Lesson 20 Flashcards
In OS X, what’s used to identify the type of application that should open when you double-click a document?
OS X uses a document’s filename extension to determine the document’s type. The Launch Services process maintains a database of installed applications and which document types they’re capable of opening.
How do you engage Quick Look? Which applications support it?
Quick Look is engaged by simply pressing the Space bar when a document is selected. Applications that support Quick Look include the Finder, Time Machine, Mail, and most open and save browser dialogs.
How is Quick Look able 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 application that supports Auto Save?
Auto Save allows compatible OS X applications to automatically save changes to users’ documents. A user just saves a document once, then never has to think about saving changes again. Applications 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 applications can manage document locking?
Any application that supports Auto Save and the Finder can manage document locking.
What interface is the default location for managing
documents in iCloud?
Documents saved to iCloud can be managed from the application that was used to create and save the document. iCloud documents don’t appear anywhere in the Finder that a user would normally look.
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.
