Mac Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟macOS File Systems

This chapter provides introductions and tutorial on macOS file systems. Topics include 'df' to see disk free spaces of mounted file systems; 'mount mount/unmound' to mount or unmount to USB drive file systems; 'diskutil list' to list partitions and file system types; access shared folders from remote Windows computers.

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"df" - Display Free Space of File System

Mount USB Drive as File System

Change USB Drive Volume Name

Mount NTFS Storage Devices

"diskutil" - Format Disk Partitions

"diskutil cs" - Manage CoreStorage Partitions

"Disk Utility" - GUI Tool

Access Shared Folders from Windows

Extended Attributes of Files/Folders

File and Folder Names Case Insensitive

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Takeaways:

• "df” command can be used to display free spaces of mounted file systems.
• "ls -l /dev/disk*" command can be used to list disk storage devices including USB drives.
• "diskutil mount/unmount" command can be used to mount or unmount disk storage devices including USB drives as files systems.
• External storage devices including USB drives are automatically mounted at /Volumes/<volume_name> locations.
• USB drive volume name can be changed on the Info window accessible with the "Get Info" context command.
• "diskutil list " command can be used to list file system partitions and their format types of a given storage device.
• Shared folders on remote Windows computers can be accessed as a remote server with the "smb://192.168.1.3" URL.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Macintosh OS (Operating System) History

 macOS Operating System

►macOS File Systems

 macOS Network Connections

 System and Application Processes

 Keychain Access - Password Manager

 Keychain Access - Certificate Manager

 Productivity Tools on macOS

 Programming Tools on macOS

 Apache Web Server on macOS

 Develop and Run Java Applications

 Full Version in PDF/EPUB

macOS File Systems - Updated in 2023, by Herong Yang