Tools and Explanations for Mac Beginners Intro to mac os x Tools and Explanations for Mac Beginners

OS X The Mac OS X operating system is built on a Unix based kernel known as XNU OS X is the successor to OS 9 OS X is pronounced ‘Oh Es Ten’

Software Installs Software installs are contained in packages Unlike windows, there is no registry To uninstall most applications all you have to do is drag is to the trash The ‘./configure’ command Checks details about the machine The ‘make’ command Compiles program code and creates executables The ‘make install’ command Installs the program

SU and SUDO SU stands for switch user not super user The ‘su’ command alone switches to the root user ‘su student’, for example would switch you to the student user SUDO stands superuserdo Used when root privilege is needed Verified against sudoer file which is configured by the administrator