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Computer hardware includes the physical, tangible parts or components of a computer.
Examples:
- Personal Computer (desktop and laptop)
- Mainframe Computer
- Supercomputer
- Single Board Computer (Raspberry Pi)
- Server (computation)
- Smartphones & Tablets
Assignment 1.0
Here's a picture of a Desktop computer, and here's a picture of a MacBook. Look at it and try to annotate all the different parts that make up the computer.
Assignment 1.1
Can you do the same thing for a Smartphone? Do parts get different names?
Assignment 1.2
Localize your devices, have a look at find my iPhone. Any old devices that show up? Also, jot down your serial number!
Assignment 1.3
Change your device names. Make it something less personally identifying.
Computer programs and related data that provides the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it.
Software that uses the computer system to perform special functions or provide entertainment functions. (3d animation, adobe etc.)
Assignment 2.0
Declutter unwanted apps. Get rid of those random apps on your phone that you never use.
Assignment 2.1
Update your applications! Make sure you are running the latest versions and auto-update your programs.
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
Assignment 2.2
Update to the latest version of your operating system. (you probably want to do this @ home)
Assignment 2.3
You can also play around with Boot Camp to run Windows on your MacBook. How does that work?
Assignment 2.4
Sometimes your OS or programs misbehave. Programs won't load and you get the famous macOS beach ball. Often you want to know why that happened. This is called Machine Introspection. What are some of the tools you could use?
🚨 Nerd Alert!
Optional assignment: *Install virtualbox (open-source) and try another operating system such as Manjaro, Elementary or any other privacy-focused OS.
Open source software is software where the source code of that program is public.
Assignment 2.5
Find and open-source alternative for a piece of software you are using. Photoshop alternative? Twitter alternative?
Assignment 2.6
Does open-source mean that software is free? What does Gratis versus libre
Operating system use either a command-line interface (CLI) or graphical user interface (GUI).
Assignment 2.7
Try out some commands! Make a folder, rename something or create a new text file.
Any data you own that you haven’t backed up is data that could be gone at any moment, forever. When your laptop gets stolen, is everything lost?
Assignment 3.0
Backup your files! Pick a cloud service provider and port over your important files onto that service.
Assignment 3.1
Encrypt your hard-drive with FileVault on MacOS. It enables full-disk encryption.
Assignment 3.2
Set-up time machine on your MacBook. It's handy if you bring an external hard-drive to class.
💻 Right to Repair
Watch this video of Louis Rossman about Apple Batteries and read about the right to repair. Know that you know a bit more about hardware, what's your opinion on this 'movement'?