Backing up your files – Apple Power Macintosh 6200 Series User Manual

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Hiding and showing windows on the desktop

You can hide all windows except those of the active program by choosing
Hide Others from the Application menu.

The other programs remain open even though their windows are hidden.
When you switch to another program, its windows become visible again.

If you want to see all the open windows, choose Show All from the
Application menu.

Backing up your files

Making backup copies of important files is good protection against possible
damage to the originals.

m You can back up files stored on your hard disk by copying them to floppy

disks.

m You can back up an entire floppy disk by copying it to another floppy disk,

or to a hard disk.

m You 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.

m If your computer is on a network, you can back up files by copying them to

a shared disk on the network.

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