macOS for IT Administrators
Offered By: LinkedIn Learning
Course Description
Overview
Effectively work with macOS systems as an IT admin. Review the fundamentals of how the macOS works and how it interacts with management tools, networks, and server systems.
Syllabus
Introduction
- Airdropped into macOS
- What you should know
- Philosophy of macOS administration
- The many layers of macOS
- Multi-domain system admin
- Kernel extensions and system extensions
- What is a plist file?
- The startup process
- Modifying the startup process
- Using Safe Mode
- Backing up
- Installing macOS
- Creating an OS install device
- Local users and groups
- How Kerberos works
- Accessing Kerberized services
- Enterprise network integration with SSO
- Administer apps in the enterprise
- Sidecar
- Key commands and shortcuts
- Network ports you need to know
- Reading and collecting logs
- Printer administration
- Administer gatekeeper
- Accessing filesharing
- Troubleshooting file sharing connections
- Local and remote administration
- Use SSH to admin a Mac
- Use ARD or VNC to admin a Mac
- Understand MDM
- Work with MDM
- Creating profiles
- Deploying profiles
- Control caching on your network
- How caching works
- Cache server advanced administration
- Using the defaults system
- Creating your script
- FileVault administration
- Changes in Catalina
- Next steps
Taught by
Sean Colins
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