[SOLVED] Book to help a Senior

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My elderly father is an expat and technologically quite inept. My sister, who is also abroad but somewhere else, suggested he buy a MacBook Pro because she felt OSX might be easier to use. He loves his little girl and took her advice. (Personally, I think it was my sister's cunning plan because she knows nothing about Macs.)

Unfortunately, none of his work colleagues are familiar with Macs either so he doesn't have anyone to show him how to get more proficient on it. He can just about Skype and check Facebook. I am at my wits end trying to explain via Skype how to go about it, so I thought I would send him a book.

Which do you recommend for a technologically inept senior?
 
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Someday you will be a senior yourself. Have patience with him.There is a book called Mac users for Idiots try this out.It is easy to learn and interesting also to read.
 
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Musical Marv, McHenryB thank you for your suggestions of books.

I didn't know whether they would be simple enough for someone like my father, so your recommendations are gratefully received. I've ordered both of them. Now to organise shipping them to the part of the desert where he is. I really hope the books can give him a reference point and a foundation and then I can Skype around what he learns from them.

Once again, many thanks!
 
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