Lesson 26

Question 1

What are the four primary peripheral bus technologies supported by Mac computers that run macOS Mojave?

Answer 1

a. Universal Serial Bus (USB)
b. FireWire
c. Bluetooth wireless
d. Thunderbolt

Question 2

What must occur for a Mac to communicate with a Bluetooth peripheral? Where can you configure this pairing?

Answer 2

Must be paired.

Can be configured in Bluetooth preferences in the System Preference app

Question 3

What’s a device driver? What are the three primary types of device drivers?

Answer 3

A device driver is software specially designed to facilitate the communication between macOS Mojave and a peripheral.

a. Kernel extensions
b. Framework plug-ins
c. Standalone apps

Question 4

How does macOS Mojave support third-party devices without needing third-party device drivers?

Answer 4

macOS Mojave uses built-in generic drivers based on each device class

Question 5

What can you infer about a connected peripheral if it doesn’t appear in the System Information app?

Answer 5

If a connected peripheral doesn’t appear in System Information, the issue is probably hardware related. Troubleshoot accordingly.