My daughter wants to learn Typing on her Mac laptop. What is the best Typing Tutor software for Mac for somebody that never taken any lessons in typing before?
Epistory is a beautifully done typing game. I used it to practice when I bought an ergonomic keyboard.
In a story where everything is to be written, ride a giant fox and fight insectile corruption in a beautiful origami world.
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Sorry/ I want a typing course and not a game.
That looks awesome.
Even in 7th grade when I learned how to type we played games. Makes it way more fun. I played a game to learn DVORAK.
What are you looking for in a course specifically?
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I was thinking about an app like Typist
I’ve recently decided it might be a good idea to try & learn to type properly, sadly I’ve years to “bad technique” to unlearn.
Combined with a google image search of which fingers to use for which key I’ve been using this website:
Price tag is quite attractive, it’s free! 
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Thank you. That looks great.
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Never could learn QWERTY. Dvorak resonated with me, and that’s what I’ve used for maybe 20 years now. If I have to type on a QWERTY keyboard, it’s back to four fingers.
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The idea (which I didn’t state explicitly) was to use it for practice.
She can type boring words and sentences, or play a great game killing insects where there is a female protagonist riding a giant fox. She will develop her typing skills implicitly while involved in the game.
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I put an image as my background when learning a new style of typing. The hardest part is remembering those placements.
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Yup, I found it a bit easy to lose which finger was supposed to be going to which key, easier with a split ergonomic keyboard.
I like the idea of setting a back ground image, sounds good for being able to reference at any time.
Typist worked ok for me. Every so often I use it to refresh my brain as to the location of number and symbol keys.
Good idea. Thank you
Thank you. I will let here start with Typist.
Mavis Beacon looks a great product but only for Windows and not for Mac. She has a Mac.
Hi. Mavis Beacon is around for Mac. I have it. It is on the MAS, although I bought it ages ago as a download via Amazon. It was OK but a bit patronising! There is KeyKey that is on the MAS and Setapp. KK supports quite a range including QWERTY and DVORAK plus a range of languages. https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/keykey-typing-practice/id1035137927?mt=12
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There’s a Mac version available.
I actually first used it on a Mac, a Macintosh LC II running System 6.
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Typing Bolt
It is not a Mac application, but a website. No cost.
If you have a Setapp subscription (and everyone on here should), it includes KeyKey Typing Tutor.
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