Lesson 6B Managing macOS

Question 1

Dock

Answer 1

One-click access to your favorite apps and files, similar to the taskbar in windows. Whenever an app is open it displays a dot below the icon.

Question 2

Spotlight Search

Answer 2

Used to find anything is macOS. To start a new search click the magnifying glass or press COMMAND+SPACE

Question 3

Terminal

Answer 3

Access the Command Line Interface, uses either Z shell or Bash. Oldest macOS versions use Bash and zsh is the default for Catalina and up.

Question 4

Mission Control and Multiple Desktops

Answer 4

Window management and enables the user to set up multiple desktops with different sets of apps, backgrounds, and so on.
Activated with F3, To switch between Desktops click F3 and choose a Desktop by using CONTROL + LEFT or CONTROL + RIGHT or a 3/4 finger gesture swipe.

Question 5

System Preferences

Answer 5

Equivalent of Windows Settings app. Go-to place for changing settings and network option and optimizing a macOS configuration.

Question 6

Apples Keyboards

Answer 6

Mac keyboards have an APPLE/POWER key and COMMAND , OPTION , and CONTROL keys. COMMAND is closest to the CTRL key in terms of functionality, and OPTION is usually mapped to ALT .

Question 7

Apple Magic Mouse and Trackpad and Gesture Support

Answer 7

Macs do not support touch screen interfaces, but they do support gesture-enabled Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad peripherals.
open the Trackpad prefpane to see the gesture options.

Question 8

Display

Answer 8

scale the desktop, set the brightness level, calibrate to a given color profile, and configure Night Shift settings to make the display adapt to ambient light conditions.

Question 9

Accessibility Panel

Answer 9

used to configure assistive vision and sound options, such as VoiceOver narration of screen elements, cursor size and motion settings, zoom tools, display contrast and font sizes, and captioning.

Question 10

Security and User Management

Answer 10

An Administrator account and an optional Guest User account are created when macOS is installed. To add a new account, open System Preferences > Users & Groups

Question 11

Apple ID

Answer 11

Used for purchases from the App Store, accessing iCloud and other functions. You can log out of the Apple ID using the button on the System Preference home page.

Question 12

Security and Privacy

Answer 12

Options to configure what analytics/telemetry data and personalized information can be collected, plus permissions for apps to use features such as the location service or camera or data stores such as contacts and calendar.

Question 13

Internet Accounts and Keychain

Answer 13

Associate other email and cloud accounts with your login. Keychain and iCloud Keychain helps you manage passwords for these accounts, other websites and Wi-Fi networks.
If discrepancies occur from Keychain, access Utilities from Keychain Access App.

Question 14

Filevault

Answer 14

A disk encryption product. Protects the data stored on a disk against the posibility of a threat factor could remove it from the computer and use a foreign OS to read the file.

Question 15

Finder and iCloud

Question 16

Finder

Answer 16

macOS equivalent of File Explorer in Windows. Allows navigation of all the files and folders.

Question 17

iCloud

Answer 17

Apple’s online storage solution for it’s users. Provides a central, shared location for mail, contacts, calendars, photos, notes, reminder, and so on across macOS and iOS Devices.

Question 18

App installation and Management

Answer 18

central portal for Apple and developers to distribute free and paid-for software. Distribute updates to macOS new releases of the operating system.

Question 19

Installation of Downloaded Apps

Answer 19

System Preferences > Security and Privacy. Select the padlock to make changes to the settings. Enter Administrator password.

Question 20

macOS package installer formats

Answer 20

DMG:(Disk Image) format is used for simple installs where the package contents need to be copied to the Application Folder.
PKG: Requires more actions, such as running a service or writing files to multiple folders.
When installed it is placed in the .APP extension in the application folder.

Question 21

App Uninstallation Process

Answer 21

Simply use the Finder to delete the .APP directory or drag to the trash.

Question 22

Ways to protect macOS

Answer 22

Only download trusted apps
Only download trusted content
Use antivirus software

Question 23

Corporate Restrictions

Answer 23

installation of macOS can be enrolled in a mobile device/endpoint management suite.
supervised macOS can be restricted in terms of app installation and uninstallation policies.

Question 24

Network and Device Settings

Question 25

Network

Answer 25

Can be managed from the Status menu on the right hand side of the menu or via System Preferences.
Click Advanced button to configure IP properties and proxy settings.

Question 26

Printer and Scanner

Answer 26

Printer and Scanner prefpane to add and manage print and scan services.

Question 27

Disk Utility

Answer 27

App can be used to verify or repair a disk or file system. It can also be used to erase a disk with security options in case you are planning to sell or passing on a mac.

Question 28

Optical Drives and Remote Disc

Answer 28

No optical drive has been sold in an Apple Mac.
Programs like Remote Disc are used by macOS tool for sharing an optical drive over the network.
To setup Remote Disc open System Preference>Sharing checkmark the box next to DVD or CD Sharing.
To access an optical drive, select Remote Disc in Finder.

Question 29

Time Machine Bakcup

Answer 29

Enables data to be backed up to an external drive or partitioned formatted using APFS or macOS’s older extended file system.
Back up: Hourly backups for the past 24 hours.
Daily backup for a month
Weekly backup for all previous months.
When space is full Time Machine will delete past files to make space for the new backups.

Question 30

Restoring Files from Time Machine

Answer 30

Using Finder window in Time Machine, find the file/files that you want to restore. Then slide the timeline back to the date and time of the previous versions.

Question 31

Troubleshoot Crashes and Boot Issue

Question 32

App crashes and force quit

Answer 32

Spinning wait cursor stays in an infinite loop causing the app to become unresponsive.
Force Quit: From the Apple Menu or
Press COMMAND+OPTION+ESC

Question 33

Recovery Menu

Answer 33

reinstall macOS from a system image, or reformat or repair the system disk.
To access the Recovery menu, as you power up the Apple Mac, hold down the COMMAND+R keys until you see the Apple logo. After selecting your language, it will boot into macOS Recovery, enabling you to select from the options shown in the following figure.