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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).
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In this chapter, we explored the archiving methods available for users in macOS, including .zip files and disk images. We also learned how to use macOS's built-in tool called Time Machine for backing up and archiving tasks. You can now use a variety of archiving methods to organize your old files and store them, using either ZIP files for small amounts of data or disk images for large amounts of data or continuous archiving. You also understand how Time Machine works, and you can now use it to manage your backups or restore data using those backups.

In the next chapter, we will look at networking, including understanding how networking works in macOS, configuring networking, using the tools that are available to us, and more.

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