macOS Tools/Features

Question 1

Time Machine backups

Answer 1

• Automatic and easy to use
  
  • Familiar Finder UI
• Dates along the right side
  
  • Files in the middle

• Mac OS takes snapshots if the
Time Machine storage isn’t available
• You can restore from the snapshot

Question 2

Image recovery

Answer 2

• Build a disk image in Disk Utility
  
  • Creates an Apple Disk Image (.dmg) file
• Mount on any Mac OS X system
  
  • Appears as a normal file system
  • Copy files from the image
• Use the restore feature in Disk utility
  
  • Restore a disk image to a volume

Question 3

Disk Utility

Answer 3

• Manage disks and images
  
  • Resolve issues
• File system utilities
  
  • Verify and repair file systems
  • Erase disks
  • Modify partition details
  • Manage RAID arrays
  • Restore a disk image to a volume
• Create, convert, and resize images
  
  • Manage the image structure

Question 4

Terminal

Answer 4

• Command line access to the operating system
  
  • Manage the OS without a graphical interface
• OS access
  
  • Run scripts, manage files
  • Configure OS and application settings

Question 5

Screen sharing

Answer 5

• Integrated into the operating system
• Can also be viewed with VNC
(Virtual Network Computing)

• Available devices appear in the Finder
  
  • Or access by IP address or name

Question 6

Force Quit

Answer 6

• Stop an application from executing
  
  • Some applications are badly written
• Command-Option-Esc
  
  • List application to quit

• Hold the option key when right-clicking
the app icon in the dock
• Choose Force Quit

Question 7

Scheduled backups

Answer 7

• Time Machine - Included with Mac OS X
  
  • Hourly backups - The past 24 hours
  • Daily backups - The past month
  • Weekly backups - All previous months
  • Starts deleting oldest information when disk is full

Question 8

Scheduled disk maintenance

Answer 8

• Disk Utility - Disk maintenance
  
  • Rarely needed - No ongoing maintenance
• Verify disk
  
  • Every few months
  • Similar to Windows Check Disk

Question 9

System updates / App store

Answer 9

• Centralized updates - For both OS and apps
• App Store application - The “Updates” option
• Automatic updates - Or manual install

• Patch management - Install and view previous
updates

Question 10

Driver/firmware updates

Answer 10

• Almost invisible in Mac OS X
  
  • Designed to be that way

• System Information - Detailed hardware list

• View only
  
  • No changes to settings
  • By design

Question 11

Anti-virus/Anti-malware updates

Answer 11

• OS X does not include anti-virus
  
  • Or anti-malware
  • Many 3rd-party options
  • From the usual companies
• An emerging threat
  
  • Still doesn’t approach Windows
  • It’s all about install base
• Automate your signature updates
  
  • New updates every hour / day

Question 12

Mission Control and Spaces

Answer 12

• Quickly view everything that’s running
  
  • Spread out the desktop into a viewable area
• Spaces
  
  • Multiple desktops
  • Add Spaces inside of Mission Control

Question 13

Keychain

Answer 13

• Password management
  
  • Passwords, notes, certificates, etc.

• Integrated into the OS - Keychain Access

• Passwords and Secure Notes are encrypted with
3DES
• Login password is the key

Question 14

Spotlight

Answer 14

• Find files, apps, images, etc.
  
  • Similar to Windows search
• Magnifying glass in upper right
  
  • Or press Command-Space

• Type anything in - See what you find

• Define search categories in
System Preferences / Spotlight
• Enable/disable categories
• Change the order of categories

Question 15

Finder

Answer 15

• The central OS file manager
  
  • Compare with Windows Explorer
• File management
  
  • Launch, delete, rename, etc.
• Integrated access to other devices
  
  • File servers, Remote storage, Screen sharing

Question 16

Remote Disk

Answer 16

• Use an optical drive from another computer
  
  • Becomes more important as time goes on
  • Designed for copying files
  • Will not work with audio CDs or video DVDs
• Set up sharing in System Preferences
  
  • Sharing options
  • Appears in the Finder
• Utility available for Windows
  
  • Share a Windows CD or DVD drive

Question 17

Dock

Answer 17

• Fast access to apps
  
  • Quickly launch programs
• View running applications
  
  • Dot underneath the icon
• Keep folders in the dock
  
  • Easy access to files
• Move to different sides of the screen
  
  • Auto-hide or always display

Question 18

Boot Camp

Answer 18

• Dual-boot into Windows on Mac hardware
  
  • Not virtualization
• Requires Apple device drivers
  
  • Running Windows natively on
  • Apple’s Intel CPU architecture

• Everything is managed through the Boot Camp
Assistant
• Builds a Boot Camp partition
• Installs Windows OS and drivers

Question 19

The App Store menu in macOS provides access to:

Answer 19

Driver updates
Firmware updates
Antivirus updates
Anti-malware updates

• Centralized updates - For both OS and apps
• App Store application - The “Updates” option
• Automatic updates - Or manual install
• Patch management - Install and view previous
updates

Question 20

Which of the following locations in macOS provide access to multi-touch interface settings

Answer 20

Apple menu -> System Preferences… -> Mouse

Apple menu -> System Preferences… -> Trackpad