Talk:Macintosh OSX Service Notes
Mac Equivalent of the Windows Registry
For typical macOS applications the place for this kind of information is one of
- /System/Library (for OS specific stuff)
- /Library (for system-wide preferences/settings valid for all users)
- ~/Library (for user-specific preferences/settings)
and the folders beneath them (e.g. Application Support and Preferences).
They are saved as individual files, usually named so you can identify them and with a structure which is (at least most of the time) understandable by mere humans. Most of these files are Property List files ending in .plist which can be pretty-printed into a human-readable form by running plutil -p NAME-OF-FILE.plist in Terminal.
How to speed up a slow Mac
Macs don’t need to be defragged
Mac do not need to be defragmented because the file system (initially HFS+ and more recently APFS) prevents fragmentation and automatically defrags files if necessary - if the file has more than eight fragments, or is smaller than 20MB, it will be automatically defragged.
Apple introduced APFS (Apple File System) in High Sierra in 2017. APFS automatically defragments your drive on the fly by creating snapshots of files so you can access different versions of the same files.
How to Transfer Office 365 Subscription to New Computer
To transfer Office 365 subscription to new computer you have to follow given two steps –
- Deactivate Office 365 Installation.
- Install & Active Office 365 on new PC.
Before, installing subscription on new computer you have to deactivate Office 365 installation from old PC. Steps are given below to deactivate Office 365 installation, and install Office 365 subscription to new computer. Step 1 – How to Deactivate Office 365 Installation
- Visit at – https://www.office.com/ & sign-in Office account using email ID & password.
- Go to Install Information section, now you can see installed & activated Office 365. In the Installed section, you can see the Detective Install option. You have to click on it.
- Conformation dialog appear on your screen, click on Deactivate.
After that, Office 365 Installation deactivated from old PC. Now you have to activate this Office 365 license on another computer. Follow the next step to complete this task.
Step 2 – How to Install & Active Office 365 on new PC
- Sign in https://www.office.com/ with a new computer where you want to transfer Office 365 license. Use the same email ID which you used to buy Office 365 personal subscription.
- Now click on your account & then click on My account.
- In Install section, click on Install button to download Office 365 setup. Once setup downloaded run the setup. After that setup will automatically install Office 365 on your PC.
- When it asks to enter an email address to activate your copy of Office 365, enter the email address which is used to buy Office 365 subscription.
