OS X Support Essentials 10.8 - Training - Apple

OS X Support Essentials 10.8 Exam Preparation Guide
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1. The four primary peripheral bus technologies supported by
OS X are:
• Universal Serial Bus (USB)
• FireWire
• Thunderbolt,
• Bluetooth wireless
2. Bluetooth devices must be paired to each other for
communication to occur. The Bluetooth Setup Assistant is
responsible for pairing your Mac with Bluetooth peripherals.
You can open the Bluetooth Setup Assistant from the
Bluetooth status menu or Bluetooth preference.
3. A device driver is software specially designed to facilitate the
communication between OS X and a peripheral. Device
drivers can be kernel extensions, framework plug-ins, or
standalone applications.
4. OS X uses built-in generic drivers based on each device class.
For example, there are generic drivers for scanners and
printers that can be used in lieu of official third-party drivers.
5. If a connected peripheral doesn’t appear in System
Information, the issue is likely hardware related. You’ll need to
troubleshoot accordingly.
Lesson Twenty-eight review questions
After completing Lesson Twenty-eight, you should be able to answer the
following questions.
1. What does Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) do?
2. What are PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files responsible
for?
3. What is the best source for acquiring printer drivers for OS X?
4. Under what circumstances can a standard (nonadministrative)
user configure a printer?
5. How do you share printers with other users?
6. How can you select a new printer driver for a configured
printer?
7. If it appears that all configured printers are having issues,
what is a potential quick fix?
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1. Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) manages all printing
for OS X, including both local and shared printing.
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