Best Mac typing tutor

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! :wink:

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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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I learned on Mavis Beacon once upon a time. It’s still around.

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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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Nitpick

Setapp includes lots of good apps. As a mostly iPad user. there is little there for me. I’m godfathered on Ulysses.and Mac apps such as the Hindenburg family aren’t included.

I pretend to be of the less is more school as far as apps are concerned.

Best and free:

https://www.typingclub.com

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Me too! It did everything I needed.

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Hi, I got
https://type-fu.com

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I also ended up with Type-fu as @diegogdiegog suggested. I am using it o learn how to type on a Dvorak keyboard but it also has Colemak if that matters/