I connected to the Pi in two ways – but first, check the ‘Raspberry Pi Configuration’ window, in the ‘Interfaces’ tab, to make sure that ‘SSH’ is Enabled. It was much easier to use my Mac to edit the Pi’s python scripts, than to edit them on the Pi. In the pop-up window, click the ‘Reboot’ button.
Update the system software and firmware to the latest versions by running the following Terminal commands (launching Terminal from the GUI‘s menubar):.Secure connection: In the ‘Interfaces’ tab, in the ‘SSH’ section, tick ‘Enabled’.Boot: Also in the ‘System’ tab, in the ‘Boot’ section, select ‘To CLI’ (generally my projects run from the Command Line Interface, not the ‘Desktop’ graphical user interface).Change password: In the ‘System’ tab, click ‘Change Password…’ and change it from the default password of ‘raspberry’.Timezone: In the ‘Localisation’ tab, click ‘Set Timezone…’ to select your Area and Location.
There are a huge number of tutorials on the Net, showing you how to set up your Raspberry Pi – but, briefly, the process I went through was: Basic set up