The Terminal application in macOS is one of the most useful tools available. Although some users prefer the more user-friendly approach of a graphical user interface (GUI), it’s important to remember ...

When we think of the macOS user interface, we think of the graphical UI—pointing and clicking icons, with a cursor, menus, windows, etc. But there’s another UI built into macOS: the command-line ...

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 ...

TidBITS readers likely know that macOS is based on Unix and that opening the Terminal enables them to interact with files, folders, and apps at the command line. For the majority of Mac users, the ...

In Windows, typing cd by itself shows you the current working directory. On macOS, the pwd (print working directory) command serves the same purpose. It will display the full path of where you ...

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 ...