Backing up your files
Making backup copies of important files is good protection against possible damage to the originals.
mYou can back up files stored on your hard disk by copying them to floppy disks.
mYou can back up an entire floppy disk by copying it to another floppy disk of the same capacity or larger, or by copying it to a hard disk.
mYou can use a commercial backup program to copy new and changed files from a hard disk to another hard disk, to a tape drive, or to a series of floppy disks.
mIf your computer is on a network, you may be able to back up files by copying them to a shared disk on the network.
Using Power Macintosh application programs
Your Power Macintosh is compatible with most application programs intended for use with Macintosh computers. But certain programs are designed especially for Power Macintosh computers. (These are sometimes called “native” applications.) You’ll find that these programs take best advantage of your computer’s speed.
Special memory requirements
Some Power Macintosh programs may be slightly larger than other programs and may take up more memory. If you find that you are running out of memory when you use your Power Macintosh programs, you can use space on your computer’s hard disk as additional memory. For instructions on how to use hard disk space as memory, see the “Memory” topic of Macintosh Guide, available in the Guide (h) menu.
You can also have more memory added to your computer, as described in “Expanding Memory” in Chapter 3.
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