5. Applications and Processes: Lesson Eighteen Flashcards
In OS X, what’s used to identify the app type that should open when you double-click a document?
OS X uses a document filename extension to determine the document type.
The Launch Services process maintains a database of installed apps and which document types they can open.
How do you engage Quick Look? Which apps support it?
Quick Look is engaged by pressing the Space bar when a document is selected.
Apps that support Quick Look include the Finder, Time Machine, Mail, and most open and save browser dialogs.
What technology enables Quick Look to preview so many file types?
Quick Look uses a number of plug-ins that give it the capability to preview documents.
These plug-ins live in Quick Look folders in any Library folder on OS X.
What’s Auto Save?
How can you identify an app that supports Auto Save?
Auto Save allows compatible OS X apps to automatically save changes to users’ documents. A user just saves a document once, then never has to think about saving changes again.
Apps that support Auto Save feature a Duplicate function in the File menu as opposed to a default Save As function.
How deep is the version history of a file when shared via email?
Documents sent via email or otherwise copied to a shared location don’t retain any version history.
Which apps can manage document locking?
Any app that supports Auto Save and the Finder can manage document locking.
Which ability is lost when you upgrade an older iCloud account to use iCloud Drive?
When you upgrade an iCloud account to use iCloud Drive, you can no longer access items from OS X versions earlier than Yosemite and iOS versions earlier than iOS 8.
From Mac computers with older versions of OS X, you can still access iCloud Drive items from www.icloud.com.
Where can you access items saved in iCloud Drive?
You can view iCloud Drive in the Finder or in any app that uses standard OS X Open or Save dialogs.
Where do you save documents in iCloud Drive if you want to access them from an iOS device?
iOS 8 devices can access documents in iCloud Drive only if they’re saved in specific app folders.
For example, Pages for iOS can access Pages documents only if they’re stored in the Pages folder in iCloud Drive.
Where can you adjust application Auto Save and Resume options?
- You can deselect the option to “Reopen windows when logging back in” from the logout verification dialog.
- You can deselect the option to “Close windows when quitting an application” from General preferences.
- Also from General preferences, you can select the option to “Ask to keep changes when closing documents,” which turns off the Auto Save feature.
