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The macOS User Administration Guide

The macOS User Administration Guide

By : Herta Nava
4.6 (10)
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The macOS User Administration Guide

The macOS User Administration Guide

4.6 (10)
By: Herta Nava

Overview of this book

Apple is pushing the capabilities of its technologies to help users achieve high performance, including improvements in its OS running across all Mac systems, macOS, and new technologies such as M1 Silicon chips. This book walks you through macOS from a system administration and support point of view, exploring its latest features. The book starts by explaining macOS architecture, installation, and startup processes to enable you to get started with the OS. You'll learn how to manage users and discover techniques for user security and privacy. Moving on, you'll get to grips with the macOS file system and learn to manage disks, volumes, and partitions for effective file management. Most of the examples covered in this book are from an administrator's perspective; however, when relevant, a standard user's perspective is also presented. You'll find illustrations for Mac systems running macOS 11 (Big Sur), and when necessary, for macOS 10.15 (macOS Catalina). Finally, you'll explore advanced topics such as networking and using command-line tools for administration tasks. By the end of this macOS book, you'll be well-versed with macOS features, administration tasks, and best practices. You'll also be able to apply the concepts to increase your chances of success in obtaining Apple certifications such as Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP).
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Managing documents

Managing documents is as important as managing apps for both administrators and users. In this section, we will review the macOS features that simplify document management for users. The features we will explore are as follows:

  • Launch Services
  • Quick Look
  • Quick Actions
  • Autosave
  • Resume
  • Versions
  • Locking

I have divided the preceding features into two parts for your convenience, as features tend to be grouped together according to what you can do with a document before it's opened and what you can do while working with a document.

Using the Launch Services, Quick Look, and Quick Actions features

The first three features are intended to help you before you open a document. These features are as follows:

  • Launch Services
  • Quick Look
  • Quick Actions

Let's take a look at these features.

Launch Services

Launch Services is a process that maintains a database of filename extensions and apps that can open documents with those extensions. This is how, when you double-click...

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