I have a MacBook Air. Have always used Mac products. My oldest son who is now 54, got me started years ago. Over the years, because of jobs, he moved away from Macs, and has used Linux for quite a long time. He’s a tech whiz. I don’t know how he remembers all the stuff. But I can’t call him if I have a question about anything with my Mac because he hasn’t kept up on them. I’m not very technical, but he taught me how to check this and that, and I search online to see if anyone else has had the same problem, and look for recommendations. The only thing I use my laptop for is the internet, paying my bills, downloading TV programs, and working on my family tree.
Lol.. I’ve been a techie since around 1980 (well, started computing in 1980)..
I still wouldn’t be able to directly help on anything to do with Apple though (although I did begin to learn programming on an Apple II).
The key thing is that he taught you HOW to search for your questions/issues. The word(ing) in the searches can make the biggest differences :^)