Are you new to Mac?
If this is your first Mac computer, here’s some helpful information to help you get your bearings and get started with macOS.
The menu bar runs along the top of the screen on your Mac and contains menus, status icons, and controls so you can quickly get things done. The Dock is at the bottom of the screen and contains the apps you use most. The desktop is the area between the menu bar and Dock, and is where you’ll do most of your work. The background picture on your desktop is called the wallpaper.
Use the Dock and menu bar
Use the menus and icons in the menu bar to open the Apple menu or Control Center, search with Spotlight, activate Siri, view the status of your camera and microphone, and more. You can open apps with a click right from the Dock.
 Open the Apple menu Click Apple menu |  Quickly access settings in Control Center Click |
 Search with Spotlight Spotlight is an easy way to find anything on your Mac—including apps, files, actions, and even things on your Clipboard. Click |  Ask Siri Siri is the intelligent assistant that’s built into your Mac to help you get things done. Click |
 View camera and microphone status When a green or orange light appears next to Control Center in the menu bar, this means that either your camera |  Use the Dock to open apps Click an app in the Dock to open it, or click |
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in the Dock, then click the app you want to open from the list of apps that appears. Open apps have a black dot beneath them in the Dock.View and manage windows
You can have multiple windows for an app open at a time. Use the buttons in the top-left corner of a window to resize and close windows.
 Close a window Click |  Minimize a window Click |
 Change the size of a window Click |  Arrange windows Move the pointer over |
 See all your open windows Press |  Quit an app When you close an app window, the app itself remains running in the background. To close all the app windows and stop the app from running in the background, Control-click the app icon in the Dock, then choose Quit. |
Find and organize files
Use the Finder to find and organize almost everything on your Mac, including documents, images, movies, and any other files you have.
 Open Finder Click |  Change how you view items Click one of the view buttons at the top of the Finder window to view items as icons |
 Take a Quick Look at an item Select a file in Finder, then press the Space bar to view the item without opening the file. |  Quickly rotate, markup, and crop a file In Column |
on the right to see Quick Actions like rotate, markup, or create a PDF, depending on the type of tile you’ve selected.Want to learn more?
To get to know more about the keyboard and trackpad, including information about the Command and Function keys, popular keyboard shortcuts, and common gestures, see Magic Keyboard for MacBook Air and MacBook Air trackpad.
To learn more about moving and arranging app windows on your desktop, see Move and arrange app windows on Mac, Use apps in Split view, and Tile windows.
For different ways to manage all your open windows, see View open windows and spaces in Mission Control, Work in multiple spaces, and Organize your Mac desktop with Stage Manager.
To learn more about Control Center and Notification Center, see Use Control Center on Mac and Use Notification Center on Mac.
If you’re switching from Windows, see Switched from Windows to Mac?
If you have an iPhone, check out Use Continuity to work across Apple devices to learn how you can use your iPhone with your new Mac.