Okay, fabulous, thank you, I didn't realise about checking the home directory.The part that confused me was that when I took the first image, I got a 'preview' and it ended up on my desktop.

Can anyone recommend a good book to teach me about the basics that I'm struggling with?

Thanks again.

Okay, thank you, that makes more sense.

So why am I not getting a saved image as the command requests?

Can anyone help please? I am new to code and Pi's so please be gentle. I have a B+ and got it up and running over Christmas, I even managed to take a photo although I can't seem to. Its running remotely now and I have checked that I have the RPI software up to date and I have checked the ribbon cabl...

Thank you for the suggestion, the VNC app, when I try to connect, offers this error:
'the port on which the computer is listening for a connection could not be contacted'.

What am I doing wrong?

Many thanks,

Can I ask for some help and guidance place, I'm new to this. I have been watching this video on YouTube as I like the idea of connecting and controlling my Pi from my iPad: http://youtu.be/RvRH54Ug8sw It's an instruction video on how to connect one to the other by 'JerseyITGuy', he uses an app calle...

Hove, Fruitoftheloom and TrevorAppleton, I salute you, thank you.

I suspect I am very fortunate that I have the correct set up (wireless Mac and router) for easy access, but as I type I am 'headless' and it only took me five minutes to do it too.

Please be VERY gentle, I am new here yet old and not used to code or Raspberry Pi's. I was given a B+ for Christmas (I have fancied a Pi for a while and thought I might lean something useful). The last time I tried to program was in Basic on my ZX Spectrum and I was trying to copy cheats from Crash ...