Hi, cannot answer your question as I have not a mac myself yet but I might have some links that will make things a little better for you and will post them hear for you to listen to. They are mostly podcast and are done by a very good Mac user and does very good podcast his name is Mike Arrigo and you will find his stuff very helpful even though some of it is very old It think the basic is still the same. HTH and enjoy that Mac! http://www.blindcooltech.com/index.html The above link is to BCT site ( Blind Cool Tech ) site and you can navigate this by headings and just look for Mac demos by Mike Arrigo . There is others done by other as well and these might be helpful as well. Also if you have I blink radio app on a IOS device this would have lots of tutorial on the mac as well as podcast the link to this app is below. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iblink-radio/id332027117?mt=8 The next link is very helpful on all kind of things . http://www.icanworkthisthing.com/ Bubba bubbathegeek@xxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith Christian Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 12:17 AM To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mac4theblind] New to MAC! I just purchased my Mac Book Pro. A friend helped me get started and removed the hard drive icon off the desktop. Any idea of how I put it back? Is this a very common way to access apps like mail and Pages? Or do you find it easier to move to the Doc and launch it from there? I can't figure out how to even get to the doc right now. But Command Space launches the spot light and I can type pages in there and get going on word processing. But that is about it for me now. Is it easy to make aliases? Is that the right term for making short cuts to applications? I am feeling frustrated and overwhelmed. That is how most people that I talk to feel when they start with Windows and here I am *smile*. Appreciate any tips or support. Keith ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx