Lesson 8-Manage User Home Folders

Question 1

Which folders, by default are contained in a user’s home folder?

Answer 1

desktop, documents, downloads, movies, music, pictures and public folders

Question 2

How do you turn on the Stacks feature to organize your desktop

Answer 2

desktop, use stacks from view menu.

control click the desktop, then choose use stacks

Question 3

What does your library folder contain?

Answer 3

user specific preference files, fonts, contacts, keychains, mailboxes, favorites, screen savers and other app resources

Question 4

Which folder can you use to share a file with another user on the same computer?

Answer 4

Dropbox

Question 5

What options do you have when you delete a local user account?

Answer 5

• save the home folder in a disk image
• dont change the home folder
• delete the home folder

Question 6

What does migration assistant enable you to do?

Answer 6

transfer settings, user accounts and content from a Mac or Windows computer or form a Time Machine backup to your Mac

Question 7

How do you associate a new local user account with a manually migrated or restored user’s home folder in macOS?

Answer 7

• copy the restored user’s home folder to the /users folder
• open system preferences and select users and groups
• create a new local user account with the same account name for the user’s home folder