Category: terminal

  • How to Find Process Locking a Port on Mac

    How to Find Process Locking a Port on Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Find Process Locking a Port on Mac Mac users may occasionally come across a situation where a process is locking a port, preventing another app or process from using that port. If you come across such a situation, for example maybe you’re trying to use React.js and…

  • How to Opt Out / Disable Homebrew Analytics

    How to Opt Out / Disable Homebrew Analytics

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Opt Out / Disable Homebrew Analytics Homebrew is a fantastic package manager for the command line on Mac, but something that is perhaps less fantastic for some individuals is that Homebrew defaults to enabling ‘analytics’, which means your Mac will transmit data from your Mac to Homebrew…

  • How to Download the Full MacOS Sonoma Beta Installer

    How to Download the Full MacOS Sonoma Beta Installer

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Download the Full MacOS Sonoma Beta Installer Many Mac users are interested in downloading the full installer for MacOS Sonoma beta, but when they go through the typical process of installing the MacOS Sonoma beta and downloading the update from System Settings, they’re given only a smaller…

  • How to Remove DS_Store Files from Git Repository

    How to Remove DS_Store Files from Git Repository

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Remove DS_Store Files from Git Repository If you use git on the Mac platform, you likely have come across DS_Store files in a git repository. These can be annoying and clutter a git repo, and you may even run into unnecessary conflicts due to .DS_Store files being…

  • List a Macs Local IP Address History Over Time or from Specific Dates

    List a Macs Local IP Address History Over Time or from Specific Dates

    Go to OSX Daily to read List a Macs Local IP Address History Over Time or from Specific Dates If you ever find yourself needing to know a history of a specific Macs assigned local IP addresses, you can find this potentially helpful networking information from the command line. This trick will report all local…

  • 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…