Lesson 16- Use Metadata, Spotlight and Siri

Question 1

What’s the file system metadata? What are some examples?

Answer 1

info stored outside of a file or folder.

file flags, extended file attributes and permissions

Question 2

What are some of the common file flags used by Catalina?

Answer 2

locked flag, hidden flag

Question 3

What are file system tags?

Answer 3

type of metadata that allows you to quickly assign keywords or tags to any items.

Question 4

How does the Spotlight search service used metadata?

Answer 4

creates index databases of file system metadata so that it can perform normally time-intensive searches almost instantly

Question 5

Where does Spotlight store its metadata index databases and its plug-ins?

Answer 5

at the root of every volume in a /.Spotlight-V100 folder

Question 6

What are some privacy and security concerns with Spotlight?

Answer 6

others can search the contents of locally attached nonsystem volumes when ownership is ignored on those volumes

Question 7

How should you resolve an issue where a Spotlight search doesn’t find the correct items?

Answer 7

force Spotlight to rebuild index databases by deleting them and restarting your Mac or by managing spotlight preferences

Question 8

How can you ensure that Siri doesn’t send audio recordings to Apple?

Answer 8

disabling Siri from Siri preferences