I purchased a Mac Book Pro how to integrate lightroom and Creative cloud

How can I integrate Creative Cloud with a Mac Book Pro?
I currently use Windows 7 file system to store my Lightroom photos.   I have the dng lightroom files in a top file directory and the exports for email and various functions in sub directories.   How does this work in the Mac Book Pro?
Howie

The file system is very similar to, if not exactly the same, as it is on Windows. The problem is the way Apple has chosen to display certain things in a Finder window. Just because there is a Pictures entry in the Finders sidebar, that is on the left of a Finder window, doesn't mean that Shortcut/Alias/Link shows All Pictures on every drive connected to the computer. It is a Link/Alias/Shortcut to the Pictures folder in the Users/CurrentlyLoggedOnUserName folder.
The filing system is the same. There are Folders, Sub-Folder and files just like on Windows. If you want those images you have on a memory card to show up under the Link/Shortcut/Alias named Pictures in the Finders sidebar you will need to Copy them from the card to the Pictures folder under your Username.
Also by default Apple has chosen to hide things from display. If you go to the Finders preferences you can turn on all kind of stuff that make the system easier to use. Specifically what is displayed in the sidebar and on the desktop.
your best bet is to first familiarize yourself with Finder and how it displays things. In Windows the left panel of Win Explorer displays drive letters and other links to certain folders on your drives. OS X Finder does the same if those thing are turn on for display. One big part is OS X doesn't use drive letters. It uses Names. Specifically what on Windows would be the C:\ drive in OS X it is Macintosh HD. The same thing as C, your main drive.
I used a Mac for 2.5 years and IMHO Windows, in general, is easier to use.
Let me add that if you bought your Mac from Apple directly you have 14 days from date of purchase to return it, No Questions Asked, for a full refund.
If you bought it from some other retailer, Apple Authorized reseller, you would need to check with them on their return policy. I know Best Buy has a 30 day return policy.
If you are finding the Mac and OS X just to hard to get use to I suggest you return it and get what you know. That is if you are still within that 14 day return period or within the return period for the reseller you bought it from.

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