Help! Tutorial

Follow the instructions in this brief tutorial to create a Help! report for your Macintosh and get familiar with how Help! does it’s job. Afterwards feel free to explore on your own. Help! has many powerful, yet simple–to–use features.

Creating a Report

1. Double–click on the Help! Demo icon to get started.

2.
Click the New Report button in the Help! window.

2.
In the dialog that appears, enter a file name and select a location for the new report.

3.
Click the Save button.

4.
In the Select Volumes dialog, place a check mark beside each volume you want to be included into the report. The startup volume is selected by default.

(Note: This step is automatically skipped if you have only one volume.)

8.
Click the OK button.

9.
Help! will begin scanning your Macintosh for important system and file information. When it is finished, it will image a Help! report containing information about problems it has found. You may use the vertical scroll bar to read through the entire report inside the report window. 

10.
If you need a printout of the Help! report, choose the Print… menu item under the File menu, then click the Print button in the dialog that appears.

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Choose the Quit menu item under the File menu to exit Help!.