Owner's manual

discs. See audio CDs; Macintosh
Performa CD
Disk First Aid program 69–70
disk icons
with blinking question mark 7, 54, 73
with X in center 55
disk repair program 69–70
disks. See floppy disks; hard disk
disk test programs 68
displaying windows on desktop 39
documents
DOS 62–63
problems with opening 62
DOS disks 57
drives. See CD-ROM drive; floppy disk
drive; hard disk
E
ejecting disks 83
problems with 84
electrical safety 2, 79–84, 101
electromagnetic emissions 79
electronic mail 35
ELF (extremely low frequency)
emissions 79
Empty Trash command (Special
menu) 11
entering text. See typing
Enter key 118
erasing hard disk, by initializing
external 71
internal 71–72
erasing selected material 118
ergonomics 75–79
error messages 50. See also
troubleshooting
Escape key 118
Ethernet port 28, 100
expanding computer 27–34
expansion card. See AV (audio-visual)
card; NuBus expansion card
expansion slot 89, 94
connector for 92, 94
extensions
compatibility problems with 56,
58, 59
turning off (in Extensions Manager
control panel) 58
extremely low frequency (ELF)
emissions 79
eye fatigue problems 77
F
fatigue
avoiding 79
eye problems 77
files, backing up 39–44
Finder
activating 16
active program indicated in 38
automating tasks in 35
icon for 38
Macintosh Guide and 16, 23
management programs in 38
shortcuts in 25–26
floppy disk drive
ejecting disk from 83
inserting disk in 37
location of, in computer 27
floppy disks
backing up on 41
DOS 57
ejecting, from drive 83
handling guidelines for 83
initializing 57
inserting in drive 37
locking 41
problems ejecting 84
problems reading 57
rebuilding desktop on 52
repairing 69–70
troubleshooting 57, 69–70
unlocking 43
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