Lesson 4. File Systems
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Time
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This lesson takes approximately 1 hour, 30
minutes to complete.
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Goals
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Manage the Mac OS X file system
Format a hard drive on Mac OS X
Archive, compress, and encrypt files in Mac OS
X
Describe and implement Mac OS X support for
securely erasing files
Describe how the file system handles bundles,
packages, and forked files
Describe search paths, hidden folders, and
system-related folders
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This lesson discusses
several features of the file systems on your Mac OS X computer.
First, this lesson describes how to format,
partition, and repair disk drives. You will look at drive
configuration and the file system layout after installing Mac OS X.
You will then contrast the underlying files installed on the disk
with how the Finder displays these files, and review how the file
system uses search paths.
After learning about the file system, you will
explore how users interact with the file system. This includes
what's involved with naming and opening files, including the Finder
mechanism that associates a file with applications that can open
that file. You will explore file data and metadata, including how
Spotlight searches for specific files. Finally, you'll learn about
archives, packages, disk images, and burning folders to optical
media.
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