A lot of useful info given here. I need to at some point grab vlc for my mac. I like my MBP but I don't use it that much because I find things to be a lot faster on windows.
On 4/14/18, Simon Fogarty <[email protected]> wrote: > Steve, > > If trying to help andy with this it might be better to say that volumes > don't show on the finder. > > There are no drives or drive letters in a mac like within windows. > > > And yes each one for some reason shows things differently. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Steve Matzura > Sent: Friday, 13 April 2018 7:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Playing audio media on my Macbook > > Remember, drives don't show up in Finder by default. This is something about > which I have never fully comes to intellectual grips. If one were to buy a > Mac, bring it home, turn it on, and start using it, drives appear in > Finder; if one were to install the Mac operating system from scratch, taking > all the defaults with the exception of File Vault and storing the Documents > directory in the cloud, no drives appear in Finder unless and until they are > told to do so. > > > On 4/12/2018 3:08 PM, christopher hallsworth wrote: >> Hi Andy let's start with the basics, in the Finder you should see any >> external media by default, thumb drives included. Unlike Windows, macOS >> automatically mounts these external disks and places them in the Finder. >> Once you have located this, press command-o to open the volume. Note I >> will not use CMD at this stage for simplicity's sake. >> >>> On 12 Apr 2018, at 10:48, 'andy' via MacVisionaries >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all. >>> >>> In brief, I'm a very determined and apparently reluctant learning of the >>> Apple operating system. >>> >>> I've been using windows since Dos 3.1 and like many people, I am afraid >>> of this new system. >>> >>> I Purchased a 27 Imac and a Macbook pro about 2 years ago and have hardly >>> moved in my learning. >>> >>> Despite buying a great book, titled, Janet Ingber - Everything You Need >>> to Know to Use the Mac , I cannot get the motivation to "Use the mac"! >>> >>> My fingers tremble at my Macbook and I'm so afraid of doing something >>> wrong, I'm paralysed. >>> >>> So I'm thinking that I should try something really simple. >>> >>> I'm addicted by the way to talking books, so lets look at that as a >>> method to break the ice. >>> >>> I've placed the above book on a thumb drive but every time I plug it into >>> my Macbook, absolutely nothing happens, so I cannot access this media. >>> >>> On a Windows computer I'm asked "What do you want your computer to do?". >>> >>> So if anyone can tell me how to access a thumb drive and be able to go >>> through some of the easy chapters of this book then listen to them, it >>> may be enough to finally break my spirit and get me started, hahaha. >>> >>> Sorry guys for the long message but I'm sure you have all heard it >>> before. >>> >>> Very best wishes. >>> >>> Andy. >>> From Scotland with Love. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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