Apple’s Terminal application is supremely powerful on your Mac. Here are five Mac Terminal tips most Mac users may want to use. Apple’s Terminal application is supremely powerful on your Mac, and ...

The useful program ping can be used to quickly test connections on your computer network. sends a signal from your computer to a specified network address. If the computer at that address responds, ...

Terminal app can be daunting at first, but it’s really the best way to hack into your Mac’s configurations and preferences to customize things to work for you rather than against you. With the right ...

From just using Command-Q to entering Terminal commands, there are a surprising number of ways to quit an app — and, at times, we need them all. Here's how to get rid of an app that just won't quit.

Mac OS X includes a great terminal editor, but among the handful of alternatives is one that easily rises above them all. iTerm2 is our pick for the best terminal emulator for Mac OS X thanks to its ...

User permissions on the Mac OS X operating system determine whether a user can perform certain operations, like changing sensitive settings or installing new programs. Setting a user as an ...

Secret Terminal commands in OS X (like the one that enables FaceTime's autoaccept feature) are great, but they generally stay hidden until someone publishes them on the web. Here's how to find an ...

TL;DR: Easily customize your Mac from a simple control panel with a MacPilot lifetime license, now $39.99 (MSRP $99). Want to customize your Mac but don’t know what’s possible, let alone how to use ...

It’s worth taking the time to explore what you already have, read this guide to Dock Essentials, as this collection is a little more advanced and requires your use Terminal. Perhaps you’d like to make ...