Try these tips to speed up both startup time for your Mac and overall performance.
It can be hard to find what you're looking for if your hard disk is full of unneeded files. Just like with your paper filing cabinet, do yourself a favor sometime and weed out unnecessary stuff.
With a Macintosh, it's quite easy to use your own pictures for any icons - document, application, folder or whatever.
When you install a program on a PC, it invariably includes ancillary files scattered through your Windows folder. To remove a program completely, use the Add/Remove Programs utility.
These days, installing a program is usually only as complicated as clicking the Install button. These instructions should work for Windows 95 and 98.
If you have a PowerPC and you don't have the latest Mac OS (operating system) - version 9.0 in autumn of 1999 - you might want to upgrade for more features, increased speed from more "native"...
Computers crash, or freeze, as a result of operating system problems, software-operating system conflicts, and hardware problems. Occasional crashing is normal and usually can be resolved simply...
Today's Macintosh systems can read floppy disks, Zip disks and other removable media formatted for the PC. They contain translators that can open Windows documents if you have the same application...
Macintosh users can make 360-degree QuickTime VR movies that can be posted on Web sites and viewed with any computer. You can do it entirely with freeware, without a digital camera.
You can save a file in a different format so that people can read it even if they don't have the application you used to create it. Some formats also make it easier and quicker to send a file via...
You can copy part or all of a document and then paste it into another section of the same document, or into another document entirely. This allows you to quickly reuse text, images, charts or any...
Saving a file with a different name enables you to keep your original file while creating an identical copy. You can modify the copy as you wish, but the original file remains intact so you can...
Instead of opening an application by finding its icon and double-clicking it, you can add an application shortcut to the Start menu. These instructions work for Windows 95 or 98.
You can change the background picture on your desktop or opt to use no picture at all. If you would like to see something different, you can use a picture supplied with your operating system or...
It's a simple matter to change your screen saver. For a change of scenery, you can switch to a different screen saver or opt to use no screen saver at all. These instructions are for Windows 95 or 98.
Changing the colors of the menus and dialog boxes is one way to customize your desktop to suit your personal preferences and needs.
These instructions are for Windows 98. Instructions for other...
Changing the size and style of the fonts that go with your icons or menus is one way of customizing your desktop. These instructions are for Windows 98.
Changing the icon size is one way of customizing your desktop. Larger icons might be especially useful for children using the computer, because there's more of them to click. Windows has a...
Many computer commands can be accomplished by using keyboard commands instead of mouse commands. Using the keyboard is a much faster method once you memorize the commands. These instructions...
Use your computer's Find function when you have forgotten where you stored something, or if you have forgotten the name of the file you want. These instructions are for Windows 98.
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