Part 4 Data Management: Lesson 15

Question 0

What are six common system resources? What purpose does each resource serve? Where are they located in the file hierarchy?

Answer 0

Six common system resources are:
Extensions, which attach themselves to the system kernel to provide hardware and peripheral driver support
Frameworks, which are shared code libraries that provide additional software resources for both applications and system processes
Fonts
Preference files, which contain application and system configuration information
Launch agents and LaunchDaemons, used by launchd to provide services that automatically start when needed at system startup or user login
Logs, which are text files that contain error and progress entries from nearly any application or system service.

Question 1

What are the four default top level-folders visible in the Finder?

Answer 1

The four default top-level folders visible in the Finder are:
Applications, containing applications all local users have access to
Library, containing system resources all users have access to
System, containing necessary system resources
Users, containing all the local user home folders

Question 2

What are the four system resources domains? What purpose does each domain serve?

Answer 2

The four system resource domains are:
User, containing applications and system resources specific to each user account
Local, containing applications and system resources available to all users on the local Mac
Network (optional) containing applications and system resources available to any Mac that has an automated network share
System, containing applications and system resources required to provide basic system functionality

Question 3

What happens when a user double-clicks a font file?

Answer 3

Double-clicking a font file automatically opens a preview of the font in the font book application. From here the user can click the install button to copy the font into ~/Library/Fonts.