules — each one ends with something real you can do on your own Mac.
Module 1
Turn it on, find your way around the desktop, Dock and menu bar.
✓After this you'll be able to: start up, sign in and find your way around without hunting for anything.
Module 2
Clicking, typing, windows, and the trackpad or mouse — at your own pace.
✓After this you'll be able to: click, type and move windows around with a steady hand, and use the trackpad without fighting it.
Module 3
Save things where you can find them again, and organise your pictures.
✓After this you'll be able to: save a file and find it again weeks later, and know exactly where your photos live.
Module 4
Browse safely, send email, and keep in touch with family.
✓After this you'll be able to: get online, send an email, and message the people you love.
Module 5
Install what you need, remove what you don't, keep things tidy.
✓After this you'll be able to: add a new app the safe way, and clear out the ones you never use.
Module 6
Passwords, scams, updates and backups explained in plain words.
✓After this you'll be able to: spot a scam before it gets you, and know your Mac is updated and backed up.
Module 7
Share photos, messages and files between your Apple devices.
✓After this you'll be able to: move photos and files between your Mac, iPhone and iPad without emailing them to yourself.
Module 8
Bigger text, louder sound, and the comfort settings that make your Mac yours.
✓After this you'll be able to: make the screen easier to read and set your Mac up to suit you.
Module 9
Simple routines that keep your Mac running well.
✓After this you'll be able to: keep your Mac quick and healthy with a few easy habits.
Good to know
This course is about your Mac. Module 7 shows you how to get photos, messages and files moving between your Mac and your Apple devices — but it does not teach you how to use the iPhone or iPad themselves. That has its own course: Apple Devices Made Easy, a full step-by-step guide to your iPhone and iPad.
See Apple Devices Made Easy →[ Jolene: swap in the Apple Devices Made Easy landing page URL ]
Still growing
As the Mac changes and technology keeps moving, new lessons get added — and because your access is for life, everything added later is already yours at no extra cost.
So think of this as a sneak peek at a course that keeps growing. And if there's something you were hoping to learn that isn't covered yet, the feedback form at the end is how it gets added.
Why not just look it up?
The answers are written for people who already know the words. And it's hard to search for something when you don't know what it's called.
Good videos exist. But they're out of order, half of them are for an older Mac, and you're left stitching together a course by yourself.
Accurate and complete — and written for technicians. Three sentences in, you're reading about something you never asked about.
They fix it in thirty seconds, too fast to follow. The problem is solved, but you didn't learn it — so next time, you call again.
The organized path
One path, in order, in plain English — built for exactly where you're starting. Nothing skipped, nothing assumed, and it's yours to come back to should you forget.
Those other resources aren't bad. They're just not a course. For $97 you get the organized version, built for you. This is the one organized path made for everyday people, not technicians.
Who's teaching you
"I've spent years answering the exact questions you're probably asking right now."
I run FTS Computer Repair in Florence, Oregon, and I've been serving this community for more than 10 years. I have 25+ years of experience in technology and have been teaching for 10+ years.
But the part of this job I love has nothing to do with the technical side. It's helping someone go from uneasy to comfortable — taking the stress and the second-guessing out of sitting down at a computer, and replacing it with oh, I can do that.
Some of my favorite moments are when a customer who came in worried about breaking something leaves actually excited about what their Mac can do for them. That's the whole job, as far as I'm concerned.
That's what this course is. Me, explaining the Mac the way I'd explain it if I were sitting right beside you — without the jargon, and without ever making you feel silly for asking.
The benefits of a course
I've done a lot of one-on-one tutoring over the years, and I still do. But there are a few things a course does better than an hour in the shop.
In a session, the clock is running. Here there isn't one. Stop in the middle of a step, make a cup of coffee, come back tomorrow. The lesson waits.
An hour of tutoring is a lot to take in at once. The course breaks it into short lessons, so you're only ever holding one idea at a time.
Taking notes is great — but a note can't show you the screen. If you can't remember it in March, open that lesson again and watch it happen.
I don't only point at a button. You learn what it does and why it sits where it does — so the next unfamiliar screen isn't a dead end.
Doing something once while I watch isn't the same as doing it five times yourself. Repeat any lesson as often as you like, until your hands just know it.
More tutoring means booking and paying for another session. The course is one payment, and you can go through the whole thing as many times as you want.
None of this replaces sitting down together. If you're local to Florence and you'd rather learn in person, I still do one-on-one sessions — book at ftscomputerrepair.com. The course just means you don't have to book one every time you forget something.
Let's be honest
Get started
$97
One-time payment · Lifetime updates
You'll get a link to create your account — access within 24 hours of payment confirmation.
Please read before you buy: This is a digital course, so once access has been granted there are no refunds. If you're not sure it's the right fit, email me first at info@ftscomputerrepair.com — I'd rather answer your question than sell you something you don't need.
Before you decide
Only where they meet your Mac. Module 7 covers sharing photos, messages and files between your Apple devices, so they work together nicely. But learning your iPhone or iPad properly — the buttons, the apps, the settings — is a separate course called Apple Devices Made Easy. If your questions are mostly about your phone rather than your computer, that's the one you want.
Yes — and I mean truly from the beginning. I've worked with seniors who had never felt comfortable with technology, and with people of every age and skill level in between. So the course starts where most courses don't: at the very beginning — the equipment and the everyday words — before anything is taken for granted. Nothing is assumed, and nothing is skipped.
Then you're exactly who this was made for. “Terrible with computers” almost always means “nobody ever explained it in a way that made sense.” You'll go one small step at a time, and you can repeat any step as often as you want.
Yes — the course walks you through the Mac specifically, so you'll want a Mac to follow along on. Not sure which Mac you have? You can check in a few clicks: click the Apple menu in the top-left corner of the screen and choose About This Mac — it's all listed there.
Completely. There's no schedule and no class time. Do one lesson a week, or one a day, or take a month off in the middle — it's waiting whenever you come back.
Lifetime access. It's a one-time payment, and you get the updates for life — so when the Mac changes something, your course changes with it.
As many times as you like. Most people do — that's the whole point of having it instead of asking someone. Come back in six months when you've forgotten how to do something, and it's still there.
That's normal. Mac software updates change small things from time to time. The course teaches you where to look and why, so you can find it even when a button has moved or been renamed.
No. Everything covered uses what already comes with your Mac.
You'll receive an email with a link to create your account. Once your payment is confirmed, access is granted within 24 hours — then you simply sign in and start with the first lesson.
Because this is a digital product, there are no refunds once access has been granted. So have a good look at everything listed above before you buy — and if you're unsure whether it's right for you, email me at info@ftscomputerrepair.com and I'll tell you straight.
Yes. The course is built so you can work through it on your own, but you're not on your own. If you'd like more hands-on help, one-on-one support and in-store tutoring are available if you're local to Florence, Oregon — book an appointment at www.ftscomputerrepair.com. If you're outside the area, email me at info@ftscomputerrepair.com or text (541) 590-2474 for phone support.
You don't need to become a computer expert. You don't need to learn everything. You just need to feel comfortable using the Mac that's already sitting on your desk.
That's a few evenings of easy lessons away — $97, one time, and it's yours from then on.
Taught by Jolene at FTS Computer Repair · Florence, Oregon