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Advice and troubleshooting

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Advice and troubleshooting If you don't find the answer to your problem on the following pages: Look in Mac Help. m In Mac Help (see page 24), you can find a great deal of troubleshooting advice, including information to help you solve problems with m Connecting to the Internet m Using software installation and restore discs m Changing your computer's settings m Printing m And more m Click the Finder icon in the Dock, then choose Mac Help from the Help menu. Type a question in the search window (for example, type "How do I eject a disc?") and click Ask. Switching between Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 Your iBook is set to use Mac OS X. Most applications made for Mac OS 9 will work in the Mac OS X Classic environment. Just open the application as you normally would. You can also start up your computer using Mac OS 9. To set your computer to use Mac OS 9: m Choose System Preferences from the Apple (K) menu in Mac OS X. m Click the Startup Disk icon to open the Startup Disk pane. m Select the Mac OS 9 folder as your startup disk. If the icons are dimmed, click the padlock icon and enter the password you chose when you first set up Mac OS X. m Click Restart. To set your computer to use Mac OS X again: m Choose Control Panels from the Apple (K) menu. m Open the Startup Disk control panel. m Click the triangle next to the hard disk that contains your operating system folders. m Select the Mac OS X System as your startup disk. m Click Restart. 26

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If you don’t find the answer to your problem
on the following pages:
Look in Mac Help.
m
In Mac Help (see page 24), you can find a great deal of troubleshooting
advice, including information to help you solve problems with
m
Connecting to the Internet
m
Using software installation and restore discs
m
Changing your computer’s settings
m
Printing
m
And more
m
Click the Finder icon in the Dock, then choose Mac Help from the
Help menu. Type a question in the search window (for example,
type “How do I eject a disc?”) and click Ask.
Switching between Mac OS X and Mac OS 9
Your iBook is set to use Mac OS X. Most applications made for Mac OS 9
will work in the Mac OS X Classic environment. Just open the application
as you normally would. You can also start up your computer using
Mac OS 9.
To set your computer to use Mac OS 9:
m
Choose System Preferences from the Apple (
K
) menu in Mac OS X.
m
Click the Startup Disk icon to open the Startup Disk pane.
m
Select the Mac OS 9 folder as your startup disk. If the icons are
dimmed, click the padlock icon and enter the password you chose
when you first set up Mac OS X.
m
Click Restart.
To set your computer to use Mac OS X again:
m
Choose Control Panels from the Apple (
K
) menu.
m
Open the Startup Disk control panel.
m
Click the triangle next to the hard disk that contains your operating
system folders.
m
Select the Mac OS X System as your startup disk.
m
Click Restart.
Advice and troubleshooting