Hi, Go to the apple menu and select shut down and then select ok and it will shut down. HTH. Matthew From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 5:53 PM To: macvoiceover Subject: [macvoiceover] shutting down a Mac Hi, Talk about basic! I am listening to the podcasts from blind cool tech and there is nothing about how to turn off the Mac when you're done. How do you do that? Thanks - Mary