What we do
Macintosh computers have changed the world, providing elegant and powerful computer solutions for "the rest of us." MacRory specializes in optimizing Macs and teaching people to use them, through training, system design, documentation and setup. If a computer doesn't improve your life, something needs to change.
At MacRory.Com our goals are simple:
- Increase Pleasure
- Decrease Frustration
- Improve Productivity
Our business history
Through an accident of history, I grew up around computers and happened to be a freshman in 1984 at Reed College the same year the Macintosh was introduced. I learned the basics of desktop publishing and over the years have watched the Macintosh grow and develop as other operating systems have come and gone.
About our staff
After trading a pickup and camper for my first Macintosh in 1989, I went on to join the Teach for America national teachers corps, entering education where low budgets and little support are the order of the day.
What makes us unique
The way you learn about health is by being sick. The way you learn about cars is by fixing your own. So it was that I learned about Macs: limping along by fixing my own and piecing together systems for the classroom from hand-me-downs, castoffs and throwaways. In the process I learned more than I ever wanted to know, and then went on to learn more.
Becoming bored and unhappy with teaching I left, to work as a technical writer and start my own business doing Macintosh consulting. I earned my Apple Product Professional certificate quickly and also became a certified technician for Apple Macintosh and Powerbook repair.
With years of real-world experience with Macs and teaching, a deep technical understanding and the ability to convey it, I'm uniquely qualified to fix and to explain.
Whether you need to make old and new systems work together, understand the Mac better, design databases or edit media, I can help you or your business.
Life is too short to waste on computer problems.
I learned on Unix. I work with Windows, but I love the Mac. Let me help you to get more pleasure from life.
I'm Mac Rory. It's what I do.
I optimize Macs and teach people to use them.