Just got first mac

i just got my first ever mac and i have a couple of questions that may be kinda dumb. 1, what are widgets and how do you get them? 2, how do you burn mp3s onto a disc? Can it be done through itunes or is there another app that is better?

Let's see, first off welcome to the forums!

Widgets are nifty little things that you can download through the Internet that offer various services. You view them via Dashboard and there are many different ones to choose from. Here is a good place to start looking for ones that interest you to download:

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/

There also some that come pre-installed on your Mac. To see these click on the + icon in the bottom left corner of the screen when your viewing the Dashboard. Then just simply drag it onto the screen!


I'm not sure but you may be able to burn mp3 discs under Disk Utility under Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility. If you don't see anything there I'm sure software like Toast would do it, I have never done an mp3 disc so I don't know. Now if your talking about just making an Audio CD then yes iTunes would work just fine, just put songs on a Playlist and burn the Playlist!

The easiest way to burn mp3s is through iTunes. Check the app's preferences, including under Advanced, to set up the process and for the various choices you can make.

To get to dashboard press F12