Part of OS X is its powerful command-line interface, where a competent or even novice programmer can make use of a number of tools for configuring and customizing the system, and make programs and ...

Made the "jump" from 10.4.11 to 10.7.3 last night. First order of business was getting the Developer Tools on, so I could re-compile the CLI tools. Turns out Xcode 4.3 was just released a few days ago ...

Homebrew is a macOS package manager that lets users install and manage UNIX tools and 3rd party software. Here's how to get started. Unlike most UNIX/Linux-based systems, macOS doesn't provide a ...

I got an M4 MacBook Air a few months ago. To my frustration, Apple has removed many tools that I rely on over the years. For instance, telnet and ftp. Simple solution that I used on my earlier Macs: ...

Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or a command line noob, there’s no way you remember every command, manual page, or tooltip. Lucky for you, we have some tools to make the command line less ...

macOS is a Unix-based operating system. As such, it gives you both a graphical and a command-line interface to interact with its various services and programs on your Mac. However, unlike Linux, which ...