Application programs
Your computer comes with application programs to play QuickTime videos, to play audio CDs in your
To see what’s available, look on your hard disk and on the
If you have questions about using an application program, refer to the Read Me file for the program, which is usually found inside the program’s folder. Some programs also have online help that you can access after you have installed the program. Look for online help in the Guide (h) menu after you start the program.
For more information about the Apple Internet Connection Kit, see Chapter 6, “Using an Online Service or the Internet.”
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, a tape drive, a series of floppy disks, or to another form of removable media.
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.
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