Part 5 Applications and Processes: Lesson 20 Flashcards
How do you use Quick Look? Which applications support it?
Quick Look is used 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.
What is used to identify the type of application that opens when you double-click a document?
OS X uses a document’s file name extension to determine the document’s type. The Launch Services process maintains a database of installed applications and which document types they are capable of opening.
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 is Auto Save? How can you identify an application that supports Auto Save?
Auto Save is a feature in OS X that allows applications to automatically save changes to user’s documents. Once user save a document the first time, they never have to think about saving changes again. Applications that support Auto Save feature a duck 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?
The finder and any application that supports Auto Save can manage document locking.
What interface is the default location for managing documents in iCloud?
Documents saved to iCloud can be managed from within the application that was used to create and save the document.
Where can you adjust application resume options?
You can manage “application resume after log out” options from the logout verification dialogue. You can manage “application resume after quit” options from the General preferences.
