Category: Command Line

  • How to Find How Many CPU Cores a Mac Has

    How to Find How Many CPU Cores a Mac Has

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Find How Many CPU Cores a Mac Has Knowing the number of CPU cores a particular Mac has can be useful for performance optimization, stress testing, compatibility, and to otherwise make informed decisions about system performance on a Mac. For example, maybe you want to make sure…

  • How to Find Who/What is Listening on TCP Ports on Mac

    How to Find Who/What is Listening on TCP Ports on Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Find Who/What is Listening on TCP Ports on Mac Occasionally you may find yourself in a situation where you are seeking to find what open TCP connections are in a listening state on a Mac. This can be useful whether you’re troubleshooting particular network issues, or simply…

  • How to Configure & Use Aliases in ZSH

    How to Configure & Use Aliases in ZSH

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Configure & Use Aliases in ZSH Command line aliases are very useful, allowing you to have command shortcuts for lengthier commands, and you can use them to replace one command with another as well. With zsh becoming the default shell in Terminal for MacOS, and a widely…

  • How to Install GCC on Mac

    How to Install GCC on Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Install GCC on Mac Some Mac users may wish to install GCC onto their MacOS computers. GCC, which stands for Gnu Compiler Collection, is a commonly used compiler with support for C, C++, Objective C, Go, Fortran, Ada, and more languages, and is frequently used for compiling…

  • How to Mount SMB Share from Command Line on Mac

    How to Mount SMB Share from Command Line on Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Mount SMB Share from Command Line on Mac Need to mount an SMB network share from the command line of MacOS? There are a few different approaches to mount SMB shares from the command line, and we’ll cover two different methods to mount network shares on the…

  • Open Terminal by Keyboard Shortcut on Mac

    Open Terminal by Keyboard Shortcut on Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read Open Terminal by Keyboard Shortcut on Mac Ever wished you could instantly launch the Terminal app on Mac by keyboard shortcut? Instead of relying on Spotlight and typing Terminal and hitting return, which works great and has for many years, you can actually create your own custom keyboard shortcut…

  • How to Install Homebrew on MacOS Ventura

    How to Install Homebrew on MacOS Ventura

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Install Homebrew on MacOS Ventura HomeBrew, the command line package manager, has native support for macOS Ventura 13, so if you have recently updated to macOS Ventura or bought a new Mac with Ventura preinstalled, you’ll probably want to install Homebrew on the Mac running Ventura. Like…

  • How to Fix SSH Not Working on MacOS Ventura

    How to Fix SSH Not Working on MacOS Ventura

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Fix SSH Not Working on MacOS Ventura Some Mac users have discovered that SSH is not working on their Mac since updating to macOS Ventura 13 or newer. Typically they’ll see an error message when attempting to ssh into another server along the lines of “no matching…

  • Take Full Webpage Screenshots on Mac via Command Line with webkit2png

    Take Full Webpage Screenshots on Mac via Command Line with webkit2png

    Go to OSX Daily to read Take Full Webpage Screenshots on Mac via Command Line with webkit2png Ever needed to take a full webpage scrolling screenshot on the Mac through the command line? While there are various approaches to taking full webpage screenshots on a Mac easily with Firefox or another browser, and many ways…

  • How to Clear DNS Cache in MacOS Ventura & MacOS Monterey

    How to Clear DNS Cache in MacOS Ventura & MacOS Monterey

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Clear DNS Cache in MacOS Ventura & MacOS Monterey Mac users may need to occasionally clear out and flush DNS cache in MacOS, perhaps because they modified their hosts file, or for troubleshooting purposes. Resetting DNS cache on the Mac is generally only needed by advanced users,…