Introduction

Once you've bought your Macintosh computer, installed the operating system and all your applications, it's important to be able to keep all that software up-to-date; especially the operating system software. With the consistent updates that Apple is making to the Panther operating system, Panther helps you keep all the software up-to-date with the click of a button.

In addition, loss of data can be a tragic occurrence, so Panther lets you archive or copy data from your computer to an external disk (just remember to keep your backups offsite). Panther also helps you monitor activities on your system, see who is currently using your computer, and how much processing power each program is using. This gives you the ability to fine-tune ...

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