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Backing up your files 38, Backing up your files – Apple Macintosh LC 630 DOS User Manual

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For instructions on switching from the Macintosh environment to the PC
environment, see the section “Switching Between the Macintosh and PC
Environments” in Chapter 5.

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.

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

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You can back up an entire floppy disk by copying it to another floppy disk,
or to a hard disk.

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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.

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If your computer is on a network, you can back up files by copying them to
a shared disk on the network.

To back up files in the Macintosh environment, copy the files to a disk
manually or use a Macintosh backup program. Do not use PC backup
programs in the Mac OS.

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