The Terminal is a powerful macOS tool that lets you get under your computer’s hood and tweak the way it works in all manner of ways, from simple visual changes to updating your Mac and keeping it ...

The Terminal in OS X may seem like a cryptic tool to use, but there are some quick and useful commands that can be run in it to help troubleshoot your system, and they do not require much knowledge of ...

If you are starting to experiment with the OS X Terminal, you'll want to know what commands are available. Here are some ways to explore your options. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, ...

The OS X Terminal opens up a world of powerful UNIX utilities and scripts. If you're migrating from Linux, you'll find many familiar commands work the way you expect. But power users often aren't ...

While not a common way to manage images in OS X, converting images in the terminal is a quick and easy affair. You can actually use two different methods to convert image files using the command line.

A community site offers a growing list of Mac OS X tips and tricks that require digging into the Terminal. Some very useful, others just for fun, the tips are ranked and commented. The Terminal Tips & ...

Mac OS X includes a great terminal editor, but among the handful of alternatives is one that easily rises above them all. iTerm2 is our pick for the best terminal emulator for Mac OS X thanks to its ...

The Mac’s Systems Preferences Network applet enables configuring network settings, while the Network Utility (found within Applications\Utilities) provides a graphical interface for troubleshooting ...

Mac OS X Mountain Lion gives users several ways to access the Terminal and three common options for formatting a hard drive. You can launch Terminal within Mac OS X to format hard drives currently not ...

I am looking to paste configuration commands into a Cisco WLC (Wireless LAN Controller) from Mac OS X (via SSH). In the past, using standard Apple Terminal, I have experienced overflows, as the end ...