I have a Mac (running OS 10.7 Lion), and am just starting to learn to play chess. What would you recommend as the best software for learning on a Mac?

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I have Fritz 9, which I can run on an old machine running Windows. It's ok, but it also seems a bit clunky and awkward with its interface (besides simply looking dated -- which I can handle, since it's free for me -- some of the commands are not where I expect them to be, and don't always function the way I would expect).

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I've been trying out the trial of Shredder Classic 4, but find I miss some of the 'newbie' features in the old Fritz 9 software. That's even more the case with Stockfish, which is great for a free app, but doesn't have much (beyond the game itself, of course) for someone new to chess.

So my question is: am I best off with Shredder or Stockfish, and simply doing the best I can to learn from books, or would I still be better off with Fritz 9 on an old computer? I'm open to buying another Windows chess software, but it would need to be VERY GOOD for beginners to convince me to buy software for an OS that I don't really use anymore.