Services / New Mac setup
Setup
New Mac setup
A new Mac set up properly from day one, and you understand it.
$250
Usually about 2 hrs
Written notes where they'll help
What's included
- Sign in with your Apple Account and turn on iCloud
- Set up Mail, Calendar, Contacts and Passwords
- Arrange the Dock and settings to suit you
- Turn on a backup
- A tour of the gestures and shortcuts you'll use most
What to have ready
- The new Mac, unopened is fine
- Your Apple Account sign-in details
- Any app licences you want installed
Not included
- Moving data from an old computer (add Data transfer)
- Setting up software you don't have a licence for
If there's more to do, we'll happily keep going at $125 an hour until you're ready to stop, or until we need to head to the next appointment. We can always book another visit to finish off.
What you're left with
- Everything set up and working
- Where it helps, written notes with an action list, sent after the session
- Sometimes a printable step-by-step guide, left with you or sent by email