Lesson 11. Manage File Systems and Storage

Goals

  • Recognize and describe file systems supported by macOS

  • Manage disks, containers, partitions, and volumes

  • Troubleshoot and repair disk and volume issues

Apple File System (APFS) is the default file system for Mac computers with macOS Catalina.

In this lesson, you examine the storage technology used by macOS. You learn about storage hardware, such as flash disks, and logical storage concepts like partitions, containers, and volumes.

In this lesson, you use About This Mac, System Information, and Disk Utility to inspect, manage, and troubleshoot file-system components.

macOS Catalina introduces a read-only APFS System volume and a read-write APFS Data volume. Both volumes are formatted ...

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