A Safe Boot performs the following permanent actions: attempting to repair the system volume structure, deleting system KEXT caches, and deleting font caches.
A FileVault 2-protected system can be unlocked using the recovery key that was generated during the FileVault 2 setup process. This key can be entered during system startup, and will allow you to reset the user's account password.
What's the security risk of enabling client sharing services?
What permissions are modified by the Disk Utility Repair Permissions feature?
If a network device needs to send data to another network device on the same LAN, it addresses the outgoing packets based on the destination device's MAC address.
How is the Domain Name Service (DNS) used to facilitate network naming?
The diagnostic reporting feature automatically creates a diagnostic report log any time an application crashes or hangs. The diagnostic report log can be viewed immediately, reported to Apple via the Internet, or viewed later in the /Applications/Utilities/Console application.
The volume formats supported as system volumes for OS X are Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted).
The Font Book application shows a small dot next to the name of any font that has duplicate resources.
How can an OS X system automatically connect to a Wi-Fi network?