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| Card | What's on it | More |
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| Background service | Whether MSL's service is running, and whether it starts at login. | The background service |
| Generated applications | Where the Mac apps made for this instance live. | Generated apps |
| Snapshots | Saved machine states, to go back to. | Snapshots |
| Maintenance | Disk check and repair, maintenance boot, and fix-it utilities. | Maintenance |
| Instance | Suspend, Hibernate, Shut Down, Remove…. | Stopping, Removing |
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- BasicsWhat MSL is, and your first steps with it.Welcome · Getting Started
- The appThe main window and the tabs you use every day.The Main Window · Overview Tab
- Linux apps & graphicsLinux GUI apps as Mac windows, and how they get drawn.Applications Tab · Graphics & mslgd · Experimental Features
- Shells & remote accessTerminals, SSH, the msl command, and reaching an instance from elsewhere.Terminal & Shells · Reaching it from anywhere · Command line
- Instances & filesLooking after machines, moving files, and sleep and power.Managing Instances · MSL Files · Power & Lifecycle
- UpkeepSnapshots, disk checks, maintenance and updates.Tools Tab · Updates
- Security & controlCutting an instance off, and locking a Mac down.Sandbox Tab · Admin Portal
- TroubleshootingWhen something goes wrong: symptoms first, then fixes.Troubleshooting
- ReferenceEvery shortcut, command, file and word.Reference · Error codes
