Apple 145B manual Open the Practice folder icon, Close all the windows on the Macintosh desktop

3.Open the Practice folder icon.

To open the icon, click the icon to select it and then choose Open from the File menu.

The folder holds the contents of the floppy disk you’ve copied. In this case, the folder is empty because there’s nothing on the Practice disk.

4.Close all the windows on the Macintosh desktop.

You close a window (when it’s the active window) by either clicking its close box or choosing Close Window from the File menu.

Taking care of floppy disks

Follow the care instructions that came with your disks, and remember three key points:

nKeep floppy disks away from magnets. Because information is stored on the disk in the form of magnetic signals, a magnetic field can destroy that information. Televisions and monitors, telephones, loudspeakers, and certain kinds of lighting fixtures all contain magnets.

nProtect disks from extremes of temperature and humidity.

nDo not open the disk’s metal shutter. Touching the disk inside the shutter could damage it.

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