ACSP System Preferences and macOS Settings Management 2

Question 1

What is the purpose of the 'Login Items' section in macOS System Settings?

Accepted Answer

Manage apps and background processes that launch automatically at login

Answer

Login Items lists applications and background daemons that start automatically when the user logs in, and can be managed to improve startup performance.

Question 2

What does enabling 'Remote Login' in Sharing preferences allow on a Mac?

Accepted Answer

SSH access via Terminal from other computers

Answer

Enabling Remote Login opens TCP port 22 and allows users to connect to the Mac using SSH for encrypted terminal access.

Question 3

How can you configure a Mac to automatically restart after a power failure?

Accepted Answer

Both Energy Saver GUI setting and `pmset -a autorestart 1` work

Answer

Auto-restart after power failure can be enabled in Energy Saver/Battery settings GUI or via `sudo pmset -a autorestart 1` in Terminal.

Question 4

What does the 'Startup Disk' preference pane allow you to do?

Accepted Answer

Select which bootable volume the Mac uses at next startup

Answer

The Startup Disk pane lets you choose which installed macOS version or bootable volume the Mac boots from at next restart.

Question 5

Which Terminal command configures macOS system settings such as time zone, remote login, and sleep behavior?

Accepted Answer

systemsetup

Answer

The `systemsetup` command allows administrators to configure system-level settings from Terminal, useful for scripting Mac deployments.

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ACSP System Preferences and macOS Settings Management 2