Lesson 19. Manage Files

Goals

  • Use Launch Services and Quick Look to open files

  • Describe how Launch Services uses the app database

  • Preview files with Quick Look and the Preview pane

  • Learn how to browse document versions and go back to an older version in apps that support Auto Save and Versions

  • Open documents that were saved to iCloud

  • Save documents to iCloud

  • Optimize local storage to reclaim space on the system volume

In this lesson you learn about tools that help you manage documents, beginning with Launch Services and continuing with Quick Look for previewing most document types. Then you learn about Auto Save, Versions, and document management in iCloud. You learn how macOS attempts to resume documents and apps. Finally, ...

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