Category: Command Line

  • How to Check SHA512 Checksum on Mac

    How to Check SHA512 Checksum on Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Check SHA512 Checksum on Mac SHA512 hashes are often used to determine data integrity, whether for matching a downloaded file to an original on a server, or for command output, or to make sure a file transfer was successful, or not tampered with. Checking a SHA512 hash…

  • Easily Bulk Download & Install Mac Apps with macapps.link

    Easily Bulk Download & Install Mac Apps with macapps.link

    Go to OSX Daily to read Easily Bulk Download & Install Mac Apps with macapps.link Ready to automate Mac app downloads and installs? If you’re setting up a new Mac, you probably know how tedious it is to manually navigate to a bunch of different developer websites, and to individually download and install all the…

  • How to Change or Remove Font Smoothing on MacOS Monterey & Big Sur

    How to Change or Remove Font Smoothing on MacOS Monterey & Big Sur

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Change or Remove Font Smoothing on MacOS Monterey & Big Sur Are you noticing blurry text on your Mac’s display while navigating through the menu and across apps? More specifically, has this been an issue ever since you updated to macOS Monterey or Big Sur, and on…

  • Enable Low Power Mode on Mac via Command Line

    Enable Low Power Mode on Mac via Command Line

    Go to OSX Daily to read Enable Low Power Mode on Mac via Command Line If you are a Mac laptop user and you spend a lot of time at the command line, you may appreciate knowing that you can enable Low Power Mode on a Mac laptop through a terminal command. Enabling Low Power…

  • How to Install nano Text Editor on Mac Again

    How to Install nano Text Editor on Mac Again

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Install nano Text Editor on Mac Again If you have attempted to use nano at the command line on MacOS recently, you may have noticed that the pico text editor is launched instead, via a symlink for /usr/bin/nano to pico. This is because the latest versions of…

  • Run Shortcuts from the Command Line on Mac

    Run Shortcuts from the Command Line on Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read Run Shortcuts from the Command Line on Mac The Mac includes a command line interface to run and interact with Shortcuts app. This could be potentially useful to some macOS users who rely on the Shortcuts app for scripting and automation, and who spend a lot of time in…

  • Merge Multiple Terminal Windows into Tabs on Mac

    Merge Multiple Terminal Windows into Tabs on Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read Merge Multiple Terminal Windows into Tabs on Mac Have a bunch of Terminal windows open on your Mac that’d you like to merge into a single tabbed window? No problem, you can stop juggling several different terminal windows and get them all sorted out into a nice and easy…

  • Making Python 3 Default in MacOS

    Making Python 3 Default in MacOS

    Go to OSX Daily to read Making Python 3 Default in MacOS Python users on the Mac are likely aware that Python is being deprecated from macOS 12.3 onward, and will no longer be preinstalled on the Mac. But Python remains an incredibly popular programming language, and if you rely on Python you’ll likely want…

  • How to Get a Split Terminal on Mac

    How to Get a Split Terminal on Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Get a Split Terminal on Mac Want a vertically split set of Terminals on the Mac, so that you can have two concurrent terminals running side by side for executing their own commands? Of course you do, this is a staple feature of many terminal apps for…

  • How to Find Comprehensive Mac System Info via Terminal

    How to Find Comprehensive Mac System Info via Terminal

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Find Comprehensive Mac System Info via Terminal If you’d like to find comprehensive system information about a Mac, you’ll find the Terminal is an excellent way to retrieve this data quickly. We’ll provide a handy command that reveals extensive system information about a Mac, including the current…