Apple 145 manual Copy the contents of a disk

Copy the contents of a disk

Most programs you’ll use with your Macintosh are supplied on floppy disks. You can use a program more efficiently if you first install it on your hard disk. You install most programs by copying them from the floppy disk to your hard disk.

To practice copying the contents of a floppy disk to your hard disk, use your practice disk (even though there’s nothing on it).

1.Drag the Practice floppy disk icon to the Macintosh HD icon until both icons are highlighted, and then release the trackball button.

Both icons are highlighted when the tip of the arrow pointer reaches the Macintosh HD icon.

When you release the trackball button, the Macintosh copies the contents of the Practice disk onto Macintosh HD (your hard disk). Because there is nothing on the Practice disk, the copying happens very quickly.

Now, find the copy of Practice you just created.

2.Open the Macintosh HD icon.

To open the icon, click the icon to select it and then choose Open from the File menu. (You choose Open by pointing to the File menu title, pressing to pull down the menu, dragging to the Open command, and then releasing the trackball button.)

The Macintosh HD window appears, showing you the contents of the hard disk. The contents should include a new folder called Practice, which the computer created when it copied the contents of the Practice disk to Macintosh HD.

You may have to make the window larger or use the scroll bars to see the Practice folder.

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