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 > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> 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. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
