2. User Accounts: Lesson Six

Question 1

A user’s home folder contains which default folders

What are some optional folders that can be added to a user’s home folder?

Answer 1

The default folders in a user’s home folder are:
• Desktop
• Documents
• Downloads
• Library (hidden)
• Movies
• Music
• Pictures
• Public
Optional home folder items include:
• Applications
• Sites

Question 2

When you delete a local user account, the Users and Groups preferences gives you three options for dealing with the user’s home folder content.

What are they?

Answer 2

When deleting a local user account, OS X can:

1. Archive the home folder content into a compressed disk image
2. Leave the home folder content in the /Users folder, or
3. Delete the home folder content (optionally, OS X can perform a secure erase on the home folder content)

Question 3

Which three primary sources can Migration Assistant pull from?

Answer 3

Migration Assistant can migrate information from:

1. Other OS X computers
2. Other Windows computers, and
3. Other disks, including Time Machine backups

Question 4

How do you make OS X associate a new local user account with a manually migrated or restored user’s home folder?

Answer 4

Before the local user account is created on a Mac, you must first copy the restored user’s home folder to the /Users folder.
Then after you create the new user in Users and Groups preferences with the same account name, the system will prompt you to associate the new account with the restored home folder.