MacOS Support Essentials Today!

Daniel333

So Thursday my boss asked me if I was "mac certified" I told him I had no MacOS server experience but was comfortable on their desktops.

I had done the MacOS desktop training about a year ago. And have their book in my Safari Books account. So I reread the book and I am taking the exam today.

I am told it's a breeze by a former coworker. So we'll see. I've cut some corners on this one so I am hoping to scrape by.

3 hours until it's time to take the exam.. w007!

Daniel333

Wow did I over study for this exam.

The book tracks to the exam identically. No surprises like you would get from Microsoft or Cisco.

Work though the book, then work through the integration specialist material and give yourself about 6 months time to get experience and you'll get in the 90's.

Easiest exam ever!

But just in case
- make sure you have setup shared printers in a Windows envionment
- make sure you can join a domain like tha back of your hand
- make sure you can setup and restore from time capsule
- make sure you have interacted with legacy Macs, powerPC 10.3/10.4 machines mainly.

nomrah

Thanks for the tips.

I'm taking this on Wednesday actually. I'm coming from a Windows background, so the most daunting chapters in the book were the ones around the UNIX command prompt and commands. Was there a heavy focus on knowing commands?

tink334

I took the test wednesday and passed with 79.9 I had fail it twice before I thought it was a bit tricky and not that easy. I have used OS X for about 6 months and took the cram class about a month ago. I have pass the comp tia network + and security + without a class or too much trouble.This test is not easy IMO.

Daniel333

There is a command line component to this exam. I am fortunate enough to have some Linux/bash experience to the level of with the exception of the "Say" command I knew everything in the book already in that area.

If you can do permissions, understand defaults and navigate the file system you should be alright in terms of the Bash shell under MacOS

nomrah

Thanks Daniel.

I'm not taking the recommended course for this exam, but I did read the recommended book. How relevant were the quiz questions at the end of each chapter? Were they pretty representative of what showed up at the exam?

tink334

There is also a app you can download for the Iphone or a Ipod touch that is very good to study with. You need to know the filesystem and startup and shutdown processes.

Daniel333

I found the material to be dead on to the exam. No surprises.

nomrah

Thanks Daniel - sorry to keep bugging you.

You mentioned legacy Mac systems, I haven't had any experiences with them nor do I have access to one. How big of a focus was there?

nomrah

Passed with a 90%

Was overly nervous going into the exam since I just started getting familiar with Macs. I've only had my Mac for about a month, same time I started studying for this exam.

Let me know if anyone needs tips on the test, Daniel was right though, it's really straightforward and goes off the book basically.