Apple Power Macintosh 5260 Series - Manual (Page 51)

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 If a file is too large to fit onto a single floppy disk, you will need to use a
commercial backup program to copy the file onto multiple floppy disks.
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.
Using Power Macintosh application programs
Your 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.
49 Installing and Using Application Programs