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The macOS User Administration Guide

By : Herta Nava
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The macOS User Administration Guide

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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In the first section of this chapter, we learned how network services work in macOS, how to use them, and how to configure them. You should now feel comfortable configuring all types of network accounts for daily work tasks, such as the Mail, Notes, Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, Messages, FaceTime, and Safari apps. In the second section, we looked at the Continuity set of features, which allow you to seamlessly extend your work from your Mac to other devices in the Apple ecosystem, such as your iPhone, iPad, and so on. These features are Sidecar, Markup and Sketch, Text Message Forwarding, Cellular Calls, Continuity Camera, Auto Unlock, Handoff, Universal Clipboard, AirDrop, Apple Pay, and Instant Hotspot. You now know what these features do, their requirements, and how you can take advantage of their capabilities.

In the next chapter, we will look at another group of network services, this time related specifically to sharing, including services such as remote controlling and...