Lesson 6: Manage User Home Folders

Question 1

What default folders make up a user’s home folder?

Answer 1

The default folders in a user’s home folder are:
• Desktop
• Documents
• Downloads
• Library (hidden)
• Movies
• Music
• Pictures
• Public

Question 2

When deleting a local user account, what three options does Users & Groups preferences give you for dealing with a user’s home folder content?

Answer 2

When deleting a local user account, macOS can:

1. Archive the home folder content into a compressed disk image
2. Leave the home folder content in the /Users folder, or
3. Delete the home folder content

Optionally, macOS can perform a secure erase on the home folder content.

Question 3

What three primary sources can Migration Assistant pull from?

Answer 3

Migration Assistant can migrate information from:

1. Other macOS systems
2. Other Windows systems
3. Other disks, including Time Machine backups

Question 4

How do you make macOS associate a new local user account with a manually migrated or restored user’s home folder?

Answer 4

Before the local user account is created on a system, you must first copy the restored user’s home folder to the /Users folder.

Then, once you’ve created the new user in Users & Groups preferences with the same account name, the system will prompt you to associate the new account with the existing home folder.