I'm new on iMac, a lot of questions.

I have, after 20 years of Windows, made the leap to everything Apple. I had all the other devices (iPhone, iPad, etc) for a few years and finally got an iMac. It's a mid-2011 21.5 "model low spec in entry for me. I had it a few days and put everything in place as well as an upgrade of the El Capitan.

There will be a lot of questions, so I'll post them in this thread instead of making several for each topic. The biggest problem is that I don't know anyone with an iMac to help me and even if I have a question I don't know the terminology to explain my question to the public online. So, having said that, my questions will be very simplistic in the wording of the description.

The bar downstairs, the dock, I believe it is called, features icons (apps?) and in some, there is a black dot. What is this point?

I was very surprised to see the word "Windows" in the menu bar at the top of the screen. What do you call this bar at the top of the screen?

There are 18 000 + photos on my Windows PC, if I move all these images the iCloud iMac will fill them to my other devices? Do I have a choice as to what photos I want to be on every device?

I don't see anywhere a reference to the video or video app on the iMac. I have videos on an external hard drive I want to import on the iMac or I have to keep on the external hard drive? It is a Western Digital and I'm not even sure that its format will work with Apple.

How can I turn off the monitor with the keyboard (2009)? Has it a function Alt + F4 to close a window? The F4 key, I get what he's called Launchpad. However, the key F3 that spread out the windows on the screen, which is that the called function?

Where can I find my "recent items" like on Windows menu start?

How do I get Numbers, Pages, and Keynote on the iMac because they are on my iPhone and iPad?

Well, that's it for a start, but I know that there will be a lot more questions so please be patient with me. Thanks in advance for the help!

The black dot means that the execution of the program indicated by the icon

The bar upstairs is the menu bar

If you have enabled the iCloud photo library, you can import your pictures to the pictures on the iMac and they will be loaded in iCloud, know as 18 000 images may take a very long time to load (days or weeks)

Any other device using iCloud photo library will get the whole thing, an option is not available with device.

You cannot turn off the monitor

Recent Articles are visible under the small Apple (top left of the menu bar)

Pages etc. can be purchased from the Mac App store.

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