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195 Free Mac Video Tutorials – The Master List for New Mac Users

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This list is a master list of all the free screencasts that cover Mac basics.

Many of the links screencasts are free samples from companies that offer much more for a fee.

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195 Free Mac Video Tutorials – The Master List for New Mac Users

By: Chris Kerins
Published: Friday, June 13, 2008
Categories: Getting Help

Hate reading? Some people are better watching someone show them how than figuring something out from instructions. If this sounds like you, then you'll love our master list of free Mac video tutorials.

Some people call them screencasts, others video tutorials. Some authors make them for profit and some offer them for free. You'll find a mixture of these out on the web and for the most part, they can be very helpful to those who like to watch.

I've gone ahead and linked to the free ones, but often they are provided as samplers of a larger body of screencasts that you can purchase. So if you find these to be a great way to learn about your new Mac, go ahead and pay for the full content from groups like ScreenCastsOnline, Switching2Mac, and MacProVideo. You notice on the web pages pitches to buy the full group of tutorials. If you decide to become a member of ScreenCastsOnline, use our affiliate link to help MFM.

As to the free ones, Apple has really been putting out first rate videos lately. It appears that they have been making a concerted effort to reach Mac users in video form as well as their robust text driven help. They even offer their quick tips as podcasts. Apple also offers some guided tours linked to in the Dig Deeper section at the bottom.

In making this list for you, I've stayed with tutorials for Mac Basics plus many of the essential applications that come with your new Mac. I've tried to pick ones that are current with Leopard, but there are some Tiger ones included that would also work in Leopard.

I've skipped the older and out of date ones. Believe it or not, there are some that go back to System 7. Also, there are additional tutorials out there that cover other applications, but this list is focused on a solid Mac foundation. Use the Comments section below to add your favorites.

Mac Basics

Anatomy of a Mac - Apple

Move to Mac - Apple

Introducing stacks - Atomic Learning

Changing View options for stacks - Atomic Learning

Changing Desktop Picture - MacProVideo

Recording A Disc Image - MacProVideo

Working with Expose - MacProVideo

Changing User Icon - MacProVideo

Welcome to Leopard - VTC

Use Two Computers in One - VTC

Mac OS X Power & Integration - VTC

Introducing the Leopard Interface - VTC

Using Buttons - VTC

Working with Text - VTC

Display Data - VTC

Working with Window & View Menus - VTC

Finder View - Switching2Mac

Cover Flow & Quick Look - Switching2Mac

Installing Applications - Switching2Mac

Cocoa Dictionary - Murphy Mac

When Force Quit Doesn’t Work - There’s Still Kill - Murphy Mac

Contain Your Desktop Clutter - Murphy Mac

In the Corner - Murphy Mac

Tweak Your Toolbar - Murphy Mac

Leopard 10.5.2 and Spaces - ScreenCastsOnline

Setting Up Your Mac - Part 1 - ScreenCastsOnline

Setting Up Your Mac - Part 2 - ScreenCastsOnline

Leopard - Time Machine - ScreenCastsOnline

OS X productivity tips - Macworld Video

Inside Mac OS X 10.5.2 - Macworld Video

Finder's hidden powers - Macworld Video

10 tips to be thankful for - Macworld Video

Leopard Gems - Macworld Video

Lesser-known Leopard features - Macworld Video

Favorite Leopard Features - Macworld Video

Aliases Vs. Files 4.5 mb - MacProVideo

Using Windows - The Basics - VTC

Window Drawers/Toolbar & Sidebars - VTC

Searching the Dictionary - Apple

Do More Than Search - Apple

Take a Quick Look - Apple

Sharing Screens - Apple

Short Stack - Apple

Setting Default Applications - Apple

Accessing Favorite Colors - Apple

Snapshots of Your Screen - Apple

That Perfect Word - Apple

Setting Favorite Fonts - Apple

Easily Create PDFs - Apple

Keyboard Shortcuts - Apple

Applications All Together - Apple

Organizing Files in Finder - Apple

Expose & Hot Corners - Apple

Zip up your files - Apple

Switching from Windows

Windows on a Mac -Apple

Access Mac-Formatted Drives from Windows - Murphy Mac

Switcher Guide: Keyboard Shortcuts - Murphy Mac

System Preferences For Switchers - Murphy Mac

Parallels Desktop for Mac - ScreenCastsOnline

Optimizing Windows on your Mac - Macworld Video

Preview

New Selection Tools in Leopard Preview - Murphy Mac

Annotating PDFs - Apple

Dashboard

Dashboard Widgets as Mini-Apps - VTC

Dashboard Widgets as Data Interfaces - VTC

Widget Interface Design Guidelines - VTC

Accessory Widgets - VTC

Application Widgets - VTC

Information/Internet Widgets Pt.1 - VTC

Information/Internet Widgets Pt.2 - VTC

Finding Third-Party Widgets - VTC

Downloading a Widget - VTC

Getting to Dashboard - VTC

Using the Widget Bar - VTC

Multiple Copies of Widgets - VTC

Using the Clipboard with Widgets - VTC

Make a Widget in Five Seconds - Murphy Mac

Widget Cleanup - Murphy Mac

Wireless

Wireless Basics -Apple

Setting Up Your Wireless Network -Apple

Wireless Printing, Backup, and More -Apple

Mail

Setting up your email accounts - Atomic Learning

Setting the account your email is sent from - Atomic Learning

Working with passwords - Atomic Learning

Importing email into Mail - Atomic Learning

Adding addresses you've used recently - Atomic Learning

Adding a picture for someone in your Address Book - Atomic Learning

Choosing an email format - Atomic Learning

RSS in Mail - Apple

Creating To-Do's - Apple

Mail Data Detectors - Apple

Pictures in email - Apple

Drag and drop mail merging - Apple

Address Book

Setting up your contact information - Atomic Learning

Adding a contact to Address Book - Atomic Learning

Adding notes to a contact - Atomic Learning

Adding pictures to a contact card - Atomic Learning

Using a video snapshot as the picture on a card - Atomic Learning

Use Address Book to Send an SMS - Murphy Mac

Combine Duplicate Address Cards - Murphy Mac

Address Book Groups - Apple

Maps in Address Book - Apple

iChat

iChat File Transfer - Apple

iChat Bonjour File Transfer - Apple

Safari

Browser Wars: Game On - Murphy Mac

Google Special Queries - Murphy Mac

Dragging Tabs and URLs - Murphy Mac

Send a Page, Not a Link - Murphy Mac

RSS in Safari - Murphy Mac

Safari tips - Macworld Video

Safari 3 - Macworld Video

PDFs in Safari - Apple

Restoring Safari Sessions - Apple

Surf Faster - Apple

Private web browsing - Apple

Too much for 1 page!

Continue to Part II of 195 Free Mac Video Tutorials - iLife Apps >>

DIG DEEPER

More from Apple

Guided Tours - Mac OS X Leopard

Guided Tours - iLife

Apple - iLife - Tutorials

Apple - Find Out How - iWork

.Mac Learning Center

The Apple Quick Tip of the Week Video Podcast


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Macaholic
06/13/2008 at 12:07 PM

So good, we added it to our home page at macCompanion magazine.
http://www.maccompanion.com

Robert Pritchett
06/14/2008 at 07:08 PM

All I can say is THANK YOU to whoever created this site and all those who work on it to make it what is is......FANTASTIC!

Shelly
08/12/2008 at 05:03 PM

Thanks for telling me about Murphy Mac. What an incredible resource!

Katie
09/14/2008 at 12:54 PM

how do you get a picture off google and put it on your desktop for the wall paper?

aaron
10/19/2008 at 07:50 PM

I really appreciate this. It may be enough to convince me to buy a mac. Until then, I'll stick with Linux because it's free, and I'm a poor college student.

-Hugh

Hugh Baleu
12/11/2008 at 08:40 PM

What a great Mac resource! I found some great videos over at http://www.macvideotraining.com/ but I'll be coming back here often to continue my new Mac education! Thanks Chris!

nufanboy
12/12/2008 at 01:22 AM

woow this reaaly good archieve. thanks chirs.

Para Kazanmak
01/03/2010 at 06:34 PM

Great - like most I bookmarked the page - then also saw that I could open a folder and learnt how to save that bookmark into a folder, which I called Mac!!

BUR, what I am searching for is re copying from a memory stick.

Wish to transfer info from my old window PC to this new macbrook pro.

Desmond O'Connor
01/13/2010 at 12:21 AM

Desmond, you'll probably need a usb memory stick adapter. I think only Sonys work directly with memory sticks.

Chris Kerins
01/13/2010 at 10:43 AM