Quote Originally Posted by jim View Post
Right click on Finder and choose “New Finder Window”
"Right click"? On a Mac? Huh?

- - - Updated - - -

Quote Originally Posted by jim View Post
The only gotcha I can think of when cut/copy/pasting is that when you drag a file to move it, the OS will copy it when moving between two different drives, but cut when moving between two folders on the same drive. You can override the copying if you wish to cut by holding down the command key.
Vastly simpler on a PC. If you are smart, you do all your copying/moving using the right mouse button (no keyboard required) - it simply asks you which of the possible actions (move/copy/etc) you want.