Category: terminal

  • 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 Get Your Mac Dock to Show Running Apps Only

    How to Get Your Mac Dock to Show Running Apps Only

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Get Your Mac Dock to Show Running Apps Only The Default Dock on macOS shows off many of the apps that come bundled with your Mac out of the box. Many users customize it right away by adding apps they use on a regular basis, and removing…

  • 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…

  • Run a New Terminal Command Directly from the Dock on Mac

    Run a New Terminal Command Directly from the Dock on Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read Run a New Terminal Command Directly from the Dock on Mac Need to run a Terminal command as fast as possible? You can do so right from the Dock with this neat trick for Mac. You must have the Terminal application open and running, available in the Mac Dock…

  • Fix Oh My Zsh “Insecure completion-dependent directories detected”

    Fix Oh My Zsh “Insecure completion-dependent directories detected”

    Go to OSX Daily to read Fix Oh My Zsh “Insecure completion-dependent directories detected” If you recently installed Oh My Zsh or updated a Mac running Oh My Zsh, you may encounter a large error message screen upon launching new terminal windows. The error usually states “Insecure completion-dependent directories detected”, and showing a series of…

  • How to Save & Quit in VIM or VI

    How to Save & Quit in VIM or VI

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Save & Quit in VIM or VI If you’re new to VI or VIM, the command line text editors, you may be wondering some of the basics, like how to save files, or how to both save and quit in vim in one fell swoop. How to…

  • How to Check sha256 Hash of a File on Mac

    How to Check sha256 Hash of a File on Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Check sha256 Hash of a File on Mac Need to check the sha256 hash of a file? You can easily check the SHA 256 checksum of any file in macOS from the command line. We’ll cover two different command line tools to verify a sha256 checksum on…

  • How to Uninstall Oh My Zsh on Mac

    How to Uninstall Oh My Zsh on Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Uninstall Oh My Zsh on Mac If you had previously installed Oh My Zsh on a Mac and now have decided you no longer want it on the computer, you can remove and uninstall Oh My Zsh with a very simple command string. Uninstalling Oh My Zsh…

  • Where the .zshrc File is Located on Mac

    Where the .zshrc File is Located on Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read Where the .zshrc File is Located on Mac Wondering where the .zshrc file is located on a Mac? If you’re a Mac command line user who is interested in using and customizing the zsh shell, or using something like Oh My Zsh, you may be curious to know what…

  • How to Install Oh My Zsh on Mac

    How to Install Oh My Zsh on Mac

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Install Oh My Zsh on Mac Want to try out Oh My Zsh in your Terminal? Oh My Zsh is a popular zsh configuration manager, offering tons of themes, functions, helpers, plugins, and other handy features for command line users. It’s used heavily by many who spend…