so the macbook is working fine.
once again i would like to thank everyone for the help
Glad to hear it’s all been sorted out for you. Speaking as someone who started with computers before the IBM PC and has experienced various versions of DOS and Windows through the past two decades, switching from PC to Mac is a bit of a shock at first.
Booby-traps like poorly-designed routers certainly don’t help. either!
Welcome to the other side! 