The traffic light buttons in the top left of the pane look similar to Windows, but they behave differently.

Here we answer the top 10 questions of Windows users who have moved to Mac.

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Heres how to do the same things on a Mac that you could do on a PC.

Here we answer the top 10 questions that new switchers ask about how to use Apples powerful OS.

Apple computers do things a little differently than those running Windows though, so here we answer 10 of the most common questions were asked by new users exploring OS X for the first time.

Dont forget: a Mac is the only device on which you can run Windows and OS X at the same time.

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Instead go to System PreferencesTrackpad and enable Secondary Click.

Now you can tap two fingers and the right click menu will appear.

If you have a Magic Mouse then go to System PreferencesMouse and enable Secondary Click, which changes the right side of the mouse button to a right click.

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Common media standards such as JPG, MP3, MOV, and AVI all have compatible apps that automatically open the file when you double-click it.

If youve received the file through email then you can use the Quick Look option (on the right side of the main email panel) to view it first.

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There are a couple of notable exceptions to the compatibility rule: WMV - for which you can install the free, excellent VLC Media Player - or the EXE format, which cannot be opened on a Mac as its a Windows-only executable program.

You dont want to install a Windows executable on your Mac, and you cant.

It is marginally easier on a Windows 10 PC, but on a Mac the process is very easy.

First click on the Apple icon in the top left corner of the screen.

Then from the drop down menu you can choose to either put your Mac in sleep mode, restart or power down completely.

If you just want to log out of your user account then the option is also found at the bottom of the menu.

To access it you can either click on the magnifying glass icon in the top right corner of the screen or hold Cmd-Space, then type the name of your program into the blue search bar that appears.

Alternatively going to the dock and clicking on Launchpad - a silver circle with a spaceship inside - will bring up icons for your installed applications.

If you prefer a Windows Explorer style search then click on the icon that looks like two blue faces to launch Finder.

In most cases it is a simple case of finding the application (see Spotlight above) and then moving it to the trash.

Remember though that an icon from the dock is only a shortcut, so dragging that to the trash will have no effect on the actual app.

In some cases, especially if the app required the administrators password to be installed, you may need to dig a little deeper to remove every last file.

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