New to Mac :))

Have a look at the following links, as the information presented there might be helpful in your future endeavours into Mac OS X and could clear up initial confusion and may even prevent harm to your system or your files.

Mac OS X Basics

Switch 101 - guide with articles made by Apple on how to accustom yourself, after you switched to Mac OS X from Windows​

Mac 101 - How to get started with Mac OS X​

Find out how - tutorial videos made by Apple on how to do certain thing in Mac OS X​

Pro tips - tips made available by Apple for easier ways of doing certain tasks​

Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts - Learn about common Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts.​

Mac OS X Beginner's Guide by MacRumors - learn about software, media players, shortcuts and some useful tips, tricks and hints​

Mac Guides - tutorials, product guides and more​

MRoogle - a very effective tool to search these fora using Google and made available by edesignuk, introductory threads: 1, 2 and 3​

"How to maximise your MacRumors troubleshooting experience" created by mad jew in 2006​

 

always great info <3

 

Swipe all 4 fingers down when you have a few windows open and see what happens

 

I also recently just got my first Mac. Aside from the obvious greater simplicity of OSX when compared to Windows, my favorite features are using the multi-touch features of the touch pad (There is an app out there to customize this and I highly recommend for you to get it).

Scrolling down with 2 fingers, using 3 fingers to quickly get to the top and bottom of pages, using 4 to go to Expose and quickly switch to another program. All this is so intuitive and quickly becomes second nature. It's so helpful for a person like me who primarily uses a computer for Itunes and the web to browse forums.

 

Congratulations on switching to Mac, you are going to love it!

Cheers,
Jonathan Borichef

 

Some software I suggest:

BetterTouchTool- Custom trackpad gestures, I use this all the time and its absolutely fantastic

SMC Fan Control- Lets you set the speed of your fans so that it stays cooler instead of the fans running at a speed that just keeps it within operating limits. (I keep mine at about 3000rpm if I'm doing light stuff)

Dropbox- 2GB free cloud storage- keeps files synced between computers, your phone, and their website. (use my referral link please: https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTc3NzYwMTc5)

And Steam if you game. I've only played some portal and half life 2 so far and they're very good

I also use istat 2 to monitor cpu and mem(google it and its free, or you can get v3 for $16) and gmail notifier.

 

You'll find answers to a great number of questions here:

Helpful Information for Any Mac User