Apple Mac OS X Mavericks - Beyond The Basics

Explore Finder windows to navigate the desktop, view folders like desktop pictures, use tabs and full-screen mode, and switch between icon, list, columns, and cover flow views.

Learn to navigate the Mac OS X Mavericks desktop with the dock: launch apps, minimize windows, and customize left or right placement with magnification and hiding.

Navigate Finder in OS X Yosemite with multiple views, toolbars, and control buttons. Use the Go menu, Quick Look, search, tags, sharing, and the sidebar to organize and access files.

Learn to configure your macOS Mavericks desktop by using system preferences to customize wallpaper, desktop, scrolling behavior, and finder options for a personalized, efficient workspace.

Configure the desktop for os x v10.10 yosemite by adjusting wallpaper, system preferences, and finder preferences; learn to manage mouse options, scrolling behavior, autosave, dark menu bar, and tags.

Master the macOS terminal by exploring the terminal app, learning basic commands like who am I, hostname, uname, and ls, and using man pages.

Learn to manipulate files on the command line: create with touch, copy with cp, delete with rm -r, and identify types with file, using cd and tilde for navigation.

Inspect and edit text files from the terminal using cat, wc, and less; create and edit with nano or vi, and learn navigation, search, sorting, and consulting the man pages.

Discover commands unique to Apple in the macOS terminal, using ls, pb pasteboard, sort, and uniq, then open, say, screen capture, and textutil conversions, plus spotlight-like metadata search.

Master diskutil, the command-line companion to disk utility, to list disks and view detailed info. Eject volumes, merge partitions, and script tasks using mount points, device nodes, and disk identifiers.

Examine package receipts to identify application components, use lsbom to map file locations and permissions, and run repair packages with Disk Utility to fix ownership.

Discover how Time Machine uses hard links to share backup data and avoid extra space. Learn to recover items via the Time Machine interface or with tmutil for command-line insight.

Configure FileVault 2 on Yosemite via setup assistant or System Preferences, enabling encryption with an iCloud unlock option or a recovery key. Record the serial number and note the encryption estimate.

Discover how to securely erase data on macOS by overwriting trash contents, using secure empty trash, and enabling this option in Finder preferences for safer deletion.

Learn to securely erase free space on a Mac disk volume with Disk Utility, selecting from one-pass, three-pass, or seven-pass options using a temporary file.

Learn to manage the macOS keychain from the command line with security, lock and unlock keychains, and retrieve disk image passwords using labels and a globally unique identifier.