Chapter 3. File Systems
Time
This chapter takes approximately 3 hours to complete.
Goals
Recognize the various file systems supported by Lion
Manage and troubleshoot file systems using a variety of tools
Understand how to use FileVault 2 full disk encryption
Understand and manage file ownership and permissions
Although personal computer processor speed has increased around a thousandfold since the first Mac was introduced in 1984, storage capacity has easily increased a million times over. Compare 1984’s 400 KB floppy to today’s average desktop drive at 1 TB, which is roughly equivalent to 1,000,000,000 KB, or 2.5 million 400 KB floppies. Users have responded by moving thousands of pictures and hundreds of hours of music and video, historically ...
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